6th September 2018

A warm welcome to the 2018 / 2019 academic year – this is going to be an incredible year for us at Akeley.  Mr Antwis’ feet are firmly under his desk (that’s metaphorically speaking as he is not often at his desk!) and his team of teaching and support staff are champing at the bit to get into the swing of school life.  Every class

24th August 2018

Our Year 7 Historians have busily battled their way through the history of medieval times. They enthusiastically re-enacted the Battle of Hastings on our back lawn and tried their best to kill me on the stone spiral staircase! They’ve worked tremendously hard to develop their skills as History Detectives. We are now excitedly anticipating our trip to Warwick Castle. Our Year 8 Historians have been

24th August 2018

Languages

7th August 2018

Yet another fantastic Akeley Musician of the Year was held at the Radcliffe Centre earlier this term. Performers wowed the audience with a wide variety of performances, from Baroque vocal works, Chamber Music and even Alice Coopers ‘Poison’ on the electric guitar. All performances were exceptional. Well done to all of our talented musicians.

7th August 2018

On Thursday 14th June Tile House Mansion dome was transformed into a mini folk festival, all thanks to the Joe Broughton Folk Ensemble, a 50 piece orchestra from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, specialising in folk music. Students took part in a morning workshop, where they played or sang with the ensemble culminating in a performance piece. We were then treated to an afternoon concert by

7th August 2018

Post GCSE’s Art Student Lewis took on a commission to paint all three of the stunning Akeley Wood School houses. He spent two weeks in the preparation and painting of a 5 panel acrylic and ink masterpiece which measures an epic 3mx85cm. It is to be hung in the entrance to the sixth form. It is an incredible achievement and a superb piece of painting. Well Done

6th August 2018

On Tues 12th and Wed 13th June Annemarie Cadman came in to run a couple of workshops for the Art Department.  Over the two days Years 9, 10 and 12 benefitted from a whirlwind of colour and a great range of techniques.  Annemarie's work is based on layering a variety of media; inks, screen printing inks, pastels, wax resist and stencils.  The students enjoyed an

6th July 2018

Fund Raising Anthony Nolan Trust

15th June 2018

This week Mrs Silver and staff welcomed our Year 7 and Year 8 fathers and grandfathers in for breakfast. Precious time in the busy working week to sit and enjoy a breakfast with their fathers,  pupils  were joined by form tutors and  the Head Teacher , Mr Simon Antwis.

8th June 2018

Exams are well underway at the senior school #GCSE Our exams teams have been very impressed with the focus that students are giving to each and every exam. Meanwhile the revision continues!

8th June 2018

THM Social New Year 7s

8th June 2018

Teens Mental Health Talk

6th June 2018

Bletchley Park

1st June 2018

Inter House Day

23rd May 2018

On Monday 21st May, a group of athletes from Akeley Wood attended the Independent Schools Association, for the Midlands qualifier. Thirty-three students ranging from Year 7 to Year 10 took part in a variety of track and field events. It was a very successful day with many students finishing top three in their events. A special mention to the students who won their events, resulting

9th May 2018

Marathon 2018

9th May 2018

Year 6 Orientation Day

10th April 2018

Senior School performers transported its visitors to 1920’s Chicago, “a time of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery”. Facing the death penalty they fight for fame, the press' attention, and a spot as the states most famous murderess. Rehearsing for this production since September, during enriched curriculum, after school and on weekends pupils were finally able to show off all of their hard

15th March 2018

Once again we are delighted to be hosting our charity Spa and Spend fundraising event for the Anthony Nolan Trust, at Akeley Wood House, on Thursday 22nd March between 5-9pm. On the night, retailers will be offering many unique products, from jewellery and handbags to cards and candles. All ideal gifts or treats for you and your home! A selection of beauty therapists will also

14th March 2018

Sixth Form

19th February 2018

This morning at Tile House Mansion 7DJD launched the round of form assemblies for this half of term. As St Valentine’s Day had been celebrated during the half term, they decided to share more about this special day, opening with the song ‘All you need is love’ All members of the form confidently presented to the rest of Year 7 reading with clarity, despite it

6th February 2018

As part of the End of Unit in Spanish Year 7 have learnt about physical and personality descriptions. Pupils have created WANTED Posters about their favourite Actor, singer, rugby player, F1 driver etc. When describing certain aspects of their chosen personality students sought assistance to find some descriptions, using iPads and referring to  www.wordreference.com to find the correct translation. One of the new words: A "six pack” which in Spanish

31st January 2018

Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

26th January 2018

Having learnt colours in French, our Year 7 students produced some beautiful pieces of artwork for a competition. Well done to the prize-winners: 1st place - Hope 2nd place - Zara 3rd place - Hattie and Inaya

26th January 2018

This term Will Harris, a Year 12 historian, visited a Year 9 lesson to run a ‘masterclass’ on Lenin and the October Revolution. Will has been studying this topic for his Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and has completed a significant amount of research and wider reading, through which he has amassed a wealth of knowledge on his specialist topic. For Will, the masterclass was an

26th January 2018

7MST built models of satellites in Science as part of their exploration of Space.  They identified essential components and their functions on the satellite and recreated them with suitable, recycled objects and materials.

26th January 2018

Student Ski Success

26th January 2018

As one of the largest centres in the county, Akeley Wood School offers all three Awards and we are proud to be able to see students through from their first ever Expedition at Bronze, to meeting the Duke himself at St James's Palace on completion of the Gold Award in Year 13. The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme has its roots set firmly across all schools. Starting with its fledgling

26th January 2018

On Friday 12th January, the Year 12 Chemistry students were delighted to attend the Physical Chemistry Department at the University of Oxford. Students were involved with working out the amount of dye which is present in cough medicine, along with using their excellent practical and mathematical skills to solve a scientific mystery. It was a fantastic opportunity for the students to work within in an

19th December 2017

19th December 2017

19th December 2017

This term has seen the opening of the new facility for teaching Food Preparation and Nutrition. Two of the former English rooms have been knocked together to provide a location for this new GCSE subject to take place. There are currently five groups making use of the new room.  The first year 11 cohort, who last year had to catch a bus to Tile House

19th December 2017

Media and Film Studies

19th December 2017

Girls Hockey U12 Hockey  The U12's have had an incredible hockey season this year. They have shown excellent commitment overall and whilst some had played together since the Junior school, those that are new to Akeley Wood have slotted in seamlessly. Highlights for the team have been convincing wins against Sir Thomas Fremantle and Waddesdon but also their successes in much closer fought matches against Thornton

19th December 2017

It has been a great start to the year. Our newly built outdoor classroom is functioning fabulously. This term students have built various kinds of dens, made cordage from stinging nettles, constructed boundary fences, explored trust and communication skills whilst completing obstacle courses blindfolded, harvested and carved their Halloween pumpkins and explored natural dyes. They have continued to develop their safe use of tools skills.

15th December 2017

PE

15th December 2017

Business

15th December 2017

This term has been a very exciting one for Science!  It started with a blast on Open day with a spectacular display of the ‘Elephants Toothpaste’ experiment which saw a fountain of foam spray meters into the air (with an untimely wind blowing the foam on to one of our technicians, Sandra!).  Across Key Stage 3 a group of students have been loving taking part

15th December 2017

Maths

15th December 2017

Geography

15th December 2017

Music

5th December 2017

5th December 2017

5th December 2017

Year 7 have been working really hard in Art this term, undertaking a ‘sea life’ project, they have experimented with a range of materials including, pencil, oil pastel and paint. The final pieces, which explore pattern and texture to create imaginative under the sea-inspired paintings, are excellent and show great progress. Well done 7DJD!

4th December 2017

Year 6 visit Tile House Mansion

4th December 2017

Classical Opera

23rd November 2017

At Akeley Wood School we aim to ensure that every student has the opportunity to look beyond our own immediate school environment, engage with our local community and demonstrate care and thought towards others.  At this important time of  year as we approach Christmas we have an exciting opportunity for our students to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Working closely with MK Food Bank,

22nd November 2017

The Under 14's keep getting better and better! Akeley’s Under 14’s put on a fantastic display against a good Buckingham team, resulting in a 22-10 win to Akeley. The game started slowly with a quick try from the opposition. Some miss tackles in midfield allowed the opposition to score in the corner. After a slow start, the forwards picked up the tempo with some strong carries

22nd November 2017

Anti Bullying Week

20th November 2017

Gold Medal Coaching comes to Akeley On Wednesday 15th November, Akeley Wood School welcomed International hockey player, Crista Cullen in for a day of 'All Things Hockey.' Crista Cullen is widely recognized as one of the best hockey defenders in the world. She won gold for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Bronze at London 2012. Crista has over 185 Great Britain and England combined

20th November 2017

On Saturday 11th November, the Akeley Wood Equestrian Team held their annual horse show at the Addington Arena. With close to three hundred entries the day was busy, with eight classes of show jumping in two arenas and two dressage classes. A fantastic team of parents and teachers pulled together  to ensure that the day ran smoothly. The Highlight of the day was our very

16th November 2017

During the second week of the half term holiday, 18 students from Years 8, 9 and 10 headed across the English Channel to France for a week of intensive French immersion, outdoor activities, some tourism....and mud. Over the course of the trip we learnt about Normandy, visited Mont St Michel, ate snails, milked goats, scaled a climbing wall, made bread, did archery and completed a particularly wet

16th November 2017

Geography,Photography and Art A SIX DAY EXPLORATION OF THE SOUTH AND WEST COAST On Monday 30th October, 24 students and 5 staff left Akeley Wood Senior School for Heathrow Airport to catch their flight to Reykjavik in Iceland. The three-hour flight touched down at 1.30pm Iceland time, and within a short while we were on our coach crossing the grey moss topped lava fields towards

10th November 2017

Back in the Spring Term of 2017, Cognita launched an essay competition for Sixth Form students across its European schools. We are delighted to announce that Akeley Wood old boy (2017) Jude Whiley-Morton was selected as the winner of the overall competition, a fantastic achievement.

25th October 2017

Business and Economics

25th October 2017

Akeley's Got Talent 2017

24th October 2017

On the morning of  Saturday 30th September, 40 Year 11 students met bright and early to set off on an exciting trip to Snowdonia. We departed from Akeley Wood House at 8am with a coach full of bleary-eyed students. After a four-and-a-half-hour journey, we arrived in Wales to rain and strong winds. After rooms were allocated,  students  settled into their rooms and then we got straight

24th October 2017

As one of the largest Centres in the South East, Akeley Wood Senior School saw 37 Silver Participants battle not only one of the hardest navigational areas on the Duke of Edinburgh schedule but one of the wildest. Six intrepid groups meticulously prepared their routes, route cards, equipment and food for a three day Expedition that would turn into an adventure not to be forgotten.

24th October 2017

On Tuesday 10th October the U13 and U15 girl’s football teams played at the ISA tournament, demonstrating a wining edge.  There were stunning results for our Girls Football teams - with both teams ending up as winners of the plate competitions, and we witnessed some outstanding football in the process. We saw real progress throughout the day and it was a pleasure to watch them flourish

24th October 2017

We are delighted to announce that Ashton, in Year 7, won the  U12 doubles tennis club championships, at Stony Stratford tennis club this  September, coming 2nd overall in the U12 boy’s club championships. Ashton has now been selected to train for the Bucks County U12 tennis squad. Fantastic news, well done Ashton!

24th October 2017

Sketching and Photography

23rd October 2017

NSEA National Championships

18th October 2017

Biology  at the Senior School.

6th October 2017

In April 2017, Pamela Cookey, ex-England Netball captain, came to our school to deliver a training session to each year group from year 7-13. She taught us new drills to help both the attacking and defensive side of our games, and at the end of the day, she chose two girls to mentor until September. I was very lucky to be chosen, by Pamela. This

3rd October 2017

Congratulations to Callum, Zac and Kayne who, yesterday competed in the British Independent Schools Ski Racing Indoor Championships. Zac (Y9) and Kayne (Y8) were both competing in the U14 category finishing in 1st and 3rd place respectively. Then in the U18 category, Callum finished in 8th place. Overall, this resulted in Akeley Wood winning the competition overall!  

27th September 2017

This year’s European Day of Languages celebrated innovation in language learning and teaching.  Here at Akeley Wood School we were delighted to host a Cognita-wide event with a musical focus. Students and staff from North Bridge House, Meoncross, Hydesville Tower and Huddersfield schools joined us to share performances in a range of different languages.  From ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ in Spanish, with brilliant props, to poetry

25th September 2017

Student Council is starting out with a bang this year. So that we can out do the low-profile Student Councils of previous years, this year we’ve organised what has turned out to be almost a complete overhall of the council. The Head of Student Council prefects will lead the council, Head boy Josh Ponte, Hollie Reid and Ben Williams. Our goals This year we’ve made

19th September 2017

Sixth Form Bonding Day

24th August 2017

Excellent GCSE results. Eclipsing the national picture.  

24th August 2017

Students celebrate A Level achievements

11th July 2017

We have had a wonderfully creative term, with two Art Clubs after school meaning more freedom to choose their own media each week.  A selection of Year 5 pupils were invited to the AWSS Art Room for a sculpture workshop. In their lessons Year 5 have been getting involved with painting scenery and making props for their fabulous pirate play.  They have enjoyed creating three

11th July 2017

Year 1 End of Summer Term News

10th July 2017

Creative Arts - Senior School

6th July 2017

MFL Years 7 and 8

5th July 2017

Senior School End of Term Sports News

4th July 2017

Year 7 pupils were delighted to collaborate with medical students from the University of Buckingham in a project on the theme of ‘What would you do for your friend with Diabetes’. The medical students conducted workshops about Diabetes with the pupils and they then reflected this work in fabric paintings. These paintings will be incorporated into an artwork to be shown later in the year at

4th July 2017

History End of Term News Senior School

4th July 2017

Music Department Senior School

4th July 2017

In this ever-changing world in which we live in (McCartney, P), in Geography this term we have continued to try to shed some light on some of both the natural and human world's biggest challenges. Issues grappled with this term included improving quality of life in the favelas of Rio; solutions to London's housing, waste and transport challenges; the best methods to defend from coastal erosion;

4th July 2017

Coachmark Silver Award

4th July 2017

World of Work

4th July 2017

Film Industry Presentation

4th July 2017

Sports Day Senior School

4th July 2017

Leaf insects at “The Big Bang”- Is it Picket?         Year 10 students enjoy a lesson exploring the relationship between pressure, temperature and volume.   Palisade Cell cake by George Letts. It has been another busy year in the Akeley Wood Science department! Year 7 and 8 led the way with a successful first visit to the Salters Chemistry Festival; the team participated in

3rd July 2017

English Department End of Summer Term news

3rd July 2017

On Thursday 22nd June the Year 8 students had their WOW (World of Work) day facilitated by Work Tree (http://worktree.org/) a careers charity based in the Milton Keynes area. The students spent time in their forms looking at different job roles with the aid of Pictionary and Top Trumps before moving on to learn about interview techniques. After break we were joined by 20 volunteers from

23rd June 2017

On Tuesday 20th June, pupils at Tile House Mansion were blessed with beautiful weather for their Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Year 7 pupils had studied Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland in preparation for their examination, helping them to develop understanding of 19th Century fiction. The children enjoyed various activities, including orienteering, croquet, toasting marshmallows, archery, chalk drawing, etching and cyanotype printing. Some even managed to cook

23rd June 2017

Community Matters

21st June 2017

Sculpture Workshop

21st June 2017

Year 5 Sculpture and Modelling Workshop

21st June 2017

It is with great pleasure that I welcome our two new library prefects to the role of Librarians, where they shall supervise the day to day running of the library with me.   ‘Hello, my name is Makayla Bice and I am proud to have been a student here, at Akeley Wood Senior School for nearly three years now.  I have a strong passion for

21st June 2017

On Wednesday June 14, Tile House Mansion welcomed Year 5 students from Wicken to take part in a performing arts day. Students had the opportunity to sing, dance and act, using the story of Bugsy Malone as inspiration for the day. We kicked the day off with the whole year group singing and dancing to the song “Fat Sam’s Grand Slam”, before we split into

21st June 2017

On Monday June 5, and Wednesday June 7, we took some of our talented performers from years 7-10 to Buckingham Primary School as part of the school’s “Arts Week”. The students saw performances from our AWH Vocal ensemble, THM Singers, THM Blues Band and AWH Jazz Band, as well as a variety of solo instrumental and vocal performances. We also had a debut performance from

21st June 2017

I was delighted to have 10 pupils attend the 8-week Grade 1 Sight Braille Course at THM last half term on Friday lunchtimes. Of these 10 pupils 4 chose to sit the examination and passed with flying colours! The examination required students to write the alphabet in Braille, read a message written in Braille and translate a written message into Braille. Distinctions all round, with all achieving

21st June 2017

You may remember that earlier in the year we commended Raphe Young, 9SCG, for becoming our first Akeley Wood School published Historian. Today Raphe joined our summer celebration party for our Sixth Form Subject Ambassadors and Year 10 students who had not only reached their end of year target but actually over-achieved it in their summer examination! Raphe was able to give us the update

21st June 2017

On Tuesday 13th June the U15 Aegon league tennis team welcomed Great Marlow school to Akeley Wood. Despite the girls having a tough season so far in the Aegon league, with some very challenging matches, the team began the games with confidence and this very quickly had a positive effect on the score. As both teams started to build consistency in their serves the games

20th June 2017

On Tuesday 27th June 2017 our Year 9 students from Akeley Wood House will hear testimony from Holocaust survivor, Hannah Lewis, as part of a visit organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). The testimony will be followed by a question and answer session to enable students to better understand the nature of the Holocaust and to explore its lessons in more depth. The visit

9th June 2017

Voting at Akeley Wood Senior School

9th June 2017

   The Year 9 and 10 athletics team attended a district relay event where they competed in the 4x100m, 4x200m, 3x800m and 4x100m (mixed) relays. All pupils who were involved performed extremely well and were a real credit to the school. There were a few standout performances from the Year 9 boys who recorded 1st place in the 4x100m and 3x800m relay events. Furthermore, the year 10

9th June 2017

The first XI travelled to Cokethorpe in what was to be their final match of the 2017 cricket season. We have managed to put out a fairly consistent side this year with the likes of William Hedger, Matty Thornley, Jacob Ford-Langstaff and George Wilkinson stepping up from year 9. From year 10 we saw Torin Little and Alex Gomersall also make the step up. Following the

9th June 2017

9th June 2017

5th June 2017

On Tuesday 23rd May Akeley wood Year 7 and 8 girls travelled to Tudor Hall for an afternoon of Tennis. We had 3 pairs in each age group who played a round robin tournament with their respective age groups. It was fantastic to see how well the girls were able to not only work so effectively in their pairs but also execute a number of quite complex

31st May 2017

I and many other Year 6 students decided to go to the cream tea and croquet afternoon at Tile House Mansion. We thoroughly enjoyed our time there. There were so many games to play such as: croquet, boules and lucky horse shoe. The adults had a delightful time and they had a chance to socialise with the new teachers of Tile House Mansion. It also

26th May 2017

Media and Film Studies

26th May 2017

On Thursday 25th May the U13 boys and girl’s tennis team played away at Ashfold School All pupils involved had an enjoyable afternoon and demonstrated some excellent progress since the start of term. All pupils played 3 doubles matches in total with the final round of matches being mixed doubles. Thomas Ladyman and Kiera Foster finished the afternoon with unbeaten records and as a doubles

26th May 2017

Royal Philharmonic Trip

26th May 2017

During Maths, we have been measuring the average walking and hopping speed of children in the school. We did this by using a trundle wheel, to measure the distance and a stopwatch to time how long it took to reach the end of the corridor. Mrs Smith asked us to start at the back door and walk or hop to the end. Each student was

26th May 2017

Theses dry point etchings were done by Year 7 pupils and I am delighted with the results.  It is usually a technique reserved for Year 9s and upwards, but I felt that the Year 7s were up to the challenge and they more than met it.   The pupils scratched into the surface of some acetate sheet, essentially drawing their insect with a point.  The acetate is

25th May 2017

Alice in wonderland Year 7

25th May 2017

Outdoor Education

25th May 2017

On the 18th May we visited Bletchley Park. We learnt a lot about Bletchley Park and its role in World War 2. It was an important place, used to intercept radio signals and codes that were used by the Germans. The most important machine that we saw and learned about was called the ‘Enigma Machine’ which is a rotor cypher code machine. We did a

19th May 2017

Isabella wrote this wonderfully evocative poem about the importance of kindness and how it can affect people so profoundly. For a Year 7 pupil, this is an incredible mature piece, especially as it can teach us all how we should support the most vulnerable people in our communities. Mrs Exarheas Deputy Head of Tile House Mansion Teacher of English Akeley Wood Senior School     Waiting

12th May 2017

Congratulations to James Lewis who has recently achieved his first dan of his Black belt in Karate.  James has been training for this for 9 years and had to do the Kata sequences as well as sparing and fighting against other opponents competing. There are 8 more dans which James looks forward to training for in the future and we wish him all the best.

10th May 2017

First Aid Assembly for Year 7 and Year 8

10th May 2017

U12 XI v Bedford Modern 

10th May 2017

U13 Cricket v Royal Grammar School High Wycombe

9th May 2017

Duke of Edinburgh Award Year 11 Silver Assessment

4th May 2017

On the 27th of April, Year 5 & 6 went to the Senior School for a sports afternoon with Year 9. We played 5 minute games. The ones I took part in were; football shooting, rugby, getting the Frisbee through the hoop, netball shooting and how to throw and catch a Frisbee. My group weren't the best at these games so we didn't win most

4th May 2017

Newly Appointed Library Prefects

4th May 2017

Akeley's Young Musician and Musician of the Year

3rd May 2017

Food Heroes Visit Junior School

2nd May 2017

National Association for Able Children in Education

2nd May 2017

Advanced Certificate in Spoken English

26th April 2017

Villiers Hotel Ballroom March 2017

21st April 2017

Photography Competition - Theme Rainbow

19th April 2017

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Year 7 English Summer Term 2017

12th April 2017

Akeley Equestrian Team

12th April 2017

Salters’ Festival of Chemistry

31st March 2017

Spring Term History Department

30th March 2017

It has been another busy term in Year 5. After the Christmas holiday the children quickly settled back into their routines and started working hard. Year 5 had the honor of looking after the library for two weeks after half term; the children loved having the responsibility of tidying away books and labelling new ones. To promote the use of the library, the children decided

30th March 2017

Junior School Spring Term Music News

30th March 2017

ICT at the Junior School

30th March 2017

The Wicken Singers, one of Akeley’s Junior School Choirs which comprises boys and girls aged from 7 to 11, was awarded the gold medal, a trophy and first place in the School Choir class at the Milton Keynes Festival on Friday 24th March. The Boys' Choir also won a bronze medal and third place with the Girls' Choir gaining a commended for their performance. The prestigious festival brings

30th March 2017

One of the best-known pieces of wisdom in the Book of Ecclesiastes – a word which can apparently be translated as ‘teacher’ – is the observation that ‘To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’. There follows a goodly list of examples of the comings and goings of life. For this particular teacher, the arrival of the Easter break

30th March 2017

RS News

30th March 2017

How lovely it has been to drive in each morning and see the lambs in the adjoining fields - a sure sign spring must be here.  It has been a busy term and the children are now ready for some rest and relaxation before we see them back here for the Summer Term, their last at primary school. Each class has hosted a class assembly.

30th March 2017

Year 1 Spring News

30th March 2017

Year 7 and 8's inaugural Geography Culture Day (GCD) brought the taste of the World to THM. Presented by Callum , GCD brought food and facts from around the World from the students of 8IB. From Italy to India the students shared the rich cultures, smells and tastes of their favourite holiday destination, home town or just the place they call home. Jayne brought her

30th March 2017

At Key Stage 3 our year 7 students have been studying Programme Music, culminating in a performance of ‘In The Hall of the Mountain King’ by Edvard Grieg. Year 8 students have been learning about Minimalism and Dance Music, studying pieces like ‘Tubular Bells’ by Michael Oldfield and ‘Around the World’ by Daft Punk. Year 9 students have completed a unit of work on Musical

30th March 2017

  Year 6 started the term with a visit to the Northampton Shoe Museum.  Children made detailed drawings which were developed into repeat prints which they all printed onto a new canvas for the Drama Den. Year 5 looked at the work of Henri Rousseau and painted their own jungle pictures.  Year 3 and 4 have been preparing for their Arts Project Exhibition which took

30th March 2017

In Year 7 French, students are working incredibly hard and making great progress. They are a keen bunch and we have very high hopes for them all. This week, we have launched the inaugural Year 7 Tongue Twister Trial. Pupils learning French in year 7 will have three tongue twisters to exercise their brains and tongues and we can’t wait to hear how they have

30th March 2017

In January the Year 13 Drama and Theatre Studies students visited the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, to see a ground-breaking and gobsmacking production of The Tempest. The production starred Simon Russel Beale and used live motion capture technology to revolutionise theatre in the twenty first century.  Students were treated to a visual banquet and were inspired to see more Shakespeare, after realising that theatre

30th March 2017

In Science we have been learning about both the interesting topics of Light and Shadow and Rocks which they found most interesting. Similarly in History the children loved learning about Greek Mythology, including all the gory bits! They worked hard to produce some super homework where they invented, drew and described their own mythical creatures. The children consolidated their learning with our fantastic trip to

30th March 2017

Year 2 Spring Term

28th March 2017

Senior School Photography Report

28th March 2017

Art Department End of Spring Term News

28th March 2017

Patterns and Dots

28th March 2017

Spring Term Drama

28th March 2017

This term we have been busy exploring with willow and made lovely wreaths and many children have been making their own creations from fishing rods to dream catchers. This winter has been kind to us in Forest School, allowing us to go out every day. Some days have been colder and wetter than others, but this didn’t stop up exploring and having great fun. Some

28th March 2017

Junior School Food Technology

28th March 2017

Spring Term in Reception

28th March 2017

Year 4 Spring Term

27th March 2017

Top Notch Coaching Skills

25th March 2017

Super Camps

24th March 2017

Library at the Junior School

24th March 2017

Assembly Report Junior School

24th March 2017

Sunday saw our U8 A and U10 A rugby teams take to the fields of Epsom College; and what a venue for the National Rugby Finals. Both teams had qualified with flying colours and we all knew how tough this next step was going to be. The two teams produced some outstanding results and, without a knockout stage, the positions were made up with points for

24th March 2017

Stables Music Concert

24th March 2017

Performing Arts Assembly #THM

24th March 2017

Mother's day Breakfast

24th March 2017

Year 7,8 &9 Girls Footbal

24th March 2017

District Tournament

23rd March 2017

New Skills for Year 8 Textiles, Design Technology and Food Technology.

23rd March 2017

On Wednesday 15th March, Year 10 went to the Big Bang Fair at the NEC in Birmingham. Firstly, we went to the stage to see 'Do try this at home', a show where two scientists and a mathematician did exciting experiments that, as the name suggests, you can do at home! We saw a fire tornado made out of only a wastepaper bin and tea

23rd March 2017

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Year 8

23rd March 2017

Akeley Wood School Project 2017 with Volunteer Sri Lanka

21st March 2017

Lecture to our Year 13 Historians and Year 9 EP Historians on the changing nature of British Warfare 1791-1945.

17th March 2017

Thursday 9th March- Theme- Festivals

17th March 2017

Insight into the British Army

16th March 2017

U12- U13 Football v Wellingborough

15th March 2017

On Friday 10th March, 31 pupils from Years 7 and 8 set off on the annual Condover Hall Netball trip. As soon as we arrived the pupils had their dinner and launched straight into activities including abseiling, Jacob’s ladder and rock climbing. The next morning, we were up bright and [...]

14th March 2017

On Thursday 9th March some students from Years 6 and 7 spent an hour learning about Bastille Day. After finding out what it was all about, the pupils had great fun working in groups to create news bulletins. We had a group of unruly peasants being interviewed about their living [...]

13th March 2017

Internet savvy equals Internet safe On Tuesday 7th March a singer, dancer and song writer called Lexie came to visit us at Tile House Mansion. The purpose of her visit was to talk to us about Internet safety, but first she sang several songs to us. One of her songs was an Ed [...]

13th March 2017

  On Wednesday 8th March, a group of Year 12 Biology and Psychology students went to Oxford University. We were invited by a former Akeley wood student, Bradley Roberts, who is in the first year of his DPhil in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. Bradley discussed his research [...]

7th March 2017

Last half of term, Year 7’s covered the Solar system topic. Their project was to make Solar System models. We have had some fabulous examples.   Mrs  Koshal Teacher of Chemistry and Science Akeley Wood School                     Mrs Kushal Science Teacher Akeley [...]

6th March 2017

On Thursday 2nd March, Year 7 and 8 had an assembly on personal responsibility. At the start of the assembly, Mrs Exarheas gave some notices: there is going to be a Library Club, a House Debating Competition, an opportunity to learn braille, and a BBC Report Day in which lots of other [...]

28th February 2017

Following their trip to the Natural History Museum in Oxford where Year 7 pupils spent the morning sketching the insects on display, we have been working on watercolour paintings. We have used contemporary Turkish artist Ergan Inan as inspiration, and the students have achieved great accuracy in their observational drawing [...]

28th February 2017

Non uniform day raises £807.67 for Charity The last day of term, 10th February, saw yet another fundraising success for Akeley’s third chosen Charity – Help for Heroes. Students and parents gave generously on this non-uniform day and more than £800 was sent to the charity. A big thank you [...]

20th February 2017

Past and present Akeley students took to the stage this weekend to perform the Disney hit - High Street Musical at the Stantonbury Theatre. Anaya played the lead, Gabriella, performing alongside Erin Hall, who played the other main part, Sharpay. Erin was a student at Akeley Wood until the end [...]

20th February 2017

After a bruising first game defeat against a much stronger (and bigger) team of giants from Portsmouth Grammar, Akeley raised their game and held their own in a series of closely fought matches against MCS and schools from KES Birmingham and South Wales on Sunday, 5th February. The best performances, however, were reserved [...]

20th February 2017

Kayne Stanway of 7AOG is back in school this Monday following his latest training and racing block. He spent the week before half term training with his academy team, prior to travelling to Bormio, Italy to compete in the English Alpine Championships which took place in half term week. The English Alpine [...]

17th February 2017

Results as follows 1st  - Fergus Bassett 8KS 2nd - Katya Mackenzie 8FH 3rd - Christopher McCarthy-Archdeacon 8KS Highly Commended William  Shepherd 8KS     Fergus Bassett                                               [...]

17th February 2017

Akeley Wood's Senior Debate Team was out in force for the Jacobsthal Holocaust Memorial Debate 2017. Initially founded in partnership with Oxford University's archaeology department, the competition aims to encourage young people to celebrate the importance of free speech and diversity. This year’s event was hosted at Tudor Hall, Bloxham, on Tuesday 7th February [...]

8th February 2017

Natural History Museum - Oxford On 24th January, Year 7 went to Oxford to draw insects and birds from the extensive range of exhibits in the Natural History Museum. Two coaches left Tile House Mansion with the whole of Year 7 and the pupils had a very productive morning.  Everyone [...]

8th February 2017

Hello! My name is Nigel and I’m the TMH History Mascot. I am a Crusader Bear and really enjoy observing all the pupils learn in Room 2.2. This week I’ve been observing Year 7 as they prepare for their assessment on the murder of Thomas Becket. I’m pleased to report [...]

30th January 2017

Hi, my name is Charissa Halliday. I grew up in Milton Keynes and I am an ex-pupil of Akeley, having spent my adolescent years enjoying everything the school had to offer. It was clear though, from a very young age, I had a passion for dance; and, at 16, I [...]

30th January 2017

Georgie Davis played with Wycombe U18 Girls’ team at the Indoor 6s National Championships over the weekend of 21st and 22nd January, 2017. Held at the Whitgift School, the team won two matches to draw second place in their Pool, going through to the next round and meeting Surbiton in [...]

23rd January 2017

On Thursday 19th January, we had an assembly about individuality. We began by being shown a picture of four different animals and we had to say what was similar about them. We were then shown a picture of Mr Seddon, and found out he had a twin! Mr Seddon told us that he [...]

16th January 2017

On January 5th 2017, we had an assembly when Mrs. Parker talked about all the bad and good things that happened in 2016. We talked about how there were lot of deaths in the United States and in other countries. We also talked about good things like celebrations; and how [...]

11th January 2017

Akeley Wood House, Tile House Mansion and Wicken Park Sites We are writing to advise you regarding our adverse weather closure procedures which may come into effect as snow is forecast during the next few days. We will monitor the weather forecast closely and only implement these procedures if deemed absolutely [...]

19th December 2016

Year 10 students are working hard to develop and test their ideas for their make-up bag, new skills include putting in a zip and various embellishment techniques. GCSE and A-level students are busy making their final pieces as part of their coursework, I can't wait to see what exciting pieces [...]

17th December 2016

Akeley Wood dominate the Latin rivalry In a rivalry that is steeped in history, Akeley Wood vs The Royal Latin is the fixture that teams from both sides target from the start of the year. Unfortunately in more recent times the matches have swung the way of the enemy however [...]

17th December 2016

It has been a very busy and productive term for the music department. At Key Stage 3 our year 7 students have been studying The Musical Elements. They have spent some time discussing “What is Music?” and explored how they can use the sounds around them to make music. We [...]

17th December 2016

What a great term we have had. The teams have represented the school at the National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) Championships, coming in the top 7 nationally,  for dressage and top 10 for show jumping. For the second year Akeley ran its own horse show at Addington Manor in November, [...]

17th December 2016

During the past term we have had enormous amounts of fun using our Low Ropes system out in the woods.    Fall off the "telephone cables" and you will be washed away in a torrent of water created by the floods you have woken up to.  Get to the "hospital" or reach [...]

17th December 2016

This term has seen the first cohort of Year 10 students embark on the Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE.  We have spent this term working on Nutrition (what is in our food and how it makes our bodies work); looking at the sensory properties of food and doing taste testing [...]

17th December 2016

This year the timetables of most of the English Department have been shuffled somewhat, and I have found myself once again sharing a classroom with Years 7 and 8. Having spent the last couple of years with older - and suitably cynical - teenagers, it has been good to have [...]

17th December 2016

It's been a busy term in Business and Careers, in Year 10 Business we started by looking at the qualities of entrepreneurs, where business ideas come from and how intellectual property can be protected. We then looked at Market Research and Mapping before going on to learn about the skills the [...]

17th December 2016

This has been a busy term with plenty of effort and enthusiasm from our fantastic students across all three key stages. In Year 7 we have established our core skills as History Detectives and launched into the anniversary year of 1066. We commanded the back lawn for our re-enactment of [...]

16th December 2016

It has been a busy term in the Mathematics department. We introduced the new Year 7s to Mathematics at Akeley Wood Senior School by using a ‘Rio Olympics’ themed topic using averages to calculate the ‘Perfect Decathlete’. Year 8 have been working hard on their algebra skills and it was [...]

9th December 2016

The CEOPs assembly was held on Thursday 1st December and it inspired the Year 7 and 8s of THM. The assembly wasn't strict saying you can't use Snapchat you can't use Twitter, Instagram or Facebook; it was more about changing your approach towards your attitude to social media. I feel that this [...]

9th December 2016

On Thursday, the 24th  November we had a special visitor in our assembly. His name was Trevor Ray and he works for Catch Development. He talked to us about how everyone sees the world differently, how valuable we are to one another, for our self-esteem, and encouraged us to be [...]

9th December 2016

On Thursday 8th December a selected group of Year 7 pupils took part in a session delivered through the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme. Alistair Patrick Heselton, who is a former Premier League footballer and Paralympian at the London 2012 Games, delivered sessions which focused on the ‘6 keys [...]

9th December 2016

Akeley boys were rewarded with an early try playing a team that appeared to be relatively weak in the initial stages of the game. However, after a period of strong defending Akeley conceded a number of tries due to missed tackles. Lord William built of their advantage and had a [...]

9th December 2016

Once again, pupils and staff at Akeley Wood School  have opened their hearts, larders and purses to help make a difference in people's lives this Christmas.  As a community project, every form group have participated in creating a Christmas Hamper for the Milton Keynes Food Bank.    All in all, we [...]

5th December 2016

Mrs Deller's PE group have just completed a Dance unit.  The theme in this lesson was 'Grease - Hand Jive' which included learning a hand jive motif before choreographing an extension with a partner featuring lifts and twists! Mrs Deller Physical Education Teacher Akeley Wood Senior School       [...]

2nd December 2016

Year 7 have enjoyed re-enacting the battle of Hastings on the back lawn at THM. This supports their end of term assessment - Why did William win?        

2nd December 2016

On Thursday 1st December Akeley Wood Senior School  welcomed a range of Universities to help our Year 12 students begin to think about their future pathways and plan for University. The attendees heard about the following topics and the slides used have be