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• Wednesday 16 December 2020 Christmas Holiday Emotional Wellbeing Service If you need any support with your child's emotional wellbeing over the Christmas holidays the Brighton & Hove Wellbeing Services are here for you.
• Wednesday 16 December 2020 Feedback on our latest Parent/Carer and Student Survey Following our first ever Virtual Progress Evening this term, we asked parents and students to give us their feedback and complete a survey. Thank you to those who took part. We wanted to share some of the headlines with you. 
• Tuesday 15 December 2020 A big BACA thank you to the Co-Op in Woodingdean! Determination, creativity, passion and teamwork are just some of the Aldridge Attributes that have been demonstrated today by Emily J in Year 7. Even more families are having to rely on food banks at Christmas this year due to the COVID19 pandemic and as part of our annual Christmas celebrations, students and staff have been placing items under the tree to give as donations. 
• Tuesday 15 December 2020 ChatHealth - confidential and anonymous advice over the Christmas holidays Did you know you can still get help from our school nursing team over the Christmas holidays?
• Wednesday 9 December 2020 Creative World Of Work Week
• Tuesday 8 December 2020 BACA Scholars Students Feature in NSEAD Magazine A group of our BACA Scholar students have been working in partnership with the University of Sussex on a project called 'Beyond the Archive'. The project ran over the course of an academic year and involved a series of workshops on research, curating and illustration, devised by the University of Sussex's School of English. 
• Tuesday 8 December 2020 BACA & the 'Glow Wild' Event at Wakehurst Place Same Sky is an award-winning community arts charity, based in Brighton, who create magical events: luminous night-time parades, fantastical puppets and floats, large sky fire shows and imaginative costumes and concepts. 
• Thursday 26 November 2020 BACA RETAINS ITS STATUS AMONGST TOP 100 CRICKET SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY BRIGHTON ALDRIDGE COMMUNITY ACADEMY RETAINS ITS STATUS AMONGST TOP 100 CRICKET SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY
• Tuesday 24 November 2020 2019-20 GCSE/A-Level Art & Photography Exhibition
• Monday 16 November 2020 You Are Not Alone - ‘how to spot the signs of child exploitation’ on Monday 16th November If you are a parent or carer in Brighton and Hove, we would welcome you to be a part of the Citywide conversation. 
• Monday 16 November 2020 FREE: Medical, Dentistry & Veterinary Online Conferences for our students
• Monday 16 November 2020 YMCA Right Here's Service Director - Wheretogofor Not sure where to go for help and advice? 
• Tuesday 10 November 2020 Temporary Changes to Year 10 & Year 11 Start Times We are making temporary adjustments to the school day for students in Year 10 and Year 11 for the next two weeks (from Monday 16 November 2020) to accommodate the Year 11 mock exams. 
• Friday 23 October 2020 BACA Buzz - Parent/Carer edition - 23rd October 2020 We are delighted to present our end of Term 1 BACA Buzz - parent/carer edition! 
• Monday 19 October 2020 City Cycling Skills
• Tuesday 13 October 2020 Parent seminar: Thinking about university - 14 October 2020, Wednesday The University of Brighton Outreach Team are putting on a series of parent seminars to aid the conversations and guidance at home. This is an impartial information, advice and guidance and not a recruitment drive.
• Monday 5 October 2020 BACA, Brighton & Hove Music & Arts and East Sussex Music Did you know that you can have music lessons in school, at home or online? 
• Friday 2 October 2020 50 not out for Cricket at BACA in 2020
• Wednesday 23 September 2020 Letter to parents/carers from the Department of Education - 23 September 2020
• Monday 21 September 2020 Extra-Curricular Activities! We are delighted to be offering a range of extra-curricular sports activities again for our students in Year 7 and Year 8. 
• Thursday 20 August 2020 Congratulations to our Year 11's on results day! Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Principal Bob Speight congratulated BACA's Year 11 this morning saying: "Although exams were cancelled this year, the grades the students receive today are theirs to be very proud of. The grades are based on teacher assessments and have gone through a very rigorous process of moderation. They are the result of years of study, hard work and commitment and our Year 11s can take great pride in their achievements."
• Thursday 20 August 2020 Year 11 Graduation video with Lemn Sissay Congratulations to Year 11 students across Brighton & Hove who are receiving their KS3 results today - you are all extraordinary! 
• Tuesday 18 August 2020 Live Careers Advice & Guidance - Thursday 20 August 12pm-2pm Our careers advice service are hosting a live results day this Thursday 20 August at 12 - 2pm with careers advisors offering advice and guidance to young people and their parents. Join through the Get Career Confident website. 
• Tuesday 18 August 2020 GCSE Exam Results Update - 18 August 2020
• Thursday 13 August 2020 Congratulations to our BACA College students on results day! We are very proud to share the success of the BACA Year 13 cohort who have achieved a superb set of results.
• Thursday 13 August 2020 BACA College Results Day - Steve's Bound For Australia
• Monday 10 August 2020 The Year 7 BACA Scholars Art Exhibition Back in February, we wrote about a fantastic opportunity given to a group of Year 7 BACA Scholars in partnership with the University of Sussex. The project ran over the course of the academic year and saw our students taking part in a series of workshops on research, curating and illustration, devised by the University of Sussex’s School of English. Their work is beautifully displayed in an online exhibition on the Sussex University website, alongside their own commentary and ideas and we hope that a live exhibition of their work in the Brighton Jubilee Library can also go ahead in November 2020… watch this space. 
• Monday 10 August 2020 BACA Poet's Feature in BBC Film! At BACA, we want all children to reach their full potential, regardless of their background. The BACA Scholars programme has been specifically designed to enrich the educational experience and outcomes of our students, inside and outside of the classroom. As part of the programme, students are challenged every day through support, enrichment and intervention to enable them to succeed at GCSE and beyond. 
• Wednesday 22 July 2020 Letter to parents/carers from local authority in Brighton & Home
• Tuesday 21 July 2020 Chair of Governors Jim May Published In The Cricketer Magazine Local Governing Committee chairman Jim May, who is a former chairman of Sussex Cricket was asked by the Cricketer Magazine to reflect on the health of cricket in state schools. Read his article from this month's magazine here:
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