Academy's hi-tech learning; CHELMSLEY WOOD.A NEW Chelmsley Wood Chelmsley Wood is a neighbourhood and large housing estate in the North of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands area, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located near Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. school has won a prestigious award for using its state-of-the-art facilities to improve learning. The Grace Academy, on Chapel House Lane, received the National Future Vision award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT SSAT Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (UK) SSAT Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract SSAT Social Security Appeals Tribunal SSAT Secondary School Admissions Test SSAT Spermidine/Spermine N(1) ) for innovation in personal learning. More than 80 educationalists enjoyed a tour of the facilities, which opened in September 2006 and has helped them to win the award. Year seven showed off activote technology in an interactive debate about voting, democracy and the political process and Year 10 students took part a virtual stock market trading floor. The academy is a specialist Business and Enterprise College and has a 180 seater Lecture Theatre with full projection and surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. , it's fully wireless connected and the Academies E-Learning Hub has more than 90 computers. CAPTION(S): TOP MARKS... from left, principal David Wootton, pupils Jodie Thompson, Jack Clements, Nicola Perkins, and Elliot Symonds with Bob Edmiston, sponsor of the academy. Photosales No.: PH091007-Grace 2 |
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