Year 8

Welcome from the Year 8 Pastoral & Teaching Team

YEAR 8 PASTORAL STAFF

In Year 8 you will be supported by the Year 8 Pastoral Team. This team will be made up of the following members of staff:

Mrs R Sephton r.sephton@almbanyacademy.co.uk

Miss A Crook (Year 8 Pastoral Officer) a.crook@albanyacademy.co.uk

Mrs S Anderson (KS3 Pastoral Manager and Year 9 Pastoral Officer) s.anderson@albanyacademy.co.uk

Mrs P Cunliffe (Maths Faculty Lead) p.cunliffe@albanyacademy.co.uk

YEAR 8 TUTORS

8L D Cook d.cook@albanyacademy.co.uk

8E D Thoburn d.thoburn@albanyacadem.co.uk

8A E Hodkinson e.hodkinson@albanyacademy.co.uk

8R - D Steele d.steele@albanyacademy.co.uk

8N - A Nisbet a.nisbet@albanyacademy.co.uk

8S - J Brady j.brady@albanyacademy.co.uk



Head Boy and head girl messages

Student Well-being & Support

Reading, fresh air, sleep, writing, getting artistic, being creative will help you & so might these apps & links.

Mental Health Apps

Calm: iOS | Android App for meditation and mindfulness. Provides meditation to lower stress, help manage anxiety and increase quality of sleep.

Headspace: iOS | Android Guided meditation for anxiety, stress, focus and sleep.

Self-Health Links

Learning with Albany Academy

Below are the subject video presentations to help you make your Y9 preferences.

Art

DT

Food technology

drama

Google Classrooms are run by school in some subjects. Below is a list of classrooms where you can expect to find lessons and learning ready-to-go.

Year 8 Google Classrooms

Access Email + Office 365 account

Help with Classrooms

Many of you will be new to Google Classrooms. For help with getting started use these links to get logged in.

Learning: Daily National Lessons

We want you to keep your skills sharp and your learning up to date. Do use the sites below when you can, as well as our Google Classrooms.

Contact

If you have any questions, please email us on this address