Author: Clair Hill

It’s National Careers Weeks 2021

National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support …
1st March 2021

Chester’s new Dog Blog!

Hi, I’m Chester the therapy dog. I love working at Unified Academy. In fact, I enjoy it so much that I have launched my very own Dog Blog on the website to stay in touch with you. You can read …
9th February 2021

Thank you Sainsbury – Dorking

Unified Academy recently received a kind donation from our local Sainsbury which included donations of PPE (disposable facemasks & hand sanitizer) and tasty treats for students and staff. From all the staff and students at UA – Thank You Sainsbury, …
8th February 2021

Expressing ourselves

Last week marked Children’s Mental Health Week 2021, and to celebrate students engaged in activities based around this year’s theme – ‘Express Yourself’. Here are some of the highlights; Year 7 students found a variety of ways to look after …
8th February 2021

Reading with a little help from our friends

At Unified Academy we encourage and commend reading in all areas of school life. This year we have been working in partnership with our friends at Canine Assisted Learning (CAL) to provide students with opportunities to read for pleasure, as …
8th February 2021

Children’s Mental Health Week

It’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2021 and to celebrate, Unified Academy are following the campaign theme of ‘Express Yourself’. So, here’s the challenge…can you find creative ways to express yourself through writing, art, dance, poetry, music, playing instruments, drama, YouTubing, …
3rd February 2021

The Tree that Caused Chaos

We are encouraging students to write articles for our website – to share their experiences and take a look at news from their perspective. Here are two stories from George and Finlay in Year 6, reporting on an incident that …
28th January 2021

Secret Garden Sanctuary

Students from Unified Academy were proud to be the first school group to attend the Secret Garden Sanctuary which includes a Care Farm. The outing provided the boys with an opportunity to learn about caring for farm animals, from feeding …
16th December 2020

Sporting Chances

On Friday 11th of December our friends from Sporting Chances visited Unified Academy and students had the amazing opportunity to play with ex-Millwall player Bas Savage and test out their footie skills. We are developing an exciting partnership to include …
16th December 2020

Fundraising for Children in Need 

Always keen to help those less fortunate than themselves, students’ put on their aprons and rose to the challenge once again. This time, they put their baking and fundraising skills into action to support the charity, Children in Need. The …
22nd November 2020

Remembering Josh

Year 10/ 11 students, led by Kyle and Jesse, were keen to organise a bake sale to raise money towards a commemorative bench to remember their friend and fellow student Josh, who sadly passed away from cancer in 2017. They …
22nd November 2020

Meet Lilly, the therapy dog 

We welcomed Lilly, the therapy dog and her trainer Angela, to Unified Academy this week. They are part of the Canine Assisted Wellbeing Group (CAWG) which is dedicated to improving the mental health, emotional wellbeing and literacy of young people …
20th November 2020