Year 8 Rugby Festival – Match Highlights | Thursday 9 October Our Year 8 rugby team delivered a strong performance at the recent festival, showing resilience, teamwork, and skill across five competitive fixtures: Rainhill High A – 2-0 Win Cowley – 1-0 Win Rainford High – 0-5 Loss (Reigning English Champions) Rainhill High B – 3-0 Win De La Salle – 4-0 Win With four wins out of five, the team demonstrated excellent defensive work and creative attacking play. Well done to all involved your commitment and team spirit were outstanding! Next up: Town Cup after half term #RugbyFestival #TeamSuccess

We are so proud of our Year 10 students who took part in a Spanish immersive day at Cronton Sixth Form College They were a true credit to The Sutton Academy; demonstrating our values of being resilient and working together as part of a team. Both staff and student ambassadors commented on their engagement, enthusiasm and subject knowledge. Well done Year 10!

Student of the Month – September Winners! A huge congratulations to these incredible students who've shown outstanding progress, effort, and commitment this month. You've gone above and beyond and we're proud of you! Year 7 – Mayas A Year 8 – Alicia D Year 9 – Grace B Year 10 – Emily G Year 11 – Melissa G Year 12 – Leon H Year 13 – Ruby H-B

Correction – Year 8 & 9 Assessment Week Apologies for the confusion assessments begin Monday 13 October, not today. Thanks for your understanding!

Family Matters Programme Fun, creative sessions for families with children aged 5–11, held at: Sutton Family Hub – Wednesdays Newton Family Hub – Thursdays Activities include arts & crafts, games, challenges, and more, perfect for building family connections and having fun together. For more info Email: youthwork@ymcasthelens.org.uk or Call: 01744 415260 OR JUST POP IN DURING AN ACTIVITY

Youth Hub Autumn Programme (Sept–Dec 2025) A packed schedule of weekday activities for 11–18 year olds, including: Youth Café & Dinner Performing Arts & Breakdancing Cooking, Game Design & Digital Media Sports, History, Dungeons & Dragons, and more! All sessions are free, inclusive, and designed to support wellbeing, creativity, and connection.