Ercall Wood Academy hold a special awards night.

Shropshire Star

Ercall Wood in Wellington invited the Mayor along to hand out special awards to pupils in there Sparkle awards night.

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00:00We're here with headteacher of Arkelwood. Introduce yourself, sir.

00:03My name's Nicholas Murphy and I'm the principal of Arkelwood Academy.

00:05And Mr Mayor?

00:06Reg Snell, I'm the councillor from Wellington, Wellington Town Mayor.

00:11And used to be on the governing board here, so a long history with a school.

00:14I was for 20 years, a long time ago, but I was 20 years, and my four children all went here,

00:21and all were very successful, and it's interesting and it's wonderful to see how the school's progressed.

00:27So, what is the Arkel Sparkle? What's the idea behind it?

00:32So, the Arkel Sparkle is a culmination of our character education that we run at the school.

00:38For us, we want to equally invest in the academic rigour and the classroom experiences that the children get,

00:45but we also want to invest within their character.

00:49For us, it's really, really important that we develop those holistic skills,

00:52and we give our children an opportunity to thrive as a result of those.

00:57So, as a result, we've got our values, which are Impair, Respect and Aspire,

01:01and that has helped, and those values have helped drive our character education framework.

01:06So, each term, the students work towards a value, so it started with respect, moved into Appair, we're now on Aspire.

01:12So, we're here at Arkelwood School, Wellington, and we're with pupils, what's your names?

01:17Izzy Smith, Olivia Miles.

01:19Thank you, I love that.

01:20So, it's your Arkel Sparkle 2025, so you've been given special awards.

01:26What sort of stuff have you had to do to achieve this, then?

01:29I did lots of performances.

01:32What sort of performances? Like singing, dancing, or...?

01:35I did dancing.

01:36Oh, well, OK. What about yourself?

01:38I did some charity work.

01:40What sort of charity work?

01:41Um, I sponsored Macmillan.

01:44Ah, right, yeah, good cause. And what about yourself?

01:46I've achieved the role of head girl.

01:48Not bad, not bad going.

01:49And I've sang in Arkel's Got Talent, and in Arkel, which, Arkel the Parkle, which was a fundraiser and a charity event for our school.

01:59Cool. So, are you proud of yourselves? Are you kind of giving yourselves a little pat on the back this evening?

02:03Yeah.

02:04And what do you want to do when you leave school? I mean, it's a big question, isn't it?

02:08You know, I didn't know when I was 15, 16. Any ideas?

02:11I want to go into college, and go into university, and study medicine.

02:16OK, medicine, cool. What about yourself? Any ideas?

02:18I would like to go to sixth form, and then university, and try and be an interior designer.

02:25Very cool.

02:25I would like to study at an academy in the United States for football.

02:30Oh.

02:30If that doesn't go well, then study law in university.

02:35Wow. So you're big into your sports?

02:37Yeah.

02:37Football as in soccer football?

02:39Yeah.

02:39The proper kind of football?

02:40Yeah.

02:41Yeah, it's more and more popular over there, isn't it now?

02:44Yeah. Well, we wish you all the best. You've done incredibly well getting these awards tonight,

02:48off the mayor and your principal. So, enjoy the rest of your evening, ladies. Thank you.

02:53The Arco Sparkle is awarded for those children who have achieved all three badges,

02:57and have been able to show those positive contributions in and outside of school,

03:02which essentially shows their character traits that they have. So, we're incredibly proud

03:08of all of them.

03:09Fantastic. And pleased to be back, Mayor, invited back to present the awards.

03:13I'm absolutely delighted. I thought the evening was wonderful for me to listen to the music

03:18at the start, and it brought back memories. But I also am trying to promote the civic pride

03:28in young people, and the school is doing this in spades. So, I don't need to come and try

03:33and encourage them. It's there. So, I'm absolutely thrilled that that's happening, and we've seen

03:38a demonstration of that tonight. So, I'm delighted to have been here, and a lovely evening. Thank you.

03:44No, we're delighted to have had you. Thank you.

03:58No, we're delighted to have been here, and we're delighted to have been here, and thank you.

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