Year 10 students took part in a tea cake challenge, where they were tasked with designing and creating their own tea cakes. The activity encouraged creativity, planning, and practical food preparation skills. Some students chose to develop a Christmas theme, using festive flavours, decorations, and designs to enhance their final products. The challenge allowed students to demonstrate both their technical ability and imaginative ideas, resulting in a range of attractive and well-presented tea cakes.

The Gateway Academy’s musical production of Hairspray, performed on the 9th and 10th December, was an outstanding showcase of student talent and dedication. The cast delivered fantastic singing, vibrant dancing and confident acting, bringing the story to life with energy and professionalism. The choruses were supported by selected children from the GLC primaries, who aspire to take part in future Academy productions and embraced the opportunity with enthusiasm and pride. A huge well done to everyone involved—from the performers to the teams behind the music, lighting, staging and technical support.

Their collective hard work created a truly memorable and uplifting show that the whole Academy can be proud of.

Learning key skills such as the rub in method, peeling, coring apples and stewing. Very proud of those who have already completed. Keep up the great work year 7!

To celebrate anti-bullying day, the GA took part in ‘odd socks day’ again this year. This is to show the importance of us all being unique, in a fun and positive way.

Y10 students who study Spanish for their GCSE exams were part of a Curriculum linked cultural experience at The Latin Plaza (Grays) which enabled them to apply their speaking skills while discussing the topic of food and healthy lifestyles. Students were also given the chance to try a few dishes from the Hispanic cuisine.

Feedback:

“Firstly, I would like to thank you and Ms. Tanase for giving us the opportunity to host your Spanish-speaking experience at The Latin Plaza. We hope your students enjoyed the lunch menu and found the visit both enjoyable and enriching.

It was truly impressive to see how much Spanish your Year 10 students already know, and we’re confident they’ll have an excellent start to their GCSE speaking and listening exams.

On behalf of everyone here at The Latin Plaza, I would like to congratulate Gateway Academy on having such delightful students. They were courteous, enthusiastic, and a real pleasure to host, it was an absolute credit to both their teachers and themselves.

Please pass on our appreciation to your students and head of year. “