Virtual Open Evening
Is your child starting secondary school in September 2021?
This page is designed to help you get to know our academy. We know that COVID-19 makes it harder for you to get to see all the schools in the area, but we hope this virtual experience will help.
We encourage families thinking about applying, to spend time working through all the resources on this page. We are also offering guided tours by appointment only - call the academy on 0161 795 3005 to book your place.
And if this page doesn't answer all your questions, please get in touch via the form below.
Watch the video:
A welcome from our Headteacher, Mrs McMorrow.
Watch the video:
'Proud: a year in the life of our academy'.
This video shows you what our school life is like. It was filmed between July 2019 and February 2020.
Take a virtual tour of our school!
Watch this video walkaround of our academy and see our building and facilities.
And have a look at these photos of our brand new murals!
Download our Minecraft version of the academy, - and take yourself on a tour!
Executive Headteacher Mr Brice and his family built a Minecraft version of our academy.
It was built from the original architects' plans, and is very accurate.
You can tour around the academy yourself this way!
Instructions and downloads
Instructions:
Please ask an adult before installing anything.
This Minecraft version of the academy was created on MinecraftPE for iPad. You can upload it to an iOS device or an Android device. There is also a PC (Java) version also below.
On an iPad…
You can download the MinecraftPE zip file by clicking this link.
Save the downloaded zip file on your iPad by selecting the Files app and navigate to …
On My iPad / Minecraft / games / com.mojang / minecraftWorlds
Once it is in this folder, you will need to click on it to extract it.
Restart your Minecraft app and the world will appear for you to choose.
On a PC…
A version for PC version (Java) can be downloaded here
You will need to put it in your appdata/.minecraft/saves folder and extract it.
What can you do in our Minecraft academy?
Go explore
Just go for a wander and find your way around. can you find the…
Theatre
Climbing Wall
Dining Hall
Sports Hall
and the different subject areas?
Take on a challenge:
find the Music Practice Room and ring the bell !
find the Sports Hall and jump on the trampoline (how high can you go?)
find the 10 enchanted apples – they are dotted around the academy.
decorate a room and share your creation (you will need to change to Creative mode)
Find out about the lessons we teach
Find out more about our offer:
Our main school website https://manchester.coopacademies.co.uk/ also has a wealth of information for families.
