As part of the Steel Signing for the Capital Build, Adam Newstead from KLFM added this signature, below is a audio extract from KLFM this morning. Click play below to listen.

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Today students got the chance to sign a steel beam for the new Central Hub. Below are a few images, more to follow.

KLFM - Adam Newsted also signed the Steel Work, click below to view the video.

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Year 7 students at King’s Lynn Academy are seeing their building change before their eyes.

Harvey Luker, who started in September, said “The new building will be amazing for learning with other people, I’m so lucky to be a part of the KLA.” Rebecca Morgan added “This building is epic”.

These are certainly exciting time at Kings Lynn Academy, which has seen examination success dramatically improve in its first two years and has now embarked upon this 21st century building project.

Over the summer months the concrete piles were sunk, and in recent weeks the concrete floor slab has been laid and the new steelworks are rising at a rate of knots. The schedule calls for the new building to be completed and ready for occupation after Easter, and by September the whole of the premises will have been rebuilt or refurbished. There will be state of the art teaching and learning facilities; with a heavy emphasis on I.T. provision along with brand new tailor-made specialist learning suites for Technology, Business Studies, Science, Art & Music. All of this will augment the brand new classrooms for English, Mathematic, Languages and Humanities.

The new Year 7 students have certainly made a successful start to their learning programmes at KLA and are enjoying their experiences and want to share their Academy with other students.

Katelyn Reed said “I think that the time I’ve been here has been amazing. I hope the new building will make other students come here. The building is outstanding.” It is a sentiment shared by Melvin Aravjo who summed it all up “I think the new building is going to make the school look cool and make more people come to the Academy.

The Academy believes in “Learning without Limits” and the Principal, Mr Craig Morrison, has high hopes that the new building will provide the best possible teaching and learning facilities in West Norfolk because “our students deserve the best”

Have you ever had to ask a driver to slow down?”

Did you know that 1 in every 5 drivers aged 15-24 have a crash in their first year of driving?

These are some of the questions that 30 sixth formers have been asked at Kings Lynn Academy in a powerful presentation by Norfolk Police and may explain why getting insurance at this age is so high.

On Thursday 11th October PC Bolderstone, Kings Lynn Academy’s Safer Schools liaison officer, asked his colleague PC Nattrass, from the Police’s Roads Policing section, to come and talk to the Sixth Formers about being a Safer Driver. Subjects covered were use of seatbelts, texting, speeding, over-taking, drinking while driving as well as falling asleep at the wheel. Students discussed why their age group were at a greater risk of accident than others and what sort of things could distract them.

Kings Lynn Academy is the only school in this area to have had this input so far and there was some excellent feedback - with lots of students admitting that they could be taking fewer risks than they do already.

“Some students were amazed to hear about research suggesting that Young Drivers are 6 times more likely to have a crash when they are driving with friends than when they are alone. There were also some helpful tips given out by PC Nattrass who has had to deal with telling families that loved ones have been involved in serious incidents and is passionate about reducing these figures.

“There has been more road deaths than ever this year in Norfolk and as the Roads Policing Team are emphasizing – ‘Your Safety is your responsibility’

PC Nattrass has agreed to come back to talk again to our Year 11’s soon.

“Photo of PC Andy Nattrass from the session"