The development of students’ originality and independent thinking is key to our success. It is fostered through the many creative and engaging learning experiences we offer inside and outside the classroom.
Library Services at The City Academy, Hackney
The Library is a central part of daily life at the academy.
We have the Lee library on the ground floor for KS3 and the Turing Library on the first floor for KS4/KS5.
The Library is run by our Learning Resources Manager, Ms Towers.
Our opening hours are:
Lee Library | Term-Time | Monday – Friday | 7:30am – 8:20am | 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Turing Library | Term-Time | Monday – Friday | 3:30pm – 5:30pm
What Resources Do We Have?
Our learning resources include:
- Fiction books: we offer an extensive and growing collection of fiction books, suitable for all ages, abilities and tastes. We also have an extensive collection of easy reads.
- Non-fiction books: we stock a wide range of information books to support research, homework tasks and allow students to pursue their interests.
- Magazines: we subscribe to several magazines.
- Computers: in the Turing library we have computers, and in the Lee library we have Chromebooks. Students can use these during lessons or to complete homework at break times and after school.
Students are expected to have a reading book with them at all times while they are in school, as part of their equipment. They may borrow most library books for a month at a time, and we encourage students to read at home as well as in school hours. Our librarians are always willing to help students to find books they will enjoy or find useful, and to help them to improve in their literacy.
Additional Studies and the extended day
| Year | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offer | Art Club | Art Club | Art Club |
| Athletics | Athletics | Athletics | |
| Axiom Maths | Axiom Maths | Business | |
| Book Club | Book club | Chess Club | |
| Choir | Choir | Expect Respect | |
| Computing Basics | Computing Basics | Fitness | |
| Debate Club | Debate Club | Intro To Sociology | |
| Drama Club | Drama Club | GCSE Statistics | |
| Duo Lingo | Duo Lingo | Korean | |
| Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion | MoneyTime | |
| Fitness | Fitness | Orchestra | |
| History Mysteries | History Mysteries | Psychology Club | |
| Mindful Maths Colouring | Mindful Maths Colouring | Short Stories | |
| Model Making Mimicry | Model Making Mimicry | Turkish Support (Invite only) | |
| Music Tech Club | Music Tech Club | ||
| Orchestra | Orchestra | ||
| Poetry club | Poetry club | ||
| Racket sports | Racket sports | ||
| Science club | Science club | ||
| Turkish |
Students who are in years 10 & 11 will all have intervention.
The academy operates an extended day for all students; the libraries are open both before and after school and our staff offer a range of extracurricular activities including our Additional Studies programme of enrichment classes. The PE department also run sports clubs all year round alongside training sessions for the academy’s competitive squads both before and after school.
ADDITIONAL STUDIES TIMETABLE
| Year | Day | Participation |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Tues/Weds | All students |
| 10 | Tues | All students |
| 9 | Tues | All students |
| 8 | Weds | All students |
| 7 | Weds | All students |
Extra-Curricular Sports
Our PE department has a busy schedule of after school clubs, with teams regularly taking part in competitions and playing other schools.
You can download the current timetable for after school clubs below.