Students, staff, families and the whole community were invited to join us for music, dancing, crafts and more. Visitors were encouraged to wear their traditional dress or wear bright colours to celebrate the North Manchester communities whose heritages stretch around the world.

Visitors and participants have shared some great feedback from the event on social media, including this:

Ms O’Connor, who organised the day, said that it was “a lovely way to (almost!) end the year and I really enjoyed forging positive relationships with our families and the wider, local community.”

Thanks to our community partners who ran activities during the day:

• 105 St Peters Manchester Scout Group (based at the academy, who got the community involved with their pedal cars!) 
• Blackley Band (Facebook | Twitter)
• Drumroots West African Djembe drumming experts (Facebook | Twitter |  Instagram)
• Equal Education Chances who provided the delicious food (Facebook | Twitter |  Instagram)
• Fiera Dance (Salsa and Bollywood Dancing) (Instagram)
• Kaddy’s Ice Cream
• Kemoy Walker, our wonderful DJ (Twitter)
• Manchester Chinese Centre
• Manchester Face Painting (Facebook)
• Northwest Photobooth
• Saman Sheikh Henna Artist (Instagram)
• Ms Rowan and Mr Roberts from the academy, who ran a cookery session

And thanks to Hallmark Security for their support and also to the many staff and students who helped plan and deliver the event.