AWARDS NIGHT... on Friday

Friday night is when we get to see if our school has been recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

The school is shortlisted in the Sustainable Futures category and also Landscape. We're keeping our fingers crossed that everyones hardwork has made a difference. We'll keep you posted as it happens...

South Yorkshire is leading the way in this year's RIBA Yorkshire White rose architecture awards. Ten of the 15 short listed projects are in South Yorkshire.What's more, Sheffield firms or organisations created nine of the designs.

The awards, presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects, reward high standards of design in buildings and public spaces and, for the first time, include awards for landscape design and sustainable
architecture.

Shortlisted South Yorkshire projects include: Sheffield University's Information Commons, Sorby House in Burngreave, Barnsley Transport Interchange, Hillsborough Park Pavilion, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, a housing association development in Henley Rise, Rotherham, Sharrow School and a private house, both in Sheffield.

Both the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and Sharrow School have been short listed for two awards – the AMRC, for the top White Rose Awards for Architecture and the Sustainable Futures Award, where it is up against Sharrow School, which has also been short listed for the Landscape Award.Sheffield architects involved in short listed projects include Bond Bryan –three short listed projects - Jefferson Sheard, Prue Chiles and Houghton Budd.

Sheffield City Council's Design and Project Management Department has one project short listed for two awards and South Yorkshire Housing Association, whose headquarters is in Sheffield, is the last organisation with a short listed project.Winners will be announced at the RIBA
Yorkshire Awards Dinner on Friday October 24, hosted by Barnsley poet and broadcaster, Ian McMillan.

Latest photos, sunflowers grown by our school friends and the pretty seeds that have grown up on the main roof