Mrs Morris and Miss Redden from the Art department hosted a fantastic Nosecco and Paint workshop attended by just over 20 staff yesterday at the Academy. The standard of work produced by our clearly talented staff body was of an exceptionally high standard.

The event was part of the departments charity initiatives as well as running in conjunction with the Staff Wellbeing Group programme. 

We would just like to take this opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to Mrs Morris and Miss Redden for such an incredible afternoon of enjoyment and providing an opportunity for staff to talk, laugh and relax. Our staff truly deserve it after all their hard work and dedication throughout this term. 

At Bloxwich Academy, we have a Staff Wellbeing Group who meet at least twice each half term to discuss staff wellbeing. The team meet to discuss any current aspects of school life that are related to wellbeing and how these can be further improved to support colleagues at work. They also meet to discuss and plan staff wellbeing events that are put on over the course of the academic year, with the aim of providing a space and platform for staff to have time to invest in themselves away from their day to day teaching work. Recent examples of this have been events such as Nosecco and Paint, Staff Darts competition and staff breakfasts. We are proud of our proactive approach to staff wellbeing and we are grateful to the Staff Wellbeing Group, as a dedicated collection of professionals from different parts of the whole staff body, who have such a strong focus on wellbeing at Bloxwich Academy. This, in conjunction with our ongoing internal professional development, access to NPQs and being signed up to the DfE Staff Wellbeing Charter amongst other programmes and initiatives, are a clear indication of the importance we place on staff wellbeing.

In March we launched a Staff Praise button here at Bloxwich Secondary. This was to give staff the platform and opportunity to recognise the efforts and talents of their colleagues. There has been an overwhelming response to this new initiative, staff have engaged well and taken the time to ensure they acknowledge colleagues' efforts here at the Academy. There were just under 170 nominations in the first round and there are currently 110 in the second round with the deadline approaching.  

Amy Hodgkiss was the lucky winner of the random prize draw from all of the first-round nominations and received an extra £30 voucher! 

A huge well done and thank you to all the staff who were nominee’s or nominated. It was incredible to see all the lovely things written about each other and what goes in to making Bloxwich Academy a great environment to be a part of. A snapshot of the kind words and recognition is below... 

“For being such an amazing LSA and going above and beyond to support both staff and students. On behalf of myself, 7X3 and 8Y2, thank you so much!”

“Thank you for working hard to embed mini whiteboards in your learning routines, and using these with all classes to check their understanding. It is great to see strategies from whole-school and department CPD in action, in your lessons. Well done and keep it up!”

“Thank you for all of your help with the submissions of the BTECs. Without you, I wouldn't know what I would have done. I really appreciate all of your hard work with everything"