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Science Experiments

Some fantastic Science experiments taking place this week! Year 7 have been learning about the heart and observed a heart dissection linked to how living things are organised. Year 10 investigated the nutrients in a McDonalds Egg McMuffin, an engaging element to their science GCSE work.

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Revision Strategies

To support Year 11 pupils with their revision for the upcoming mock exams they have had weekly revision workshops. In these morning sessions pupils have been taught the most effective strategies for revising. The booklet below shows these strategies and includes QR codes to online videos of how best to do this.

Strategies for Revision Booklet

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Year 7 Road Safety Workshop

A Fantastic performance last week for year 7 provided by StreetWise – Education in Performance!

Pupils learnt valuable lessons linked to their current PSHE topic thread ‘Health and Safety’ centred around road safety. The team gave a high energy performance with an incredibly interactive Q+A session post show.

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Knife Crime Workshop

Small groups of pupils across different year groups have been given a great opportunity to meet with Walsall Street Teams to learn about the dangers of child exploitation and county lines, where children and vulnerable adults can be coerced into illegal activities. A further 45-minute first aid training session with St John’s Ambulance around knife wounds and catastrophic bleeding was also provided centred on immediate response first aid. Pupils were incredibly mature and engaged in the workshop session with real intent. Thank you Street Teams and St John’s.  

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Supportive home visits improve attendance

Since the start of this term, our pastoral teams have now completed almost 200 home visits to support pupils and families with absence from school, in most cases resulting in improved attendance. It is important to us that all children feel safe and supported when attending school and we are keen to work with you to ensure that your child feels this way when attending school.

Unfortunately, the local authority have so far this term issued fixed penalty notices totalling almost £2,000 for avoidable school absence. We would also remind parents and carers that we do not authorise any term time holidays and would ask you to familiarise yourself with the school holiday attendance & punctuality leaflet for parents and carers available via our website.

Please email attendance@bloxwichacademy.co.uk if there is anything we can do to support you or your child. This email address is not monitored each morning so please do not use it to report absence.

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Themed Menus

We are delighted to launch our themed menus for 2023/24 off the back of our very successful new menu for the academic year. 

These special days are an opportunity to celebrate events, festivals and cultures from around the world across all of the Matrix Academy Trust schools. Not only will these provide pupils with a wide range of food experiences but will also compliment our Personal Development curriculum and Theme of the Week.

Watch this space for more updates on our menus and the wonderful food that we will be offering as part of these events.

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Themed Menus

We are delighted to launch our themed menus for 2023/24 off the back of our very successful new menu for the academic year. 

These special days are an opportunity to celebrate events, festivals and cultures from around the world across all of the Matrix Academy Trust schools. Not only will these provide pupils with a wide range of food experiences but will also compliment our Personal Development curriculum and Theme of the Week.

Watch this space for more updates on our menus and the wonderful food that we will be offering as part of these events.

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Revision Morning

We are incredibly proud of the attitudes and focus year 11 are giving in their morning revision workshops over recent weeks with Mr Evers and Mr Booth. 

Pupils have been learning about the importance of planning, revision timetables and spaced learning. How to utilise Seneca and revision cards, concept maps and dual coding for memory, as well as Cornell notes and deliberate practice. Count down to mock exams is on.

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Pep the Poet

Yesterday, the children were visited by Pep the Poet who has published many books. First, we had a very exciting assembly where he read out some of his poems. Then, every year group had a workshop where they got to ask questions, hear some more and even turn some into performances.

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Careers Fair

Bloxwich Academy welcomed visitors from a range of different professions, backgrounds, and sectors to their career fair on Friday. The visitors praised our students for their excellent behaviour, presentation, and inquisitive questions, with many asking if they could return for next year’s event.  

Pupils were engaged and interested as they moved around the fair, with many pupils intrigued by the robotic arm, brought to the fair by AEC Solutions. Our pupils continued to display a keen interest in the armed forces, with stalls set up from the Army and RAF being particularly popular. 

Overall, our pupils found this a rewarding experience and I have had many positive conversations with pupils, as they plan their next steps and future careers. 

I would also like to thank all the staff who took part in the organisation of the careers fair and helped to supervise during the day.  

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