Bloxwich Beats

This academic year has seen many changes; as a result, PE and extra-curricular activities look a little different. As a school, we are currently participating in the Virtual School Games; October saw the start of the Black Country Virtual Skipping Competition. This was a virtual skipping competition against local primary schools over a two-week period, which then lead to competing against primary schools across the Black Country. The skipping competition created a lot of excitement and the children really enjoyed participating with their friends. There were some great performances across KS2.   Ruby (Year 3) achieved 40 skips in 30 seconds …

On Thursday 17th December, children will be invited to have a traditional Christmas dinner during lunchtime. The options available will be as follows: Roast turkey or pork (Gluten free)Pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing and gravy (Contains celery, milk and cereals containing gluten) Or Mushroom and onion wellington (Vegetarian. Contains eggs, cereals containing gluten and sulphur dioxide) All served with seasonal vegetables, roast potatoes and mash Angel sparkle cake (Contains eggs, milk and cereals containing gluten) To ensure the school kitchen is able to meet demand, orders will be taken during registration on Wednesday 2nd December. If your child…

Nursery rhymes play an important role in early childhood development and education. As well as being fun they are excellent teaching tools. Nursery rhymes and children’s songs boost vocabulary and language development, they help children to develop literacy skills and help children to develop social, physical and emotional skills. You can support the children by taking part at home and using the World Nursery Rhyme Week website here – https://www.worldnurseryrhymeweek.com/

Virtual learning has been taken to new heights this week with the Early Years team engaging in virtual phonics lessons. Children and parents loved joining in with Fred fingers for spelling and Fred talk for using sounds to read words correctly. It was great to see so many people joining in. The children and parents were able to join teams for live lessons despite the children not being in school. It was a fantastic sight to see and everyone had lots of fun learning. Remember, if you need to get on teams for remote learning, please see the video on…

On Friday 13th November 2020, Bloxwich Academy (primary) will be supporting the Children in Need event. Children can come into school wearing their own clothes. You can wear spots, stripes, patterns – it is up to you! We are asking children to make a small donation to support the charity. The suggested donation is £1, but more or less will be put to good use by Pudsey Bear, I’m sure.  Throughout the day, we will be finding out about Children in Need and taking part in related activities. One of these activities will be taking part in Joe Wick’s PE…