Since returning back to school after the holidays, Nursery pupils have started reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’.

Last week the children took a trip to the woodland area in school in the hope to sight a bear. The children found lots of leaves and sticks unfortunately, no sign of a bear this time. The children then took their sticks to the classroom where they are now exploring a range of materials including wood, fabric, wool, plastic and paper.

Children are beginning to describe the texture of the materials they have found using fabulous adjectives. Some adjectives used are bumpy, soft, hard, crunchy, smooth and fuzzy. Next week we will be using a range of materials to create the face of a bear.

We encourage parents to continue to discuss materials at home.

In Maths the children are also working hard to recognise colours, numbers and a variety of shapes. The children are working hard to recognise their name and are starting to form recognisable letters by writing their name too! Keep up the good work Nursery we are all proud of your achievements.

Yesterday Nursery and Reception performed their Christmas production ‘Away in a Manger.’ The play is the traditional story of the nativity, but from the perspective of the animals and in particular of Maurice the mule. The children performed as a variety of animals from the stable and they worked hard to practise 7 different songs including ‘Away in a Manger.’

Many of our Reception children also learnt their own lines and all children sang and practised the actions to all the songs.  Well done to all of the children for getting involved.

The Autumn Term has been jam-packed with opportunities for all pupils to take part in high-quality PE lessons, clubs and tournaments. Children have enjoyed developing their fundamental skills through a variety of sports from Tag Rugby to Gymnastics. Year 6 children have also taken part in swimming lessons with all children reaching personal goals. Next term Year 5 will be starting their swimming unit.

All children in the school have also taken part in 2 different inter-house competitions. These competitions were great fun for all and gave children the chance to experience the thrill of competitive sport. Outside of the school day, 30% of our KS2 pupils have also participated in tournaments against other schools. This number will continue to rise as we strive to give the opportunity to all.  Our after school clubs continue to be in high demand with over 100 pupils choosing to stay active once work is over.

Children at Bloxwich Academy Primary are really developing a passion for sport and this will continue to grow throughout 2020 with lots of exciting opportunities to come.

West Midlands Police has been made aware of an App called “UNICO LIVE”.  The app is publicised as age-restricted 12+ and designed for young people to upload videos of them performing, singing and dancing etc. It has come to our attention that there is inappropriate content on the platform involving young people which is being investigated.

The content does not appear to be monitored and we urge you to raise awareness widely to increase vigilance and reduce the likelihood of any child being sexually exploited. Please discuss at the earliest opportunity with your family.

Last week, 5RW travelled down to Wick Court farm in Gloucester. Once we arrived, we were given our first jobs straight away. Group 1 had to walk over 2 fields at 7pm to feed the cows! Over the course of the week, the children and staff all carried out different tasks on the farm: feeding the animals, picking plums, planting trees, cleaning out the stables and cooking food. 

On the last day of the trip, the children had the opportunity to choose their activity for the afternoon. Some children went searching in the woods for materials to build dens, others chose to stay in the warm to weave and some decided to build crowns out of woodland objects. The staff at Wick Court were sad to see us go and told Mr Watters how fantastic and well behaved the children were. 

5RW had a fantastic week on the farm and we can’t wait to hear about 5RB’s trip in March!

What an exciting week we’ve had. Posing with the horses this morning.

Today we’ve been cooking!

A beautiful frosty morning today on the farm! A busy day filled with lots of jobs!

Fun on the farm! Look at those happy faces! It’s been a rather muddy journey today!

Now we know why they said ankle wellies wouldn’t be okay!

This morning, one group has gone out bright and early to pet, feed and clean out the beautiful horses.

Y5 are up bright and early to start the day! Which group will be catching the pigs today?

Year 5 Wick Court – An early rise for breakfast this morning!

Our favourite activity was catching and weighing pigs with the farmers!

We’ve fed geese, ducks and even looked after sheep!

It’s a special day – we’re having a birthday party tonight

The Y5 children have arrived at Wick Court. They’ve had dinner, have unpacked and some have already been out feeding chickens!

We’ll upload a picture daily and a short message to inform parents what we’re up to!

On Wednesday 11th December, children are invited to have a traditional Christmas dinner during lunchtime. The options available are as below.

To ensure we can meet demand orders will be taken during registration on Wednesday 4th December 2019.

As part of our continued fundraising activities, pupils and staff will have the opportunity to dig out their favourite festive jumper to support Save the Children.

Due to the Key Stage 2 theatre trip, we will hold our Christmas Jumper Day slightly early on Thursday 12^th December. All pupils are invited to wear a Christmas themed jumper in addition to their usual school uniform in return for a donation on £1.00.

A prize will be on offer for the most ‘Christmassy’ jumper, and we hope that this day will bring some festive cheer, as well as raising money to help children who are in need.

We look forward to seeing some of the entries; please ensure that school uniform is worn underneath the jumper.

We are happy to launch the brand new Bloxwich Academy website. We hope this makes communication between school, parents and pupils easier and more effective.  Our website is updated on a weekly basis so please use this to stay up to date with everything going on around school. Our school letters will be uploaded onto the website so you can stay informed along with regular news and event details.

Along with the new website launch, we have also joined some new social media platforms so we can really shout about the successes of everyday life at Bloxwich Academy, please take a few moments to follow us on the following platforms.

• Twitter – @bloxwichacademy
• Facebook – @bloxwichacademy
• Instagram – @Bloxwich_Academy

We would also like to introduce our new weekly news section of the website that will showcase what the children are doing in class, provide them with weekly challenges and keep you updated with upcoming event dates.  This will replace the Bloxwich Bugle and the new section will become Bloxwich Beats – the beating heart of Bloxwich Primary.

We hope these updates will help with the continuing growth of Bloxwich Academy and always striving to ‘be the best we can be’.