Our Early Years Team have been working extremely hard over the summer to create a better learning environment for Reception and Nursery classes.
We would like to congratulate them on the fantastic job that they have done. The classrooms look brilliant, so well done everybody!
Year 6 put on a show stopping end of year performance of ‘The Rocky Monster Show’ this week. After weeks of rehearsals and planning they pulled off a fantastic celebration show with loads of monstrous numbers.
On the run up to the show various activities took place at school to champion the pupils performing arts success. We had a set designer in school who has worked on Oscar and BAFTA winning design teams. Working on films such as World War Z and Snow White and the Huntsman.
On the afternoon of the show day, pupils also had a visit from a makeup artist and hair stylist helping them look their very best for the big performance.
A selection of photographs from the performance can be found below.
Year 5 have had a wonderful few days at Woodlands Adventure park taking part in an array of team building activities.
The residential trip provided the perfect opportunity for our pupils to grow and develop. Education outside the classroom is key to developing well-rounded young people and it creates a balanced curriculum. Outdoor learning and immersion into outdoor activities really did give our students the opportunity to shine.
We are sure everyone had a lovely time and will be sharing some of their thoughts from the trip in an upcoming Bugle along with lots more photographs.
Bloxwich Academy was chosen by Essilor to have vision screening for all pupils. Vision Screening enabled qualified opticians to identify reduced vision in one or both eyes. If your child received a warning note, please visit an opticians. Essilor & Scrivens is offering a free lens upgrade to all our pupils. We urge you to visit an opticians, this enables your child to be able to see clearly. If you require more information please call school reception.
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What an amazing adventure Year 2 have been on!
The Year 2 teachers have had the pleasure of taking the children on a trip to the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham. It was a spectacular day and the children were wonderful. All of the staff were very proud of the children and how engaged they were with the lesson and the exploring of the grounds. We saw some wonderful plants, birds and even some fish. There were so many colours it was just like walking through a rainbow forest.
The children got to hear a parrot say “Hello!” and they even had a chance to see the ice age animals that were being set up around the gardens. Everyone had a brilliant day.
On Friday 5th April 2019, our pupils brought in their entries for this year’s Easter Bonnet Competition.
There were some fantastic bonnets on display and it was extremely tough to pick the winners.
Thanks to everybody who took part and well done to the winners!
Well done to both Bloxwich Academy Primary and Secondary for all their support and contributions towards Red Nose Day 2019. We will update you with a grand total raised.
Well done to Bloxwich Primary for their grand total of £324.01
After winning their group in tremendous fashion, the Year 3/4 team reached the Walsall League final, where they faced the winners of the other group.
Unfortunately, we lost 1-0 to an incredible free-kick that was quite simply unstoppable. Nevertheless, the future looks bright for our Year 3/4 team if they can keep up the hard work and teamwork.
On behalf of all the staff and pupils at Bloxwich Academy, we would like to say a huge congratulations to our team for making us so proud. Their behaviour, attitude and teamwork was superb.
They also looked extremely smart in their lovely, new kits!
On Thursday 7th March 2019 we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as characters from our favourite books!
A variety of activities ran across the day, such as shared reading sessions and a costume parade during assembly.
We also announced the winners of our potato head competition in assembly. We would like to thank all of our pupils and parents for your entries, they were all fantastic!
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Artist: Thandiwe Tshabalala. Thandiwe is a Cape Town-based graphic artist. Her work is bold, colourful, and conceptual. Her motto as a creative is: “Communicate don’t decorate.” In 2015 she was awarded with the prestigious Mbokodo Award for South African Women in the Arts, in the Creative Design category.
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Artist: Lidia Tomashevskaya is a freelance illustrator from Tel Aviv, Israel. She has worked with publishing houses on book illustrations and has produced illustrations and graphic design for brands such as Hewlett Packard.
Tu Youyou is a Chinese pharmaceutical chemist and educator. She discovered artemisinin (also known as qinghaosu) and dihydroartemisinin, drugs used to treat malaria. Her discovery was a significant breakthrough in 20th-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives around the world.
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Artist: Xu Hui. Xu Hui is an illustrator from Jinan, China. You can see more of her work on Behance.
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Artist: Geneva B is a self-taught illustrator from North Carolina. She loves working with colours, drawing big hair, and adding whimsy with a touch of realism and happiness.
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Artist: Juliette Brocal is an animation student & illustrator from France who likes to draw seaside places, folk stuff and people playing music.
Mae C. Jemison is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to found a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She has appeared on television several times, including as an actress in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is a dancer and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities. She is the current principal of the 100 Year Starship organization.
Artist: Karina Perez is a Mexican American Illustrator/Designer. She’s always interested in exploring storytelling through design and colour to visually communicate the love and acceptance she receives from those around her.
Maria da Penha is a Brazilian biopharmacist and human rights defender. She advocates for women rights, particularly against domestic violence. When Maria da Penha was almost killed by her husband, there wasn’t a single police station she could go to in Brazil that specialised in violence against women. The case Maria filed languished in court for two decades, while her husband remained free. Years later, in a landmark ruling, the Court of Human Rights criticised the Brazilian government for not taking effective measures to prosecute and convict perpetrators of domestic violence. In response to this, the Brazilian government in 2006 enacted a law now known as the Maria da Penha Law on Domestic and Family Violence, which increased the severity of punishment for domestic violence against women, whenever it occurred in a domestic or family environment.
Artist: Camila Rosa. Camila is a freelance illustrator and designer from Brazil. Her work translates women from an alternative perspective: Latin-American, brave, powerful, and not fitted to mainstream beauty standards. Camila believes it’s important that her work can be used to support and educate girls and women around the world.
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Artist: Joana Neves is a digital artist from Portugal who loves drawing and started teaching herself how to digitally paint in 2014. She is driven by her longtime interest for fashion, folk tales, burlesque and animation.
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