Tuesday 7^th February 2023

Safer Internet Day is held every February in over 170 different countries. The goal of Safer Internet Day is to call on people across the world to work together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, but especially for young people. In the UK, the UK Safer Internet Centre run a campaign especially for the day which aims to start a national conversation about using technology safely and positively. 

Last year over half of children and young people in the UK heard about the campaign, but it also involves and influences government, charities, police forces and tech companies including social media and gaming platforms. 

This Safer Internet Day asks everyone to make space for conversations about life online, especially with young people.  

That’s why this year, the theme for Safer Internet Day is: 

Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online 

To help raise further awareness of the importance of keeping safe online, pupils in all year groups have written their own pledges about how they will keep safe online.    

So, this Safer Internet Day we are challenging everyone to talk about it. 

Talk to your friends. Talk to the adults you know and trust. 

Most importantly, tell them if something is worrying you. It’s never too late to share an online problem and get help and support that can make things better. 

Happy Safer Internet Day everyone!

Our early year’s children took to the stage and performed their Nativity for Nursery and Reception parents on Tuesday and it was lovely to welcome parents into school to watch their youngest take part in their first ever school performance, an important milestone, I’m sure. The children did a wonderful job and looked adorable in their costumes; it really is a highlight in every school calendar.

Nursery

A Wriggly Nativity

Last week, Bloxwich Academy Primary celebrated the achievements of a number of our staff. Whatever role they have to play in the smooth operation of the school, all of our staff do a fantastic job to make the Bloxwich Academy vision of ‘Be the Best you can Be’ a reality. From the amazing work of the site team, catering staff and admin department to the teachers in the classroom delivering on that promise for high quality education. We really couldn’t do it without the diligence, support and determination from all of our team who work tirelessly, continuingly looking for ways to adapt and develop to ensure they deliver the very best in whatever job they do.

To mark this, the Matrix Academy Trust recognised the achievements of a number of our staff across the year. Whilst it would be true to say all of our team deserve awards of some description and we are immensely proud of the all, these individuals have stood out particularly as helping to make Bloxwich Academy Primary what it is today. A huge congratulations goes to; Miss Claire Gunter (Kitchen) for Innovation, Mr Watters for Cross-Trust Collaboration, Miss Evans for Team Player, Mrs Watkins for Continuous Improvement, Karen Oliver (School Office), Mrs Martin for Problem Solver, Mrs Snape for Best Communication, Miss Corns for being Most Dependable, Mrs Johnson for Most Eager to Develop, the Year 6 Team for Against All Odds, Miss Shelton for Most Adaptable, and Mrs Stubbs for Most Creative. Bloxwich wouldn’t be Bloxwich without each and every one of these members and the rest of the staff body. We thank you for all of your support as stakeholders throughout this year and invite you to wish our staff a huge ‘Well Done’ for an extremely successful 2022!

Dance students from across the Matrix Academy Trust came together on Monday 21^st November at Turves Green Boys School to perform in a collaborative project. Each school was assigned a section of ‘Celebrate’ by Pitbull to choreograph and perform, before all coming together as one to learn and perform the final section. The event saw over 100 students come together and share their passion for dance. Students thoroughly enjoyed the experience of performing in front of others and making new friends. The overall performance shows the motivation and commitment that these students have for the subject.

We are delighted to announce, Bloxwich Academy Primary have been awarded the ‘Gold School Games Mark’ award for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. 

Some of our successful school sport achievements this year have included: 

The KS2 Girls football team being unbeaten in all games played across the academic year! 

Boys and girls winning football tournaments at Beacon primary school without losing a game! 

An amazing turnout for both boys and girls’ football & rugby clubs increasing participation for all! 

At Bloxwich Academy Primary we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible. As a school, we are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and want to try out new activities beyond school too in our community. We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people that need it most either as a participant, leader, official or volunteer. 

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year. 

Ms Shepherd would like to thank all the staff at Bloxwich Academy Primary for their dedication to teach outstanding PE lessons and taking their own time to offer a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. To all the parents and children for their hard work and efforts achieving this award – we couldn’t have done it without you! Special thanks go to Mr Baugh and Miss Machin for overseeing, organising and leading the PE throughout the year. Well done for all your hard work! 

We look forward to applying once again in 2023! 

Years 1 – 6

Will return to school Tuesday 6th September, normal school hours.

Nursery

Tuesday 6th September – Wednesday 7th September 2022.

You will be invited to come into nursery with your child to look at their classroom. There will be a short 10-15 minute meeting with your child’s teacher so we can get to know you and your child better before starting nursery.

Thursday 8th September 2022

1 hour nursery session for all nursery children 8:40-9:40am

Friday 9th September 2022

2 hour nursery session for all nursery children 8:40-10:40am

Monday 12th September 2022

3 hour nursery session for all nursery children 8:40-11:40am.

Reception

Wednesday 7th September 2022

Children who attend Bloxwich Academy nursery to start full time.

Wednesday 14th September 2022

Children from outside settings to start full-time and join children who attended Bloxwich Academy.

Year 4 have had a fantastic couple of weeks! We have been getting involved in lots of activities in our recent residential and we have also been smashing out our summer term tests.

For three days, Year 4 have been getting actively involved in some of the amazing activities that Woodlands outdoor activity centre had to offer. After arriving, children got to unpack, familiarise themselves with the buildings and even have time to play a couple of games of table football and pool.

After a quick bite to eat, we got into the activities! The assault course, zip line, archery, canoeing and other activities over the 3 days were so enjoyable and the children had an absolute blast! After a long day of activities, children had some free time to play football, pool and table football whilst waiting for dinner. Hot chocolate accompanied the children before bed. After a long and tiring day, eventually, everyone was in bed, ready to be up nice and early the next morning to do it all again! Year 4 definitely enjoyed the visit and some children even managed to conquer some fears and challenges that they thought they would never get the opportunity to do!

For this year’s Sports Days on Friday 24^th June and Tuesday 28^th June, children are asked to attend school in their PE kit. If you have a t-shirt in their house colour, children are welcome to wear this instead. You can find your child’s house on the list below, and the corresponding house colours are as follows.

Brindley – Blue

Stephenson – Green

Telford – Yellow

Watt – Red