This week in STEM Club, our students explored science in action by making their own lava lamps! Using simple materials — vegetable oil, water, food colouring, and Alka-Seltzer tablets — they investigated density, solubility, and chemical reactions. The fizzing tablets released bubbles of carbon dioxide, creating colourful motion and excitement in every beaker. 🌈🧪

It was a fantastic hands-on session that brought chemistry and physics to life, showing how everyday materials can be used to explore scientific ideas in creative ways. Well done to all our budding scientists for their curiosity and enthusiasm! 👏✨

On the 16th and 17th October Bloxwich Academy pupils celebrated Restart a Heart Day with an assembly and form time activity. Restart a Heart Day is on 16 October 2025. It helps to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and supports people to learn CPR, giving them the skills and confidence needed to save a life. Bloxwich Academy Pupils followed the guidance from British Heart Foundation and St Johns Ambulance videos to learn about how to carry out CPR. Pupils then attempted to complete the CPR on their blazers and bags. There are many songs that can help you retain the beat required for CPR. Our pupils worked with Pink Pony Club and Stayin Alive. Details of our RSHE Policy can be found on our website. This content is now statutory and forms a key part of our provision at school. Should you have any queries, please contact Miss Williamson at postbox@bloxwichacademy.co.uk

Some fantastic work created by year 7B1 with Mr Chopra! The work is inspired by the artist Ed Ruscha who creates drawings inspired by words he makes out of paper. Pupils will be in the following lessons be drawing from their own paper words applying a range of media while learning all about the formal elements of art.

Today is World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day takes place every year on 10 October. It’s a reminder of the importance of good mental health and the need to prioritise and invest in good mental health. This year's theme is 'access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies'. The theme highlights the importance of people being able to protect their mental health in times of global instability. Please see below a link to Mind- a great organisation who do work at local and national levels who have put together a “Tips for Everyday Living” page.

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/

On Monday 6th October, Year 7 pupils were given the exciting opportunity to have a clear message about road and travel safety delivered by Performance in Education. Their performance of “Streetwise” emersed our pupils into the story of 3 teenagers engaging in unsafe practices when walking or traveling in their community. Pupils were educated on ways to stay safe when using a phone, listening to music, crossing a road and travelling to and from locations. As well as strategies to stay safe, pupils were also informed of the statistics relating to pedestrian incidents and the timeframes of 8:00am-9:00am and 3:00pm-5:00pm being the highest rates of injuries and deaths due to pupils walking to and from schools. Pupils were fully engaged in the follow up workshops and were keen to show their understanding of how to stay safe. Bloxwich Academy would like to thank Performance in Education for the fantastic and informative production.

Thirty Year 10 pupils had their third “Future Thinking” session run by Wolverhampton University to encourage pupils to consider higher education. Today’s session was on Growth Mindset and having a positive approach to challenges

A fantastic day for the u13 girls football team. The girls played out of their skin and came away with a massive 11-1 victory.

The girls currently sit at the top of their league table with 2 games played and come away with 2 wins.

Players were C. Lloyd who scored a massive 7 goals for us yesterday, T. Wainwright scoring 1 goal, I.Rowe scoring 2 goals, M. Walton scoring 1 goal, I.Luke, D.Lennoard Taylor and last but not least E Bryan the super goal keeper making some epic saves.

Year 11 students had an assembly today on the post-16 provision available at Walsall College. Pupils learnt about the facilities available, and the different pathways they can choose, including apprenticeships. A big thank you to Barr Beacon, Wednesfield, and Walsall College for recently delivering these assemblies and helping our pupils choose their next steps.

On Monday 29th September, Year 7 pupils were given the fantastic opportunity to see a performance of “My Mate Fancies You” by Loudmouth. The focus of the performance was to support pupils with friendships and relationships through times of change, including the transition from primary to secondary and changes of feelings during puberty. Pupils also saw the cast stay in character when discussing the physical as well as emotional changes that happen during puberty. During and after the performance, pupils were signposted to support in and out of school. Details of our RSHE Policy can be found on our website. This content is now statutory and forms a key part of our provision at school. Should you have any queries, please contact Miss Williamson at postbox@bloxwichacademy.co.uk.