Our reading rewards vending machine continues to be a focal point of our weekly Friday lunchtime celebrations, with pupils from all year groups being recognised for a range of achievements. These include demonstrating our Bloxwich Values, representing the school, and attending extra-curricular clubs.

• Daniel. Year 7 - persistently upholding Bloxwich values

• Eliana. Year 8 – self-motivated to achieve throughout all lessons

• Emily-Jayne. Year 9 - makes a valuable contribution in lessons and to school life around the academy

• Leyton. Year 10 - makes valuable contribution in lessons

• Godfred. Year 11 - persistently self-motivation to achieve and understanding to others as one of our school prefects

Pupils in KS3 and KS4 were having a great time in badminton club. This club is mainly for some fun game play, but also looking at improving and mastering the key skills used in badminton. Well done for the following pupils for taking part:

Chelsie-leigh, year 9

Ubay, year 9

Ellis, Year 9

Leah, Year 9

Ruby-lea, year 9

The Secondary School Breakfast Club provides students with a welcoming space to start the day positively. Open before the start of lessons 7.45 AM-8.30 AM, the club offers a breakfast alongside a calm, friendly environment where students can socialise, do an activity, complete homework, or simply prepare for the school day ahead. The Breakfast Club supports students’ wellbeing by ensuring they have access to, breakfast helping to improve concentration, punctuality, and readiness to learn.

Staff supervision ensures a safe and inclusive atmosphere, and all students are encouraged to attend.

On Monday 2^nd and Tuesday 3^rd February, Bloxwich Academy welcomed Saltmine to perform their show “Ignite”. This was followed by a workshop to discuss, ask questions and develop students understanding about the content of the show.

The focus of the performance was to support pupils with understanding the pressures surrounding their lives and the impact these can have on their mental health. Pupils were presented with a physical theatre and visual storytelling which reflected real life stories. They followed the lives of three teenagers as they battle anxiety, depression and doubts about their own self-worth.

Pupils were taught how to acknowledge and their identity and self-worth, know how to nurture positive mental health and be equipped with strategies and support networks to reach out if required.

During and after the performance, pupils were signposted to support in and out of school including Childline, Young Minds and The Mix

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.

Our first Generating Genius – STEM Like Us mentoring session took place today, and it was an inspiring start to the programme. Students spent their 1 to 1 sessions exploring the wide range of career paths within STEM, reflecting on their own strengths and skills, and beginning to build meaningful relationships with their mentors. The conversations laid a strong foundation for future planning, setting them up to dive deeper into goal setting in Session 2. All the students engaged brilliantly and, even after the session ended, many chose to stay behind to continue exploring career ideas, colleges, universities, and apprenticeship opportunities sparked by their mentor discussions. A fantastic start to the journey!

Our third Reading Cafe was a huge success, thank you to all the families that attended it was great to see you!

We moved to the hall to cater for the ever-increasing amount of parents attending.

We shared tips on engaging teenagers in reading and the support we offer as a school.

At Bloxwich Academy we want to ensure that every child can access any text with confidence and resilience - with our main aim being that every pupil becomes successful at reading to learn on any and every topic!

STEM Club pupils explored key laboratory skills by investigating accuracy and precision, using pipettes to produce consistent circles on filter paper. They then observed microscale electrolysis before generating and capturing carbon dioxide, which was successfully used to extinguish candles, demonstrating its properties in a memorable and engaging way. STEM Club pupils also explored key laboratory skills by producing biodegradable plastic from potato starch and glycerine. They carefully measured and mixed ingredients, heated the solution, and observed the chemical changes that transformed a liquid mixture into a flexible bioplastic. Once set, pupils tested the material’s strength and flexibility, linking the practical work to real-world applications of sustainable materials and plastics, making the session both hands-on and environmentally relevant.

It is time to share our Spring incentive for Attendance and Behaviour. All pupils in Year 7 to Year 10 have the opportunity to go to Drayton Manor on Friday 8^th May. To get onto this trip pupils will require to have 96+% attendance and behaviour ratio. This will run between Monday 2^nd February until Friday 27^th March; attendance and behaviour will be measured over these weeks. Along with this at the end of each half term we will be celebrating those pupils who are in each day with rewards from chocolates to passes.

#attendance #attendancematters #rewards #positivity #draytonmanor

Today we have had the pleasure of RicNic joining year 10 and 11 with a creative workshop in Drama! Pupils worked on their devising skills, characterisation and scripted work. All pupils flourished and were a credit to the academy. RicNic added in a careers Q&A that supported the future goals of our pupils!