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We love reading at Bloxwich Academy so we were over-the-moon when we found out we would have the chance to have a virtual author visit! It was surreal to hear the actual author, of a book we love, read it out to us live! Year 1 & 2 listened to Humza Arshad, the author of ‘Little Badman’, read his story out loud. He even brought along his illustrator to teach us how to draw some of the illustrations from the book. The children did a fantastic job of recreating the artwork. We all enjoyed the author visits, and we can’t…

In our writing lessons in year 6 this term, the children have been focused and have improved massively since the beginning of the year. This is evident in the work that they ended up producing around the circulatory system. The children learned all about the roles the heart, lungs and the different blood vessels have in transporting blood around our bodies. They presented this difficult subject in an engaging way after completing their independent writing where they were then able to be more creative. The work they created was outstanding and the year 6 teachers were incredibly proud of what…

On Thursday 17th December, children will be invited to have a traditional Christmas dinner during lunchtime. The options available will be as follows: Roast turkey or pork (Gluten free)Pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing and gravy (Contains celery, milk and cereals containing gluten) Or Mushroom and onion wellington (Vegetarian. Contains eggs, cereals containing gluten and sulphur dioxide) All served with seasonal vegetables, roast potatoes and mash Angel sparkle cake (Contains eggs, milk and cereals containing gluten) To ensure the school kitchen is able to meet demand, orders will be taken during registration on Wednesday 2nd December. If your child…

Nursery rhymes play an important role in early childhood development and education. As well as being fun they are excellent teaching tools. Nursery rhymes and children’s songs boost vocabulary and language development, they help children to develop literacy skills and help children to develop social, physical and emotional skills. You can support the children by taking part at home and using the World Nursery Rhyme Week website here – https://www.worldnurseryrhymeweek.com/

Virtual learning has been taken to new heights this week with the Early Years team engaging in virtual phonics lessons. Children and parents loved joining in with Fred fingers for spelling and Fred talk for using sounds to read words correctly. It was great to see so many people joining in. The children and parents were able to join teams for live lessons despite the children not being in school. It was a fantastic sight to see and everyone had lots of fun learning. Remember, if you need to get on teams for remote learning, please see the video on…