News Archive

On Friday 28th April it was National Superhero Day and the children in year 2 celebrated this day in style. The children arrived into school dressed up as real-life or fictional heroes. A message was sent to the children regarding Attendance Ted. He had been kidnapped...

On Thursday 6th April, KS1 took part in a Easter bonnet parade! The children had a very exciting morning where they had the opportunity to parade all their decorative bonnets.

As part of our topic on holidays and the local area, Year 3 have been busy learning all about maps. We all learned about the 7 continents of the world.  Some of Year 3 even made links to our topic on volcanoes and earthquakes from the Autumn term and mentioned...

Year 5 have been busy creating prints of the Birmingham city skyline using polystyrene tiles. Taking inspiration from Brumhaus images, the children were able to select from a range of iconic buildings to include in their print. The finished prints will soon be on...

This week, Year 4 went exploring at the supermarket to identify foods that we sell in our country that derive from rainforest locations. The children had the opportunity to investigate different food types and locations before mapping them upon their return to school.

Everyone had a brilliant time celebrating World Book Day dressed up as one of their favourite book characters. The children all looked amazing in their costumes, which they were able to parade in the hall. Throughout the day, the children swapped classes and were able...

Well done to everyone that completed their holiday homework project! We have been very impressed by the children's creativity and the way in which they have demonstrated their home learning. Following on from their classroom learning about the major landforms of each...

Congratulations to Mr Smith and his wife Mrs Smith on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Isla Eve. The children in year 5 were thrilled to meet baby Isla when Mr and Mrs Smith popped in to see everyone this week.

This half term, 5T have had weekly tennis lessons with Sport Mad coach Malachi. So far, the children have practised throwing and catching to improve their aim and played quick fire singles and doubles matches. Malachi has a great rapport with the children and they are...

Year 5 learned how to be safer citizens during their trip to Safeside, Birmingham. During the morning session, the children participated in a variety of workshops about safety at home and when outdoors, encouraging them to think and act safely. Many different aspects...

This week the children have continued with their islands. They worked in their groups to paint the island and sea. The children discussed the physical features of their island and decided where the volcanoes and mountains were. Using their plan, they assessed their...

This week Year 2 have planned and began the process of creating their very own island. The children are working in small groups to create their own island, they have learnt about Physical and Human features and in their planning have designed an island that includes...

On Wednesday, year three took (a lot of!) steps back in time to find out about the stone age and iron age.  We went to Bishop's Wood in Stourport on Severn to build shelters, hunt for our dinner, make fires, grind wheat for our bread and make cave paintings.  We found...

On Monday, Year 1 had a brilliant day at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings. The inclement weather could not quell the children's enthusiasm as they explored a variety of buildings.  They learnt about how people's lives are affected by the homes they live in and spoke a...

The children in years 5 and 6, who didn't go on the residential, had a brilliant time at Forest School whilst spending a full day in Cotteridge Park with Ranger Dean. The children really enjoyed building dens, walking the plank, trying out their archery skills and...

Year 5 visited the National Space Centre as part of our Space Explorers topic. We were able to experience the wonders of our universe, come face-to-face with astronauts, space suits and in the iconic Rocket Tower, we travelled to the top of the Blue Streak and Thor...

The whole school participated in our art week with a focus on the painting - Vesuvius in Eruption by Joseph Wright of Derby. Each year group created their own interpretation of the painting and year 5’s focus was Pop Art. The children produced some very bright and...

5T performed an explosive song to wake up the audience as the start of their class assembly. The children entertained the audience by performing a poem called ‘Six ways to look at the moon’ followed by a short video of them reading their own innovated versions of the...

On 23rd November, year 3 travelled on the train to the University of Birmingham to visit the School of Engineering.  We learned about engineering as a career and we donned high-viz jackets and hard hats to rebuild a broken bridge! We also explored the fossil...

Year 5 sang their hearts out whilst performing at the Key Stage 2 Christmas Concert. Starting with the more traditional 'It was on a starry night' and followed by the top tapping 'I wish it could be Christmas everyday', the children wowed the audience with their...

This week KS1 performed their Christmas Play: Gnome Alone. 2B opened the show, where Santa would't let Norman paint the sleigh. Jamal kicked off the singing with a fabulous solo performance. 1R followed with Norman unable to help get the reindeer ready for Christmas...

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On The 2nd December the first Forest School group of 20 children enjoyed their final session at Cotteridge Park. The children enjoyed an exciting treasure hunt and a camp fire. Here the children enjoyed vegetarian sausages, popcorn and toasted marshmallows! All the...

As part of our topic work on Space Explorers, year 5 had a visit from NAO the robot and Lego Mindstorm. We learned how to programme a Lego Mindstorm vehicle to travel forwards, backwards and even park in a set space linking it to the Mars space rover. The children...