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• Monday 29 April 2024 Sand Pit Saviour
• Sunday 28 April 2024 Healthy Tiny Our school pet, Tiny the tortoise, has been given a clean bill of health. Thank you to
• Thursday 25 April 2024 Books4Home Many thanks to the Wombourne and Sedgley Rotary Club for providing every child in our school with a book as part of their Books4Home scheme. The children really enjoyed browsing through the books and choosing their favourites. Many thanks to Alan Jaspere:
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 Beep Beep EYFS Road Safety Nursery and Reception took part in the road safety "Beep, Beep" campaign today. They learnt how to stay safe crossing the road and the importance of wearing a seatbelt.
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 Community Showcase Well done to the choir who performed at Wombourne Civic Centre at the Community Showcase. We are very proud of you all. Many thanks to Mrs Owen and Miss Williams for rehearsing with them and organising the songs.
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 West End Trip to Matilda Fifty KS2 children had an amazing trip to London to see the musical Matilda.
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 Gardening Club After a tricky start (with the polytunnel being attacked in the storms), gardening club is up and running. We are very excited to see some shoots appearing and hope our enthusiasm leads to a bumper crop!
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 New Nursery Expansion We are very excited to announce our new nursery room opening September 2024. Due to overwhelming demand, we are extending our flexible provision for 3 year olds. Please call school on 01902 893400 or email office@blakeleyheath.staffs.sch.uk to visit or request an application pack.
• Tuesday 23 April 2024 Reception Celebrate St George's Day
• Tuesday 23 April 2024 Yr 1 Trip to the Fire Station
• Saturday 20 April 2024 Many thanks Many thanks to everyone who sent in sponsor money for the PTA's mini Olympics. We raised £2300. This money will be used to benefit all the Blakeley children through subsidising coach trips, buying new equipment or helping to improve the grounds. With our ever decreasing budget, we are immensely grateful for every penny.
• Thursday 18 April 2024 Football Win! Well done to our Football team on their 5-1 win against St John’s tonight. It was a great game to watch with some fabulous team goals.
• Thursday 18 April 2024 Reception Trip to Little Owl Farm Reception have had a fantastic day at Little Owl Farm. The children were amazing and loved meeting and learning about the animals. They got to bottle feed the lambs, see newborn piglets and stroke the rabbits, chicks and baby goats in the petting barn.
• Tuesday 16 April 2024 Yr 3 Maths Lesson Many thanks to the parents and grandparents who joined Yr 3 for their maths lesson today. The children really enjoyed showing off their fractions knowledge.
• Sunday 14 April 2024 PTA Mini Olympics Many thanks to the PTA for hosting our mini Olympics on Friday. All children participated in 7 different events including javelin, hockey, football and sprinting. They thoroughly enjoyed it and collectively, managed to smash our target of 1000 laps; they managed 1975 laps which equates to 2 gold medals for Blakeley.
• Thursday 21 March 2024 Y4 r trip to the Mandir On Wed, the Yr 4 children visited the Shree Krishan Mandir in Wolverhampton by double decker bus. The children learnt about the Hindu beliefs of one god in three forms; how Hindus pray; and what traditions take place in the temple. Many thanks to Mr Sharma for an excellent talk and for answering all the questions. The children were very polite and respectful as well as knowledgeable about Hinduism.
• Thursday 21 March 2024 March Festivals- Easter and Holi This week we have celebrated the Christian festival of Easter and the Hindu festival of Holi. On Mon, Paul Wilmott from Kingsway church lead our assembly about Easter. The EYFS pupils then had an Easter craft session with parents and carers.
• Monday 18 March 2024 Sponsored Olympics 2024 The PTA will be holding a sponsored Olympic event on Friday 12th April. The children will participate in several fun sporting activities. Letters and sponsor forms have been sent out via Marvellous Me this evening. Children will also bring home a sponsor form tomorrow.
• Monday 18 March 2024 Science Week 2024 Last week, we celebrated British Science Week across school. There were lots of amazing activities and investigations that took place which included; Year 2 exploring metamorphosis, Year 4 making biodegradable plastic and Year 5 creating, editing and improving marble runs to achieve the longest time. We would also like to say a big thank you to Wombourne High for visiting with some of their fantastic Year 9 students who worked with these year groups and supported our activities.
• Saturday 16 March 2024 Red Nose Day 2024 Thank you to everyone who contributed to Red Nose Day at Blakeley. We enjoyed seeing the children in their outfits with their 'wild' hair. We discussed the importance of charity and helping others in our classes.
• Friday 15 March 2024 Yr 1- Family Trees Thank you to all the grown ups who came to help Year 1 make their family trees yesterday as part of our history curriculum.
• Friday 15 March 2024 Digital Safety Click on the link to receive some free online training to help keep your child safe.
• Friday 15 March 2024 Football Success!!
• Monday 11 March 2024 Cooking in Yr 1
• Thursday 7 March 2024 Wombourne Parish News Click on the link to read the article.
• Thursday 7 March 2024 World Book Day 2024 In true Blakeley style, we have fully embraced World Book Day. Today, the children have been reading different stories, they were part of the live lesson from BBC, they designed bookmarks and dressed as their favourite book characters. We have also been running our 'Masked Reader' competition all week.
• Wednesday 6 March 2024 Yr 3 visit to the mosque Year 3 have been to visit the Jamia Masjid Mosque in Wolverhampton today as part of their RE work about Islam. The children got a tour of the mosque and they asked many questions. We are so proud of their exemplary behaviour and their knowledge about Islam inlcuding the features of the mosque. Many thanks to Zakariya for showing us round.
• Monday 4 March 2024 Water Safety Today, the pupils in KS2 had a water safety assembly by Sarah from the Canal and River Trust. They were reminded how to stay safe near rivers and canals; what to do if they saw someone in distress in the water; and how to spot potential dangers.
• Sunday 3 March 2024 The Masked Reader In honour of World Book Day, some of the staff have disguised themselves and read from a famous book.
• Thursday 29 February 2024 Cooking Club At Blakeley, we pride ourselves on the large range of extra curricular clubs we offer our pupils.

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