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• Thursday 7 December 2023 Singing in the Community A very festive evening at the Wombourne Civic Centre tonight. Our choir helped get everyone in the Christmas spirit. We are very proud of them all. It was so brave of them to perform to a packed hall. Well done everyone!
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Nursery Christmas Crafts A special thank you to all of our Blakeley Bear Nursery children and their families for attending our family Christmas craft session this afternoon. It was great to see you all. We hope that you all had a lovely afternoon, thank you for your continued support.
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Reception Christmas Crafts Reception would like to thank everyone who came to our Christmas craft session this morning. We all had a great time and the children loved sharing their crafts with you. We decorated gingerbread men, made reindeer food for Christmas Eve, made some seasonal lollipop friends, made wreaths and Santas, snowmen and Christmas trees. What a busy, fun and exciting morning! Your support is invaluable and very much appreciated.
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Attendance It is so important that your child attends school as much as possible. We appreciate that there are times when children are poorly.
• Wednesday 6 December 2023 Christingle
• Thursday 30 November 2023 After School Clubs We offer a comprehensive range of after school activities at Blakeley throughout the year for all year groups. As the dark nights are drawing in, the focus has changed to indoor activities. Tonight, the children started a 3D drawing and illusion club. Here are some of the results.
• Wednesday 29 November 2023 Yr 4 Trip to the Sealife Centre
• Tuesday 28 November 2023 Increasing Numbers Staffordshire Council have increased the number of children we can have in a year group (from 50 to 60 pupils). This means we now have spaces in every year, except year six and nursery. Please contact Miss Richards if you would like to visit our school.
• Thursday 23 November 2023 Yr 1 art- Arcimboldo g content
• Monday 20 November 2023 Yr 1 Trip to Chester Zoo The children in year one had a wonderful day at Chester Zoo. They saw the elephants, giraffes, lions and many more.
• Monday 20 November 2023 Invasion of the Iron Man Yr 3 had an amazing afternoon making their robots as part of their Iron Man topic.
• Sunday 19 November 2023 Wombourne Council Chambers As part of our work on British Values, the school council were invited to the Wombourne Council Chambers to see how democracy works in Wombourne.
• Thursday 16 November 2023 Children in Need 2023
• Wednesday 15 November 2023 Competition Launch To tie in with Anti-Bullying Week, we are launching a competition to design and draw our new learning behaviour character. We would like to have a character for kindness. The picture of the character has to drawn in colour on A5 paper. Please write your child's name and class on the back. All designs need to be put in the box by the hall by Fri 1st Dec. A winner will be chosen and their design will be made into a sticker.
• Wednesday 15 November 2023 Remembrance Day Thank you to Mia and Robert for representing Blakeley Heath this morning, at the Remembrance Service at St Benedict Biscop church. It was a beautiful service and a perfect way to reflect and give thanks.
• Sunday 12 November 2023 Yr 3 Residential - Flint and Fire The pupils in Yr 3 had an amazing residential stay at Laches Wood for a 'Flint and Fire' experience to complement their work on the Stone Age.
• Wednesday 8 November 2023 Anti Bullying Week 2023 To raise awareness of anti bullying week, we will be inviting the children to come to school wearing odd socks to signify our uniqueness. The children will listen to an assembly and the focus of their work in PSHE lessons will be anti bullying.
• Wednesday 8 November 2023 Author Visit We have been fortunate to have Carolyn Ward, author of Bella Bright and the Ghost Game, come into school and speak with our Yr 5 and Yr 6 children about the writing process.
• Thursday 26 October 2023 Yr 4 Roman Day Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic Roman Day yesterday! We compared life in Ancient Rome to life in Modern Britain, cooked Roman biscuits, made our own Roman shields and put them to the test during the afternoon by practising some battle formations out on the field. Well done Year 4!
• Thursday 26 October 2023 PTA Disco Thank you to everyone who came to the school disco. Thank you to all the staff and parents who volunteered to help. We raised over £700. This money will be used to benefit all the pupils at Blakeley.
• Saturday 21 October 2023 Spider on the Loose! Nursery had a very special surprise visitor this week to end their topic on spiders! They enjoyed learning all about spiders and webs! We had a Spiderman HQ role-play area, made clay spiders, bendy spiders and enjoyed washing the spiders down the drain pipes outside. Thank You Spider-Man
• Wednesday 18 October 2023 Yr 1 Sewing Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came to help with our Yr 1 sewing lesson. The children designed and made a hand puppet out of felt.
• Monday 16 October 2023 Opal- Gold award
• Monday 16 October 2023 Harvest 2023 Thank you for all the donations for harvest. We have donated over 21 full carrier bags of tins to the Wombourne Food Bank. The children enjoyed the harvest assembly with Paul Wilmott and Dudley the duck.
• Friday 13 October 2023 Yr 2 trip to Tamworth Castle Our year 2 pupils had a lovely time at Tamworth Castle today as part of their 'towers, turrets and tunnels' topic. They did workshops in the morning and explored the castle in the afternoon. No trip would be complete without a trip to the gift shop.
• Wednesday 11 October 2023 Yr 1 trip to the church Our Yr 1 children went to St Benedict Biscop church today as part of their studies in Christianity. They learnt about the different parts of the church and they listened well to Sarah Mullen, the church's youth worker. The children even got to do an animal hunt, looking for animal figures hidden in the harvest flower arrangements.
• Monday 9 October 2023 World Mental Health Day In assembly today, we discussed the importance of looking after our mental health. We discussed how different people find different ways to relax and unwind. We also discussed the importance of talking to someone if you feel sad, low or angry.
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