Blakeley Heath Primary School

Monday 15 July 2024 Musical Theatre Extravaganza A huge well done to our amazing Musical Theatre club who did their final performance to family tonight. They have worked incredibly hard this year, learning a variety of songs and choreography and have made everyone at Blakeley extremely proud!

Saturday 13 July 2024 Summer Fayre Success The sun shone. The crowds came. The children had fun and some teachers got splatted!!!

Wednesday 10 July 2024 Yr 2 Trip to Weston Super Mare The year 2 pupils had a wonderful trip to the seaside today. They paddled in the water, made sandcastles and had an ice cream. Many thanks to the volunteers who supported our trip.

Wednesday 10 July 2024 EYFS Sports Day Thank you to all of our Nursery and Reception families for coming to support their children with sports day activities. We had a great afternoon of fun, we hope you did too! The children were amazing and showed great perseverance! Thank You to our Year 6 helpers!

Thursday 4 July 2024 Election Day at Blakeley We are proud to show democracy in action.

Wednesday 3 July 2024 Democracy at Blakeley

Thursday 27 June 2024 Nursery Trip to the Zoo Nursery have had a fabulous visit to Dudley Zoo for their annual under 5's day. We had perfect weather to walk around the zoo and we enjoyed a picnic in the castle grounds before making endless sandcastles at the beach! A great day was had by all!

Monday 24 June 2024 Sports Day 2024 We had a very successful day of sports' days- KS2 in the morning and KS1 in the afternoon. The children showed great resilience with the activities. Thank you to everyone who supported us. Many thanks to Mr Davies, Mrs Harkness, Miss Harkness and the pupils from Wombourne High School School.

Saturday 22 June 2024 Yr 5 trip to Safeside Year 5 have had an amazing day at Safeside!

Saturday 22 June 2024 Yr 6 Residential The year 6 pupils had the most incredible five day residential trip to Laches Wood in Coven. They participated in a large range of activities including sailing, kayaking, caving, climbing, bmxing, axe throwing, archery and team building games.

Monday 17 June 2024 Laches Wood 2024 Year 6 have arrived at Laches Wood for their five day residential trip They have had a good start to the week with some climbing and bmx-ing. Let's hope the sun continues to shine.

Thursday 13 June 2024 New Lending Library Wombourne and Sedgley Rotary have given us a new lending library. This is outside the reception class. Please feel free to take a book or bring a book. We want all children to discover the love of reading.

Wednesday 12 June 2024 Blast Off! This afternoon, the children in Yr 1 to Yr 6 watched an excellent production from the Saltmine Theatre all about Internet Safety.

Thursday 6 June 2024 Arts Week 2024 It’s Arts Week fever at Blakeley! Year 2 have embraced the Olympic theme. They’ve printed tyre tracks using a variety of bicycle wheels and created their own bike printing tile out of polystyrene. This afternoon, they printed the first layer of colour and tomorrow they will print the second, watch this space…

Tuesday 4 June 2024 Yr 6 Visit to the Buddhist Temple The Year 6 caught the bus from Wombourne to visit the Buddhist Temple. Unfortunately we were not able to go inside but we could see the Buddhist symbols around the building.

Monday 3 June 2024 Art's Week is Back! Blakeley Arts week is back! This year we will be celebrating The Olympics in Paris. All years will be exploring an artist, an Olympic sport, a landmark and music related to their artists country of origin. We are looking forward to seeing lots of creativity!

Friday 24 May 2024 Charity Event Please come and visit Emily at this event. She is really challenging herself and deserves our support.

Wednesday 22 May 2024 Visitors to Reception Reception would like to say a huge thank you to one of our own former students Matt and his work partner Courtney from West Midlands Ambulance Service who came into school on their day off today to talk to us about the role of a paramedic and to show us around the ambulance. We loved getting hands on with bandaging and seeing all the equipment you have. I think we now have some more budding future paramedics in Blakeley. Thanks you so much for such a great experience for our children.

Wednesday 22 May 2024 Sports Day- postponed Due to the torrential rain, we need to postponed our sports day. Even it is stops raining tomorrow, the grass is so wet that it would be dangerous for the children to run on it.

Saturday 18 May 2024 Yr 3 Apple Pies Year 3 have had a fantastic day making some delicious apple pies and have developed lots of their culinary skills - well done year 3.

Friday 17 May 2024 Nursery Expansion We are very exciting to announce that due to our nursery expansion, we have funded places for 3-4 yr olds. Please contact the school for information.

Thursday 16 May 2024 Science Investigation Yr 5

Thursday 16 May 2024 Tie Dye T-Shirts Year 3 have all made tie dye t-shirts that they are bringing home tonight. Don't they look good?

Monday 13 May 2024 Walk to School Week

Sunday 12 May 2024 Our allotment! From an unused space, to a well loved allotment. Look at what our amazing year five are achieving! Not only are we learning and having fun but we are also helping the planet by reusing water and adding kitchen waste to our compost bin. Any donations (especially compost) or advice is always welcome. We meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtimes. Please message headteacher@blakeleyheath.staffs.sch.uk if you'd like to join us.

Wednesday 8 May 2024 Opal Update!

Wednesday 1 May 2024 Arts Mark Accreditation Artsmark recognises schools' exceptional commitment to creativity with the Artsmark Award - the only award for arts and cultural provision in England.We are very pleased to announce that today we have received our Silver Artsmark award. This is for our commitment to and implementation of the Arts and the impact it has on the children at Blakeley!:

Wednesday 1 May 2024 Yr 5 visit the Space Centre Year 5 had a great day at the National Space Centre - we found out lots of facts about the planets, coded our own rovers, watched a planetarium show and explored the rocket tower.

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.

Wednesday 28 February 2024 Yr 5 Family Session Thank you to all who attended our Year 5 parent workshop this morning. It was so lovely to see the children sharing their knowledge of sketching techniques. We have some amazing artists amongst our pupils and parents! We hope you enjoyed it .

Saturday 24 February 2024 New Extra Curricular clubs for Spring 2 Our new extra curricular clubs started this week. These include cooking club, a gardening club, chess club, recorder club, Musical Theatre club as well as football, basketball, tennis and cricket clubs.

Saturday 24 February 2024 Triumph at maths competition Tis week, four of our Year 4 children represented the school in a maths challenge hosted at Wolverhampton Girls High School. They competed against local schools in a range of challenges and logic problems. Alongside their excellent behaviour, our young mathematicians came 3rd (1 point off 2nd!) and 15th place out of 40 other teams! Well done children

Sunday 4 February 2024 Children's Mental Health Week Children's Mental Health Week takes place this week and the theme this year is 'My Voice Matters'. My Voice Matters is about empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves. When we feel empowered, there's a positive impact on our wellbeing. We will be discussing this with the children during their PSHE lessons and in assembly.

Friday 2 February 2024 Circus Time in Nursery Nursery have been 'clowning' around this week as they have explored their Circus topic. They have listened to circus themed stories, made a biscuit bear, voted for their favourite biscuit and put on an amazing performance inside their very own 'Big Top' Circus!

Thursday 1 February 2024 Yr 5 Van Gogh Art Work Some amazing art work produced in Year 5 this week! Inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night

Tuesday 30 January 2024 Yr 3 Ancient Greek Day The year 3 children had a Greek day. They enjoyed tasting Greek food, making tzatziki, drawing and making busts of Medusa and participating in the 'Olympics'.

Thursday 25 January 2024 Introducing Kimmy Kindness As part of our Behaviour Policy, we have a range of characters that link to learning behaviours. These are used to encourage good attitudes and behaviours in school. The children suggested we have a kindness character to align with our school rules.

Sunday 21 January 2024 Wrap Around Care Our Wrap Around Care is open from 7.30am in the morning to 5.30pm.

Tuesday 16 January 2024 Emergency Vehicles Visit As part of our learning about emergency vehicles, Reception had some special visitors today. PCSO’s Paula and Alex brought their police car to school. The children enjoyed learning about all the different things they have to carry in their car for when they are called out for an emergency. They loved getting to sit in the car and hear the sirens! Huge thanks to Paula and Alex for making our afternoon so special, the children learnt lots about all the important work you do in our community.

Tuesday 16 January 2024 After School Provision After School club have been super busy over the last couple on months doing lots of craft activities, Lego building, board games, Hama beads, fuse ball tournaments and having fun with friends. We are looking forward to lots more fun in the months to come.

Sunday 14 January 2024 Yr 6 Heart Dissections Thank you to everyone who attended the year six family lesson this morning. We hope you enjoyed the heart dissection and learnt a lot about the structure of the heart.

Thursday 11 January 2024 Young Voices Well done to our KS2 children that took part in the Young Voices music festival at Symphony Hall in Birmingham. We are incredibly proud of you all. Thank you to Mrs Owen, Miss Williams, Mrs Cartwright and Mrs Evans for taking them.

Wednesday 10 January 2024 PTA Meeting School PTAs get a bad reputation for being an unfriendly and cliquey bunch but this isn't true at Blakeley. The PTA is run by parents and teachers who just want to help their children and the school. They are holding their spring term meeting on Wed 17th Jan at 7pm at the Waggon and Horses. Come and join us for a drink and a chat.

Thursday 4 January 2024 Happy New Year We hope you have all had a good time over the festive period and we look forward to seeing all of our pupils back at school on Monday 8th Jan by 9am. Doors open at 8.40am.

Tuesday 19 December 2023 EYFS Nativity Well done to our youngest children for performing in their first production on stage. The pupils did fantastically and we are so proud of them. Thank you to the parents for helping with costumes and thank you to the staff for their hard work.

Sunday 17 December 2023 Yr 5 DT Check out Year 5’s amazing fairground rides! All children showed great determination, resilience and teamwork!

Friday 15 December 2023 Christmas Tree Festival Blakeley's Christmas Tree is set up in the Guide Hut, Mill Lane for the Wombourne Christmas Tree Festival. Thank you to Mrs Evans and the year 4 team.

Thursday 14 December 2023 Christmas Story Yesterday, we welcomed Sarah Mullen from St Benedict Biscop church into Nursery. The children listened carefully to 'The Christmas Story' and took part in a crafty activity making Mary or Joseph. Thank you for visiting Sarah.

Thursday 14 December 2023 Carol Singing in the Community Well done to our choir who went to Bridge Manor Care home today to entertain the residents with their beautiful singing. We hope the carols put everyone in the Christmas spirit.

Wednesday 13 December 2023 KS2 Carol Concerts We had the first of our carol concerts today for Yr 5 & 6 at St Benedict Biscop church today. The children sang beautifully with lots of enthusiasm. Well done to the Yr 6 readers who did a brilliant job. The Yr 3 & 4 carol concert is at 2pm on Friday.

Wednesday 13 December 2023 KS1 Nativity Well done to the children in Yr 1 and Yr 2 for their excellent performance in the nativity 'Superstar' . Many thanks for helping the children learn their lines and for sorting out their costumes. Many thanks to the staff for all their hard work too.

Tuesday 12 December 2023 New experiences At Blakeley, we aim to give our children a wide range of experiences whilst at school.

Tuesday 12 December 2023 Generous Donation Many thanks to the generous donation from OSB Group of £500 to our school PTA. This will be put towards the cost of coaches for school trips which in turn makes the cost cheaper for parents. Many thanks to Sarah Lathbury for securing this donation for us.

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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