Berrybrook Art Exhibition
Berrybrook are delighted that the children's art work has been once again exhibited at Wolverhampton Art Gallery!
To celebrate, the school hosted a private viewing of the exhibition on the afternoon of Friday 17th May. Parents, children and members of the school community were invited and everyone had a great time and said how amazing the artwork was.
Here is what PHMAT Trustee - Damian Tarbuck said about the display:
The standard of art on display was amazing and it was great to see so many proud children with their parents. There are clearly some very talented pupils at Berrybrook primary school.
Happy 70th Birthday Sledmere!
Children and staff at Sledmere Primary School have had a wonderful few weeks celebrating the 70th anniversary of their school. Celebrations began on 5th July with children and staff coming into school dressed in their party clothes ready to enjoy class parties and eat lots of cake. On the same afternoon, the 70th Anniversary Summer Fayre took place; welcoming families and members of the school community to come together and help raise money for school. Staff hosted a range of stalls and activities which included penalty shoot outs, hook a duck, glitter tattoos, face paints and name the teddy. Children from across school also produced some beautiful artwork to include in the 70th anniversary artwork display. Throughout transition week all pupils also made contributions to the platinum tree display which will be showcased very soon!
The final anniversary celebration for Sledmere will be the upcoming development of their brand new school library. Sledmere have been without a library for a significant amount of time and this project has been made possible through the generous funding provided by PHMAT, as it aims to support us in developing a positive culture and love of reading at Sledmere. Happy 70th Birthday Sledmere!
Stanley Road Writing Sharing Afternoon
Stanley Road hosted their first writing sharing afternoon on Friday 28th June where parents were invited to attend and listen to the children’s latest pieces of writing produced in their English lessons. Reading and writing based activities also took place along with performances in the hall. Members of the local community, school ward councillors, religious leaders, staff from the Hive and the local police were also in attendance.
The children were so proud to share their writing and school really appreciated how families took the time to get involved in their children's learning. It was such a success, Stanley Road are hoping to run a writing sharing event each term next year.
Tilly The Tortoise
This term, Tilly the Tortoise from Forest Hills Primary School visited Early Years. He spent the day wandering around with Reception and Nursery children who learned how to care for a tortoise, what they eat and how to treat animals with respect and care. The children loved having Tilly in school and hope she visits again soon.
Mesty Croft Public Speaking Competition
Every year, Wednesbury Primary Schools are invited to attend a public speaking competition, hosted by the Wednesbury Learning Community at the Sandwell Council Chambers. Each school is invited to send a representative from Y3/4 and another from Y5/6. Representing Mesty Croft Primary this year was Penny from Y3 and Jaiyan from Y6 who each prepared a speech having been given the title 'What is Fair?'. Both pupils were fantastic ambassadors for their school and a special 'well done' to Penny who won the Y3/4 competition!
Here is Penny pictured with the Mayor of Sandwell presenting her with the trophy:
Greek Banquet for Perry Hall
Year 6 children at Perry Hall Primary have been busy perfecting their food technology skills with their very own Greek banquet. Pupils demonstrated skills of peeling and crushing garlic cloves (and learning the hard way the difference between a clove and a bulb after creating an initially very strong baba ganoush!), squeezing lemons, chopping and grating vegetables as well as learning how to handle and correctly cook minced meat - where dietary restrictions allowed. The children cooked up a storm to create their own tzatziki, baba ganoush, kofta and tabouleh and enjoyed sharing dishes with their parents.
Bikeability for Stanley Road and Berrybrook Children
This term, Berrybrook Reception children have enjoyed taking part in Bikeability sessions on Friday mornings. The children have learnt the skills to help them ride a bike, completing a series of balancing activities such as balancing on a balancing beam and balancing an egg on a spoon. After this, the children had a go at riding a balance bike and those that could, rode a peddle bike.
Year 5 and 6 children from Stanley Road Primary School also took part in Bikeability training. Cycling abilities were developed through sessions on the playground and on local roads, with children learning key skills about how to ride safely. Everyone who took part received a certificate, badge and handbook reminding them about the rules of the road, well done all!
Lots of Fun Trips for Bird's Bush Children
Bird's Bush have enjoyed many trips over the Summer term. Staff have worked hard to think of creative, enjoyable trips for the children linked to their PKC curriculum subjects and wider curriculum areas. Children have enjoyed visits to farms, fruit picking, battlefields, canal boat journeys and manor houses!
Perry Hall Sports Activity Day
Perry Hall celebrated mental and physical wellbeing with a sports activity day in May where all children had the opportunity to take part in a range of exciting sporting activities such as archery, penalty shoot outs, aerobics and taking turns on an inflatable assault course.
Thank you to everyone who took part and to Mr Boneham for helping to source and set up the activities. An extra special well done to Mrs Dodd who led over 15 aerobics sessions across the school day! Wow!
Orienteering Event for Woodthorne and Berrybrook Children
Berrybrook and Woodthorne pupils took part in a joint orienteering event at Berybrook Primary School to take part in a team building activity based around physical fitness and achieving the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity each day.
Everyone had a fantastic time and worked so well together.
Sporting Success for Dunstall Hill Primary School
On Friday 21st June, Dunstall Hill had the wonderful opportunity to accept the Wolvolympics baton from Wolverhampton girls high, to highlight the Olympics taking place in France this year. To celebrate this event the whole school dressed up in red, white and blue and created France flags to wave. Pupils from the guitar group also did an incredible job of playing 2 songs which they have been practising for the rest of the school. Our sports captains from year 1 to 6 then took the baton to West Park primary to continue its journey across 92 schools.
Dunstall Hill football team have played incredible this half term, taking part in mixed boys and girls events. In our mixed event against Perry Hall, the team had an impressive 4-1 win. Well done to all those in year 5 and 6 which took part in these events and representing Dunstall Hill so fantastically.
SEND Multi-Skills Finals for Dunstall Hill Primary
On 27th June a selection of pupils from Dunstall Hill took part in a SEND multi skills finals event. It was an incredible achievement for the pupils to make it to the finals of this event and were chosen to represent Wolverhampton against Walsall, Dudley and Sandwell schools. Dunstall Hill are incredibly proud to announce that these pupils made it to 2nd place and were awarded with medals to recognise their dedication, determination and achievement on the day!
Headteacher Award for Miss Rekha Kohli
Huge congratulations to Rekha Kohli for achieving the Pearson bronze winner award for 'Headteacher of the year in a Primary School'.
This is a wonderful award which celebrates and recognises the dedication and outstanding work carried out by Miss Kohli. The Pearson National Teaching Awards are held every year to celebrate the impact of educators across the UK and to raise the profile of the work that takes place in education, both inside and outside of the sector.
https://www.teachingawards.com/
Well done Miss Kohli!
As we reach the end of another busy school year, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of our parents and carers. You hold your children at the centre of your lives and we do not take for granted the trust you put in us and the support you provide. These partnerships are a crucial contributor to the learning experiences and successes of all children and we thank you sincerely for your ongoing support.
We would like to wish all of our year six pupils the very best of luck as they embark onto the next chapter of their educational journey. We are extremely proud of everything they have accomplished so far during their time with us.
Wishing all of our families a restful and enjoyable Summer break and we look forward to seeing our children return in September refreshed and ready for the new academic year!
Andrew Brocklehurst (Chair of Trustees) and Amarjit Cheema (CEO)