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Attendance Winners
February winners were RLK with 98.26%. They can wear their own clothes to school today. Fantastic – well done!
Half termly PE competition
As part of our PE curriculum, all classes take part in a half termly competition based on the topic they have been focusing on. This challenges them to use their newly acquired knowledge and skills in a competitive situation, which contributes to their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social learning. The children showed enthusiasm and competed to the best of their ability. The lucky winners are as follows:
Year 1
1st - Stourbridge Stars
2nd - Wordsley Warriors
3rd - Dudley Gladiators
4th - Kingswinford Kickers
Competition: 'Heros' dance routine
Year 2
1st Kingswinford Kickers
2nd Wordsley Warriors
3rd Dudley Gladiators
4th Stourbridge Stars
Competition: Explorers dance
3/4DD
1st - Dudley Gladiators
2nd - Wordsley Warriors
3rd - Stourbridge Stars
4th - Kingswinford Kickers
Competition: 'Dance - Space'
3/4JC
1st Wordsley Warriors - Ekhum, Cole, Louie
2nd Dudley Gladiators - Sienna, Isla
3nd Stourbridge Stars - Autumn
3/4MC
1st Dudley Gladiators
Competition: Dance skills
5/6AR
1st - Stourbridge Stars: Sophie, Maisie, Layla
2nd - Dudley Gladiators: Aoifa, Myla
3rd - Wordsley Warriors: Will, Harroop, Tommy
4th - Dudley Gladiators: Mason, Henry, Bobbie
Class 5/6HO
=1st Stourbridge Stars: Rosie & Evie
=1st Kingswinford Kickers: Amber & Dylan
3rd Dudley Gladiators: Luca, Jenson & Leo
4th Wordsley Warrios: Isabella & Chloe
Class 5/6MB
1st - Wordsley: Enqi, Aurora, Louis
2nd - Stourbridge: Alby, Alex
3rd - Dudley: Annabelle, Willow, Autumn
4th - Stourbridge: Merryn, Freya, Violet
Competition: Counter balance gymnastic routines
Black Country Living Museum
On a cold, wet Friday, Year 5-6 had a great time visiting the Black Country Living Museum. They went down the coal mine where they experienced life as a coal miner and even had a narrow boat ride through the Dudley Tunnels. It was a brilliant trip which brought to life our classroom learning, demonstrating to the children what a rich and fantastic heritage we have in our local area.
Alby: "I enjoyed the mines the best because it showed us what it was really like to be a coal miner in Dudley."
Jensen: "I learned about the different jobs that people used to do - I especially liked the mines and learning about the coal miners."
Ellie: “I enjoyed the trip. I liked the canal tunnels, even though I got a bit wet. It was a bit scary in the mine but at least we had torches.”’
Year 5/6 Maths Championship
The highly successful Inter-School Maths Championship has taken place on 21st at Priory Primary School, Dudley. Year 5/6 team came second in their heat and are through to the final in June against 12 other schools across the West Midlands. The competition encompasses an exciting range of mathematical challenges, puzzles and problem-solving tasks which pupils work through, in their school groups, to accumulate points. Well done to Freya, Mason, Frankie R, Destiny, Leo T and Daniel, good luck in the final.
Helen Owens, who runs the competition sent the following:
Hello All
Congratulations finalists. I bet you are all really proud of your pupils. Well done to everyone! The pupils did so well to reach the final and their mathematical skills shone through.
The finals will be at Priory Primary again on Tuesday 18th June 1:00pm – 3:45pm. It will be in the KS2 hall as there will be 12 schools in the final. The school that wins the final will be presented with a trophy. I will then get this engraved with the school name and come into school later in the term to present this formally to the pupils in an assembly.
Years 5 and 6 Finalists
Blanford Mere
Bromley Hills
Bromley Pensnett
Glynne
Hagley
Hurst Green
Milking Bank
Red Hall
Straits
Tividale
Withymoor
Woodside
Well done everyone – see you on 18th June.
Helen
School Council
Our School Council have been working hard to keep our local area tidy. They have been litter picking in the area around the school to make sure that we have a happy and healthy walk to school. They have collected a huge sack of rubbish from a small section of land near the park and will continue to care for the area surrounding our school. Well done School Council!!!!!
BLANFORD BABIES EASTER CRAFT SESSION
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Blanford Mere Primary School Hub
9-10am
£2 donation
Please come and join our Blanford Babies group for our Easter Craft event! We will be creating Easter crafts, having an Easter egg hunt and eating lots of chocolate!
All pre-school age children welcome.
Refreshments will be provided.
School Photographs!
The date for ‘The Photographer’ has been arranged for Tuesday 12th March 2024. Individual photographs will be taken for those children in school who have no brothers/sisters at school. Where there are two or more children from a family in school, they will be photographed together. If you would like any other combination taken i.e. brothers and sisters taken separately as well as together, then please let us know by emailing info@blanford.dudley.sch.uk by Monday 11th March 2024.
We ask that all children wear the correct winter uniform, to include shirts, ties, trousers/skirt/pinafore and jumpers/cardigans.
Children in Year 6 will have photographs taken for a group leaver’s photo. If your child is not in school on this date (illness, appointments etc.) then they will not be included in the photograph.
If you have a child who attends afternoon Nursery and you would like your child to have their photograph taken, then please bring them to the main office in their uniform at 8.15am. If it is your child’s birthday is on this occasion, then please send them in their own clothes on the following day.
Dates for the diary
Thursday 7th March – World Book Day – see email that was sent on 06.02.2024
Tuesday 12th March – School Photographer
Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th March – Yr 6 Condover Hall
Friday 15th March – Red Nose Day – children to wear their own clothes or wear Something Funny for Money! We ask that children donate £1 to this fantastic cause. If you do not want your child to take part in this event, please send your child in their own clothes.
Tuesday 19th March - Blanford Babies – 9-10am – The Hub
Friday 22nd March – Break up Easter holidays
Monday 8th April – Children return to school at the usual time
Have a great week.
Mrs Crook and Miss Stanton
Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher
