Our Years 4, 5 and 6 children have been learning to play their brass instruments with Miss Oxley all year and here are some of the songs they have been learning.

A huge thank you to the parents that attended the meeting yesterday to discuss our recent OFSTED report and also the ongoing parking issues we are having outside school. The meeting was very productive and the minutes will be emailed to those who attended and will be made available to any other parents who would like a copy from the school office.

On Tuesday 4th April, children brought in some fantastic Easter bonnets and Easter gardens to share. A parade was held in the school hall where the children could show off their very creative Easter bonnets to the other children and parents. Here are some pictures of the fantastic entries!

Remember Easter garden entries are still welcome until tomorrow.

Thank you to all the children who entered and also to the parents and carers who have helped support the children in making these beautiful bonnets and gardens.

This afternoon, SS Peter and Paul again competed in the finals hoping to improve on last years 13th place in the city.

(Top Left to right: Kacper, Joshua, Martyna, Gavin – Bottom left to right: Autumn, Mabast, Maier, Eros, Giuseppe and Bartek)

We started in our pool games with a 2-1 win against Villiers Primary School. Next, we had a closely fought loss against D’Eyncourt, losing 3-2, finishing with a 5-3 loss against Bhylls Acre Primary School (who would eventually come runners up).

This meant that we would be playing for places 9th – 12th in the City. We had to play against Loxdale first and won a very hard fought match  5-4. This then meant we were playing for 9th and 10th place

Our final match was against Northwood Park, who had also came third in their pool. Northwood park quickly went ahead 3-1, but two excellent tries by Kacper in year 6, leveled the match at 3-3. This was how the match finished, so there was a ‘golden try’ scenario, where the next try would win. Northwood Park restarted and despite initially fumbling the ball due to a good tackle by Martyna, they managed to run through and win the match with the golden try.

An excellent performance by all the children involved, and an improvement on last years place which demonstrates the progress made! Well done to all involved!

Today our Key Stage 2 children were put through their paces by students from Halesowen College, who are currently studying health and fitness to become personal trainers. This was organised by Miss Stott to champion healthy lifestyles and how regular exercise can benefit your health. Years 3, 4 5 and 6 participated in a thirty minute session involving boxercise and circuit training. They were encouraged to try new exercises and develop teamwork to support each other. There was plenty of positive feedback from the children who thoroughly enjoyed their day. Thanks to Miss Stott and the students from Halesowen College who gave up their time to come and provide our children with this experience.

On Friday 24th March, Reception put together a class assembly to celebrate Mother’s Day.

They shared all the reasons why ours mums are special to us, sang some beautiful songs dedicated to Mother’s Day and then produced some portraits of their own mums!

Thank you to all the parents that joined us for the assembly and supported their child.

A fun day was had by all the children on Friday 24th March. Staff dressed up as pupils and raffle tickets were sold to try and win the fantastic cake created by our own Mrs Willkhu.

The children then came together at the end of the day for a dance off to Taylor Swift’s Shake it off! Altogether we raised £172.36, thank you to all the parents who contributed.

Thank you to Mrs Ross for organising a great day.

On Friday afternoon at Our Lady & St. Chad Catholic Academy, children from years 4, 5 and 6 children took part in a football and netball event.

The footballers were in a group with St Christophers, Corpus Christi and Holy Rosary. We had 4 games, having to play Corpus Christi twice. The children battled really well drawing 2 games and losing 2 games. This meant that they came third overall in their league and narrowly missed out on the semi finals. However, they can take some pride from the fact that they managed to draw against the eventual winners of the competition – St Christophers.

The netball team were playing in their first competition of the year and won their first game 6-0! They then competed really well in their remaining games and ended up winning their last game to finish fifth overall. A fantastic achievement by the girls!

On Tuesday 21st March, Bartosz Kolasa, Laura Iwan, Gavin Mann and Blessing Inyiri attended a Dance 4 Life event at St Matthias School. During this event, the children learnt three different dances; commercial, street and cheer leading, working along side other children from local primary schools. This event has provided the children with an opportunity to create their own dance 4 life session and to encourage physical activity in our school.