Over the last two weeks, children have been learning the skills of New Age Kurling in PE lessons. New Age Kurling is a sport that requires participants to deliver ‘stones’ from one end of the court to a target at the other end of the court. The target has red, white and blue concentric circles and scoring is determined by the number of stones closest to the centre of this target.

Teachers have been envious of the fun children were having in lessons so this evening, Mr Stevens and Mr Graham organised a teacher’s competition. Teachers were paired into teams and played many games of New Age Kurling. The competition was close and there were stones zooming all over the hall floor; some with precision and careful aiming, others with not so much planning. After all teams had competed against each other and a very competitive heated hour, the winning pair was Mr Graham and Mrs Tomlinson with 16 points. What a team!

Well done to all that participated; it’s such a shame that we have to return this equipment soon.

The children were reminded last week in assembly about using the paths within school when they are taking their bikes or scooters to the bike shed. Unfortunately, we still have children as young as five riding their bikes and scooters across the carpark unsupervised by an adult. If your child travels to school on their bike or scooter then parents must supervise their young children and older children who travel to school independently need to be reminded to use the paths.

Over the Easter holidays, we are having work completed on the school car park and the bike shed will be relocated to the main entrance. This will stop children freely accessing the car park unsupervised.

In the meantime, if children are not using the footpaths provided to keep them safe, then we will need to consider stopping children from bringing their bikes or scooters to school.

Next week is Early Bird Week.
All children will have received an Early Bird chart in assembly from Mrs O’Donnell. Everyday your child arrives at school on time (8.30-8.45) the teachers will put a stamp on their charts. If your child arrives at school on time everyday then their chart will go into a prize draw and they could win some amazing prizes!

So, set those alarm clocks for a little bit earlier, pack your school bags the night before, send your PE kit on a Monday and leave it at school all week, make your packed lunches the night before and get to school before those doors close at 8.45am.

Breakfast Club is always available and is open from 7.30am everyday. Just pop and see Mrs Pilgrim to book your place.

On Wednesday afternoon, STEM club, along with our STEM ambassadors, were kindly invited to the home of the Engineering school at the University of Wolverhampton to have a tour of the facilities and take part in some activities.

The children attempted to perform a tyre change on an F1 car. They were allowed to have a practice go before being timed by one of the engineers. Paris came out top with the fastest time of 7.23 seconds and was presented with a prize of a model car. The engineers commented how the times set by the children were as good as, if not better, than the actual engineers at the school.

Children were then invited to have a go at the F3 race car simulator where they had to set the fastest lap. Well done to Faythe for setting the fastest time.

Paul then took us on a tour of the factory and showed the children a lot of machinery to explain how parts of the cars were manufactured. Paul discussed the range of materials used and why they are used. He showed how the ideas start as a design (CAD) before being manufactured (CAM).

The children left completely enthused by the whole experience and we thank Paul and his team for the afternoon.