Today was a big day in our Proud Past, Bright Future project sponsored by Smurfit Kappa SSK. Last year some of our schools took delivery of 10 sapling trees from Forest Schools Birmingham CIC which were planted in their schools grounds. The trees have all been well looked after and cared for and have grown…
The POD is now registered as a Place of Welcome, the first coffee morning was held today and 9 local residents came to have a chat, a nice cup of tea and a biscuit. The Place of Welcome group will take place every friday from 9am – 11am term time only. The sessions are being…
Naz from Adult Learning is running another Craft Group at the POD the sessions run on Tuesday afternoons 4-6pm. Today the group decorated butterflies with glitter and gems. If you would like to join in the fun please contact the POD to see if there are spaces available.
Today at the coffee morning everyone taking part in a Beetle Drive, the winner of each game was the first person to roll the dice and land on the number needed to collect all the parts to complete their beetle, There were simple prizes and everyone has a great time with everyone left feeling better…
Today it was the turn of pupils in years 5 and 6 to take the Maths Challenge. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to Mr and Mrs Teffer for making the Maths Challenge Days such a great experience for all the pupils involved in the last two days of fun and learning…
Pupils from St Clement’s, St Joseph’s and St Vincent’s all started their Annual Maths Challenge Event today, based on a Rain Forest theme. Year two were the first pupils to take part at the morning session and the afternoon session involved everyone from year three. Mr and Mrs Teffer designed the programme and set up…
Pupils in Year 4 at St Joseph’s enjoyed another of their sessions with student fromAston University on their Pirate Maths Programme, the student have been coming into school on a weekly basis to work through a maths programme with the year 4 pupils in preparation for the big Pirate Maths Day to be held at…
Year 10 Student’s from Heartlands Academy enjoyed the sunshine with pupils from St Joseph’s Catholic Primary at lunch time today. The students who are always wonderful ambasadors for their school spent the day facilitating the challenge stations at the Nechells Rain Forest Themed Maths Challenge organised by Ian and Barbara Teffer. The Students helped the…
The Family Learning group all decorated their own storage pots this afternoon and there were some brilliant designs. Next week Naz is going show everyone how to make some lovely jewellery.
Everyone at the Place of Welcome coffee morning played Jenga today, there were lots of squeals, gasps and laughter as the towers toppled down and were quickly rebuilt for another game. Come and join the group next week and find out what activities Shantel and Amy have planned to make everyone smile.