Science Week Celebration Assembly 7th Feb 2025
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Following an exciting Science week, it was great to share the activities and experiments that took place in each year group with each other during Friday's assembly. We were able to view photos and find out about each year group's findings as well as the workshops with the Science Boffin.

Year 5 trip to the Gurdwara 29th Jan 2025
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Year 5 were incredibly lucky to visit the Gurdwara on the Soho Road in Birmingham. During their visit, they found out about the origins and the construction of the building along with how it is used to serve the community. Year 5 were taken into the prayer hall, up to the dome where the inside has been decorated with mirror mosaic and finally the langar hall where they were served with food. The pupils enjoyed their visit and had a lot to talk about following their trip.

Birmingham City Mission assembly 22nd Jan 2025
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Writing merits 20th Jan 2025
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Well done to all of these pupils who have been awarded a merit for their effort and attainment in writing!

Animal Man 20th Jan 2025
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On Monday 20th January, Mo from Animals in Hands visited Nursery. He brought with him a rabbit, a chinchilla, a snake, an owl and a spider The Nursery children thoroughly enjoyed learning about and interacting with the animals. They were able to touch and feed them and observed how different animals move and behave.

Year 3 trip to Birmingham Central Mosque 16th Jan 2025
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On Thursday 16th January, Year 3 visited the Birmingham Central Mosque. They enjoyed learning all about Islam and how Muslims worship Allah through 5 daily prayers. They listened to the Islamic call to prayer (Adhan) and heard the stories behind how the mosque was built. They also enjoyed seeing a large copy of the holy book: The Qur’an.

Reading merits 13th Jan 2025
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Well done to all of these pupils who have been awarded a merit for their excellent effort and attainment in reading.

Numeracy merits 6th Jan 2025
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Well done to all of these pupils who have been awarded a merit for their excellent work in maths lessons!

Christmas Sing Song 19th Dec 2024
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Ancient Greek workshop for year 6 13th Dec 2024
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On Friday 13th December, Adam from Historic Workshops came into school to work alongside Year 6 children and delivered a workshop on ancient Greece. This supplemented the unit that Year 6 have studied this term. The workshop included a range of activities, including battle formations, ancient Greek writing, city states, and more. The children found the workshop extremely exciting and informative and it was a fantastic way to bring their learning to life.

Reading Superstars 9th Dec 2024
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Well done to all of these pupils, who have been reading at home regularly. They were all given a book for their efforts!

Stone Age workshop for year 3 6th Dec 2024
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Year 3 enjoyed a Stone Age workshop where they were able to take part in a variety of stone age activities. During the day they found out about the various tribes that lived in different periods in the Stone Age, made Stone Age Tools, created their own cave paintings and learnt about archery.

Jack And The Beanstalk pantomime 6th Dec 2024
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Christmas Fayre 4th Dec 2024
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Nursery Snowman workshop 3rd Dec 2024
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On Tuesday 3rd December, the Nursery parents attended the Snowman workshop. The parents were able to find out about the topic for this half term and the children were given a snowman project to complete at home. All children performed the ‘Snowflake song’, ‘Twinkle Twinkle little star’ and ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ beautifully. The Nursery children and parents enjoyed refreshments in the conservatory.

Christmas Doors 1st Dec 2024
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To kickstart the festive season, every class decorated their door for Christmas!

Fencing Tournament 1st Dec 2024
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Shaw Hill Primary School Fencing Team competed in a team competition at RGS Worcester on Sunday 1st December. Competing in the under 10s category, it was the team’s first tournament experience, their first time using electronic scoring equipment and their first competition against fencers from other schools and clubs.

Anti-Bullying week sharing assembly 29th Nov 2024
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Nursery CBSO workshop 8th Nov 2024
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On Friday 8th November the Nursery children took part in a musical adventure as Helen (who played the cello) and Bryony (who played the violin) told a beautiful tale by Oliver Jeffers called ‘The Way Back Home'. The children listened to the story which was told through different voices, songs, rhythms, beats and actions. The children thoroughly enjoyed this workshop.

Poppy Appeal 4th Nov 2024
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To help raise money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, the Junior Leadership Team sold poppies during playtimes in the run up to Remembrance Day.

Black History Month Celebration assembly 25th Oct 2024
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On Friday 25th October, the whole school came together for an assembly to find out what each year group did for Black History Month. Some pupils were brave enough to explain what they did in front of the whole school!

Harvest Collection 23rd Oct 2024
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Thank you to everyone who donated food items to our Harvest Collection. These were gratefully received by Birmingham City Mission and will be distributed to those in need.

Reading Superstars! 21st Oct 2024
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These Reading Superstars have been rewarded for all of their reading at home. Each child received a book for their hard work. Well done!

Merit Assembly: Behaviour 14th Oct 2024
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Well done to all of these pupils who have been awarded a merit for their excellent behaviour around school!

Nursery Toy Day 30th Sep 2024
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On Monday 30th September all the Nursery children brought in one of their favourite toys from home to show all of their friends. All of the children talked about how their toy looked, what colour it was and why it was their favourite toy. They all enjoyed sharing their toys with their friends.

Macmillan Coffee Afternoon 27th Sep 2024
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Little Dots Play Village 25th Sep 2024
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Year 5 Meet The Teacher Meeting 22nd Sep 2024
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Year 2 Meet The Teacher Meeting 20th Sep 2024
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Reception Reading Meeting 20th Sep 2024
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Year 3 Meet The Teacher Meeting 17th Sep 2024
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Merit Assembly: Numeracy 16th Sep 2024
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Well done to all of these pupils who have been awarded a merit for their excellent work in maths lessons!

Year 4 Meet The Teacher Meeting 13th Sep 2024
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Oliver Twist Theatre Production 12th Sep 2024
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Key stage 2 were delighted to be able to watch a theatre production of Oliver Twist in the Hall. Year 6 pupils were then invited to take part in a workshop, following the production.

Year 6 Meet The Teacher Meeting 12th Sep 2024
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Merit Assembly: Behaviour 9th Sep 2024
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Well done to all of these pupils who have been awarded a merit for their excellent behaviour in school!

Attendance Awards Assembly 18th Jul 2024
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To end the year, we celebrated the excellent attendance achieved by the pupils for their attendance across the year. Two prizes were awarded to two lucky winners, whose names were drawn in a raffle!

End Of Year Awards Assembly 17th Jul 2024
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To mark the end of another successful year, we awarded children from across the school for their behaviour and attitudes towards school. We also celebrated the achievements of pupils in year 2 and year 6 for their attainment in their SATs tests.

Music concert 15th Jul 2024
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The pupils in Key Stage 2 enjoyed a music concert on Monday afternoon, with music from the pupils who have attended music clubs all year. Children from years 3, 4 and 5 performed pieces on the keyboards, guitars and then finished with 3 songs by the rock band. It was enjoyed by everyone!

Sports Day Awards Assembly 15th Jul 2024
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Following a great Sports Day, we were excited to find out the winners in each event! Pupils who won 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place, received medals and a trophy was awarded to the house with the most points! Well done to Barnfield!

World War II workshop for year 6 13th Jun 2024
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On Thursday 13th June, Year 6 enjoyed participating in a fantastic World War II workshop. The day began with storytelling of The Great War and the aftermath, before examining primary and secondary sources. The children later enjoyed activities in Morse code and secret cyphers, and finished the day being put through a rigorous 1940s workout.

Year 6 trip to Drayton Manor 11th Jun 2024
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Year 6 enjoyed a visit to Drayton Manor, where they got to experience a fun-filled day at a theme park. We carefully studied the fairground rides for our current DT topic – fairgrounds. In this topic the children will be designing and building their own fairground rides. We also got to explore different forms of advertisements and will use our experiences to support our computing unit where we will design and programme our own digital advertisements for Drayton Manor. We all had a great day: the kids loved every second of it! Well done Year 6 for another great trip!

Year 3 trip to Weston-Super-Mare 6th Jun 2024
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Year 3 had a fantastic trip to Western-Super-Mare. It was a long journey but the children were very excited. We were lucky enough to have a ride on a donkey and eat some delicious ice cream. In addition, we had some fun on the beach playing in the sand and having a picnic. The day ended with us going for a walk along the pier. It is safe to say that both the staff and the children had a wonderful day.

Reception trip to Hatton Park 24th May 2024
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On Thursday 24th May, Reception went to Hatton Country Park. The children saw lots of farm animals and pets; they explored the farm grounds and talked about the animals they saw. Children had the opportunity to feed and pet the animals; they really enjoyed petting the donkeys and guinea pigs! The tractor ride through the farm grounds, was so much fun! Reception ended the day at the super slide mania - it was amazing!

Nursery's 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea' workshop 23rd May 2024
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On Thursday 23rd May Nursery hosted a ‘Tiger Who Came To Tea’ party. The children made their own cakes and sandwiches to eat at the party after meeting the chef from the school kitchen. Parents and carers were invited to the party and everyone enjoyed the refreshments and cakes the children had made.

Year 4 Anglo-Saxon workshop 22nd May 2024
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On Wednesday 22nd May, year 4 took part in a workshop day to find out more about the Anglo-Saxons. They pretended to be archaeologists and examined the evidence to learn more about the Anglo-Saxons.

Year 1 Phonics Workshop 21st May 2024
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On Tuesday 21st May, Year 1 held a Phonics Workshop for parents. In this meeting, parents were given information about the upcoming Phonics Screening Test that their children will be taking part in during the final summer term as well as different ways that parents can support their children with their phonics over the half term holiday and the lead-up to the Phonics Screening Test. Thank you to all of the parents that attended this very important meeting.

Reading Superstars 20th May 2024
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Well done all of these pupils, who were chosen by their teachers for their fantastic improvements in reading! They all received a book prize as a reward for their hard work!

Year 3 trip to Lunt Fort 16th May 2024
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On Thursday 16th May. Year 3 visited Lunt Fort, as part of our history topic, the Romans. It was a fun packed day, as the children learnt about the Roman army and the armour that the soldiers would have worn. Furthermore, the children also had the opportunity to try on the armour, like the sword and shield. The children thoroughly enjoyed handling artefacts from the past and using their knowledge to discuss what they thought different artefacts would have been used for. Overall, we had a fantastic day learning about the Romans.