Regional Qualifiers

Looking after our local area

Year 6 students have walked to West Park and Bantock Park with Mr Cothey and Miss Yates, picking up littler around the local community on the way to and from the parks.

RAF Glider Challenge

Miss Watson took a team of Year 8 students to the RAF Glider Challenge at RAF Cosford in November. Having spent lunchtimes preparing for the challenge, the team had a fantastic day and are looking forward to taking part again next year.

Well done to our U14s, U16s and U19s who represented the School at the County Schools netball tournament. A special mention to the U19s who have qualified for regionals and will play in the next round on Saturday 30th January –good luck!

Big School illuminates in Red

To celebrate Emergency Services Day on Thursday 9th September 2021, the front of School was illuminated in red. The colour red was chosen to support the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity who were asking local landmarks and companies across

Supporting one another in School

Alongside the World Mental Health Day event, in collaboration with Jenyns Library, Mrs Abbi, our School Counsellor, has been busy facilitating over 20 workshops alongside the one-to-one counselling support she offers students.

Most of the Year 7 students have had the opportunity to attend a Year 7 Settling in Session. Students got to visit the counselling room and talk as groups about their hopes and fears around starting a new school.

It's an important time for our Year 11 students as they prepare to sit their mock exams in the New Year. Mrs Abbi has been focused on ensuring they have self-care strategies in place by attending the Managing Exam Stress and Relaxation Sessions during lunchtimes.

Sixth Form students have received training on Wellbeing Peer Mentoring –something we hope enables them to not only build new skills, but also to bring about a sense of care and kindness across the School.

The RAF Youth & STEM team at the RAF Museum sponsored this year's Challenge which saw students conduct research before designing their gliders and presenting a poster and pitch to a panel of judges.

Well done to Rumaysa Taj, Trishna Kainth, James Margetts, Matthew Lyford and Hrithik Dugh for representing the School.

Certificate of Excellence

Congratulations to our award-winning catering team who, for the fourth year running, have achieved their Cer tificate of Excellence in Allergen Management and a food hygiene rating of 5.

THANK YOU!

This term we have supported local and national charities by donating a range of items to help and support those in need. We were inundated with donations towards the Afghan Community and Welfare Centre Walsall and Care4Calais in October, so much so that a School mini-bus and a car were jam-packed with items. Both charities were extremely pleased to receive the donations and were overwhelmed with the generosity shown by so many in our School community.