Year 5 Activities

Some Year 5 (and 6) children recently entered an indoor Athletics Festival competition. This involved children from the schools in the ‘Cluster Schools’ in our local community. The competition took place at Shireland Collegiate Academy and although we came...

EYFS Activities

Children and staff from Reception have recently visited Forge Mill Farm in West Bromwich. The outing related to Reception’s NICER Challenge of ‘A Real World’. While at the farm, the children saw lots of baby animals: lambs, calves, rabbits and piglets. The children...

Year 2 – Up Up and Away

As part of Year 2’s Up Up and Away ‘NICER’ Challenge; children and staff had the opportunity to visit Birmingham Airport during the month of March. Visits were made to the airport so that the children could encounter this real-life experience. Before making their...

Attendance Figures- Above National Average!

Currently our attendance figure stands at 95.8% which is just above our school target and above the national average! So far, since September 2013: 40 pupils have been to Asda to purchase their own prizes for 100% attendance. 30 classes have achieved 100% attendance...

Reception HAS Got Talent!

During a VIP Meeting held in Nursery in February, an idea was suggested that EYFS should hold a talent show. Letters were sent home inviting the children to indicate a talent which they wanted to share and inviting adults to purchase tickets for the show priced at 50p...

VPA Hosts Ecorys Transversal Study Programme

As part of the Ecorys Transversal study programme, Creative Alliance are hosting 13 visitors from 12 different European countries for a week-long study visit to learn about ‘Apprenticeships for Workplace Learning in the Creative and Cultural Sectors and...