11/03/2020
Pupils and staff are celebrating after receiving a letter from the Minister of State to congratulate it for being in the top 1% of schools in the country for the third year in succession.
Great Wood Primary School received the letter following 100% of pupils attaining at, or exceeding, the National Expected Level in Mathematics and Writing in the 2019 end-of-Key Stage 2 assessments.
The letter advised that the results once again placed the school in the top 1% of schools in the country. This followed a similar letter received by the school for being placed in the top 1% of schools in 2018 and 2017, and also the top 3% in 2016.
10/03/2020
As you will know from the media, the cases of Coronavirus (Covid 19) are currently increasing in the west midlands and globally. As a school, we are continuing to talk to children about the importance of washing hands thoroughly, maintaining good hygiene and acting in a sensible manner to reduce the spreading of any germs.
For further information on how we can all play our part in reducing the spread of the virus, please read the letter in the column to the right of this article.
05/03/2020
Our amazing Great Wood children came to school today transformed for World Book Day! Every child came dressed as a character from their favourite book, we were visited by Harry Potter, Hermione, Wally, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, Captain America and Mary Poppins, to name but a few. Everyone was kept in line by The Big Bad Wolf, (who we believe may have been Mr Adamson)!
02/03/2020
Our fantastic children went to two dedicated assemblies, delivered by the NSPCC. They told the children how to stay safe and who to talk to if they have any worries. The assemblies reinforce the NSPCC’s campaign ‘speak out! Stay safe!’ We have incorporated these brilliant assemblies as part of our commitment to safe guarding our amazing children and giving them the tools to keep safe! We would like to extend a huge thank you to the NSPCC team.
25/02/2020
Pancake Day was led by our amazing Ms York and Mr Rhead. All of our children flipped and enjoyed their own pancakes on Tuesday 25th February. They chose from a selection of yummy toppings and devoured their creations eagerly. Our children even provided pancakes for our staff and volunteers. We extend a huge thank you to Ms York and Mr Rhead their tireless culinary talent.
14/02/2020
The whole of our year 6 class marched to success as they graduated from their police cadets course. Each child received a certificate, t-shirt and badge for their sterling efforts and will now uphold the rules at Great Wood.
14/02/2020
On Friday 14th February our fabulous KS2 children delighted their peers and parents alike, with a bespoke guitar, ukulele and recorder concert. Led by our very own Mr Chapman, the children demonstrated the skills that they have learnt during their music lessons. They really enjoyed sharing their music with the audience and confidently played on assemble of tunes for their entertainment. Well done!
12/02/2020
We are extremely proud to announce another Great Wood victory. Our outstanding gymnastics team took part in the CADSSA Gymnastics event, where our Great Wood team summersaulted over the competition to win 1st place overall. To achieve this our fabulous children had to beat some much larger schools in the area. Congratulations to our amazing team, Alyssa, Jacob, Freya, Sophie, Molly, Jessica B, Eleanor, Aaron, Anna, Amber, Elsie, Amelia, Jacob, all your hard work and training definitely paid off! A special recognition goes to Amber Hargreaves for coming 2nd in the year 3/4 beginners category. As usual, a massive “thank you” to the fantastic parents who transported and stayed to support us and to Mrs Roberts our teams amazing coach for all her hard work and time training the team.
11/02/2020
On February 11th the pupils in year 5/6 learned about Safer Internet Day. It focused on making the Internet a safe place to be, to represent yourself without fear and to recognise positives in using the Internet correctly. The message this year was about being free to express yourself with the message “Free to be...”. Pupils came up with words to describe how they saw the possibility of expressing themselves on the Internet.
11/02/2020
On Tuesday 11th February our KS1 and reception children enjoyed an exciting trip to the World of Wedgwood. The children enjoyed a guided tour of the museum, where they learnt about Josiah Wedgwood and his family and how the Wedgwood pottery came about. Then they experienced a trip around the factory itself. They saw expert craftsmen painting with pure gold on plates worth £12,000 each. Finally, the children painted their own designer pot, to bring home to keep. They all had an amazing time and were very creative.
