Our Wider Curriculum

Y6 had an amazing time at Cosford. They were able to bring the learning in their history topic to life.

The children in KS2 enjoyed their careers workshops with our Doctors yesterday. They listened intently and asked some excellent questions about medical professions.

Monty enjoyed meeting Tom Fletcher, the author of ‘The Christmasaurus’. School have a signed copy of the new book in ‘The Christmasaurs’ series. The children will have a chance of winning this book by taking part in this month’s Reading Competition. Good luck everyone.

Year loved their HAF (holiday activities and food) takeover afternoon yesterday. Indoor games and sports activities, planting and fruit salad making. Thanks to the 4 providers for giving our children these experiences.

Wet and cold but they battled on! Congratulations boys you did us proud with 3 wins out of 5 at Bescot.

Congratulations to our Year 4 Dodgeball team. They showed determination with their ambition to win and reached the final round, finishing in silver medal position out of 16 schools!

Congratulations to our Y2 Reading Quiz team who came 2nd in a Wednesbury Learning Community cross school competition. They enjoyed reading the key texts and answering questions about them. They also had their wider reading knowledge tested. 2nd by just 1 point. Well done team.

Congratulations to our Y1 & 2 footballers. They did brilliantly to reach the semi-final. We are very proud of you all. Well done.

We rocked for Children in Need today. The children have loved their times tables battles. Thanks to all parents, children and staff for their amazing efforts. Here are some of our competition winners…

Really proud this team for their perseverance and teamwork today. Our Y4 team came 6th out of 16 in their tournament today. They were so close to reaching the semi-finals – denied by the woodwork and some amazing saves!

Our Science Ambassadors have loved using their Science skills to test the best conditions for bulb growth, we will keep you updated with our findings…

Congratulations to our Tag Rugby team – tournament champions

The children have loved celebrating reading in their Forest Reading Picnics.

A few shots from last weeks exploration day. The children had a great time trying new skills and challenges.

We couldn’t be prouder of the ambition and hard work of our school choir!

Thanks to staff from The West Bromwich Building Society for leading a talk about money and finance with our Y5 & 6 children today. Supporting the children to be prepared and making links to our values of responsibility and ambition.

Old Park are aiming high and thinking about our value of ambition. Thanks to the trainee doctors for talking to our children about their chosen career.

Another day of football and this time the sun shone! Well done to our boys team, they shared 3rd place today. Congratulations to Harvills the tournament winners. A shout out to the Wood Green Academy students who took on the referee duties yesterday and today – thanks everyone.

Very proud of these two teams, they participated in the Wednesbury Learning Community Football Tournament today and were great ambassadors for the school. One team came in at the last minute to ensure the tournament could run as planned. They showed Monty’s values throughout and thoroughly enjoyed their day. One of our teams progressed to the final and came runners up. Congratulations to Wood Green Juniors for their win and to all the schools involved – a real celebration of girls football

Year 1 enjoyed a wonderful 50’s themed beach day to support their History knowledge.

A huge congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 Netball team. They competed against other teams in Sandwell and got to the final match of the day. They narrowly missed winning the competition, but have earned themselves a place in the Black Country Netball Competition. Good luck – you have demonstrated our ambition and perseverance values superbly!

We are very proud of these two representing Old Park at Wednesbury’s Public Speaking Competition today. They spoke at the Council Chambers with very important local VIP judges. The boys spoke knowledgably and with passion about the pros and cons of technology. We came first in the Y3/4 category.

These girls attended the Y5 & 6 Cricket Tournament.  They played 4 games in total and came 3rd overall.  Well done, girls – you did brilliantly and demonstarted all of our school avalues.

The children in middle phase had an amazing time being brave with the animals today. They learnt about them and met them up close and personal. Meet a few of our Old Park guests…

An excellent public speaking event held today! The staff judges were overwhelmed with the quality of speeches delivered. The children’s ambition, perseverance and love of learning shone through.  Two representatives will take their speeches based on ‘the impact of technology on our lives’ to the Wednesbury event held later in the month!

Year 5 spent a half-term learning about the history of The Vikings. They were lucky enough to take part in a History Experience Day based on their learning.

Photos – Year 5 History Experience Day

Year 1 and Year 4 have taken part in class workshops as part of World Autism Acceptance Week. The children demonstrated our ‘diversity’ and ‘kindness’ values and asked some fantastic questions throughout the sessions.

A huge congratulations to Old Park’s Dance Team, who represented our school at tonight’s WGA Gym and Dance Festival. They demonstrated Monty’s values of optimism, perseverance, ambition and responsibility. We are super proud of you all!

Lots of fun and laughter in school today with our visiting author. Thanks to Steve Skidmore for sharing his stories, answering questions and talking about his experiences. Big thanks also to Mrs Westwood for organising the day and our reading ambassadors for their help.

Children from Years 4, 5 and 6 had a great time this week at Tipton Sports Academy where they completed the Sandwell Playground Leaders training! Well done

A number of children in Key Stage 1 (and Monty) represented our school in a Pentathlon, organised by Wolverhamptons’s Partnerships and School Sport. 

The children in Years 1 – 6 had an amazing day completing workshops with the Dirty Bertie author, Alan MacDonald. Our reading ambassadors even presented him with his award for his book ‘ Nappy the Pirate Boy’.

Thanks to everyone who queued to get their books signed, Alan was overwhelmed by the number of children that came to the signing.

At the end of our history learning journeys, children take part in a History Experience Day, where they are provided with a chance to apply the historical knowledge they have learnt in a fun and exciting way.

Each term, we provide children with the opportunity to explore a range of activities that are additional to their curriculum learning. Children choose which activities they would like to experience and spend a full day exploring and building skills. Activities range from making bug hotels to learning basic ukulele skills to candle making.

Please click http://www.oldparkprimary.com/our-school/mental-health/ to see some photos from the week’s events.

We have had lots of exciting activities throughout the week:

Year 5 and 6 have had a visit from our local MP, Shaun Bailey. He was very impressed with our children’s love of learning as he was asked some excellent questions during the session.

We have just completed our Spring clubs and the children have enjoyed these experiences.

Musical Theatre Club 

Year 6 pupils have enjoyed their ‘Matilda: The Musical’ rehearsals and took pride in their final piece, performing to their parents.  Here are our ‘Revolting Children’…

Our Sport Ambassadors have worked hard alongside Mrs Johnson to arrange our ‘Park Run’ events.

Here are some of our winners receiving their medal for outstanding participation during our ‘Park Run’ events!

Our Year 4 children were lucky enough to take part in a project called Transform Our World. During a 10 week period, children discussed how they could help to make positive changes to our environment. They then worked as a team to make these changes real! Mr Ellis and Mr Jones kindly built raised beds for the children to plant a range of fruits. They had the responsibility to ensure they grow and are healthy. Children also made bird boxes and bug hotels and placed them around one of our forest school areas. Well done, Year 4 – what a positive impact on the environment you have had!

We have had an amazing response to our ‘Old Park Book Swap’.

We hope you have all enjoyed your new book choices.

Even the staff have been inspired by this great idea and have started their own book swap!

Following our assembly, led by Sandwell Council, here are the details of the road safety competition.

Design a banner competition March 22