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Frankley Schools Report |
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Holly Hill Church
School.
A busy end of
term The end of term and the end of the school year at Holly Hill Church School has been a very busy
period. Over 200
pupils from Holly Hill, Forestdale, Reaside and Trescott along with some from the High School
joined together at Holly Hill on 7th July to make music at the Frankley Music
Festival. It proved to be a successful
and very enjoyable occasion! Year Two pupils had great fun at Weston-Super-Mare on 11th July. Year One had earlier spent a marvellous day
at the Black Country Museum and the Reception Classes became all excited when
they met the animals at Umberslade Farm. The term ended with events to mark the retirement of Mrs. Jill Frost as Head teacher. The children had made a tape of Mrs.
Frost’s favourite songs and each pupil had written a letter to her which were
made into books so that Mrs. Frost could take wonderful memories of the
school into her retirement. When the
school opens again in September, there will be a new Head teacher, Mrs.
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FORESTDALE SCHOOL Our busy year has ended with a group of
teachers and children attending a reception at the Council House to receive a
Certificate of Distinction from
the National Primary Trust, for our work in our Creative Wednesdays. We
were proud of our children collecting over £650 for Barnados ‘Building
Blocks’ Charity. Also a big thank you to parents and families for their generosity; we
collected nearly £1000 for the school’s Tsunami Appeal. Mr
Parslow has collected over 5000 Sainsbury’s vouchers for sports equipment.
Well done and thanks to savers & collectors! We
are saying goodbye to class teacher, Mrs Rosemary Aveyard , who is retiring
to spend more time with her grandchildren. Mrs Aveyard worked in the Beeches
and Forestdale Schools for a period of 17 years. We wish her a long and happy retirement. In
September we look forward to the opening of our Foundation Unit, in which we
shall be in the forefront of a national strategy, combining Reception and
Nursery. Until then… |
Frankley Community
High School
KS3 Maths and Science SATs results
Last year our KS3 Maths and Science results
were the best we’d had for several years and this year they were even better!
Maths
Science
2004 2005 2004 2005
Level 5+ 48% 53% 35% 46% Level 6+ 18% 27% 8% 14% The Rice Show-14 Year 8 students have
been working with Stan’s Café Theatre Company to create a remarkable performance for Frankley and
Birmingham City Centre. ‘Of All The People In All The World’ is a constantly
evolving arts event, which uses grains of rice to represent individual human
lives. Throughout this term the
students have collected statistics from their lessons and will then measure
out the statistics as piles of rice during the show, which took place in The
Lyttleton Suite on the 17 June 2005.
On Saturday 18 June the students took their work to Birmingham City Council House in
Victoria Square, where it was a highlight of the Celebrating Sanctuary
Festival, part of National Refugee Week.
Also, several of the students have visited the prestigious Thearter der Welt, Stuttgart, Germany to see other members
of Stan’s Café performing the premier of the world version of the show using
6.4 billion grains of rice.
Opening Evening On 6 July, Year 6 students spent
the day at the School and in the evening their parents attended our Opening Evening. The evening
was a great success and we look forward to our new students joining us in
September. School Awarded Silver Artsmark Award The Artsmark Award recognises schools that
demonstrate a
commitment across all art forms, from drama to music, design to literature,
dance to sculpture. The scheme also
encourages schools to work in partnership with artists and arts
organisations. Next year we plan to go
for the Artsmark Gold Award. |