Please see the following information:

5 Ways to Wellbeing Workshop – Stourbridge Family Hub

5 Ways to Wellbeing Workshop – Half Term Cotwall End

Half Term Reflexions Game and Chill Dudley

Please see the following information for activities happening at local libraries over Easter:

EASTER AT WORDSLEY LIBRARY WHAT’S ON

Easter whats on page 1 (1)

Easter Whats on page 2 (1)

Dear Parent/Carer

Dudley Performing Arts are pleased to invite you and your child to our Y6 Transition Evening, taking place on 21st May from 18:30 till 19:30 at Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill. DY5 1LW.

This event is designed to support Year 6 pupils as they prepare to begin music lessons with Dudley Performing Arts at their new secondary school, helping them feel confident and at ease about the transition.

During the evening, we will provide key information from secondary schools, including:

• The location of the music department within the school

• Details about lesson timetables
• Where lessons will take place
• Names of music leads
• An introduction to your child’s likely Dudley Performing Arts teacher

This is also a great opportunity for pupils to become familiar with what to expect and to feel excited about continuing their musical journey. We look forward to welcoming you and your child to this important and enjoyable event.

There will also be an opportunity for your child to play alongside their teachers and fellow year 6’s in an open rehearsal, which will take place immediately after the presentation. This will only be for about half an hour but will be very informal.

If you are interested, please fill out the Microsoft form (attached) and send back to me by the 30^th April.

Dudley Performing Arts Year 6 Transition Evening – Fill in form

We have had a very busy last week of term!

Reception pupils had a great time at the farm, looking at all of the signs of spring and new life.  They behaved and listened brilliantly and we are very proud of our youngest children.

Thank you to years 1 and 2 for their wonderful telling of the Easter story.  The singing was delightful and I particularly enjoyed the fabulous Easter bonnet parade.  There were some wonderful, imaginative creations!

Year 5 visited church for Experience Easter where they were congratulated on their thoughtful and mature responses.

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed their visit to a SafeSide where they listened carefully and learnt a lot about keeping themselves and others safe.

Well done to our year 6 football team who played against Alder Coppice Primary School, in the league. The team played brilliantly together and were very impressive, in particular as they hadn’t had the opportunity to practise on the school field, for some time.  We conceded a goal with seconds to go until the end of the game, meaning that the final score was 2-1. We look forward to more league games, next term.

Congratulations too to our year 6 cross country team who competed at Summerhill, this week.  Our girls team finished 3rd, with 2 pupils finishing in the top 10. Our boys’ team finished 11th, meaning that overall we finished 10th out of the 28 schools that competed.  Well done, runners!

We wish Miss Jones all the very best on her wedding day, this Sunday.  We hope that you have a lovely day and very much look forward to hearing all about it, when we return to school.

Following the Easter holidays, we will be arranging an information sharing evening for all the Year 6 pupils attending the PGL visit in Autumn 2026.  We will be able to share the payment schedule with you as well as further details about the activities and accommodation.

Thank you to our Worship Committee who led thought provoking and entertaining services in church today, for all of our pupils.

Sian Morgan, our Children, Youth and Family Minister, who has been a huge part of our school community, will be starting her new role within the Diocese, at the end of April.  Sian has worked closely with our Worship Committee, as well as regularly leading Collective Worship, supporting Church Club activities, teaching us songs with ISing Pop and being a big part of our school community.  We are very grateful for all that Sian has done to support our school and community and wish her all of the very best in her new role.  Thank you, Sian!

We seem to have had all weathers and seasons, this week!  As winter is moving into spring, this week we considered how spring is the time of year when we notice new beginnings.  We thought about how bare the trees have been through winter but that during this time, the trees are resting, the nutrients from the leaves are going back into the ground, and the tree is preparing the flourish again.  Easter is a time of new beginnings and flourishing for Christians and we considered the significance of Jesus’s last supper with his disciples and the new commandment that was shared – “to love one another, as I have loved you.”

Our thanks to New Life Church who visited us today and delivered their Easter assembly.  The Easter story was told through the familiar puppet characters that our children enjoy listening to and learning from.

Hasn’t it been lovely to feel some warmth and sunshine, this week? We have really enjoyed noticing the signs that spring is finally on its way.  Thank you to our Eco Committee who visited church this week, to meet with members of Wall Heath in Bloom.  We had a lovely visit and really enjoyed looking at the fabulous bug hotels, new bird boxes and all the wonderful plants and flowers that are now coming into bloom.

Well done and thank you to our year 5 pupils who behaved brilliantly on their visit to church for Experience Easter.  You listened carefully and gave some very thoughtful responses – you have made us all very proud.

We have really enjoyed the Funtime Theatre Company visit, this afternoon and their performance of Oliver Twist.  It was great to be able to watch a live performance in our own school.  Thank you to the fundraising efforts of the HSA which allowed us to be able to have such a great experience.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week has been a great success at Church of the Ascension. Children have made thoughtful observations and sensitive responses to all that we have learnt about and celebrated.  The colour and celebration in school today for non-uniform day has been great!