Volume 34 Summer Term 2019

H E A D T E A C H E R ’ S N E W S L E T T E R

Brewood CE (C) Middle School

‘Be the Best you can Be!’

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Dear Parents

This has been such a busy week and we have been so fortunate with the weather conditions.

The highlight has been Sports Day which was a wonderful day for everyone. Conditions were ideal and we were able to complete all events successfully. It was great to see all pupils doing their best, cheering on their House mates and friends in other Houses.

There was a wonderful turnout of parents and other family members. A big thank you to Mr Downes, our Leader of PE his PE staff and all other staff including Mr Marston and Mr Barrass for organising the car park, commentary box and all the equipment for the day.

The overall winning house was Stretton, Weston won the girls and Somerford the boys. Photographs will appear in the Summer term Sports Newsletter at the end of term. Thank you so much for everyone who contributed to our Defibrillator Appeal or who purchased a raffle ticket. An amazing £234 was raised on the day. The raffle prize of two tickets for a race meeting at Wolverhampton Race Course was won by Miss Conroy.

Educational visits out of school this week have included Year 7s visit to the Islamic Centre in Birmingham, the Music Share Concert in Lichfield and the ‘Harry Potter Author Event’ at the Wolverhampton Grammar School.

On Wednesday our Key Stage 2 Cricket Team played in a competition at Brewood Cricket Club.

This week Year 8 pupils have been having individual career interviews as part of our Careers programme. These continue next week.

On Wednesday I was delighted to welcome back to Brewood Mr George Parry who was Headteacher here from 1985-1997. He had a tour of the school, met staff and pupils and reminisced about his time here. He was so positive about the school and said that he had ‘enjoyed every minute’ of his visit. We are now entering the last four weeks in school. The

highlights next week include: Monday 24th June A group of Year 8 girls visit Jaguar Land Rover for ‘Women in Engineering’ Workshop.

Tuesday 25th June Year 6 African Drumming Workshop (in school) Wednesday 26th June 6JC Class Worship for parents Thursday 27th June Summer Music Showcase Event (school hall) Wolgarston Uniform Sales (art room) Friday 28th June pm— ‘Brewood Got Talent’ Choir performing at St Dominic’s Saturday 29th June Wheaton Aston Carnival at St Mary’s, Wheaton Aston Best wishes Mr D I Swift Executive Headteacher

School Calendar

Tues 25th June Yr 6 African Day

Wed 26th June 6JC Class Worship for parents

Thurs 27th June Summer Showcase

Mon 8th July Summer Fair—pm

Thurs 11th July Induction Day for Yr 5 & Yr 8

Wed 17th July Yr 8 Alton Towers

Fri 19th July School finishes for Summer 1.30 pm

Mon 22nd July INSET Day

Tues 23rd July—Fri 30 Aug

Summer Holiday

21st June 2019

Worship Theme Next week—Trust

Mark 4:35-41

Jesus Calms the storm. We can trust that Jesus is with us, even during the stormy times of life.

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Defibrillator

Thank you for your

donations and raffle

ticket purchases on

Sports Day. £234

was raised

towards our target

of £2000.

Mr D I Swift

Executive Headteacher

Lichfield Music Share 2019

Brewood CE Middle School gifted and talented musicians were invited to participate in Lichfield Music Share Concert on Tuesday 19th June. They performed a variety of songs

from different genres accompanied by a live band and were treated to a performance by an incredible mezzo soprano

The children represented the school in a fantastic way and it was a brilliant day! I am already looking forward to next year.

Miss S Forbes Leader of Music

Safeguarding

Young People, Social Media and Mental Health

Barnardo’s has published a report looking at what

children, young people and practitioners say about

the impact of social media on mental health and

wellbeing and the social media experiences of

vulnerable children in the UK. Findings from 80

Barnardo’s practitioners include: 79% said that 11

-15 year olds that they work with have found

cyberbullying impacted their mental health and

wellbeing. Case studies and focus groups with

children and young people found that those with

additional life challenges are more susceptible to

the negative impacts of social media as they are

more likely to experience isolation from friends

and family.

Source: Barnardo’s Date: 13 June 2019

Further information: Left to their own devices: young

people, social media and mental health (PDF)

Guardian

Reminder

Just a reminder that payments for the Year 5 residential visit and the Year 6 African Day are now due.

Year 6 parents are welcome to come along to the African Day Performance

from 3pm on Tuesday 25th June.

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Fundraising Event for Ben Cooper

Last Friday (14th June) we held a non-uniform day for our ex Head Boy Ben Cooper to raise money for Malaria Consortium which aims to reduce the spread an prevalence of tropical diseases in Eastern Africa and South East Asia.

An amazing £371.42 was raised by pupils. Ben was awarded the cheque in ‘Sing Up’ on Thursday (yesterday). A message from Ben

‘It has been an absolute pleasure for me to reconnect with Brewood CE

Middle School over the course of my fundraising activities for my Danube

source to sea expedition. Walking through the same halls and seeing some

of the same faces reminded me of just how special this school is, and how

much my experience here has had an influence on the years since I left.

I am backing two health based charities for my trip, charities that have been shown to be very effective at

reducing the impact of malaria and tropical diseases in both East Africa and India. They are both important to

me, having spent a lot of time in communities that are affected by these problems. To have Brewood Middle

invite me back, and to support me in this effort, is absolutely fantastic. I am incredibly grateful to them for their

support. To both the staff and the students, thank you so much! And, to the Yr 8's that I spoke to who are

preparing to leave and move up to Wolgarston, good luck!

Love, Ben Head Boy, 2006/07

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Harry Potter Event at Wolverhampton Grammar School

On Wednesday afternoon students from Years 6, 7 and 8 were invited to Wolverhampton

Grammar School to attend a 'Harry Potter themed event'! The school hall was transformed into

the Hogwarts Great Hall where students from several local schools were divided into the four

Hogwarts house teams and given challenges to earn points, including a Harry Potter themed

spelling bee, a potion class and a book quiz. A fun day had by all.

Mr Walley

5TW Form Tutor

Library News We have received another delivery of new books to the library that include Dog Man Series,

Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries and World of Norm. We have also received some "classics" including The Railway Children, Black Beauty and Little Women. Please visit the library to see the full list of new books. Remember - last few days to enter the Roald Dahl author of the month quiz with entry forms

available in the library. All Year 8's must please return their library books by Monday 8th July.

As always our school library is open very lunch break.

“Be yourself and people will like you.”

—Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.

Bushcraft Campout 6th and 7th July 2019

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There are a few places left on the Bushcraft CampOut if anyone is interested. You don’t have to be a member of Bushcraft to join us.

If you are interested, please see the letter below. Thank you.

Mrs Kimber Leader of Science

Morgan 6EG - 5Km Park Run On the Saturday 15th June, Morgan took part

in a 5k park run to raise awareness for a

condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Many people are waiting around 10-15 years

for a diagnosis for the condition which is a

genetic disorder in which the structure of

connective tissue is abnormal. This results in

abnormally fragile and hyper-extensible

tissues throughout the body.

Morgan who was diagnosed with the syndrome

in November last year, is on medication and

having physio and thankfully can now walk knee

brace and crutch free. He still has a lot of

pain if I takes part in PE or does too much

physical exercise.

Morgan completed the park run (dressed as a

zebra, the Ehlers-Danlos mascot) with his

family, walking and running the 5Km course

and was very proud of himself for completing

it. So far he has raised over £600 through his

justgiving.com/MorganBs page.

If you would like

more information

on the condition

please go to

www.ehlers-

danlos.org

Congratulations to

Morgan, friends

and family.

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Islamic Exhibition

Our day at the Islamic Exhibition was very good and

we all learnt a lot of things about the Islam faith.

At the start we learnt about the faith and history

of the religion Islam. We learnt what the five

pillars are and what they mean to Muslims. We also

learnt how science is linked with the Islam faith. A

lot of really important scientists were Muslim.

When we was there we also saw some Mosques that

have been made exactly like the ones in real life.

Also they wrote all of our names in the Arabic language. There were loads of models that

showed us what they were teaching us about. They explained to us about family life also. They

told us things that Muslims do and what they do not do. At the end of the day we did activities.

By Amerik 7JD

On Thursday we went to an Arabic place in Birmingham, When we

arrived the instructors were telling us what we were to be doing in

our activities. We got to wear some Arabic costumes, like hats and

scarves. We learned that Muslims pray 5 times a day. We saw the

mosque in a handmade way (model). We learned about The Five

Pillars: Shahadah, Namaz, Roza, Zakat, Haj.

We did word searches then we received certificates. We had to put

our names down then they would go round and put our names in

Arabic. Apparently no drugs are around in their country and back in

the day women weren't allowed to vote unless they were married.

They believed children should have an education. Muslims only

believe in one god and that is Allah, God be with you. They are very religious and they want to be

very good people.

On the 20th June 7TC went to an Islamic Exhibition in Birmingham. We were welcomed very

nicely. They taught us lots of different things about their religion We did activities like word

searches and mandala and they gave us chocolate. Before we had a tour of the information

centre, we learned about the 5 Pillars, Shadadah, Namaz, Roza, Zakat and Haj. In Islam they

have certain rules. The things they can’t do, sins are smoking, drugs, self harm and drinking

alcohol. In family life they also wear certain clothes. The father is the man of the house; he

would be the person who works. The mother can work if she choses to. If women have a problem

they go to female family and if men have a problem they go to male family.

By Tayla and Harlie

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Year 4 to 5 Transition Event and Family Learning

On Saturday 15th June, Year 4 children who are joining Brewood in September were invited to

attend our Rocket day. The children and their families made a rocket and learnt about energy.

During the morning session, the rockets were launched outside and the aim was to fire it as far

as possible. However, due to rain in the afternoon, the rockets were launched down the KS2

corridor.

We have organised these sessions for the last 10 years now as they prove to be very successful.

It allows the children to enjoy learning about science in a lab and it also allows parents to see

their child learning in a classroom environment.

We have worked with Mark Walton (Hands on Science) for over 10 years. He really is a pro at

making and launching rockets!

We look forward to welcoming the new Year 5 in September as they were a really enthusiastic

group of pupils.

Mrs Kimber

Leader of Science

Our visit to Jaguar Land Rover

On Wednesday 12th June, nine Year 8 pupils went to Jaguar

Land Rover. When we arrived, we were spoken to abut

engineering and jobs offered at JLR. Then we toured the

factory and learned about what happens there. It was very

interesting o find out exactly what happens and to see all the

workers. In the afternoon we were set the task to build a

model version of a car engine, we were put into two groups.

The task was very challenging and the Brewood boys group won

overall, as they were the quickest to finish the engine.

We really enjoyed the visit and learnt a lot of new skills

throughout the day. The visit has encouraged a lot of us to

become engineers in the future.

Freya 8MD

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Achievement Awards Monday 10th June

Achievement Awards Monday 17th June

2nd Merit Certificates Sam 6EG, Russarne 7JD, Hayden 6EG, Cara 5GS,

Keifer 8MD, Jack 8MD, Joshua 7TC, Madi 7SF, Bethany 8KG

1st Merit Certificates Harlie 7TC, Jeffrey 7TC

3rd Merit Certificates Gianni 5CG, Aaliyah, Oscar 5LS, Liliah 8NK,Lily 8KG, Lily 8MD,Lillie-Mae 5GS, Aoife 7TC, Josh 7TC, Lauren 5CG

Platinum Certificates Emily 8CP, Lily 5LS, Lilliah 8NK,

Imogen 5LS, Wilfe 6EG, Shannon 8KG, Charlotte 7MC,

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Platinum Plus Maya Gould 6EG

2nd Merit Certificates Amelia 7TC, Max 8CP, Lea 8KG, Isla 5GS, Madison 8CP,

Abbie 6CF, Jack 8MD, Isabelle 8KG, Ewan 6CF

1st Merit Certificates Ethan 7SF, (Joshua 8CP, Tommy

8KG, Nathan 8CP, Thomas 8KG)

3rd Merit Certificates James 5TW, Sam 6EG, Erica 8CP, Max 8CP, Joshua

7TC, Rohan 6CF, Charlie 5CG, Rivver 8JC

Platinum Plus Evie 5TW, (Luke 6EG)

Platinum Certificates Nicole 5TW, Jessica 8CP, Lucy 8KG,

Hannah 8CP,

Platinum Lillie-Mae

Diamond Certificate Rhianna 7MC

Achievement Awards Friday 21st June

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3rd Merit Certificates Annabel 5LS, Sienna 6CF, Libbie 6CF, Jack 5CG,

Martha 5CG

2nd Merit Certificates Anita 5LS, Lottie 6CF, Quinlan 7SF, Tayla 7TC, Jack 7JD, Lydia 7TC, Vakaris 5GS, Megan 7SF,

Cai 5LS, William 7SF, India 7JD

1st Merit Certificates Joel 8NK, Demi-Louise 7SF, Tayla 7TC,

Platinum Plus Certificates Sophie 6JC, Zoe 5LS

Platinum Certificates Olivia 7MC, Oliver 5LS, Lydia 6EG

Great Sporting Challenge Gold

Chris 7JD

Music Award Connie, Evelyn, Charlie, Kira, Emily, Isla, Nicole, Ellie,

Evie, Martha, Gianni

Year 5 & 6 Cricket Awards Sam, Ewan, Arran, Lucas, Jack, Rohan, Joe, Will

Music Awards Imogen, Kim, Molly, Savannah, Zoe, Anita,

Darcy