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Reception and Year 1 Animal Visit
10 Feb

Reception and Year 1 had a fantastic time during our Animal Man visit this week! The children were thrilled to meet a range of exciting creatures, including a cockroach, a gecko, a bearded dragon, a kookaburra, a snake and even a skunk. Reception enjoyed observing the animals up close and asking lots of questions, while Year 1 linked the experience to their science topic by learning about different types of animals such as reptiles, amphibians and birds. It was a memorable, hands‑on session that sparked curiosity throughout both year groups!
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Year 1's Black Country Museum Visit
5 Feb

Year 1 had a fun and exciting day on their trip to the Black Country Living Museum. The children were full of enthusiasm as they explored what life was like during the Victorian era. They visited traditional Victorian homes, took part in a lesson at a strict Victorian school, watched a film at the old-fashioned cinema, and even enjoyed a ride on an authentic Victorian bus. It was a wonderful day filled with learning, curiosity, and memorable experiences.
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Year 3's Visit to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
29 Jan

Our Year 3’s this week have been to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on the train, which was a new experience for some of our children. Here they had a special lesson about the Ancient Egyptians and also they got to see some real life Ancient Egyptian artifacts in the museum. This supported their learning in their history lessons. The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed this visit.
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Excellent Outcomes for Disadvantaged Pupils
26 Jan

We received the message below celebrating our excellent outcomes for disadvantaged pupils at Colmers Farm Primary School in the 2024/2025 KS2 SATs from Bridget Phillipson Secretary of State for Education. This message confirms that our performance is amongst the very best nationally for disadvantaged pupils. This is a huge achievement for our whole school community and we are very proud of this. We would like to thank our pupils, staff and parents for their hard work, dedication and high aspirations to achieve these fantastic outcomes.
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Young Voices
15 Jan

A group of our enthusiastic Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils travelled to BP Pulse Live at Birmingham’s NEC to take part in Young Voices, joining thousands of other children from across the region to form one incredible massed choir. Our pupils have been practising for weeks, and their hard work and excitement really shone through on the day. From the moment they arrived at the arena, the atmosphere was electric. The children loved rehearsing with the live band, conductor and professional performers — and the evening concert was a truly magical experience.
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Year 5 Mosque Visit
16 Dec

This week, our Year 5 pupils had the wonderful opportunity to visit Birmingham Central Mosque as part of their Religious Education learning. The trip was an enriching experience that helped the children deepen their understanding of Islam and appreciate the diversity within our community. During the visit, the children learned about the Five Pillars of Islam, which are the core beliefs and practices that guide Muslims in their faith. They explored how these pillars shape daily life and why they are so important.
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Year 5 Carol Singing at Redhill Court Residential Care Home
12 Dec

Our two Year 5 classes have been spreading Christmas cheer this week, by singing carols and other well-known Christmas songs at Redhill Court Residential Care Home in Kings Norton. The residents loved listening to our children’s singing. Thank you for learning these songs and for representing our school so well Year 5.
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Antarctica Flag Competition
2 Dec

Before half term, our Year 5s designed some flags for Antarctica in their art lessons. These were entered into a competition for International Antarctica Day (1 st December), where the prize was for the designs to be taken to Antarctica by the REWIND ice core drilling team, who study ice cores to find out more about the history of our planet. We are delighted to announce that some of our designs were selected as winners. See our winning designs below in Antarctica!
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Brazilian Drumming
12 Nov

This term, Year 3 have been enjoying learning about Brazil. As part of this topic, they had a special visitor who came into school to teach our children about Brazilian music. During this session, the children got to try a range of instruments. The sound of drums echoed around the school and Year 3 had a fabulous and memorable experience.
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Big Art Week Exhibition 25-26
10 Nov

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