Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Message from Mr Walker

  Fri 30 Nov 2018

  Hello everyone

   

  Jingle Jog

  Year 4 and 5 took part in a ‘Jingle Jog’ around Sherwood Pines on Monday morning alongside hundreds of children from school across the area. Dressed in Christmas hats (photo) they jogged their way around a hilly, woodland route in the winter sunshine as part of the ‘Race for Life’.

   

  Year 6 Residential

  Most of Year 6 have been on Residential this week to Whitmore Lakes Adventure Centre in Staffordshire (Photos). They have been having an amazing time climbing, abseiling and taking part in Archery and Fencing to name just a few of the activities. A huge thank you to the staff/volunteers who have been with them and supported this trip.

   

  Choir—Blidworth Lights Switch On

  Our choir set off on their first performance of the festive season last weekend when they performed at the Blidworth Lights Switch On event. They have put in such a lot of rehearsal time, both at Choir club and playtimes, and I do hope you get the chance to hear them at one of their many festive performances in the coming weeks. Well done children for representing our school and doing us proud!

   

  Cross Country

  Our Cross Country girls and boys teams were out again last weekend at Berry Hill Park to compete in the Winter League. Another soggy, wintery event didn't get the children down or affect the turnout. There is one more event of the Winter League left at Wollaton Park on the 8th December.

   

  High 5/Reading Challenge

  Please be aware that the cut off date for this term’s Reading Challenge and the High 5 Reward is next Friday 7th December (details on our website). So get those extra reads in and collect as many Value Points as you can. Also, don’t forget that the Spring Term challenges start immediately the following week (week beginning the 10th December) so don’t get caught out with that!

   

  Have a great weekend

   

• Mesage from Mr Walker

  Fri 23 Nov 2018

  Hello everyone

   

  Children in Need

  An amazing £365 was raised at our Children In Need day last Friday. What a brilliant effort by our children and families. Thank you so much for your donations.

   

  Handball

  We took our very first Handball Team, captained by Lily and Leland, to Newark Academy this week for a district Handball tournament and came out fourth overall after narrowly losing on penalties in the semi finals. What a super achievement in a new sport for us. All the children’s efforts in the after school handball club have paid off.

   

  Cross Country

  We took our largest sports team ever out this week when 38 children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 competed in a Cross Country Event at the Dukeries Academy in Ollerton. Our children’s attitudes were brilliant in the freezing weather. A massive congratulations to Lily M and Sophia W (both in Year 4) who qualified for the Nottinghamshire County Year 5 & 6 Finals! Good look to the usual Cross Country team this weekend who have a winter league event at Berry Hill.

   

  HT Coffee Morning

  A big thank you for those who managed to attend the HT Coffee Morning on Thursday. We discussed many school issues including future school developments, parking, transition and a future school Facebook page amongst other things. If you would like to know more, please feel free to come and chat to me or you will find the minutes of this meeting will be available on our website early next week.

   

  Blidworth Christmas Lights Switch On—Tomorrow

  If you are attending the Blidworth Christmas Lights Switch On event tomorrow, please look out for our school choir who will be delivering their first performance of many over the festive period. Good luck!

   

  Cold Weather Clothing

  Please could you make sure your child has the correct clothing with them at school as the cold weather draws in, such as jumpers and coats etc.

   

  Have a great weekend!

   

• Message from Mr Walker

  Fri 16 Nov 2018

  Liberia Fundraising Update

  Congratulations to Phil, his wife Sue and the many donations received from Blidworth Oaks’ children and families. You managed to raise the 1000 US Dollars needed to fund new books for children at the LREC school in Liberia yet again! What fantastic achievement! The LREC school have sent Blidworth Oaks some level messages of thanks and I would personally like to say how proud I am of you all.

   

  Remembrance

  I was incredibly proud and moved by the respect our children showed in our remembrance events last week. Following on from activities in class as part of our Values Day, we came together in assembly for a two minutes silence at 11am last Friday, attended also by many parents. We also had three members of Year 6 and our very own Mrs Froggatt represent us and lay a wreath on behalf of our school at the Blidworth remembrance ceremony on Sunday. What an amazing school community we are!

   

  Football Updates

  There have been several football matches over the last few weeks for girls and boys. Well done to all of those involved. Our next football related events are the trip to watch England play Croatia at Wembley this weekend and then we enter two teams into the Mansfield Town EFL Tournament.

  Blidworth Girls 1 vs 1 West Park Academy

  Blidworth Boys (Senior Team) 4 vs 3 Heathlands

  Blidworth Girls B 0 vs 1 Halam B

  Blidworth Girls A 5 vs 4 Halam A (Penalties)

  Blidworth Boys (Junior Team) 1 vs 0 The Forest View Academy

   

  Visit from MP Mark Spencer

  Our school Gardening Club and Chairs of the School Parliament met with MP Mark Spencer to plant a new tree at the school, part of the Queens Commonwealth Canopy and donated by the Woodland Trust. The birch tree has been planted next to our chickens and will provide some much needed shade in the future.

   

  Anti Bullying Week

  We wore ‘odd socks’ to school Monday this week to celebrate the start of Anti Bullying Week and in order to better understand the key message of accepting diversity within our school and society. We have been revisiting key anti bullying messages all week and our school parliament delivered their very own anti bullying assembly on Monday.

   

  Children in Need

  Once again we have supported this great charity—Children in Need. Our children (and staff) have been at school all day in their pyjamas and, through donations, have managed to raise what looks to be close to £300. Well done everyone!