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

• Commonwealth 'Fly the Flag' Day

  Mon 10 Mar 2025

  On the 10th March, Walsall Wood were personally invited to the Town Hall by the Mayor to take part in this year’s Commonwealth Day. Our School Council represented all of our pupils at the event showcasing the work created by each class to various VIP guests. Additionally, our School Mayor and Deputy Mayor joined selected Castlefort School children to raise the Commonwealth Flag and read the Commonwealth affirmation at the opening of the event.

  

• World Book Day

  Thu 06 Mar 2025

  On Thursday 6th March, we celebrated World Book Day. The theme this year was ‘Read your Way’ so the children had a fantastic time dressing up as their favourite book character or wearing their comfiest clothes for reading in. Throughout the day, the children took part in some wonderful reading activities. Take a look at our wonderful costumes and comfy reading wear!

  

• Safer Internet Day

  Tue 11 Feb 2025

  On Tuesday 11th February our school joined schools across the globe to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2025.

   

  The theme this Year was: ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. The children thought about the issue of scams online. This included educating them on how to protect themselves and others, as well as what support is available to them.

   

  Safer Internet Day is a campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to join together in helping to create a better internet.

   

  Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote at Walsall Wood School and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year.

   

  Our Digital Leaders have worked with staff across the school to deliver an assembly, and an afternoon of activities and lessons that help to educate our pupils about online safety.

• Choir Concert at Walsall Arena

  Thu 28 Nov 2024

  On Thursday 28th November, our school choir were invited to perform with other schools at the Walsall Arena.

  It was a pleasure and a privilege to see our children perform so well and set an excellent example at this event. I was filled with pride watching them perform.

  

• Children in Need

  Fri 15 Nov 2024

  Thank you to everyone who dressed in their Pudsey merchandise to celebrate Children in Need Day on 15th November. Together we raised a wonderful amount for the charity!

  

• Odd Socks Day

  Tue 12 Nov 2024

  Anti-bullying week - Monday 11^th to Friday 15^th November – began with our annual event, Odd Socks Day.

   

  On this day we donate essential funds to the Anti-bullying alliance so that they can continue the great work they do throughout schools. 

   

  Our children see this day as a chance to express themselves, uniquely and individually. Wearing colourful odd socks, we are celebrating that difference is something to be proud of! 

   

   

  

• Harvest Assembly 2024

  Tue 22 Oct 2024

  We had a full house for both our EYFS/KS1 and KS2 Harvest Assemblies this year!

   

  Thank you to everyone that was able to join us for our morning of celebration. Children from across the school presented songs, poems, art work and prayers as we took time to think about the importance of sharing what we have.

   

  Our wonderful School Mayor, Aidan, led the assembly confidently, and we were especially pleased to have Deacon Helen from Ablewell Food Bank with us to explain what happens to all of the generous donations.

   

  Again this year your generosity was wonderful and our hall was filled with your donations that will go to support those in need in our community.

  

• Census Day Lunch

  Thu 03 Oct 2024

  On Census Day (Thursday 3^rd October), we celebrated this day by offering a special themed menu.

   

  Based upon the theme of Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo, our cook put together an exciting menu of:

  Knobbly Knees nuggets and Terrible Tusks chips, served with Scrambled Snake cucumber slices and Poisonous Wart peas.

  This was followed by Gruffalo Crumble cakes or Owl Ice Cream.

   

  The children had a lovely time eating together in our decorated hall, while staff served them.

  

• Macmillan Coffee Morning 2024

  Fri 27 Sep 2024

  On Friday 27th September, we held our annual coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support. Children from across the school visited our special cafe and sampled the cakes that families had donated.

  Parents also enjoyed a coffee and cake before and after school with us. 

   

  Thank you to everyone who supported with cake or cash donations. A fantastic £420 was raised for the wonderful charity. 

  

• UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School Award at Gold.

  Sat 21 Sep 2024

  As you may remember, on Wednesday 3rd July 2024, we were visited by Hilary Alcock, a RRSA Professional Advisor. She toured the school, met with the Rights Respecting Ambassadors and a selection of children from other years to discuss how we are a Rights Respecting School and what we do to learn about our rights and advocate for the rights of others. We have now received confirmation that the Accreditation and Standards Committee have agreed to award us UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School Award at Gold: Rights Respecting.

   

  Our report is on the ‘About Us’, ‘UNICEF – Rights Respecting School’ section of our website if you are interested in reading it.

   

  To celebrate our achievement, on Friday 4th October we are holding a ‘Wear Gold to Celebrate’ day. The children can come to school dressed in gold or wearing elements of gold. The children will participate in fun activities during the afternoon to celebrate.

   

  Thank you again for your support.