News

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• Damson Wood Celebrate Reading!

  Wed 11 Mar 2020
  On Thursday 5th March, children and staff at Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School Academy celebrated their love of reading by dressing up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day. This is an annual event in Damson Wood’s calendar and one that children across the school thoroughly enjoy taking part in. 
  ‘Encouraging a lifelong love of reading is a key priority at Damson Wood and World Book Day is a wonderful opportunity for children, parents and staff to share their favourite books,’ said Mrs Hume, Headteacher, ‘This year, everyone has been even more engaged than ever showcasing a huge variety of unique and creative costumes!’ 
  This event forms part of Damson Wood’s central aim to ensure children become fluent, engaged and confident readers. The inspiring resources and broad curriculum at Damson Wood and Woodies Childcare aims to promote an enduring love of reading. Their provision includes an improved library facility, cosy and well-resourced reading corners in every classroom, parent workshops, and parents and carers are invited into school for two mornings each week to read with their child. This is all having a powerful impact on children reading skills and enjoyment!
  For more information about the Ofsted-graded ‘Good’ school, Damson Wood, and their partnership with Balsall Common Primary School Academy within the Central Schools Trust, please visit www.damson-wood.co.uk.

  

• Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School ‘Slips into Slippers’ for Older People’s Day

  Mon 04 Nov 2019

  Staff and children at Damson Wood Nursery & Infant School recently took part in Age UK Solihull's Slip into Slippers Day for UK Older People's Day.

   

  Mrs Hume, Headteacher said, “Children across the school really enjoyed wearing their slippers to raise money; it is a fun way to raise awareness for a local charity. They enjoyed learning about the work of Age UK Solihull and are happy to be helping older people in our community for the fourth year running.’

   

  The Damson Wood school community raised an incredible £121.50 this year and were delighted to share this money with Rebecca Jacob, a representative from Age UK Solihull, who awarded the children with a special certificate to celebrate their fundraiisng.

   

  If you are interested in fundraising or volunteering for Age UK Solihull, contact 0121 704 3361, email events@ageuksolihull.org.uk or visit www.ageuksolihull.org.uk

• Damson Wood enjoys Africa Day to raise money for EducAid Africa Charity

  Mon 17 Jun 2019
  Children and staff at Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School Academy recently held a very special Africa Day to raise money for the charity EducAid Africa.
  Damson Wood celebrated Africa Day by wearing brightly-coloured clothes, many with the colours of the Kenyan flag, and took part in a range of activities including Africa dance, jewellery making, learning about African animals and enjoying music from Africa.
  Linda Maxfield, a representative from EducAid Africa, visited the school to tell Damson Wood pupils about the important work the charity does in Kenya and shared some photos and videos of her time visiting schools there.
  EducAid Africa is a charity dedicated to improving the educational opportunities for pupils in the Mombasa area of Kenya. Every penny donated to EducAid Africa is used to support individual pupils and school projects.
  The charity ensures that funds raised are used directly to empower students in poverty to access education and a healthier lifestyle. It also contributes funds for the provision of appropriate books and equipment to schools and pupils at all phases from nursery to university.
  For more information about the important work this charity does and to find out how you can support their cause, please visit: http://www.educaid-africa.org/
  To find out more about Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School Academy and the high-quality childcare and education offered to children aged 2-7 years old as part of the Central Schools Trust, please visit www.damson-wood.co.uk

  

• Nursery pupils planning for future after careers day

  Tue 05 Mar 2019
  PUPILS at Damson Wood Nursery and Infant School looked to their future and got hands on with possible careers.
  The youngsters were joined by fire fighters, a nurse, paramedics, an engineer from Jaguar Land Rover, a
  musician, an animal carer and canine photographer, and police officers who visited the school to tell children about their jobs in the hope to inspire them.
  The children were also able to explore an ambulance, police car and fire truck, as well as trying on uniform and exploring equipment used by these professionals as they celebrated the school first Ambition Week. During the week, the children also talked about what they would like to do when they are older and what skills and values they may have to demonstrate in order to get their dream job.
  Headteacher, Emily Hughes said: “At Damson Wood, one of our core values is to be ambitious.
  “We encourage children to challenge themselves and to aim high in order to reach their own potential, both in learning and beyond. “The children were really inspired by the visitors who came to Damson Wood during this special week and we are very grateful for the time and enthusiasm given by these busy people in our community.”

  

• Rowan Class Assembly

  Wed 30 Jan 2019 Miss Hughes

  Last Thursday, we were treated to a high-quality class assembly presented by Rowan. The children shared lots of interesting information about South Africa, the current theme of Year 2’s learning this half term. We found out about South African animals, clothing and weather – it sounds a lot warmer in sunny South Africa where they are enjoying summer at the moment! Well done to the children for their preparation and performance; you spoke clearly and we particularly enjoyed your singing, dancing and signing. Thank you also to Miss Greenwood, Mrs Jones and Mr Dahele for their support.

• Ambition Week

  Wed 23 Jan 2019 Miss Hughes

  Last week, we had a wonderful week of inspiration during our Ambition Week with so many different exciting visitors and activities at Damson Wood. We were pleased to welcome an engineer from JLR, some firefighters, a paramedic, a nurse, a police officer, an animal carer and photographer and a musician into school to share their experience in their job with our pupils. The children were able to try on uniform, look around vehicles, and handle animals, amongst other things. We even saw how ready the firefighters had to be when their alarm went off during their visit and they had to disappear in a hurry before meeting KS1! Thank you to all the staff in school for planning such a fantastic week for our children and of course to all our wonderful guests who brought the week to life! Hopefully, your child now has lots of ideas about the job they might like to do when they are older, no matter if they are a boy or a girl, and that they are feeling ambitious about achieving their dream!

• Paddington Bear in Year 1

  Wed 23 Jan 2019 Miss Hughes

  As part of their current learning around the theme of Toys, Year 1 have been learning about Paddington Bear. Paddington wrote to the children explaining that he needed help with how to make a marmalade sandwich because he is very hungry after his travels! The pupils in Year 1 followed instructions to make a tasty marmalade sandwich and tasted them afterwards. Then, they wrote their own instructions to help Paddington next time! he’s hungry! Let’s hope he doesn’t get into a sticky mess! Thank you to the staff in Year 1 for creating yet another exciting and memorable learning experience for our children.

• Beauty and the Beast Pantomime!

  Mon 21 Jan 2019 Miss Hughes

  Last Thursday, our school hall was transformed into a theatre with the arrival of M&M Productions who performed a pantomime version of Beauty and the Beast for us. The show was very enjoyable with lots of audience participation, jokes and songs to join in with. Thank you to everyone who donated towards the cost of this event – what an amazing experience for our children!

• The fledglings have flown!

  Mon 22 May 2017
  Over the last couple of days, our nine baby blue tits have been bravely leaving their nest for the first time. We managed to catch a video of the very last chick considering leaving today which you can watch here. We hope a bird will decide to nest at Damson Wood next year!

• The Flying Potter

  Thu 18 May 2017

  What an amazing experience for the children in KS1 who spent the day with Jon the Flying Potter. After a really exciting presentation in assembly demonstrating how the potter’s wheel works and learning lots about the properties of clay and how to use it, each class had a workshop with Jon. Our children did some hand-modelling to produce pieces of a damson tree to contribute to a giant Damson Wood logo for our 50^th anniversary celebrations. Thank you to everyone for their support in raising funds to pay towards this experience and the materials, and to Mrs Stoneman for organising such a memorable treat for the pupils at Damson Wood. A Year 1 pupil told Miss Hughes, ‘This is the best day of my life!’ – what high praise!