The first night of Rock World took place yesterday evening in the school hall. The children rose to the occasion and produced a memorable performance of all the great Queen songs.
1st July 2009
We have had some problems uploading new information to the website but we are hoping that these are now resolved so that we can keep everybody informed about all our end of year activities. Our July newsletter is now on the website as is our new prospectus. Year 6 are performing Rock World this week; yesterday to the school and tonight and Friday to parents at 7.30pm. Photographs of the performers are linked to this headline and we hope to show some pictures from the actual show later in the week.
4th June 2009
Last night we ran the first session of our new Youth Club. It is being funded with money from the Extended School Initiative and will run in half termly blocks with different children being invited over time. We are being supported by Sarah Fentham, an experienced local play leader who is training some of our teaching assistants and our walking bus co-ordinators to run the club in the future. The first group are from Year 3/4 and are made up of friendship and family groups. If you would like your child to have the opportunity to attend youth club in the future please contact Mr Backhouse. Last night the children and adults involved had a great time and are looking forward to the next 3 sessions in June.
3rd June 2009
Welcome back to school after half term. Unfortunately school is closed again for the children tomorrow because it is being used as a polling station. However we have lots of activities to look forward to throughout the term and most of the details are in the June newsletter. It is a particularly important time for our Year 6 leavers and we have lots of events planned to celebrate their time at CBJS while they look forward to new opportunities in their new schools in September.
22nd May 2009
Health and fitness week, now in its fifth year, has been our best ever with a whole range of sport and exercise activities for every class. Traditional school sports like football, cricket and athletics have run alongside new sports for many children like kickboxing, golf, tennis, lacrosse, orienteering, table tennis, aerobics. boxercise, rugby and stacking. Stacking is a new activity that involves stacking special beaker like cups in an exercise that promotes hand eye coordination. We have bought a special kit to use in school now. Older children walked to Arden Hall to take part in cricket and tennis and some classes took the bus to North Solihull Sports Centre to go swimming. We even got started again with Wake and Shake after losing the speakers while they have been repaired. Thank you to Mr May for all the organisation and planning and to all the outside coaches for giving their time to give all our children and staff a special week. We wish everybody a good half term holiday. The children are back on Tuesday 2nd June at 8.50.
1st May 2009
The indoor athletics team finsihed their season of competitions in the County Final at Coventry Sports Centre where they finsihed joint 4th with St Anthony's the same school that they tied with as Solihull joint champions. They have had another good year and excelled with their efforts, teamwork and sportsmanship. Most of all they had a great time practising and competing coached by Mr May and Mr Bird.
Mr Backhouse returned to school on Monday after a successful visit to Beijing. As well as planning a joint curriculum project between the two schools and the penpal project he was also entertained by a martial arts display by the whole school and saw some lessons.
17th April 2009
Mr Backhouse is going to Beijing on Sunday to visit the teachers and children at Huizhong Beili. He is taking with him some ideas to develop with their teachers about joint curriculum activities in the future. He is also taking the matching banner to the one in the photograph above and 20 letters from Year 3 children to start the penpal project. He will be thinking about everybody starting back after the Easter holiday and will try to put information about his visit on the school extranet. Try looking on his page next week.
3rd April 2009
Happy Easter from everybody at CBJS. Year 4 have treated the school and their parents to a superb telling of the Easter story with acting, singing and dancing. Well done to them all. We are back at school on Monday 20th April at 8.50. We wish all our school community a good holiday.
2nd April 2009
Yesterday the School Council raised £80 for their own funds by washing staff, parents' and visitors' cars. They had a great time doing the car wash and this morning all the cars on the car park are shining brightly for the Easter holiday.
31st March 2009
Several children entered a competition earlier this term to design the carpet bed in Malvern Park in Solihull. It is the feature display in the park each summer and the winner has their design planted out with bedding plants. In the Year of Astronomy 2009 Jessica produced the wnning design and will now be invited to attend the unveiling ceremony in the park with the Mayor of Solihull probably in July. All the children who entered the competition took part in the planting of 7 trees given to the school of the winning entrant. They have been planted behind the Year 4 classrooms and alongside the path from Bentley Road.
26th March 2009
We have several school policies available on the website dealing with issues that can affect parents directly. We have recently added a summary of our behaviour policy and our homework policy.
We held a special ceremony in assembly this morning to create a banner to take to Huizhong Beili Primary School in April. When our teachers went to China in October we created a banner with them that is now displayed in our school hall. We brought a similar banner back with us to complete in our school and take back to them. It is called 'Light the Passion, Share the Dream'. If we continue to build the spirit of partnership between our two schools we can play our part in creating a better world. Our class and school councillors, a group of Year 3 children who are beginning a penpal project with the children in Beijing and several staff all laid their hands on the banner with coloured paint. Mr Backhouse is going to Beijing again during the first week of the Summer Term to discuss ways in which we can develop curriculum projects together in each school and will take the banner with him.
18th March 2009
Yesterday some Year 6 children took part in a cricket tournament at Norman Green Indoor Sports Centre in Solihull. They demonstrated some excellent batting, bowling and fielding skills and won one of their matches. Perhaps the children involved could consider joining the cricket academy programme at Castle Bromwich Cricket Club for further opportunities. Some of the team are already involved.
17th March 2009
We have prepared a letter for new parents showing the range of activitites we have planned to ensure a smooth transition to the junior school in September 2009 for children currently in Year 2 at Castle Bromwich Infant School.
Tomorrow is Comic Relief Day. Wear your red nose just like Miss Otton and Mr Bird and contribute 20p to Comic Relief; you can colour your hair as well unless your are in Year 3 because of swimming!
27th February 2009
CBJS are the joint Solihull Indoor Athletics Champions with St Anthony's School after the final yesterday. It was a brilliant and exciting final and the most dramatic in the competition's history.
23rd February 2009
In the week before half term children from 5W and 5C competed in a basketball tournament at Park Hall School. A basketball coach from the school had worked with the children for a few weeks leading up to the tournament and given them an insight into a new sport. Both classes enjoyed the experience and the competition.
9th February 2009
We now have a parent hotline which we will use for various messages including information about school closure. If you wish to find out whether the school is open tomorrow please call 08447 70 75 76 for the latest information after 7am. Please see linked message for further details which can also be accessed from the parent hotline link on homepage.
9th February 2009
At last the children are getting the opportunity to use the new gym equipment after the bad weather. The playground is not fit for children to use at playtimes all together but they are able to go out a class at a time to use it today. It is very popular.
4th February 2009
When we went to China last we saw some exercise bikes that the children used on their playground. It gave us the idea to look for some exercise equipment for our children on our playground. We have now found some through Venture Play who have done a variety of work for us and have installed our outdoor gym on the playground. When the weather improves the children will be able to use it on a timetabled basis.
4th February 2009
The weather has made life difficult this week and we want to make it as easy as possible for parents to find out whether the school is open or closed. Parents can find out from local radio or their websites or www.solihull.gov.uk and also www.cbjs.co.uk. Parents can also be informed by email. If you wish to access this service please email office@castle-bromwich-jun.solihull.sch.uk and we will add you to our contact list.We are also looking at a telephone messaging service that parents can use to find out the latest school information; more details to follow.
26th January 2009
Today is Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Ox. Some of our oldest Year 6 children were born in a Year of the Ox as were Barak Obama and Meryl Streep from Mama Mia. Click on the link to find out more about Chinese New Year. Our friends in Beijing are all on their winter holiday and will be celebrating. They have sent us some Chinese New Year cards. To find out which Chinese calendar year you were born in click on this link or this link.
26th January 2009
Last week Year 6 classes went to Hams Hall, which is an environmental centre near Coleshill which helps them to study about a variety of habitats including woodland and pond life. The day helps the children with their science work about life and living processes.
