Miss Marshall has had the chicken coup built and installed in the Forest School and 4 chickens have moved in! We say a big thank you to all of our families, especially our Home School Association, for working tirelessly to raise the funds for this new adventure in school! Well done everyone. 

Today, we said goodbye to Ann North, our chief cleaner, who retired today after many years of service to our school. All of the children performed a poem, a song and Y6, including Mr Brown, dressed up and danced to 'I want to break free' by Freddy Mercury! All of the classes presented Anne with cards, the staff presented her with gifts, including a lifetime achievement award and our Chair of Governors, Mr John Welsh, thanked Ann from all the Governors, past and present! Many staff who had previously worked with Ann came to celebrate and say their goodbyes too. 

 

We thank her for her dedication and service she has provided over the many years that she has been with us. We hope that she enjoys her retirement and we wish her all the luck in the world. Thank you Ann, from all the staff, Governors, parents and children at OLSK!

Today, Mrs Ann North and her wonderful team, were presented with a plaque and a certificate for 'Cleaning Team of the Year 2015.' Mark Diggory, from Dudley Environmental Team, came to present the team with their award! Mark went on to add to his congratulations, that we are the only school to achieve 100% for 8 consecutive years! Wow! What an accolade! We congratulate Ann and her team for their hard work and commitment over the years. Well done!! 

 

On Tuesday 20th May, our Y6 Liturgy Leaders travelled with Miss Costello and Mrs Foley to St Chad's Cathedral, in Birmingham, to take part in the Fr Hudson's Mass and present our school cheque for the money we raised for Fr Hudsons! Thank you to all our children and parents who saved all their pennies to support those who are less fortunate than ourselves! 

 

 

                         

 

After months of preparation, 10 of our year 6 pupils were enthused and excited to take their science projects to Birmingham university. There, they were asked to display their projects, talk about them and hold an interview about their projects to three lots of judges.

 

The children began the day feeling anxious and nervous, but as time went by, they soon got into the feel of the science vibe and were able to deliver confident speeches about their posed question and their results.

 

After projects from 3 schools were judged, we were delighted to find out that two of our children from Our Lady and Saint Kenelm had been placed second and third!  What a fantastic result for all of our budding scientists!  I thank the children for their impeccable behaviour and endless enthusiasm!

 

Watch out Einstein. . . 

Congratulations to the children who took part in the DPA Concert at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham today! You were amazing! What talented children we have in our school and in all Dudley Schools! It was a wonderful concert! Well done to everyone who took part! 

 

Congratulations to all our Y5 children who performed at the Birmingham Town Hall as part of the Hagley Pyramid Concert. All of the schools who took part, sang songs from Elton John. Our children were great ambassadors for our school, well behaved and respectful to all; they are a credit to their parents. Well done everyone!

Our Prime Minister, David Cameron, has written to congratulate Maddison in Y6, on her recent success- writing a beautiful war poem to commemorate the 100 years of the First World War. We are extremely proud of her achievements and join Mr Cameron in congratulating her. Maddison is a great ambassador for our school and a credit to her parents. Well done! 

The ICT Wizards have paired up with Matt Johnson, local artist and past pupil of the school, to plan, design and create a futuristic design for their ICT Suite. The children worked with Matt over a number of weeks to bring their designs to life and create a wonderful space for learning. All of the Wizards work with Mrs Finnegan, head teacher and lead ICT Wizard, to ensure that all the children in school have the skills to use all the new technology including, iPads, Nintendo DS, Netbooks, computers and cameras. The Wizards then pass on their skills to all the other children in school to enable them to access the new Computing Curriculum.