Reward trip to Hollywood Bowl
On Thursday 10th July, our Year 5 pupils enjoyed a fantastic end-of-year reward trip to Hollywood Bowl. It was a ...
Read More Year 6 Residential Trip – A Fantastic Adventure!
Our Year 6 residential trip was a great success, with pupils showing resilience, teamwork, and all the qualities of the ...
Read More Year 5 Real-life Maths Party
On Friday 27th June, Year 5 celebrated their learning with a fantastic Real-Life Maths Party! After weeks of preparation, pupils ...
Read More Pupils Visit Recording Studio
On Tuesday 24th June, our Year 8 musicians went to North Bromsgrove High School to use the recording studio. The singers ...
Read More STEM KNEX Challenge Final
Two pupils proudly represented Parkside at the annual STEM KNEX Challenge, competing against schools from across the region. They showed ...
Read More Escape Room Challenge Victory
On Tuesday 17th June, a group of 8 Year 8 students took on an escape room challenge competing against teams from ...
Read More Key Stage 3 District Athletics Success
On Tuesday 10th June pupils from Parkside competed in the District Athletics Championship at The Ryland Centre. Our pupils returned ...
Read More Virtual Book Launch with David Walliams
On Thursday 22nd May Year 5 took part in a virtual book launch with David Walliams. He was super engaging and ...
Read More Inspiring Future Entrepreneurs at Parkside
This week, we were delighted to welcome two representatives from Women Who into school to speak with a group of our Key ...
Read More Cricket Enrichment Day
On Friday 2nd May, we welcomed Worcestershire County Cricket Club to Parkside Middle School to run a cricket enrichment day. The ...
Read More A Creative Day at Bromsgrove Prep!
On Friday, 2nd May, Mrs. Greenshill, Mrs. Cheuk, and a group of Parkside students spent a fantastic afternoon at Bromsgrove ...
Read More Spring Concert 2025
On Tuesday 8th April, over 60 students took part in the school's Spring Concert. The concert commemorated both the 80th ...
Read More Cyber Explorers Cup 2025
As part of an initiative led by the UK Government, Cyber Explorers is a free platform that teaches 11-14-year-olds cyber ...
Read More Year 5 Triumph in Netball Tournament
Our Year 5s recently took part in their first competitive sports tournament, and their performance was nothing short of spectacular. ...
Read More Pupils Represent District in Panathlon Event
Following on from their Gold Medal success in the District Panathlon event in February Parkside pupils from Key Stage 2 ...
Read More Parkside Lose Quarter-Final in a Goal Fest
Our U11 girls recently participated in a thrilling quarter-final football match against Witton School in Droitwich. It was an action-packed ...
Read More Warwick University STEM Visit
A group of fifteen year 8 pupils were given the opportunity to visit Warwick University Maths and Engineering Department. They ...
Read More Shakespeare at the Artrix
Our trip to see the Tempest by William Shakespeare at the Artrix Theatre was thoroughly enjoyed by all of us present. ...
Read More Year 6 Netball Tournament
Parkside School hosted this year’s Year 6 District Netball Tournament, welcoming seven schools for an exciting day of competition. Our ...
Read More From Sewage to Sustainability: Year 7 Bioresources Workshop
We were thrilled to welcome a visitor from Severn Trent on Thursday 13th March, who led an engaging workshop for ...
Read More Year 5 Hockey Tournament
On Wednesday 12th March, Mr Spalding took a group of Year 5 pupils to a Hockey Tournament at Bromsgrove Hockey Club. ...
Read More Faraday Challenge 2025
Parkside hosted a Faraday Challenge Competition this term, which is run by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). A ...
Read More World Book Day 2025
On World Book Day, our Year 5 pupils took part in a fantastic National Literacy Trust Live Webinar! They had ...
Read More Pupils Celebrate Mars Day
On Tuesday 4th March, to celebrate Mars Day (which ties in beautifully with our Science Space topic), Year 5 pupils ...
Read More STEM Construction Workshop
On Tuesday, 4th March, we had the pleasure of welcoming two STEM experts from the construction industry to our school. ...
Read More KNEX STEM Workshop 2025
On Thursday 13th February, 30 pupils from Year 5 took part in the STEM Works KNEX challenge. They were given ...
Read More Pupils Secure Bronze Medals in Netball Tournament
Parkside Year 7 Girls' netball team were impressive at the District Netball tournament held at St. Johns Middle School, finishing ...
Read More Cross Country Results
Y5 to 7 Cross Country On Thursday 6th February several Parkside pupils participated in the Worcestershire School Games Cross Country finals. There were some incredible performances ...
Read More Key Stage 3 Panathalon Team win Bronze Medals
Our Year 7 and 8 pupils showcased their athletic prowess at the Secondary Panathlon held at the Ryland Centre in ...
Read More Parkside Pupils Win District Panathlon
Pupils from Parkside participated in a Key Stage 2 sports competition, known as the Panathlon, an event that showcases a diverse ...
Read More Police Cadets 2025
A fantastic event took place on Wednesday, 5th February, as we celebrated the achievements of our pupils who recently completed ...
Read More Pupils Brave the Weather in Rugby Tournament
On Tuesday 4th February, the Year 8 Rugby team took part in a rugby tournament hosted at Bromsgrove School. Despite some ...
Read More Virtual Space Presentation
We recently held an exciting Virtual Q & A session with our special guest, Chris Rolland, who shared his passion ...
Read More Civil Engineers Careers Assembly
We had a fantastic assembly this week, as our Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to hear from the inspiring ...
Read More Young Voices 2025
On 14th January we had the absolute pleasure of taking 44 children from all year groups to the BP Pulse ...
Read More STEM Event Inspires Pupils
A selection of 16 Key Stage 2 pupils recently took part in an exciting STEM event where they had the ...
Read More Maz Evans Virtual Visit
To launch our new reading text "Who Let the Gods Out" Year 5 pupils experienced an author visit on Wednesday ...
Read More Sports Assembly with former Premier League Manager
Following the success of our Year 6 pupils at the Kidderminster Harriers NLT Tournaments, we were visited by former Premier ...
Read More Santa Dash 2024
On Friday 13th December, all pupils from across the school participated in a Santa Dash. This event also acted as a ...
Read More Christmas Concert 2024
On Tuesday 10th December, we had a fabulous evening showcasing the amazing musical talent at Parkside in the Christmas Concert. Around ...
Read More Author Visits School Both Virtually and in Person
On Monday 25th November, all Key Stage 2 pupils had a virtual visit from the author Jamie Smith. During his visit, ...
Read More Primary Maths Challenge
A selection of pupils in year 5 and 6 took part in the Primary Maths Challenge during November. This is ...
Read More Crypto Library Winner
Congratulations to Summer who won Parkside’s latest Crypto Library competition. To participate, students had to successfully complete an Accelerated Reader ...
Read More Pupil Enjoy Sports Festival Experience
A group of enthusiastic pupils from Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 recently had a fantastic time participating in ...
Read More Year 6 Trip to the Black Country Living Museum
On our recent Year 6 trip to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, we had the chance to step back ...
Read More Year 6 Girls’ Win Football Tournament
The Year 6 girls' team had an outstanding performance at the Kidderminster Harriers National League Trust Tournament, securing their place ...
Read More Year 5 and 6 – TTRS Battle of the Bands October 2024
Well done to all the pupils that have taken part in the first ‘Battle of the Bands’ on TT Rock ...
Read More Sports Leader Training at SBHS
On Thursday 17th October, Mr Spalding and some of our Sports Leaders went to a North Worcestershire Leadership training Day hosted ...
Read More Worcestershire School Games KS3 Bowling
On Tuesday 15th October Mr Spalding took a group of pupils to the Worcestershire School Games KS3 Bowling event at Tenpin ...
Read More Year 5 Maths and English Morning
Thank you to all parents/carers that attended the Maths and English morning. The feedback from parents was very positive and ...
Read More Year 5 Blackwell Adventure
On Friday 11th October, Year 5 were given the opportunity to apply many of our Parkside Values during an activities ...
Read More Book Corners for Classrooms
As part of an initiative to promote reading in Parkside, classes were asked to create a ‘Book Corner’ where pupils ...
Read More First Parkside Champions Session Inspires Pupils
We are thrilled to announce the successful launch of our Parkside Champions Mentoring Programme! In the first session, pupils had ...
Read More TT Rockstars Day
Monday 23th September marked the return of TT Rockstar day. Year 5 pupils looked incredible as they came into school dressed ...
Read More Warwick Castle Visit 2024
On Friday 27th September, Year 7 went on a history trip to visit Warwick Castle. Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally ...
Read More Pupils’ Reading Achievements 2023-2024
Parkside have had another successful year with our reading achievements. The totals for the school this year: Remember to keep ...
Read More Fabulous Art Work from Year 7 and 8 Pupils
Huge congratulations to year 8 for completing their Wonderful Skate Decks. This Art project focused upon Graffiti Art and combined a range ...
Read More Key Stage 3 Rounders
Our Key Stage 3 rounders teams recently participated in several exciting matches at home against St John's Middle School. The ...
Read More Book Tower Challenge
At the start of June pupils took part in a House Competition to create the tallest book tower. Pupils from ...
Read More Maths Escape Room
Four year 8 pupils were chosen to represent the school at the annual Maths Escape Room hosted by Aston Fields ...
Read More Real-life Maths Party
On 21st and 22nd June, Year 5 had the pleasure of welcoming parents/carers to our school to showcase the remarkable ...
Read More Key Stage 2 Athletics
Our Key Stage 2 pupils recently competed in the District Athletics at Abbey Stadium, marking an exciting day of competition. ...
Read More Lego Robotics Workshop
A group of Year 8 students got the opportunity to take part in an engineering workshop set up by Aston ...
Read More KNEX Final 2024
Toby and Evan from Year 5 represented the school at the KNEX Final hosted by STEM Works on Thursday, 13th ...
Read More Key Stage 3 District Athletics
Our Key Stage 3 athletes recently competed at the district athletics held at the Ryland Centre. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed ...
Read More Bletchley Park Visit 2024
On Thursday 6th June, we took 40 pupils across both key stages to Bletchley Park. We had a brilliant time exploring ...
Read More National Numeracy Day
As part of National Numeracy Day, the whole school took part in a variety of activities. During registration, pupils were ...
Read More Football Team Outstanding in Cup Finals
A huge well done to our U13 girls football team for their outstanding achievement in reaching the final round of ...
Read More This Girl Can Festival
Key Stage 3 pupils from our school had an exhilarating experience at the ‘This Girl Can Festival’ hosted at the ...
Read More St George’s Park Trip 2024
Our Key Stage 3 girls recently enjoyed an unforgettable reward trip to St George’s Park, the renowned training centre for ...
Read More Earth Day 2024
On the 26th April, Parkside took part in Earth Day a collaborative arts day with eight other middle and first schools ...
Read More Parkside Inspiration Day “Same but Different”
On Tuesday 23rd April, Parkside hosted an inspiration day called "Same but Different". The aim of the day was to broaden ...
Read More Parkside Progress to Football Final
Parkside’s success in football continued as our Under 13 Girls football team beat a very fine team from St Bede’s ...
Read More Music from the Movies Concert
On the 18th April, the music department hosted their first ‘Music from the Movies’ Concert and it was an enormous ...
Read More Pupils win Football Tournament
A huge win for both of our Year 7 Boys' and Girls' football teams who won the Key Stage 3 ...
Read More Warwick University STEM Visit
A group of fifteen year 8 pupils were given the opportunity to visit Warwick University Maths and Engineering Department. They ...
Read More Pupils Learn About Water Awareness
During our last week of this half term, both Key Stage 2 and 3 have taken part in a water ...
Read More Year 6 Win Netball Tournament
Parkside proudly hosted the Year 6 District Netball Tournament on 14th March. The tournament kicked off with an impressive victory ...
Read More Victory at Last for Mrs Williams-Sharpe
The annual rugby fixture between Mr. Spalding and Mrs. Williams-Sharpe's teams, featuring Year 7 and Year 8 players, delivered a ...
Read More Mars Day 2024
In recognition of Mars Day 2024, Year 5 had the opportunity to "Blast off to Mars" during a virtual experience. ...
Read More Pupils Enjoy Football Rewards Trip
On Tuesday 5th March, 14 boys from the after school football club attended a reward trip to Redditch United FC. ...
Read More Parkside Pupils Mentor in Football Festival
Our sports leaders relished the opportunity to take on leadership roles during the Key Stage 1 Football Festival, hosted at ...
Read More Think Tank Visit
The Year 8 students embarked on an exciting trip to the Think Tank, where they immersed themselves in the world ...
Read More Year 8 Netball Team Crowned District Champions
Our Year 8 netball team showcased their tenacity and skill in the recent tournament, securing a hard-fought victory against Alvechurch ...
Read More Holocaust Memorial Service 2024
On Monday 29th the Head Pupils of Parkside Middle School took part in the Bromsgrove District Council Holocaust Memorial Day Service. ...
Read More Girls Achieve Cross Country Success
Following their success in the District Cross Country Championships on 16th January, Lucy C and Trixie C qualified for and competed ...
Read More Key Stage 3 Netball Reports
Netball match Vs Catshill - 29th January Our three Key Stage 3 netball teams displayed an outstanding performance as they ...
Read More Baking Bread with Reverend Powers
6JDe thoroughly enjoyed making bread with Reverend Powers on Friday 26th January. They learnt about bread and staple foods. Then they ...
Read More Gurdwara Visit 2024
Year 7 visited Smethwick Gurdwara and they thoroughly enjoyed their guided tour around the Gurwara, learning about Sikhism and trying ...
Read More Primary Maths Challenge
A selection of pupils in year 5 and 6 took part in the Primary Maths Challenge during November. This is ...
Read More Adam Kay’s Virtual Book Launch
Over the last two weeks, KS2 pupils have watched a virtual book launch by the author Adam Kay. His latest ...
Read More Year 5 Christmas Show 2023
Year 5 filled the hall with festive cheer on two evening performances of the Christmas Show. During our Thrive sessions, ...
Read More Rugby International Visits Parkside
On Friday 8th December, we were lucky enough to have a Question and Answer session with Professional Rugby player, Lark ...
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