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Achievement Point Winners 2023

Congratulations to our Gold, Silver, and Bronze award winners in each year group for the most achievement points earned last school ...
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Social Awareness Day

On 14th July Parkside held its annual Social Awareness Day where we had 15 visitors come into school and teach ...
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Battle of the Bands – Results July 2023

Well done to all the pupils that have taken part in the last ‘Battle of the Bands’ on TT Rock ...
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Year 6 Residential

121 Year 6 pupils headed to Leominster for a residential this half term. Oaker Wood Leisure was the perfect place ...
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Real Life Maths Showcase

On the afternoon of Monday 3rd July and Tuesday 4th July, Year 5 excitedly welcomed their parents to showcase their Real-Life Maths ...
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Leaves on the Line

On Thursday 29th June, Year 5 welcomed National Rail into their classroom for an hour STEM workshop called “Leaves on the ...
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Year 5 Story Writing

As part of Parkside Middle School's celebration of World Book Day 2023, each of our Year 5 Classes created their ...
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Bromsgrove Spirited Arts Competition

36 students from 4 schools Catshill, St.Johns, Parkside and South Bromsgrove participated together with RE teachers in a Bromsgrove Spirited ...
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KS2 District Athletics Tournament

Our Key Stage 2 athletes experienced great success at the District Tournament when they bought home 15 medals. The Year ...
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Book Tower Competition

At the start of June pupils took part in a House Competition to create the tallest book tower. Pupils from ...
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Young Citizens Challenge 2023

In May, Y6 participated in the Young Citizens Challenge 2023 at the Fire Station in Bromsgrove competing against many schools ...
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KS3 Athletics Success

Athletics was a great success yesterday afternoon. The Year 7 and Year 8 girls were both placed 2nd out of 8 ...
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KNEX Final

On Thursday 15th Amilie-Lou and Kiean represented Parkside at the STEM works, Primary Maths Challenge Final. They demonstrated exemplary behaviour, teamwork ...
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Redditch United Football Tournament

Our boys football teams across the year groups were given the opportunity to participate in a football tournament hosted by ...
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School Games National Summit 2023

Zoe Huxley and Katy Caswell took on a significant role and responsibility as they attended the School Games National Summit ...
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National Numeracy Day 2023

Well done everyone who took part in the National Numeracy Day competition just before half term.  Lots of you got ...
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Collaborative Art Work

From the Cornish Coast to the Malvern Hills: Worcester Art gallery and museum is currently displaying an exhibition focusing on British ...
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Sing to the King

On the 5th May a number of students from across KS2 and KS3 joined hundreds of Schools from across the Country to ‘Sing for the King’. They performed a piece ...
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Coronation Artwork Celebration

Our pupils entered an Art competition to help celebrate the upcoming Coronation of King Charles lll, in collaboration with the ...
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Climbing Wall and Pizza Making

On Thursday 20th April, the den pupils went climbing in Bromsgrove. They amazed us with their resilience and determination. Everyone ...
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Year 7 Portrait Competition

At Parkside, our year 7 pupils entered into the Sky Arts children, Portrait artist of the year competition We worked independently ...
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Year 7 Netball Team win District Tournament

Our Year 7 girls visited St Johns earlier in the week, where they competed in The District Netball Tournament. The ...
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Parkside Crypto-library

Congratulations to Oscar Sadler for winning Parkside’s Crypto-library challenge this half term! To encourage and promote reading in school, any ...
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Gurdwara Visit

On Friday 17th March, Year 7 visited Smethwick Gurdwara which is a Sikh temple located in the West Midlands. A typical ...
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World Book Day

As part of Parkside’s World Book Day celebrations a bookmark competition was organised by our Library. Here is a selection ...
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STEM Works KNEX Challenge

Once again, we had the pleasure of welcoming Sarah into our school for the STEM works KNEX challenge.  Pupils were given ...
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Year 5 Netball Team Crowned District Champions

Parkside's Year 5 Netball team won every match yesterday afternoon at the District tournament held at Westacre Middle School. we ...
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Police Cadets

Well done our latest cohort of fully graduated Police Cadets. They have worked superbly for 6 weeks with PC Nash ...
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Year 8 District Netball Tournament

Our Year 8 Girls competed the District Netball Tournament held at Dodderhill School today. They came 3rd place, out of 8 ...
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Athletics Success for KS3 Pupils

Parkside’s KS3 athletes competed in the North Worcestershire School Games Sportshall Secondary Finals today. The Year 8 Girls and Year ...
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Meet the Astronauts

On Thursday 2nd February, Year 5 had the pleasure of meeting Helen Sharman (the first British astronaut) during a virtual question and ...
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KS2 District Sportshall Tournament

This half term KS2 participated in District Indoor Sportshall Athletics which was held at South Bromsgrove High School. The girls' ...
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Holocaust Memorial Day – Ordinary People

On the 27th of January, at 11:00am the Head Pupils of Parkside attended the Holocaust Memorial Day service at Sanders Park. ...
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Faraday Challenge 2023

On Thursday 19th January, a group of 34 year 8 pupils took part in the Faraday challenge. This is an annual competition ...
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Kids’ Inventors Day

On Tuesday 16th January 2023, to recognise Kids' Inventors Day,  Year 6 took part in an inventor's challenge.  They were given play ...
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Year 8 Visit the Birmingham Think Tank Museum

On Friday 13th January all of our year 8s visited the Birmingham Think Tank Museum.  Children got to explore the award-winning ...
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Year 5 Pantomime Visit

Year 5 were treated with a panto trip to the Bromsgrove Baptist Church in early January to watch 'Rapunzel'. It ...
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Panathlon Challenge

On Thursday 1st December, six boys from The Den competed in a ‘Panathlon Challenge’ against eight other schools at the ...
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Strive for Sustainability Inspiration Day

On Friday, 18th November, the whole school took part in an inspiration day which focused on developing our pupils' awareness of ...
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Year 6 World Cup Fitness Festival

The PE Department had the pleasure of taking a number of Year 6 pupils to participate in a Fitness Festival, ...
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Primary Maths Challenge

Several of the KS2 pupils had a chance to try the Primary Maths Challenge on Thursday 17th November.  This challenge includes ...
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England Rocks

KS2 pupils took part in England Rocks, a TTRS competition across the whole of England from 7:30am on Monday 14th to ...
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Year 5 and 6 – TTRS Battle of the Bands October 2022

Well done to all the pupils that have taken part in the first ‘Battle of the Bands’ on TT Rock ...
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Health and Wellbeing Festival

In order to promote health and well-being, ten of our Year 8 pupils were selected to participate in a Health ...
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Amazon Factory Virtual Tour

Year 5 were given a virtual tour of the Amazon factory in Manchester on Friday 14th October.  The aim of the ...
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Year 5 Maths/English Morning

On Thursday 13th October year 5 parents/carers were invited into Parkside to learn about the expectations in Maths and English in ...
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Catshill Year 6 Girls District Tournament 

The Year 5 and Year 6 footballers were excited for their first District Tournament, which took place at Catshill Middle ...
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Disney Theatre Workshop

A group of Year 5's took part in a virtual workshop where they learnt a dance, a song and acting ...
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Year 6 Information Evening

Thank you to all the Parents who attended the Year 6 Information Evening on the 6th October. As promised here ...
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Year 7 Information Evening

Thank you to all the Parents who attended the Year 7 Information Evening on the 4th October. As promised here ...
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Charity Football Shirt Appeal

A parent of a Parkside pupil is travelling to South Kenya in a few weeks’ time, carrying out charity work ...
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Inktober Challenge

Ready for a challenge? -  want to extend your drawing skills?; Take part in 'INKTOBER'! You can choose daily or ...
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Buoyancy workshop Year 8 2022

This week year 8 got the chance to take part in a series of STEM workshops run by the Sea ...
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Year 5-8. ‘Turn Up and Play Tournaments’

At Parkside we encourage and inspire all our students to engage in competitive sport outside of school. In attempt to ...
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TT Rockstars ‘Rocktober Launch’

On Friday 23rd September, all year 5 pupils (and staff) were invited to come to school dressed as Rock stars. Throughout the ...
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2021/22 Achievement point winners

Congratulations to our 2021/22 Achievement point winners, claiming the gold, silver, and bronze awards which they can proudly wear on their ...
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Year 8 Information Evening

Thank you to all the Parents who attended the Year 8 Information Evening on the 15th September. As promised here ...
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Parkside Young Creator is a Winner

1st July 2022 We were very excited to be taking part in the first 'Young Creators Online Art Exhibition' through Bromsgrove Creativeartshowcase.org website.  This ...
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Parkside Pupil Is Shot-put Champion

30th June 2022 Following on from her success at the Year 7 & 8 District Athletics Championships Lailah Steptoe has now ...
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More Athletics Success for Parkside Pupils

21st June 2022 Following the success of our KS3 athletes last week, Parkside's KS2 athletes bought home 13 medals from ...
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KS3 District Athletics Success

15th June 2022 Parkside's KS3 athletes brought home 22 medals from the Year 7 & 8 District Athletics Championships held ...
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Parkside Police Cadets

7th June 2022 It gives us great pleasure to introduce our first group of fully qualified Parkside Police Cadets! After ...
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