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• Friday 11 April 2025 New Football Kits for Aldridge School This week, we’re thrilled to share that our brand-new football kits have arrived for both boys’ and girls’ teams across all age groups!
• Tuesday 8 April 2025 Rushall Primary School Visit On Thursday 3rd April, Aldridge School welcomed Year 6s from Rushall Primary School to experience what life is like in a secondary school before they make the big step up in September.
• Tuesday 1 April 2025 Inter House Dance Festival The Inter-house Dance Festival commenced on Tuesday 1st April 2025. The dancers were welcomed by the Year 7 audience in which they to rallied behind their house which encouraged a sense of unity and belonging to everyone involved. The dancers had been working for weeks to prepare their dance routines, learning to collaborate, communicate and support each other. This competition provides a platform for students to express their creativity and artistic talents through dance, encouraging them to explore different styles and techniques in relation to this year’s theme ‘Fairy Tales’. Each house took on the theme and interpreted it into some great choreography. The audience saw classical and modern interpretations of fairy tales as well as depictions of emotions and feelings fairy tales create. There were Witches, Dragons and Mermaids performing in a variety of styles such as Ballroom, Irish and Martial Arts Dancing. The event also had a special performance from
• Tuesday 1 April 2025 Donate Your Used Football Boots: Help Students and the Environment! We are excited to announce that our school has become a donation station for used football boots! Whether you have a pair that no longer fits or simply don’t need them anymore, we’re here to make sure they go to good use.
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Red Nose Day 2025 On Friday 21st March, Aldridge School celebrated Red Nose Day by raising money for Comic Relief. It was wonderful to see so many students wearing red to school and donating money to such a good cause. Students also had the chance to take part in a "Guess the teacher from their baby photo" competition, which generated lots of laughs and further donations.
• Tuesday 25 March 2025 Annual Swimming Gala The annual Aldridge School Inter House Swimming Gala took place on Tuesday 25th March 2025. It was a great evening and fantastic to see so many family members attending and supporting the competition also.
• Monday 17 March 2025 Creativity and Confidence take Centre Stage for Aldridge School Students!
• Friday 14 March 2025 Year 7 take part in a 'Memorhyme' Creative Literacy Project
• Thursday 13 March 2025 Aldridge School students attend Politics Conference in Westminster On Monday 10th March, students in Year 10, 11, 12 & 13 visited The Methodist Central Hall, Westminster to experience a political conference.
• Thursday 13 March 2025 Careers Event - Careers Assemblies
• Thursday 13 March 2025 Careers Event - Year 7 & 8 RAF Cosford Trip As part of National Careers Week and to celebrate International Women’s Day, a group of Year 7 and 8 girls visited ‘Beyond Image’ at the RAF Cosford Museum.
• Thursday 6 March 2025 Aldridge School Celebrates World Book Day 2025 All students “shared a story” as part of the World Book Day celebrations on Thursday 6th March.
• Wednesday 5 March 2025 Year 5 pupils attend Aldridge School for a World Book Day Quiz
• Thursday 27 February 2025 Ski-Trip - Les Deux Alpes Last week saw 38 students in Year 10 and Year 11 and 5 members of staff jet off to Les Deux Alpes for a lovely ski trip during February half term. The very early morning start meant students had to be back at school and waiting for the arrival of the coach before 1am on Saturday morning. All students were eager and ready to go and were superb on the journey to and through Manchester airport and during the delay at Lyon airport. Through windy roads we made our way to the resort. A discussion as to whether a bird was a chicken, ostrich, turkey or peacock was the sign we were nearly in resort which was a blessing for those students who were struggling with the roads.
• Friday 14 February 2025 Careers Event - Year 10 In-Comm Trip celebrating National Apprenticeships Week 2025 To celebrate National Apprenticeships Week a group of Year 10 students went to In-Comm Training Provider in Aldridge to take part in a STEM activity day. The students were given the opportunity to explore the site and get an insight into the different companies that send their apprentices to In-Comm, as well as some of the apprenticeship jobs on offer. They had a talk from Brandauer about the roles their apprentices have and the progression routes they offer before seeing some of the apprentices from a variety of companies carrying out their education.
• Wednesday 12 February 2025 Walsall Schools Boccia competition On 6th February, a group of 12 enthusiastic pupils from Year 7, 8 and 9, had the opportunity to take part in the Walsall Schools Boccia competition, where they competed against other schools from the local area. Boccia is a paralympic sport, which is very similar to bowls. Although the game is usually played in a wheelchair, our pupils participated seated on a chair.
• Friday 31 January 2025 Slam Poetry Packs a Punch with Year 8 Pupils
• Friday 31 January 2025 Sixth Form Students Deliver Powerful Assembly on Holocaust Memorial Day After Visit to Auschwitz This week, six of our sixth form students delivered an emotional and thought-provoking assembly to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The students had recently visited Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration and extermination camp, and used their experience to educate the whole school about the atrocities of the Holocaust and the importance of remembering its victims. Their reflections, insights, and personal stories shared during the assembly deeply resonated with students and staff alike, reminding us of the power of education in ensuring such horrors are never forgotten.
• Tuesday 21 January 2025 Awards Evening (Academic Year 23/24)
• Friday 17 January 2025 Education Equity Meet On Wednesday, 15th January, students from eight of the nine schools within The Mercian Trust participated in their Educational Equity Meet at the University of Birmingham. This significant event marked the first in-person gathering for students who had previously collaborated through online meetings, fostering a sense of unity and shared purpose across the Trust’s schools.
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Year 7 Football team sign off 2024 with a victory!
• Friday 13 December 2024 Christmas Jumper Day 2024 On Thursday 12th December, Aldridge School held a Christmas Jumper Day. We asked students to donate an item that could help support families in need over the festive period. KS3 students were asked to donate toiletries, KS4 students donated cupboard essentials, and the Sixth Formers donated festive goodies. We were blown away by the generosity of our student body and staff. We are so proud of our students.
• Friday 13 December 2024 Year 7 Students at Aldridge School Buzzing with Free Books!
• Friday 13 December 2024 Aldridge School's Successful "Act of Kindness" Initiative We are thrilled to share the wonderful success of our recent "Act of Kindness" initiative, which saw the Aldridge School community come together to support those in need this holiday season.
• Friday 13 December 2024 London Trip
• Monday 9 December 2024 Year 11 Maths Inspiration Trip Year 11 students visited the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham for this years Maths Inspiration show. Aoife Hunt hosted the show introducing students to the maths behind crowd control and the simulations she produces to model what is logistically possible before introducing human behaviour. She spoke about her role as a consultant and what that means, the companies she works for and some of the jobs she has done for specific companies.
• Tuesday 3 December 2024 Upcoming Christmas Events Our Music Department are busy rehearsing for the upcoming Christmas Concert which is being held in Whitman Hall on Monday 16th December (7pm).
• Monday 2 December 2024 Christmas Tree Festival 2024 Over the past few weeks, a handful of Year 7 and 8 pupils have helped create a selection of wonderful decorations for this years Christmas Tree Festival held at Aldridge Methodist Church.
• Monday 2 December 2024 Swing Band Perform at Christmas Tree Festival Aldridge Schools Swing Band provided entertainment at the Aldridge Christmas Tree Festival on Friday 29th November 2024.
• Wednesday 27 November 2024 Year 10 In-Comm STEM Workshop

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