Helping Our Community
On Tuesday 20th January 2026 our wonderful Dementia Friends were invited to Sedgley Community Centre to attend the Dementia Cafe.
Dementia Cafe is a monthly support group for people diagnosed with dementia and those who help to care for them. A mixture of information, stimulating activities and the opportunity to meet others in a similar situation is provided.
In preparation for our visit, the children made some chat books, all about themselves, to share. These proved to be excellent conversation starters and helped everyone to relax, chat and get to know each other. We also played games and completed some jigsaws!
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and look forward to the next one in the near future!
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On Thursday 20th November, one of our Grandparents kindly provided our Dementia Friends with up-to-date training. We are looking forward to visiting Sedgley Dementia Cafe where we can put our training to use.
School Council Foodbank Visit
5 School Council members visited the Black Country Foodbank Warehouse in Brierley Hill on Friday 11th October.
Our visit was aimed at gaining more understanding and ways of supporting the Foodbank. Jen, Keeley and all the volunteers were extremely knowledgeable and welcoming. They showed us around the warehouse, explaining how food parcels are put together. There are 27 foodbanks in our region, (Dudley/Sandwell and Walsall) can you believe that there are more foodbanks than McDonalds!
School Council will be putting their heads together soon to prepare an assembly , where we will provide information and ideas for helping our local foodbanks.
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On Friday 5th July, our Dementia Friends visited Sedgley Court Care Home to spend time with some of their residents. Whist we were there, we helped to plant some Petunias in pots for them to enjoy on their outdoor tables. As usual, our children demonstrated our core values of kindness, Bravery, Self Belief and Happiness. Once again, they brought smiles to the faces of the residents that took part in the activity.
On Wednesday 6th March, as part of our Dementia friends programme, we invited some of the residents from Sedgley Court Care Home into School for an afternoon of cakes, singing and playing instruments. Some of the residents even had a wonderful time dancing!
Mrs Gullick entertained everyone with some beautiful flute playing, it truly was very moving for both staff and residents.
What a fabulous afternoon!
Sing a long afternoon
Thank you to these two kind boys, who in their own time have helped our school community by litter picking around the grounds. We just wanted to say thank you and Well Done, for making our school a safe place to be!
