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At Colmers we support everyone's emotional, physical and mental wellbeing so that we all have a strong sense of belonging together and are able to achieve excellence.
Celebrating superb success today with our fabulous A Level students who have achieved some fantastic results!
We are bursting with pride that a third of our leavers will be attending the University of Birmingham -
@unibirmingham
you are so lucky to have them!
A fantastic first season at Colmers for the Year 7 football team.
Here is a photo of them with rising Birmingham City and England U16 star Jude Bellingham after their cup final defeat to a very talented Priory School.
Well done boys!
Mr Queen
A massive well done to the Colmers students that represented the school at Newman University this week at the Semi Finals of the Next Generation Awards.
The students produced a very confident presentation on how we can improve litter in our school and local community.
Congratulations to the Year 7 football team on reaching the Birmingham County Cup final with a 4-3 win away at Arden Academy Solihull in yesterday’s semi final.
A superb team effort - but particular mention for Kian McCusker who scored all 4 goals.
Mr Butt
A big thanks and congratulations to all our prefects and head pupils who took part in last night's Open Evening!
You were a credit to Colmers and to yourselves, with many positive comments from parents and carers all over the school.
(1) Once again the Year 12 Basketball team of Dan Jones, Matt Tomlison, Ross Williams, Jack Williams ably supported by Corey McDonagh, Josh Wilkins, (both year 11) and Jayden Marsden beat a very strong St Thomas Aquinas Year 13 team tonight. ...
Charity Enterprise day- Sending a huge WELL DONE to all year 10 students for raising over £600 during their Charity Enterprise day today!
A wonderfully memorable day where you have proven yourselves as responsible, kind and caring citizens.
A big thank you to all the amazing Gymnasts that displayed their wonderful skills, team work and positive attitude to our special visitors during Open Evening last night! I was bursting with pride!
Miss Tucker
We’d like to give a shout out to our amazing catering team from
@Chartwells_UK
who over the last week have delivered around 900 free school meals to eligible students, always with a smile. We are incredibly grateful for their hard work and dedication at such a difficult time. 👏
A fantastic celebratory assembly for Year 9’s this week, where they are continuing to make us proud! Congratulations to the Year 9 Basketball Team for getting to the final.
Thank you to Joshua Kirkland who donated £233 of his birthday money to
@AcornsHospice
.
#teamcolmers
8A's super poppy display to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. Huge team effort in Create!
Gen Brooks and Kaya Spain also helped to put display up - thanks both!
(1/2) A big well done to all the wonderful Year 7's and their Learning Tutors for taking part in the fantastic Kenya Dance event today!It was amazing to see you all having fun, dancing together and supporting each other in order to raise money for St Richards Hospice!
Huge congratulations to James in Year 10 who represented Colmers in the Speak Out regional Final at Birmingham University. He was an absolute star, spoke clearly and with confidence and was a credit to himself.
Well done James!
A massive thank you to Redditch United
@RedditchUtd
for letting us use their stadium and the hospitality, also to Energise Sports
@Energise_Sports
for officiating.
Good luck to St Peters school
@SaintPetersSch
in the final.
Our amazing Year 9 team have put together lots of shoe boxes for the "Operation Christmas Child" appeal, doing their bit for the wider community.
A massive thank you to all of the students who have contributed gifts.
Thank you Year 9!
Well done and congratulations to the 87 year 9 students who have achieved 100% attendance in season one. You are all amazing!
Don't forget to wear odd socks on Friday.
Mrs Wilcox
Miss Cookson, Ms Williams and two of our librarians have had an exciting morning shopping for new books for the library!
We've had lots of requests from students and teachers for books, so keep an eye out over the next few weeks for new content in the Study Centre!
Congratulations to another 4 students that have successfully completed their Bronze DofE Award!
We are now up to 82 out of 95
You can complete this challenge!
Miss Tucker
Great to see a former Colmers pupils, Tom Fellows, return to inspire and meet our next generation of footballers!
Tom's currently playing for
@WBA
and we are very proud of him!
We are delighted to announce that Idowu (Year 8) will represent the school as a Batonbearer in the Queen's Baton Relay on 23rd July, as the baton reaches the
#CommonwealthGames
host city!
Well done Idowu. You are an inspiration to us all!
#B2022
Two more beautiful Srebrenica flowers from 7EG and 7EW. Colmers School pledges to Remember Srebrenica and to build a more cohesive society.
#Srebrenica26
A huge well done to Annabel in Year 13, who is featured in an article on the Access Project website, as part of her work with the Access Project tutoring programme!
Massive congratulations to our Colmers Sixth Form students on their A Level and BTEC Level 3 results. It was wonderful to witness so many students getting the results they need.
Please see our Facebook page for all the details!
Work of the Week!
Nominated by Mr Brookes (and heavily recommended by Miss Tucker) Amelia S in Year 9 for the outstanding 1920's inspired work in Dance!
Good turn out for the Year 7 & 8 Athletics Trials yesterday. Students were amazing at showing their running skills and team work during relay races. Next Monday we will be looking at the throwing and jumping events and would love to see some more students join!
PE
Congratulations to the 58 Bronze D of E Students that completed their practice expedition on the weekend! A total of 24 miles was covered over the two days!
We are so proud - well done!
Miss Tucker, Mr Gleave, Mr R Williams and Mr A Williams
(2) Going behind 20-6 didn't phase the lads and they fought back superbly to win an amazing game 66-63. The lads were awesome!
Thanks also to Mr Ramsey, Mr R Williams, Mr A Williams for their on court support and to Mr McNally and Miss Summers.
#colmersbasketball
We are remembering Srebrenica at Colmers School. This morning in form time, we read the incredible testimony of
@RTrbonja
. This afternoon, we have a PSHE lesson on the genocide in Bosnia.
#SrebrenicaMemorialDay
#Srebrenica26
A big well done to the Year 10 boys' football team in their 2 matches this week. They won one and lost one, but lots of positives taken from both games
Mr Queen
Congratulations to our students on their GCSE results!
It was brilliant to see so many of our students collect their GCSE results this morning. Head over to our Facebook page for more details, including on Sixth Form enrolment!
Thank you so much to the wonderful students that offered a helping hand to tidy up the Remembrance Garden last night. You truly are great role models & make the school at better place!
If you would like to help out around school please pop & see Miss Tucker.
#Lovewhereyoulearn
Massive congratulations to our Colmers Sixth Form students on their A Level and BTEC Level 3 results!
Head over to our Facebook page for more details of the successes and destinations of our students!
Well done to all our Wolf House Winners! It was lovely to see you all receive your prizes. We had some shining Maths geniuses, some enrichment stars, best attending form group and most improved pupils from their personal scorecards! We are very proud of you all!
We are delighted to announce that Colmers have made it to the finals of the Next Generation Award. We are one of only five schools to be selected across the whole of Birmingham to compete in the finals and this is a fantastic achievement for the 4 students involved.
Mr Queen
We are really looking forward to seeing Years 7, 11 and 13 back at school on Monday September 7th, with Years 8, 9 10 and 12 joining them on Tuesday September 8th.
#youvebeenmissed
#backtoschoolsafely
Year 11 students collecting their certificates on their last visit to
@unibirmingham
as part of the Forward Thinking Programme! Students have had subject taster sessions, student experiences and mentoring. Thank you so much for the continued support from all of their parents!
Massive congratulations to our Colmers Sixth Form students on their A Level and BTEC Level 3 results! A record number of our students will be looking forward to attending their first-choice university this year.
Head over to our Facebook and Instagram pages to find out more!
Colmers history has been made!
Dieter and Kian have shown unbelievable resilience, courage and ambition pushing themselves on the multi-stage Fitness Test.
Dieter achieved a record-breaking level 16.1 and Kian an amazing 15.3
What wonderful role models!
The PE Department
A great turn out for the first basketball taster session delivered by Bromsgrove Bears for girls aged 11-18 years!
Wonderful to so many involved and there is always room for more - look out for information for the next session and we would love to see you there!
Well done to all that took part in the Free Running and Festival Gymnastics Enrichment session!
You were all brilliant and should be so very proud of all that you have achieved.
Miss Tucker & Mrs Padmore
Idowu in Year 8 is all set to represent Colmers as a Batonbearer in the
@birminghamcg22
Queen's Baton Relay. Here she is wearing her amazing Batonbearer uniform.
We all wish her luck as she carries the Baton on 23rd July in Walsall!
#B2022
#CommonwealthGames
A lovely morning earlier this week celebrating with some wonderful students from years 7-10. These students have outstanding attendance, punctuality, PAUSE grades and behaviour and are something to aspire to.
The Heads of Year
DofE Updates:
Emma has been working hard on developing her new skill of embroidery and look at the beautiful result!
This has required great focus, patience and creativity - well done Emma, we are very proud of you!
Miss Tucker
Year 7 Summer Party
A lovely afternoon of pizza, ice cream, music and great company! A wonderful way for Year 7 to finish the school term!
Here's to a fantastic summer
Mrs Wilcox
Congratulations to the Year 10 Basketball team who won their second match of the season, beating a spirited TGBS 57-26. Jayden Marsden starred with 44 points in a convincing victory.
Well done lads!
#100
%recordintact
Fantastic end to the season today for the Year 7 boys football team.
Well done on a great result (5-1) and a successful season.
You have made your school very proud, and you should be pleased with your accomplishments this year!
Mr Queen
A massive congratulations to the Colmers Next Generation team who had their project proposal accessed by an external moderator yesterday and passed with a Silver+ award.
Mr Queen
Head over to our Facebook page for more details!