On the 4 March the Warhammer Alliance made their annual visit to Warhammer World in Nottingham, the home of all thing Warhammer.  After arriving by minibus and the obligatory selfie by the rhino tank outside the shop we headed inside to start our day of hobby.

Pupils visited the exhibit halls which host the largest display of dioramas and models from across the Warhammer universes.  These dioramas display some of the epic battles of Warhammer as well as showcase the incredible models painted by the ‘Eavy Metal’ team or paint the official miniatures for the website and box art.  Pupils were inspired to take their own pictures competing in a photography competition kindly ran by Callum in 10A1.  He kindly volunteered some models he no longer wanted as a prize for the competition and acted as the judge.

When pupils were not in the exhibit, they spent the time playing Warhammer on the tables in the giant castle themed gaming hall.  Lots of pupils also visited the shop, and with Warhammer World celebrating its 29^th anniversary pupils like Oliver, 11A1, took the opportunity to purchase some of the limited time celebration models.  Lots of pupils also got some free gifts with their purchases of some badges and shiny green metal dice.

As always, a fantastic day out for our pupils and they are already looking forward to going again next year.

During the first term of this academic year, pupils from across our Trust came together for a special creative project celebrating the theme of community. Hosted at Turves Green Boys’ School, pupils from each of our schools collaborated to design and create a vibrant collection of artwork that reflected what community means to them, their classmates, and their individual school environments.

Working side by side, pupils shared ideas, stories, and artistic styles to produce individual pieces. Following the event, the artwork has now been transformed into signage and distributed to every school within the Trust. This means that each school now proudly displays a piece of the collective mural, ensuring that a small part of every school community is represented across all of our sites.

These displays are now proudly showcased in various locations around each school, celebrating creativity, collaboration, and the shared values that unite our Trust. The project not only produced beautiful artwork but also created lasting connections between pupils and schools, reinforcing the importance of belonging, respect, and community.

We are incredibly proud of all the pupils who took part and the creativity, teamwork, and thought they brought to this project. The pieces stand as a lasting symbol of the spirit of our Trust – many schools, one community.

Year 9 pupil Ashton's hard work paid off again as he won his most recent fight, earning the well-deserved title of Midland Counties Junior Champion 2026.

Up against powerful opposition, Ashton came out strong in all three rounds to gain the unanimous decision.

This is Ashton's fourth Midlands title and he goes on this week to fight in the Pre-Quarter round of the England Boxing National Junior Championships. These Championships have been running since the 1930s and are a breeding ground for some of the country’s future boxing stars. 

Best of Luck!

Many of our Key Stage 3 pupils had the opportunity to enter poems for the ‘I Have a Dream’ poetry competition, run by the charity Young Writers. Boys were able to write a poem about their dreams and enter it for the possibility of publication. Many boys worked incredibly hard and their entries were subsequently fantastic. Here are some pupils from 7X/En2 whose work was published in the book and who now own their very own copy! There are also copies in the library to peruse. Well done to all who entered and keep your eyes peeled for any future Young Writer competitions in which to participate...

Our reading rewards vending machine continues to be a focal point of our weekly celebrations on a Friday lunchtime.  Pupils from all year groups are considered and selected for a range of approaches to demonstrating our TURVES Values, representing the school and attendance at extra-curricular clubs.

06/03/2026

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Romeo - a hard working, polite pupil who always seems to have a smile on his face. Bounces back when things get challenging.  

Year 8: Joseph – most positives for last month.

Year 9: Tyler - a determined pupil wanting to be successful in all that he does. Keeps his head down, gets on with everything without causing any issues. 

Year 10: Mohammed - brilliant effort in BTEC sport.

Year 11: Jacob - an outstanding attitude towards his studies and mock exams.  

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02/03/2026

Winners this week include

Year 7: Freddie - wakeboarding 

Year 8: Miles – extra-curricular sport and goal scoring 

Year 9: Logan - consistently meets Values, role model 

Year 10: Jay – excellent effort in lessons and mature approach to learning. 

Year 11: Tyler – Values every day – great work in mocks 

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13/02/2026

Winners this week include

Year 7: Denis - a hard-working, respectful and resilient individual. Cannot say a bad word about this pupil 

Year 8: Leo- a polite, hard working pupil who shows great determination in all he does. Works with others to support them in lessons, particularly PE. 

Year 9: Jamie - hardworking, polite and always doing what is expected of him. 

Year 10: Israfiel - very hardworking – excellent demonstration of self-motivated to achieve. 

Year 11: Owen - voted by staff and prefects for being an outstanding, humble, hardworking pupil who epitomises the Turves Values every day.

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06/02/2026

Winners this week include

Year 7: Callum – consistent demonstration of the Turves values – 100% effort, 100% of the time 

Year 8: Ethan - a quiet pupil who often goes under the radar. He is hard working in all lessons and shows respect and manners to everyone he comes across.  

Year 9: Tommie-Lee – a polite, respectful, hardworking pupil who just gets on with it and goes unnoticed. 

Year 10: Kamron - deserves to be recognised. Great worker, polite and diligent. 

Year 11: Dylan - hardworking, polite and model pupil to the lower years. 

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30/01/2026

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Carl - a quiet pupil who keeps his head down and demonstrates everything it means to be a TGBS pupil.  

Year 8: Aidan – a quiet and respectful pupil who is consistently hard working.  

Year 10: Jacob – a valuable contribution across all lessons. 

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23/01/2026

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Maurice - polite young man who embodies the values. Always self-motivated to achieve and handing homework in on time. Taking pride in his work and being respectful and kind to those around him. 

Year 8: Ethan - for applying himself to the best of his ability each and every day, having 256 positives to date.

Year 9: Rowan - for his excellent efforts in all of his subjects, more specifically in core subject English, Science and Maths where most of his positives are coming from. 

Year 10: Mason - a Year 10 pupil who has shown great efforts and determination in the first term of his GCSE studies.  

Year 11: Joshua - positive role model to younger pupils.  

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19/01/2026

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Kierell - a polite and hardworking pupil who consistently demonstrates all values, despite some of the distractions taking place around him.  

Year 8: Hayden – a hardworking, polite and respectful pupil who is a credit to Boulton house. 

Year 9: Luke - never puts a foot wrong.  A young man who lives by our values. 

Year 10: Aiden - a fantastic pupil all round. Hardworking, polite and respectful. An excellent addition to Boulton house this year.  

Year 11: Josh - do we really need a reason why? Surprisingly, has not been nominated this academic year.  

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08/12/2025

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Shingirai - made huge inroads into his work and has been noticed by staff members due to his hard work.  

Year 8: Nathan - a pupil who never puts a foot wrong. Committed to succeeding in everything that he does.

Year 9: Emaan-Tawheed - new starter to TGBS and what an amazing start he has had, he has settled in well and already taking advantage of our amazing extra curricular clubs such as Duke of Edinburgh.

Year 10: Ryan – fantastic settling in at TGBS.

Year 11: Darren - a model pupil. Lives and breathes the TURVES values. Showing an outstanding effort in his GCSE studies. 

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24/11/2025

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Ace - hard worker/consistent effort across all subjects.  

Year 8: Jack -made a serious improvement this week and deserves the nomination.

Year 9: Kaiden - has impressed in science this term with his thoughtful questions.  He clearly takes in information and really tries to think about it and connect with his prior knowledge then asks follow up questions, from Dr Patchett.

Year 10: Zack – a mature, polite, hard-working pupil who has shown an excellent approach to his GCSE studies. 

Year 11: Archie - helping a pupil out of a dangerous situation and showing great compassion.

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14/11/2025

Winners this week include:

Year 7- Codi – a polite and respectful pupil who works hard in all lessons. Has returned to school following an operation and has not let this stop him.

Year 8: Oscar – valuable contributions to the class as well as involvement extra-curricular activities like the Warhammer painting and music.

Year 9: Suber - a quiet, hardworking pupil who keeps his head down and demonstrates all things TURVES

Year 10: Ahmed – for living and breathing the TURVES values every day

Year 11: Noah - a self-motivated, respectful, hardworking pupil who continuously shows an outstanding approach to his GCSE studies.

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20/10/2025

Winners this week include:

Year 7: Jayden - for his hard work and his wonderful enthusiasm towards school.  

Year 8: Charlie - shout out from Dr Patchett: “He showed great enthusiasm for every single workshop.  He wowed me in the first when he very quickly told the mentors that he thinks electrons behave like particles and waves, during a session on coding he showed a huge enthusiasm.  He owns a Raspberry PI at home where he does coding himself and he worked hard to calculate the probability of getting two questions in a row right in the maths session, including volunteering to be a gameshow contestant in front of the group and another school.  He showed great enthusiasm and model behaviour the whole time and it was great to get to hear more of his ideas and interests, especially in STEM.”

Year 9: George - a hardworking, focused and hardworking pupil who shows outstanding effort in ALL of his lessons.  

Year 10: Justin - has shown a real mature approach to the start of GCSE studies.

Year 11: Harry - showing a determined and focus approach to his mock exams.  

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10/10/2025

Winners this week include:

Year 7: George - has had an excellent start to TGBS, demonstrating many of our values each day and working hard in all of his subjects.

Year 8: Ollie - a polite, respectful pupil who demonstrates our Turves values in all that he does.  

Year 9: Abdullah - a polite, hardworking pupil who puts in 100% effort into everything.

Year 10: Jamie – a quiet but hardworking young man who has started year 10 off outstandingly.  

Year 11: Charlie - for his excellent start to the year and determination shown across all subjects. Charlie has really shown he is ready to work hard to get the grades he deserves

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03/10/2025

Winners this week include:

Year 7:  T Mitchell – understated and determined.  He will smash his work and is being nominated by multiple members of staff.  Keep it up!  

Year 8: G Deeley – a polite and respectful young man that has made a really positive start to year 8.

Year 9: J Sibanda - a quiet, polite, hardworking pupil who has settled in tremendously since starting TGBS.  

Year 10: Y Khan – excellent start for this young man who came from a different house and has been a great addition to the Austin roster.  

Year 11: A Kilburn has turned it around after a shaky start to Year 11, well done!

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26/09/2025:

Winners this week include:

Year 7: A Slotta – polite, respectful, hardworking. He has made a real positive start at TGBS.

Year 8: L Brown –  a hardworking, considerate, and respectful young man who exemplifies our values on a daily basis.  

Year 9: M Jinks - for an excellent performance in the Matthew show.  

Year 10: T Fox- his efforts do not go unseen in the classroom, there has been many good things said about his work ethic particularly in English  

Year 11: O Perret – an excellent performance playing Miss Trunchbull in Matthew show.

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12/09/2025:

Winners this week include:

Year 9: D Hawkins – great start to September

Year 10: L Taggart – fantastic approach to KS4 & GCSEs.  

Year 11: A Burton: Approaching year 11 with a great mindset. A polite, respectful, hardworking young man.  

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05/09/2025

Winners this week include: 

Year 7: Alfred L - Amazing start to TGBS, showing many of our Turves values each day. 

Year 8: Archie M: Has started year 8 with an excellent approach, one that I would expect nothing less than. Always a polite and respectful young man who lives our values. 

Year 9: Lamar L Has come back to school a new person. Polite, mature and focused. Has had an outstanding first week back. 

Year 10: Doubra P great start to KS4 

Year 11: Noah T mature start to Year 11 

We had a lovely first half term to 2026! Our diligent Eco Committee members participated in this year’s Big Bird Watch and submitted their results which is helping the RSPB estimate whether populations are growing or declining across the country. We spotted gulls, tits and sparrows as well as one little wagtail that likes to visit outside of the school reception in the morning hours. They have really had a valuable contribution to monitoring and encouraging biodiversity across the site.

We also spent some time learning how to make seed snails. We know that not everyone has access to a massive garden or allotment, so we practiced how you can sow seeds in a smaller space so that you can grow your own veg on your window ledge! These space savers are great for starting seeds off and then when they are big enough, you can transfer them to pots that can also sit on your window ledge if you don’t have an outdoor space. Well done everyone for a fantastic first half term to 2026! We’re hoping to plant their tomatoes, cucumber, carrot, aubergine and watermelon by Easter so they can settle in over the holiday.

Cian has very kindly provided us with another write up from another very interesting lecture at University of Birmingham.  This ties in perfectly with electricity and magnetism unit our Year 8’s are currently studying.  Thank you again Cian for sharing what you have learned with us so we can all benefit.  He certainly embodies each of our Turves Values.

“Fundamental things to universe- atoms (electron, proton, nucleus)

Human beings- brain, heart, skeletal muscles, peripheral nerves- there must be a magnetic field involved. There are magnetic fields that control things like heart, muscles

Why do animals migrate- a sea turtle can go back to where they were born, even after swimming alone for 10,000miles for 1 year- not just turtles, birds, butterflies, bugs- all sense earth's magnetic field. Earth could be considered one giant magnet. Inside earth, outer core, molten iron, charged particles, we experience this as a magnetic field. Every 300,000 years, the magnetic field flips. We don't know when it will happen next, could be 100,000 years.

Earth's crust is constantly recreated- magma pushes up, solidifies, makes new rock layer. Especially in ocean.

Earth's magnetic field protects us from the solar storms that the sun emits. All planets are magnetic, so we can assume that all space objects are magnetic. most magnetic thing is a neutron star. There is a vast empty space between galactic clusters. So empty that if you travel in straight line, you will only occur 1 particle every few km. Despite seeming empty, it is full of strong magnetic fields. Magnetism links to everything, from tiny atoms to giant neutron stars

A famous person believed the earth was a giant magnet. He made a giant magnetic sphere and got a needle. He moved around it, always pointed north. Micheal F came up with the idea of magnetic fields.

In low temp, atoms/electrons are straight, so are magnetic. In high temp, thermal waves disrupt them, not magnetic.

Transparent, shiny, pink magnetic crystals. Each different crystal material, the atoms are arranged predominantly in one direction. Some of the crystals are arranged in 2d. The layers are too far apart, so the atoms can’t communicate together.

All the different phenomenons over 100s of years have helped us understand magnets as they are today

MRI machines save hundreds of thousands of lives a year. It runs from a superconductor, a giant magnetic field 10,000 times that of the earth*.

Technology like the HDD use magnets.

There are lots of magnetic implications in everyday life. A microphone, a speaker, an auto-focusing and image stabilisation camera al use a neodymium magnet. So does the haptic engine, magsafe, and charging the phone.

Wind turbines and engines also use magnets, but it leaves a big carbon footprint. To get neodymium, lots of mining is done, which destroys our earth, and releases lots of bad chemicals into the air.

Why don’t we recycle neodymium? At UoB, they try researching it. But car companies don’t want to recycle their engines, as it can give away the designs of them. Outcome is very significant. The human race had been significantly changed by magnetism and the research of magnetism.

For more info, visit MagneticBirmingham.com”

Throughout this half-term I have had the pleasure of coordinating our peer mentoring sessions. The commitment shown by both mentors and mentees demonstrates the positive impact of pupils working together to strengthen our school community.

These packed sessions reflect our shared understanding that improving school attendance is a collective responsibility. By building supportive relationships across year groups, pupils are helping to create a culture where everyone feels encouraged, valued and motivated to attend each day - while having the opportunity to take responsibility to overcome any barriers to good school attendance.

Our mentors have continued to show maturity, empathy and leadership, providing consistent encouragement; acting as positive role models and embodying our Turves Values. Equally, our mentees deserve recognition for their willingness to participate, reflect and take meaningful steps towards improving their attendance. Their openness and effort are central to the success of the programme.

Peer mentoring is more than an attendance strategy; it is an investment in developing resilient, confident and successful individuals. When students feel part of a caring and connected community, they are more likely to thrive both socially and academically.

This week pupils from Year 9 and 10 got their results back for the UK Maths Challenge. The challenge was issued to the top set of each of the two-year groups and is an internationally recognised award to identify mathematical talent from pupils all across the UK.

Declan, Connor, Louie, Charlie and Llemari in Year 9 as well as Tyshae, Yahya, Aiden, Kamron, Jamie, Teo, Zack, Logan and George in Year 10 all achieved bronze awards.

Alfie in Year 9 achieved that year groups only silver award with Charles, Duarte, Sebastian and William in Year 10 all getting silver awards

And then for his second time at TGBS Remee in Year 10 achieved a gold award. A young man with some super mathematical talent.

Congratulations to all of those who took part. The UK Maths Challenge is an incredibly tricky test and shows a lot of resilience and skill to even attempt. Year 8 and Year 7 will get their chance to try the junior one in the next few months.

Turves Green Boys’ School recently hosted a successful Careers Fair in the Main Hall, giving pupils structured access to a wide range of education, training, and employment pathways.

The event formed a key part of the school’s careers programme and supported pupils in developing a clearer understanding of their post-16 and post-18 options, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks.

What pupils did

Prior to the event, pupils completed a planning task during Form Time, identifying at least three organisations they wished to speak to. This ensured that engagement at the Careers Fair was purposeful and matched pupils’ interests and aspirations.

During their allocated sessions, pupils:

• Spoke to a minimum of three different providers
• Introduced themselves professionally and confidently
• Asked questions about courses, careers, entry requirements, and progression routes
• Recorded key information on their careers worksheets to support reflection and next steps

This approach encouraged pupils to take ownership of their careers education and develop important communication and employability skills.

Who attended

The Careers Fair welcomed a diverse range of organisations, ensuring pupils were exposed to academic, vocational, technical, and specialist pathways, including:

• Sixth form colleges offering A Levels, BTECs and T Levels
• Further education colleges specialising in vocational and technical routes
• Universities and higher education providers
• Apprenticeship and training providers across construction, engineering, IT, health, and business
• Armed forces, including the British Army and Royal Air Force
• Sport, creative, STEM, and specialist career organisations

This breadth of provision ensured pupils could explore pathways aligned to a wide range of interests, abilities, and future ambitions.

The Careers Fair is part of TGBS’s ongoing commitment to high-quality careers education, supporting pupils to make informed, ambitious, and realistic choices about their next steps.