Turves Green Boys’ School are yet again celebrating a fantastic set of GCSE results. Our 2024 cohort have certainly embraced the school’s ethos of ‘Success through Endeavour’, with more pupils achieving the top grades of 9-7, more pupils gaining a standard pass in Maths and English of grade 4 and above and an impressive 37% increase in the number of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in both English and Maths.

Headteacher, Mr Till, said “We are delighted with the achievements of our pupils this year.  These results truly reflect the hard work and commitment of our pupils, parents and staff. The vast majority of our pupils will secure their first choice for post-16 studies where I’m sure they will go on to be even more successful in their chosen career path. 2024 has certainly been an incredible year for Turves Green Boys' School. Following our highly complementary Ofsted inspection in March, these results further represent the hard work and commitment demonstrated by our staff and pupils.”

Some of our top performers are pictured here; J Boyle achieved 7 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s. D Bridges secured 2 grade 9s, 4 grade 8’s and 1 grade 7. A Dunmore achieved 5 grade 8s and 5 grade 7s. T Devaney secured 4 grade 8s, 5 grades 7s and 1 grade 6.

Art Club has been busy creating pieces inspired by the work of Olly Howe @ollyhowe.com.  The students have used a variety of techniques and developing lots of different skills; tonal drawing, portraiture, collage, stencilling, painting and watercolour washes.  The students chose a person who inspired them, created a tonal drawing, then developed a series of images that relate to their figure exploding out of their head.  Luke (yr 7) chose Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, the owner of Lego, to create this spectacular final piece.  Fantastic work Luke!!!

Austin House Charity Head Shave Raises £400 for School Charities

We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of our recent charity head shave event, which raised an impressive £400 for our school charities. This initiative was met with overwhelming support and generosity, particularly from our students, who went above and beyond to contribute to this meaningful cause. Mr Sidhu was an impressive barber despite a brief bit of tutoring from Miss Mansell.

Community Effort

The event would not have been possible without the support of our dedicated staff, parents, and the wider school community. Your donations and encouragement played a crucial role in the success of this fundraiser. We are deeply grateful for your involvement and generosity.

We are incredibly proud of our students and the entire Turves Green Boys community for their contributions to this event. Your generosity and commitment to helping others reflect the values we strive to instil in our students. We look forward to organising more such events in the future, continuing to support worthy causes and making a difference in our community.

Thank you once again for your support and participation. Together, we are making a positive impact.

We are very honoured to welcome Pierce Kiembi to Turves Green Boys’ School this week. Pierce is a UEFA qualified coach and the co-director of Fútbol Lingo. Fútbol Lingo is an app which helps players from other countries to learn languages that will help them in their careers. Pierce speaks French, German, Lingala, Spanish and English. Pierce has been working with Year 9 and 10 pupils this week. He gave a talk on the importance of languages in the world of football and explained how being bilingual can help in all areas of the football world. After the talk, boys were given a practical coaching session in French, to help them understand the key language terms needed to succeed. Well done to everyone who took part. A special mention goes to C Zammit in Year 10 for his high level of engagement throughout the talk. Well done!

On Thursday 12^th July, a team of 7 Turves Green Boys’ pupils visited Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School for their first cricket fixture. Our pupils have been working hard in the nets and were keen to test themselves in a competitive cricket fixture against our local Matrix school, Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School. The Turves Green Boys batted first and posted a very respectable 95/6 off their 10 overs, special mention to our last minute call ups Khizar K. and Fayed Q. who put on a 36 run last wicket partnership.

On the whole, our boys bowled well with special mention to our openers Mikey W. and Azan W., who’s pace and accuracy caused an array of problems of the DEC batsmen. It was a close match but DEC eventually ran out winners, reaching their total 96/2 with 6 balls to spare. It was clear their experience in the indoor format and excellent communication when running between the wickets made the difference. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the game and I have no doubt will go from strength to strength in their respective cricket leagues next year!

On Tuesday 9^th July, we invited our local poet Giovanni Esposito aka ‘Spoz’ to perform and create some spoken word poetry with our year 7, 8 and 10s.

Each year group is currently studying poetry in English. As part of our endeavours to provide enriching experiences for all pupils, we wanted our boys to experience poetry beyond the curriculum.

Each year group listened to him perform and were invited to create some of their own raps. Considering rhyme and vocabulary in a different mode allowed them to extend their learning beyond the classroom in an interactive and fun way.A selection of our Reading Ambassadors and pupils who have read two or more of our recommended 16 by 16 books were invited a reward workshop with Spoz to hone their skills further. The best performances received a signed copy of the poet’s book.

Year 9

On Monday 8^th July, we invited local poet, Giovanni Esposito, aka ‘Spoz’ to run a day long ‘poetry Slam in our main hall.

Year 9 are currently studying poetry in English. As part of our endeavours to provide enriching experiences for all pupils, we wanted our boys to experience poetry beyond the classroom.Pupils were treated to a performance from the former Birmingham City Football Club Poet Laureate ahead of creating some of their own raps. Working in groups, pupils wrote and performed a number of ‘slams’, there was some fierce competition. All winners received a signed copy of one of the poet’s books.

On the 3^rd of July we welcomed back our Year 11s to celebrate their 5 years at TGBS. Unfortunately, the long awaited Lomas Football tournament was rained off but the boys took to the sports hall to enjoy the array of inflatables.

They had their final favourite lunch ahead of their leavers assembly. They were treated to some of their best moments during their time at Turves, world events over the last 5 years and a solo performance from D Robson, ‘Someone Like You’ by Adele and ‘Sweet Caroline’, of course they all joined in. Who would have though Y11 were such huge Adele fans?!

Finally, the afternoon saw some of them playing football on the astro turf and more inflatable battles.It was a pleasure to host the for the day and we wish them all the best.

In the year 7 Earth topic, the students have been learning all about the night sky and the Solar system where both artificial and natural satellites amongst other celestial objects can be found! Models are used all the time within science lessons to contextualise the learning and for this particular homework linked to their Earth topic the students were asked to design their very own model of the solar system! Needless to say, the students were very creative within their designs with several winners selected (Logan, Mason, Matthew, Jay, George, Jamie and Luca) to win a sweet treat that was out of this world for going above and beyond the design brief!

Day 1

Monday 1^st July was the beginning of our annual Careers Week with Year 10. This is an important week to provide our pupils an insight into life beyond school. On Day 1, pupils attended either Aston University or University of Birmingham. They had campus tours, as well as model lectures and workshops. Pupils were involved in engineering-focused workshops at the University of Birmingham, delivered by their Science faculty.

Day 2

On Tuesday 2nd July, our Year 10 pupils visited Cadbury College and Solihull College to experience what they to offer. Pupils experienced a taster of some of the different courses available and enjoyed touring the campus to see what life is like for students at the different colleges. Our pupils represented the school brilliantly and found the day informative and interesting.

Day 3

On Wednesday 3rd July, our Year 10 pupils visited different apprenticeship and training providers to experience what they to offer. Pupils visited either Make UK, Ladder Skills, CITB or University College Birmingham. Pupils experienced a taster of some of the different courses available ranging from practical courses like roofing to engineering and manufacturing focused apprenticeships and training.

Day 4

Thursday 4th July was our ‘Experience of the Workplace’ day where pupils had the chance to hear from professionals from a range of different careers about life in their workplace. Our visitors included: radiographers from the NHS, the Civil Service, Collins Aerospace, Kier Construction, the Army and The Apprenticeship Centre. Our pupils enjoyed learning about different aspects of life in the workplace as well as the different career pathways on offer. Pupils particularly enjoyed getting ‘hands-on’ with some of the tools that Kier had on display!

Day 5

Friday 5th July was our final day of an enjoyable and informative Careers Week. We invited a number of different employers into school to conduct mock interviews with all of our Year 10 pupils. Although many were nervous beforehand, our pupils gave a great account of themselves and found the experience very useful. Our visitors were very complimentary of the pupils and this was a great way to round off an excellent week!

The Allies Club presented a diversity showcase which consisted of a show around the understanding of diversity, including LGBTQ+, showcasing a variety of practiced talents such as a read poem, empowering dances, a drama piece about acceptance written by the pupils, and a finale of a fashion show for which the pupils spent the previous term creating their own clothes from recycled materials.