{"id":9240,"date":"2026-10-06T17:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2026-10-09T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:34:47","slug":"black-history-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/2026\/10\/06\/black-history-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/files\/2026\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9243\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0159503597396171;width:258px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/files\/2026\/10\/image.png 510w, https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/files\/2026\/10\/image-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the UK, Black History Month happens every October. It gives everyone the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture.  People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been a fundamental part of British history for centuries and we are celebrating all these amazing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  Mrs Johnston-Sweeney  has launched a competition linked to this where children can create posters, models, PowerPoints and lots more about key black people who have made a difference!  There are so many to choose from &#8211; Rosa Parks, Katherine Johnson, Mary Seacole, Michael Jordon, Beyonce, Martin Luther King and Stormzy to name but a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good luck Year 6 I am looking forward to seeing who you have chosen and how you have showcased them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UK, Black History Month happens every October. It gives everyone the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture. People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been a fundamental part of British history &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/2026\/10\/06\/black-history-month-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9244,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions\/9244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oxford-grove.bolton.sch.uk\/6oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}