Weston Green School


Newsletter - 2/10/15	Share this email with a friend

Mr Harrison's blog
It has been a wonderfully typical WGS fortnight: the children have been really working well (I don’t think I have awarded quite as many Headmaster’s Awards in any one fortnightly period), we have had several trips out (read more of these inside), had our first Class Assembly, played our first matches of the season .. and even had the parents working away hard at English in our ‘How we teach English’ evening. Yes, we are in full swing now and it’s great to be a part of the purposeful, energetic and focused school atmosphere.

Mr Harrison, Headteacher
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All clean in Year 1

This week in PSHE the year 1 children were introduced to someone who needed help, Dirty Bertie! He was unsure of how to stay clean and healthy and so luckily year 1 came up with some pointers to help Dirty Bertie be more hygienic. They wanted to remind him to brush his teeth, clean his face, brush his hair and wash his hands. Let’s hope they set a good example by doing all of this too!

Pupils' work: Reception reflect on their weekly stories

Reception have enjoyed designing and labelling a map of Mr Gumpy's journey, as a follow up writing activity to our story of the week. The children also chose an animal from the weekly story 'Oi Get off Our Train', and wrote their own speech bubbles to express the thoughts of the characters.

Kindergarten’s exciting new afternoon activities

Children in our Kindergarten classes can now enjoy an exciting new afternoon programme.

Our optional afternoon sessions running from Monday to Thursday offer a range of engaging activities, ranging from Arts & Crafts to Yoga and Outdoor Explorers.

Year 6 pupil blogs from the media team

Mrs Earp has handed over this week’s blog to Year 6.

Here, the Year 6 Media Team explain what has been happening this term.

Thomas & Callum: “Year 6 has been working very hard this term but we have really enjoyed the moments we have shared with our buddies.

School Council gets busy

So begins a new academic year, and with it the flutter of excitement as pupils vote for the new School Council. Children who want to stand for election have to prepare a speech and stand up in front of their classmates which can be a daunting experience. However, with speeches given and votes counted, the children in Key Stage 2 have spoken.

Destination of leavers

At Weston Green, our aim is to provide children with opportunities to achieve their academic potential within an environment where they feel valued, fulfilled, confident and emotionally secure. We have excellent relationships with our feeder schools and our Year 6 pupils leaving in 2015 were offered places to a wide variety of schools, with 25% awarded academic scholarships to the school of their choice.
View our 2015 leavers’ offers by clicking below.


	Poetry finals

			Well done to all the amazing finalists who participated in this year’s Poetry Competition and showed what a talented group of performers we have at the school. The theme this year tied in very neatly with our learner profiles and the audience was entertained by a range of poems based upon ‘Woodland animals’. All the children from Reception to Year 6 had to learn a poem and it was incredibly hard for all the judges to pick just three finalists. However, a decision had to be made….


	Diary dates

	5th Oct - 9.00 am - 3.30 pm Year 4 to Bignor Roman Villa 6th Oct - no games for Years 5 & 6 6th Oct - 10.30 am Kindergarten '16 Stay & Play session 7th Oct - 8.50 am House Meetings 7th Oct - Years 5 & 6 Boys Football v Denmead (a) (estimated return time 4.15 pm) 7th Oct - Years 5 & 6 Girls Netball v Ewell Castle (a) (estimated return time 4.15 pm) 8th Oct - Reception to Year 6 - Happy Puzzle Company workshops 8th Oct - 10.30 am Kindergarten '16 Stay & Play session 9th Oct - 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm Reception to Garsons Farm 9th Oct - 2.30 pm Years 3 & 4 Girls Netball v Hampton Court House (a) (Estimated return time 4.00 pm) 9th Oct - 2.30 pm Years 3 & 4 Boys Football v Shrewsbury House (h)


	Message from the office

	Happy Puzzle shop On Thursday 8th October the Happy Puzzle company will once again be visiting Weston Green School. All pupils from Reception to Year 6 will take part in challenging puzzle based workshops during the school day, and after school, from 4. 00 pm in the hall, parents will have the opportunity to purchase a range of games and puzzles to amuse and challenge their children at home. Remember to bring the discount voucher which the office recently emailed you!


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