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Thank you for attending our Harvest Festival Assembly this week and the kind food donations that you sent in for our Harvest display.

Well done to all the children for sharing their lovely singing voices during the assembly. I would like to give a special mention to Willow Class for their first ever performance in front of an audience. They were amazing, so confident.

We welcomed Reverend Roach from St Michael and All Angels church to our morning performance and he spoke about this time of year being a time for sharing and caring. That being said, all your donations have been gratefully received from the food bank in Runcorn.

Thank you for your continued support this half term, next one is the busy one leading up to Christmas. Parents evening, Christmas plays and panto! Keep checking School Spider for details and dates.

I wish you all a lovely half term and see you all back on the Monday 4th November.

Take care,

Miss Pope

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Please remind children not to use the ramp that leads to the staff car park when arriving for 'Wake Up, Shake Up'. We have staff and taxis arriving to school during this time. Pupils should use the path to walk around the playground.

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Thank you to everyone who supported the PTA disco yesterday. It was lovely to see lots of new parent helpers. We could not run these events without your help.

We have raised £320 towards the whole trip to the pantomime in December and the children had an amazing time!

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Mrs Dorothy Foster

(Co-opted) Appointed 17/05/2021 until 16/05/2025 Elected by the Governing Body

I have experience of school life having worked as Office Manager in a local primary school for over 30 years. I believe that every child should have the opportunity to flourish and to be the best they can be - children do well in school when they are happy, safe, and supported in their learning journey.

As co-opted Governor, I would hope that my experiences, commitment, and enthusiasm will help the school achieve the best outcomes for all pupils.

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Our community cupboard is full! Please help yourself to any items.

If you would like to make a donation, please simply pop it into the cupboard

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Message from our Chair of Governors -

Are you objective, focused on broad educational needs, and want to raise aspirations for all? Come and join our caring, friendly team.

I’ve been on the Westfield Governing Board since 2018 as a Parent Governor and I’m happy to share my experiences. If you would like to find out more, please feel free to drop me an email at chair@westfieldprimaryschool.com – Lynne Farrow Chair of Governors

How to apply

If you’re interested in applying for the role, please complete the candidate form which can be collected from Mrs Shepherd, School Business Manager before Thursday 24th October. If we receive more applications than there are vacancies, a secret ballot will be carried out. We will inform you closer to the time if we have to do this.

If you have any queries about this process or would like to find out more about the role, please contact
Mrs Shepherd sec.westfield@haltonlearning.net or Mrs Farrow chair@westfieldprimaryschool.com

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Monday 4th November

First Day Autumn Term 2

Wednesday 6th November

Larch Class trip to Liverpool

Monday 11th November - Friday 15th November

Book Fair in the hall each night after school

Tuesday 12th November

Times Table Rock Stars Day!!! All children in KS2 Larch, Oak and Sycamore Class to come to school dressed as rock stars.

Wednesday 13th November

PTA Film Night - details to follow

Wednesday 27th November

3.30 - 6.00pm Parents Evening, book via School Spider (details to follow)

Thursday 28th November

3.30 - 6.00pm Parents Evening, book via School Spider (details to folllow)

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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As the half term draws to a close, Sycamore Class have been evaluating their learning from the past few weeks - we have come so far! Everyone has worked incredibly hard during our learning time and we have made great progress with our speech and language targets. The children have integrated brilliantly into Westfield life! We have really enjoyed taking part in the Harvest celebrations with the rest of the school this week, and it has been lovely to see the new relationships beginning to form with pupils from other year group classes. I hope everyone has a restful week away from school and I look forward to seeing everyone in November!

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This week we had a surprise visitor for the Scouts to talk to us about what goes on in their organisation. We also found out that there are plans for some more local scouts groups-how exciting!

Oak class have been writing poetry based on animals-we have been finding vocabulary linked to various leopards, elephants and rhinos, as well as looking at a poem based on a tiger.

Just a reminder Y6 parents-applications for high school are due 31st October!

Have a great half term.

Mr Parker

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We have had another wonderful week in Larch Class, even though we had to finish off a couple of assessments. We also welcomed a new member to our class in Jacob and the children have worked hard to support him and help him settle in. They also worked incredibly hard to learn our class poem and short song for the Harvest Assembly. I would like to especially thank the children for learning it well enough to be able to perform without needing to read it from a sheet on the day - our perseverance really paid off and I couldn't be more pleased.

In our Writing sessions, the children have been focusing on editing and redrafting their own work, whilst also developing their understanding of how to use a dictionary effectively to support them with checking their spellings with independence.

In Maths, as the Year 3 children worked towards the end of the addition and subtraction chapter of our learning, the Year 4s had the challenge of unpicking word problems and identifying what functions to use to solve multi-step problems.

The children also completed a spot of roleplay as they performed a cafe conversation to bring our Spanish work to a close nicely. They were able to work in small groups to plan a short conversation, ordering food and drink from a daily menu. Another huge well done to those children who remembered to use greetings and good manners correctly within their conversations too.

As we are at the end of the first half term together, I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you and a well done to all of the children in Larch Class. They have helped me settle in and I have had a wonderful first 8 weeks together.

Have a lovely half term holiday and I look forward to seeing everybody back, refreshed, after the break.

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Our week began with a wonderful trip to library, where we read a story, sang songs and completed a craft activity. Back at school, we enjoyed our poem 'There's No Such Thing as Monsters' and performed it to the rest of the class. We used our phonic knowledge to look for 'special friends' in our poem too. What a fantastic half term we have had altogether. Mrs Crook is so proud of the children's progress and how they have applied themselves so far!

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We have had such another fantastic week in Willow Class. The children enjoyed performing our Harvest songs in the whole school assembly.

In phonics, we have been using and applying the sounds we know to read words. The children have been using the magnetic boards and sounds to "Fred Talk. Read the Word."

In Maths, we have been looking at the number 5 and deepening our understanding of the composition of 5. Ask the children to play "High Five!" at home!

We have completed our work on our Pathways focus text, by re-telling the story using a story map. The children included lots of details when orally re-telling the story, and remembered the repeated refrain from the story using their storytelling voices when saying "Run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man!" We celebrated by watching The Gingerbread Man and enjoying a gingerbread biscuit!

As we are at the end of the first half term, I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge "Well Done" to all of the children in Willow Class. They have all settled so beautifully into our Class Family and into our Westfield Family. Thank you to all of our families for your support this term, it has been lovely getting to know you all and working together. Have a lovely half term holiday.

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Water Bottle

Snack

Packed Lunch or Pre-order school meal from School Hub

www.schoolhub.co.uk

Coat/hat/gloves

PE Kits - plain white t-shirt, plain black shorts, plain black jogging trousers and sweater or hoodie.

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School Meals - New menu from 4th November

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School Meals - New menu from 4th November

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Reminder - School meals must be ordered from home for each day. Parents can order up to two weeks in advance.

www.schoolhub.co.uk

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Westfield Primary School Autumn - Winter 2024 School

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Whole School Attendance -

St Andrew - 91.7%

St David - 93.9%

St George - 96.0%

St Patrick - 94.4%

Whole School - 94.0%

Winners - St George

Punctuality Award - Year 3

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Pupil of the week

Willow Class - Teddy

Cherry Class - Ellen

Larch Class - Charlie

Oak Class - Rojda

Mrs McIlroy - Riley

Miss Pope - All the Play Leaders

Midday Awards

Miss Cliff - Seb T

Miss Lawson - Mason

Miss Simons - JJ

Mrs Arnold - Thenera

Tidy Classroom - Willow