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Thank you for all your kind donations towards the School Council 'Chicks in School' fundraiser.

YOU HAVE RAISED £89.10!

The school council are so pleased and thank you all very much.

Our School Council are very passionate about their job, taking it very seriously and like to speak out. I think we have potential future leaders!

They are the voice for all the children at Westfield and if your child has a comment, suggestion or concern, please encourage them to tell their class representative.

As a school, the voices of the children are so important to us and as staff, we will listen, respond and support.

Have a great weekend.

Take care,

Miss Pope

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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This week, we have been working hard on our speech and language targets. We have been specifically working on turn taking and asking our friends questions. This has meant that we have been able to play lots of fun games together. In PE, we had the opportunity to use the large gym equipment! This was great fun and it was also good for helping us to develop our gross motor skills.

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This week we have been doing lots of wonderful writing in Willow Class. The children have been applying their phonic knowledge and using the sounds they know to write some words from our story focus, The Gingerbread Man. We have been writing words like m-a-n, c-a-t, d-o-g. The children were so good at using the sound "amt" for the first time to help them with their writing. The children were so proud of their writing. In Maths, we have been talking about more than and fewer than, using our subitising skills. This is when we can identify how many objects there are in a group, without actually counting them. We play the game, "Use you eyes and subitise!" We have been busy learning our Harvest song for our assembly next week.

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Please remind children not to use the ramp at the side of school when arriving for wake up shake up, as we have staff and taxis arriving to school. Pupils should use the path to walk around the playground.

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Tony Meaking

(Co-opted) Appointed 24/10/2023 until 23/10/2027 Elected by the governing body

After completing my degree in Engineering, I joined Ernst & Young, where I qualified as a Chartered Accountant.  In the subsequent 15 years I have worked in a number of roles, specialising in Corporate Finance (advising on buying and selling businesses). This has involved a lot of financial analysis and spending time with directors and owners of businesses.  It is this skill set that I hope to bring to my role as governor.

I have no previous connection with, and therefore will take a fully independent view in my role as governor of Westfield Primary School. My most similar role to being a governor was when I was treasurer at my local preschool.

Outside of work, I have two boys, (one in high school and the other in primary school) and I have an Everton season ticket.

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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 21st October

Cherry Class visit to Runcorn Library (parent helpers needed, please sign up in School app)

Tuesday 22nd October

9.15am & 2.00pm Parents/Carers are welcome to join us for our harvest assembly. If you would like to send in a donation, these will be sent to Runcorn Foodbank. Currently they are in need of the following items -

- Long Life Milk
- Tinned Vegetables
- Tinned Spaghetti
- Tinned Meat
- Packet Rice
- Tinned Tomatoes

Wednesday 23rd October

3.20-4.00pm PTA Disco for Willow, Cherry and Cedar Class

4.15-5.15pm PTA Disco for Larch, Oak and Sycamore Class.

Entrance is £3.00 and can be paid via www.parentpay.com

Friday 25th October

Inset Day - School closed for staff training

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 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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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech & Language Base

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech & Language Base

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Lots of new learning this week - we’ve tested out our sense of smell, worked on using action words like waving, splashing and running, through our book and time outside. We have also started learning our Harvest song.

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This week we have been focusing on Harvest! After a quick recap of our whole school song, 'Cauliflowers Fluffy' , we then researched various Harvest festivals around the work to share in our Harvest assembly next week.

We also completed our writeaway task in for our Pathways book - Queen of the Falls. The children wrote some extended diary entries that detailed the events of Annie Taylor going over Niagara Falls in a barrel and surviving.

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As it is approaching the end of our first term, the children have worked really hard, completing their assessments and evidencing the progress they have made during this period. They have also been developing their group work ability during our Science, History and Guided Reading sessions and evidencing wonderful progress there too. I recall how traumatic it seemed, early in the term, when the children completed group work and I feel very proud of how hard they have all worked and how much more productive these sessions are. Above is a snippet of the children working collaboratively but, what is missed from the snapshot, the best moment by far was a group performance in gymnastics by four of the boys in the class. I was very fortunate to catch the end of Mr Kelly-Weekes's session and of the group of Louie, Charlie, Riley and Brooklyn performing their routine. The hard work of the children really paid off and I am only saddened that I did not capture it to share. Well done everybody.

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Cherry Class have had a wonderful week! Science was enjoyable as we explored our sense of smell, creating some memorable photos, I am sure you will agree! Our brand new bookcase and book delivery was a hit with all of the children. We can't wait to share these new stories together. Don't forget, we are taking a class trip to the local library on Monday afternoon. Please let the office know if you can join us to share our love of reading!

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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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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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Whole School Attendance -

St Andrew - 96.8%

St David - 95.9%

St George - 96.4%

St Patrick - 96.3%

Whole School - 96.4%

Winners - St Andrew

Punctuality Award - Year 1 and Year 3

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Midday Awards

Miss Cliff - Reuben

Miss Lawson - J J

Miss Simons - Harrison

Tidy Classroom - Willow