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St Andrew - 93.7%

St David - 94.8%

St George - 96.2%

St Patrick - 93.7%

Whole School - 94.6%

Punctuality Award - Year 2

Goldfish Monitors - chosen from children with 100% attendance and zero minutes late this week.

Sanjit, George, Harry Do

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On PE days children come to school dressed in their PE kit.

Willow Class - Every Thursday from 27th November

Cherry Class - Taekwondo Wednesday and PE Friday

Larch Class - PE Monday and Taekwondo Wednesday

Oak Class - Tuesday (swimming - selected pupils) and PE Taekwondo Wednesday

Cedar Class - Wednesday and Friday

Sycamore Class - Y3/Y4 PE Monday, Y5/Y6 PE and Swimming Tuesday, all pupils Taekwondo Wednesday

School PE kit is -

Plain black shorts/tracksuit pants

Plain white t-shirt

Pumps or trainers

For forest school long sleeved plain black tracksuit.

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PTA raffle winners

1st Place - Everly (551)

2nd Place - Lisa Richards (503)

3rd Place - Frankie (532)

4th Place - Nova (31)

Could Lisa Richards please contact school to arrange collecting her prize. All other winners have been contacted.

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Dear Parents and Carers,

I wanted to write to inform you that I have decided to step down as Chair of Governors at Westfield and I will leave the Governing Body on the last day of term. It was originally my intention to leave at the end of the last summer term, but I extended my tenure until the Christmas break.

Although not an easy decision, I feel that now it the right time to hand over the reins to someone else. I’ve been part of the Governing Body since 2018, stepping into the role of Chair in 2019. Although at times it has not been easy, I can truly say it’s been the most worthwhile experience. I’m proud to say I’ve been part of a team of people who have given their all to make the school the wonderful place it is today. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all my visits to school to meet with Staff and especially the children and this is what I will miss the most.

I’d like to thank my fellow Governors for all their support over the years, the hard work and dedication of all the school staff but also to pass on my thanks to you, our Parents and Carers, for how you support the school. Westfield truly is a community school.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for the future.

Kind Regards

Lynne Farrow

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What a very special week we have had in Cherry Class! The children put on 2 fantastic performances of our nativity to their friends and family. I was so proud of all of the children for their commitment and enthusiasm during rehearsals and it certainly paid off ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thank you so much to everyone that came to watch and support the children!

The children also enjoyed a wonderful pantomime in school on Friday 🎭 We have still been busy with our class work too! We have been writing letters in role as Plop in our story explaining how our opinion of the dark has changed. Year 2 have been adding 3 addends and finding a pair of numbers that add to 10 to get the most efficient way to add all 3 numbers 🧮 We have also been musical this week, looking at African call and response music.

We can’t wait to get crafty next week with our Christmas cards and calendars to take home 🎄 And of course get ready to see our friends and family at church on Friday to end a wholesome term ⛪️ The children can’t wait to see you there!

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech and Language Base

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech and Language Base

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We have been having the most wonderfully Christmassy week - with making our own Christmas tree decorations for church as well as decorating our own small tree in Cedar.

We have listened to Christmas music, started some Christmas crafts and some of us have even performed the nativity in front of a parent audience! Our teachers are so proud!

We loved that a pantomime came to us this year and thank you to those parents who were able to join us for this and Friday's Christmas activities afternoon. Photos to follow!

As well as getting well and truly in the Christmas spirit, Year 2 have been learning to program Beebots and on-screen sprites using Scratch Junior, as well as finishing off our class story - The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, and retelling the story to the adults.

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This week, it is Miss Costelloe's turn to recommend a book. She has chosen, Matilda by Roald Dahl.

Matilda by Roald Dahl is a funny and heart-warming story about a very clever young girl who loves books and learning. Despite having unkind parents and a strict headteacher, Matilda uses her intelligence, courage, and a touch of magic to stand up for what is right. This much-loved story is full of humour, adventure, and memorable characters, making it a brilliant read for children.

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Free School Meals – Don’t Miss Out! 🍴

Did you know ALL children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to a free school meal under the Universal Infant scheme?

✅ But if you receive qualifying benefits, it’s still really important that you register. Why?

Your child may miss out on supermarket meal vouchers if you’re not registered.

The school receives extra funding (Pupil Premium) to support your child’s education – money that makes a real difference!
For children in Years 3 and above, free school meals are not automatic. They are only available if you receive certain benefits (see link below for details).

💻 Please take a few minutes to apply online – even if your child already gets a free meal in infants. It helps both your family and our school community.

👉 Apply here: https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/EducationandFamilies/Schools/FreeSchoolMeals.aspx

Thank you for helping us support your child’s education. 💜

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First of all-well done to everyone in Oak class for their fantastic performances in the Christmas productions this week. Your singing, signing and reading was fantastic and I know that we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

This week we have moved onto multiplication-focusing on 2 digit by 1 digit, and looking at many different ways to solve the problems.

We having been learning about Hinduism, and in particular the festival of Holi-looking at the stories behind it and how it is celebrated.

Finally, we have been creating our own monsters for Beowulf to fight in our Writeaway task for our final week!

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We have had lots of fun in Larch class this week.

We enjoyed performing our Christmas songs to our families on Tuesday and Wednesday. We have spent a lot of time practising so the children were all very excited to show off their hard work. On Thursday, we continued the Christmassy activities with our elf run. We enjoyed wearing our elf hats and running around the playground to raise money for charity.

In English this week, we have had fun designing our own fantasy and town based characters for our final write next week. We have been describing the characters using expanded noun phrases and explaining our ideas with conjunctions.

In the afternoons this week, we have been doing music. We have been listening to songs with a pentatonic scale, a scale with five notes. We then practiced different songs with pentatonic scales and performed them to the class.

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech and Language Base

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech and Language Base

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As we approach the final week of term, Sycamore Class is buzzing with excitement!

I am sure everyone will agree that KS2 put on a fantastic performance at our carol concert. I was incredibly proud of every child – they were truly amazing.

We also thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the ‘Elf Run’ on Thursday. A special mention must go to Mr Dillion for his brilliant Santa costume – it certainly brought plenty of smiles!

This week, pupils have been revisiting some learning in our wider curriculum lessons. In Year 3/4, this has included learning about Christianity, focusing on how Christians use the Bible and understanding that it is made up of two main parts.

Meanwhile, Year 5/6 have been exploring Religious Education through their study of Hinduism. They have learned about the celebration of Holi and what it means to those who celebrate it.

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

If your child is unwell you must cancel your school meal if one has been ordered, otherwise you will be charged for the meal.

www.schoolhub.co.uk

From 1st April 2025 the daily cost of a school meal will be £3.43.

Please check online with Halton Borough Council to see if your child is entitled to a free school meal. If eligible this will also mean extra funding for school and help for parents with the cost of school trips.

https://www3.halton.gov.uk/Pages/EducationandFamilies/Schools/FreeSchoolMeals.aspx

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We are delighted to offer complete wraparound care from 7.30am until 5.45pm every day during term time.

Breakfast club is £2 per session and After School Club is £8 per session.

Both clubs can be pre-booked via the school spider app.

After School Timetable

Get Moving Monday

Tasty Tuesday

Wonderful Wednesday

Thinking Thursday

Forest/Film Friday

The contact number for After School Club outside office hours is 07852389286

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Have you thought about supporting the PTA lottery? It costs £1 per week and there is a winner every week from Westfield Primary School.

In addition to this you have a change of winning the jackpot prize of £25000.

The school receives 60p from every £1 donated.

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Please note there is a change to the school calendar for 2026 - 2027. We will be having two weeks holiday for May half term. Summer Term will finish on the 28th July 2027.

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Diary Dates Autumn Term 2 and Spring Term 1

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Diary Dates Autumn Term 2 and Spring Term 1

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Please follow and share our new school page on Instagram

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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you’re into with the people who get you.

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Ultimate Kids Camps this winter are offering funded spaces for pupils on Benefit Related Free School Meals please see links below.

Runcorn paid spaces: https://bookings.ultimatekidsltd.co.uk/project/72116

Runcorn funded (HAF) spaces: https://bookings.ultimatekidsltd.co.uk/book/252660

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Thank you to everyone who supported the PTA Christmas bingo last week. We have raised £450.