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This week's Book of the Week has been chosen by Mrs Davies

Ember Spark! By Abi Elphinstone

Ember Spark & the Thunder of Dragons is a warm, funny, and fast-paced adventure about a brave girl who becomes apprentice to a magical-creature vet and is suddenly thrust into a quest to save a baby dragon and uncover a dangerous plot. Packed with imaginative creatures, heartfelt moments, and plenty of humour, it’s a perfect pick for young readers who love stories about courage, friendship, and a touch of wild magic.

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Doors open at 5.30pm with eyes down at 6pm.

Free entrance, books cost £1.00 each. Raffle tickets, refreshments and tuck shop will also be available.

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Please follow and share our new school page on Instagram

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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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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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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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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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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech and Language Base

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech and Language Base

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We have had a really lovely week in Sycamore!

With many of KS2 away on residential, we enjoyed some extra time together as a class in the afternoons. During this time, we continued exploring our topic of The Great Fire of London. The children learnt about the timeline of events and how the fire service has changed since 1666. They also created some beautiful collages inspired by the dramatic fire scenes—I can’t wait to put them on display.

On Friday, we were introduced to the order of service for our carol production. The children are already feeling excited and are looking forward to sharing the Christmas celebrations with you all.

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This week, most of Oak class have been away on our residential-they had a fantastic time and experienced lots of new things.

In class, we have been writing a character description on the Danish Viking King Hrothgar-we described his achievements and what he was like as a person.

In maths, we are continuing with negative numbers, and our geography that we have start is learning about the popular holiday destination the Alps!

Finally, we continued reading Hansel and Gretel, and they have had a turn for the worse...

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We have had a fun week in Larch class!

Some of the Year 4s have been on a residential to Tattenhall where they had lots of fun doing different activities!

The children who stayed in school have also been doing lots of fun things including our taekwondo session. The children had fun improving their punches and kicks.

In English, we have been writing diary entries based on our book Nen and the Lonely Fisherman. We have been looking at Ernest, one of the main characters, and discussing what he might do during his day as a fisherman.

In Geography, we have been looking at lines of latitude and the different climates around the world.

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We have been given the opportunity to take up to 25 children on a PGL residential to Whinmarleigh Hall Preston in October next year. Places for the trip will be offer initially to pupils who will be in Year 5 and 6 from September next year. If any places remain in January these will be offered to pupils in Year 4 (current Year 3). A letter will be coming home in the next few days. Deposit to book will be £50 and the total trip cost is £165.

https://www.pgl.co.uk/en-gb/school-trips/resources/parent-guide/about

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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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This week in Cedar Class, we have learned more about owls, linked to our story 'The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark.' We were introduced to the main character 'Plop' the baby barn owl who thinks that the dark is very scary!

We've been starting to learn about the weather and seasons, looking for appropriate clothing to dress up our teddies and will continue working on nature collages.

For those of us who go up to the main school in the afternoons, we have been learning Taekwondo as well as how to use maps to find places we know.

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Another fun week in Cherry Class 🙌 We have again enjoyed our taekwondo session on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Rowles commented on how proud she was of the children. Their attitude each week is excellent ⭐️ In Pathways to Write, we have been reading about Plop the owl and his quest to find out more about the dark. We described fireworks and created a firework poem using ly adverbs 🎆 The Pathways to Read group have been reading about rivers in our book ‘Above and Below’. We highlighted new vocabulary and learned their meaning. In geography we have looked at maps of the uk, used Google Earth to look at aerial photographs and discussed key features of Runcorn 🗺 Psssst... Christmas is just around the corner 👀 so we will be practising some singing next week 🎭 🎤

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What another brilliant week we have had in Willow Class!

We are focusing on developing our early reading and writing skills.

As part of our early reading, the children are learning a new sound every day in our phonics sessions. We are developing our oral blending skills with our friend, Fred the Frog. Fred doesn't speak, he says the sounds with his "Fred Talk."

Writing carousel, coloured sand, chalk boards, play dough,

In Maths, we have been using our eyes and subitising! Subitising is the ability to instantly recognise the quantity of a small group of objects without counting and helps children to see, solve, and manipulate numbers in their head. We have been subitising using our 5 little pumpkins and the children are getting so good at spotting how many there are, without actually counting them! We are beginning to spot, and look for patterns to help us.

We have been continuing with our Autumn theme, with lots of pumpkin activities including: pumpkin observational drawings, 5 little pumpkin printing and drawing.

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

Willow Class - Monday 3rd Nov, Tuesday 11th November , Wednesday 19th November and then 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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St Andrew - 93.3%

St David - 91.5%

St George - 89.6%

St Patrick - 90.0%

Whole School - 91.1%

Punctuality Award - Reception

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

Olivia, Jude and Jazz

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Star of the week

Willow Class - Iyla-Rose

Cherry Class - Loui & Teddy

Larch Class - Roy

Oak Class - Lilith

Sycamore Class - Diya

Miss Speakman - Sebastian A

Miss Pope - Adelaide

Midday Awards

Miss Cliff - Alfie R

Miss Corker - Oliver

Miss Lawson - Louie H

Mrs Bradley - Theo (Cedar)

Tidiest Classroom - Willow Class