Prep 2 have been very busy since returning to school after the Easter holidays. There have been lots of new topics to find out about as well as welcoming a new member of the class, Harper. English work has been focused around the text, ‘Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett. The children have used descriptive language…
On Thursday, Prep took part in a variety of activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Mrs Milnes took an assembly to explain all about VE Day and the children listened to Vera Lynn singing wartime songs. During the day, Prep children completed various activities such as designing a street party menu, thinking…
Prep 6 have continued their light topic after returning to school after the Easter break. This week they have been investigating shadows and how shadows are formed. With the weather being on our side, we decided to take the classroom outside and instead of using a torch as our light source, we used the sun!…
Article written by Mr Harrison At 3.30am on Thursday 24 April, 49 excited children from Prep 4 to 6, along with 6 staff members, went on a trip to northern France. We stayed at the Château d’Ebblinghem, which was a great base for our trip. It had plenty of space to relax, and was set…
The annual Prep 5 Reading Competition took place at the Croston theatre towards the end of last term. Over the past few weeks, pupils have been working hard in the classroom practising their readings for the class house reading competition. The staff then faced the challenging task of selecting students to take part in today’s final….
Prep 1 have certainly started the new term with a spring in their step! The children have been excitedly learning about their new topics this term. In science, the children have already been getting hands on with plants. A great topic to follow their amazing Lower Prep Spring production last term – ‘There’s a sunflower…
Westholme’s Junior Journalist club welcomed a special visitor this week – former journalist Lisa Egan-Woodhouse. Lisa, who used to work for titles such as the Lancashire Telegraph, Manchester Evening News, Accrington Observer, Rossendale Free Press and Stockport Express, told the Prep-R, 1 and 2 children the differences between a lead story and a nib (news…
Every child in Prep 6 entered our Public Speaking Competition. Each student had to either read an extract from a book they had particularly enjoyed or write a speech about something they were interested in. They performed their speeches to the whole of Prep 6. The Prep 6 teachers, alongside Mrs Hornby, had a very…
On Tuesday 11th March, some of our Prep Chess Club went to Highfield Priory to play chess and we had some great games! The 12 players (11 boys and me) were excellent and there were some wins, some loses and some draws; Mrs Hornby and Mrs Dixon were so proud. We will work hard in…
Each half term, Mrs Butler has introduced a new artist to the children in Prep. Details about the artist’s life and examples of their work have been shown to the children in assembly. So far, they have been introduced to the work of the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, the illustrator Charlie Mackesy and most recently, the…
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