Western House Academy
@WesternHouseAca
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We are a three form entry school in the heart of Cippenham on the west side of Slough. Part of @TPFAcademyTrust
Joined March 2023
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We are proud of Mrs Kearney who came runner up for the Outstanding Achievement award for all of her continuous hard work to improving reading for all.
#renawards23
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A very special surprise assembly today! We are delighted to announce that Mrs Dungarwalla is the
@teachingperson
Primary HLTA winner. Congratulations Mrs D!
@NationalTADay
#NationalTADay
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Our three finalists have been practising hard and are ready for
#ParkSpellingBee2023
. Good luck to all the participants!
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Our children have made us so proud of their achievements over the last three days - they have attempted new experiences, challenged themselves further than they thought possible and championed each other. They look pretty proud of themselves too!
#Year6
#residential
@WoodrowHH
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At WHA we have been getting into the Christmas spirit with our Christmas lunch and Christmas Jumper Day. All money raised will be going to support the work of
@savechildrenuk
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Year 4 visited The Living Rainforest and impressed the guides with their geography vocabulary and knowledge. Some of us were lucky to get a glimpse of Cinnamon the sloth too!
#childhoodpromise
@TPFacademytrust
@livrainforest
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We were so proud to hear that one of our pupils donated her lovely long hair to The Little Princess Trust, who make wigs for children with hair loss due to cancer. Well done Bea for showing our values of compassion and kindness.
@LPTrustUK
#littleprincesstrust
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Year 5 have studied 'The British Poem' by
@BZephaniah
and created their own celebration of diversity within our community.
#diversity
#community
#poetry
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Our Year 6 digital leads enjoyed their virtual session with
@AdobeExpress
@Adobe
led by
@dom_traynor
. The theme was Black History Month and the children created graphics on someone they feel has been influential-
@MarcusRashford
,
@BZephaniah
and Rosa Parks.
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I do like to be beside the seaside! Year 2 headed to West Wittering Beach for their 10 by 10 trip today. A jolly good time was had by all.
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National Teaching Assistants' Day
Our school would not run without these SUPERSTARS! Thank you for all that you do.
#NationalTeachingAssistantsDay
#grateful
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We are kicking off
#AntiBullyingWeek
with
#OddSocksDay
, helping us to remember that we are all unique and our differences should be celebrated.
#MakeANoise
#StopBullying
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A wonderful campfire; toasting marshmallows, singing camp songs, solving riddles followed by hot chocolate before bed.
#residential
#newexperiences
@LondonYouth
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Congratulations to our Year 4 pupils who have won the
@education_emile
National Spelling Competition. 🏅 🥳
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Our children have been having the best of times at our Christmas school discos. Thank you to The Friends of Western House for organising and bringing the festive spirts up! 🎄
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At WHA we give our children 10 experiences by the age of 10. On Thursday, Year 5 camped on the school field.
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What a beautiful sunrise to begin an exciting day at WHA! Today, Year 4 are breaking the rules to raise money for
@ActionAid
and Year 6 are heading out to deepen their knowledge of World War II with an immersive visit to the Lincolnsfield Centre.
#GlobalPark70
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And that's a wrap to our 2022/3! We wish all the best to our Year 6 children on their next chapter!
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Year 6 have been demonstrating the value of teamwork in their activities this afternoon. We discovered that communication was key.
#residential
#teamwork
#values
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Happy Diwali to all our families celebrating today! We wish you all joy, light and positivity.
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Year 5 have been to London for their 10 by 10 experience, They went on the London Eye and a river cruise down the Thames
@TheLondonEye
. They kept out an eye for Salim and tried to solve the mystery of his disappearance.
@sdowdtrust
#London
#mystery
#experience
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We have just received wonderful news! Mrs Kearney has been shortlisted by Renaissance for an award for outstanding achievement in reading. She will be attending a glittering awards ceremony on Thursday - we wish her lots of luck! She is a champion in our eyes.
@RenLearnUK
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We have ourselves a Federation 600m record breaker!
Well done to all WHA Year 6's, who demonstrated resilience and ambition. 2nd overall and only one point behind the top spot! A wonderful Day at The Thames Valley Athletics Centre.
@TPFacademytrust
@julianjumper
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Our Head Pupils from last year, set up House System as their Leave a Legacy Project. We now have all the equipment and are ready to launch! Our houses are named after local landmarks: Windsor, Eton, Mercian and Jubilee.
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Year 6 have set off on their residential to Woodrow High House
@LondonYouth
. We are all very excited! It was lovely to have parents waving us off.
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It's Languages Day at WHA! The children have had the opportunity to explore many languages: Spanish, Urdu, Africans, Russian, German, Hindi, Japanese, Polish to name a few. Thank you to the parents that have supported us with this today. We have loved learning from you.
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Year 3 enjoyed a rainy walk and train ride to the cinema to watch Trolls as part of The Park Federation Childhood Promise. ☔
@ODEONCinemas
@TPFacademytrust
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Today in Year 1, we have been using the
@nowpressplay
headphones to imagine what life was like in 1666. In this Experience, we learnt about the causes of the Great Fire of London and its impact. We also met some important historical figures; Samuel Pepys and King Charles II.
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Year 6 had a great time getting to try out lots of different careers at Kidzania in London.
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This term our Year 3 pupils have been looking at local heroes. They focused on Slough Foodbank and donated food to those in need.
@Sloughfoodbank
A wonderful cause!
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Year 3 and 4 Sports Day is off to a flying start!
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R Jaffery and R Murray have hunted for Winnie the Pooh and made houses for the Three Little Pigs at Painshill Park. They can't wait to tell their grown-ups all about their adventure!
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Our Leavers' Assembly: we celebrated the successes of our Year 6 pupils and they amused us with their memories of their time at WHA!
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Last night we saw our Year 6 children enjoy their leavers disco. There was lots of dancing, posing and friendship on display. Thank you to our wonderful Friends of Western House who supported us with this event.
#Year6
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Well done to Madame Elliot and Mrs Haines for being the first staff this academic year to be inducted into The Park Federation Hall of Fame. These two members of staff go above and beyond for our school community. 🏆
@theparkfederation
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Well done to our two Year 4 teams yesterday in their football matches against
@montemacademy
An impressive 6-2 win for the girls. 🎖️
Well done to our boys too for showing resilience throughout the match despite a 3-2 loss.
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We joined many schools across the country with
@Literacy_Trust
and
@PoppyLegion
to learn about the history of
#Remembrance
, how people commemorate Remembrance Day and what it is to serve in the armed forces. We also observed 2 minute silence.
Our
#Remembrance
live assembly with
@PoppyLegion
is in full swing! Thousands of students are joining us to learn about why we continue to remember. Hosts
@SonaliShah
and
@zebsoanes
are doing a brilliant job of guiding us through this unique learning experience.
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At WHA we love to celebrate reading. We have our first Accelerated Reader Millionnaires of the academic year! Not bad going in 7 weeks!
@AccReader
#reading
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Year 5 and 6 showed the values of teamwork and courage during their team sports tournaments this morning. We are so proud of how they encouraged each other and challenged themselves.
#sportsday
#Year5
#Year6
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A beautiful poem written completely independently by a Year 5 pupil, influenced by
@EllaOtomewo
,
@MazHedgehog
,
@BZephaniah
and
@DavidOlusoga
.
#blackhistorymonth
#diversity
#poetry
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We have a Dance World Cup Champion at WHA! Pippa competed for Team England against 65 other countries and won gold in the mini large jazz group and the mini small ballet group. She also won a number of other medals in several other events. Everyone at WHA is very proud!
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Our children continue to embrace our digital strategy. Year 4 were excited to receive their Chromebooks this week. They have already been using their Chromebooks for
@TTRockStars
,
@AccReader
,
@nearpod
and
@GoogleForEdu
.
#digitalcitizensofthefuture
#digitallearning
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Year 4 have been enjoying using
@nearpod
in their reading lesson. They retrieved information from their text, The Great Kapok Tree by
@ecoauthor
to be able to create a visual image.
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It was a delight to welcome children in Year 3 and 4 across
@TPFacademytrust
to the Federation Basketball Tournament. We definitely saw the value of teamwork. A huge congratulations to
@the
-godolphin-junior-academy on their tournament win!
#sport
#teamwork
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In Music this half term, Year 6 have been learning to play the 12 bar blues. They have been composing their own lyrics and creating their own blues composition on their Google Chromebooks to then perform on the keyboards. 🎹
@GoogleForEdu
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What a team! Thank you to the Friends of Western House for all your hard work planning and organising such an amazing Summer Fayre on Saturday. Lots of fun was had by all!
#teamwork
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15 minutes until kick off! WHAs Summer Fayre is on from 11-2. Come down and join the fun!
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The stage is set...the costumes are on...the cameras are ready to roll...Year 6 will be proudly performing The Peace Child tonight.
#Yr6Production
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Happy Birthday The Park Federation! 🥳 Proud to be a part of the family.
Today is The Park Federation’s birthday. We’re 14 years old. Yes, 14. A huge Thank you to the thousands of children, families, staff colleagues and Governors who have contributed so much to our amazing collective story of achievement.
Long live The Park Federation 🌟
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At WHA reading is always a priority. Our children have already completed their Star Reading Assessments and are raring to go with a great read!
#readingrocks
Make reading a priority in school and at home!
Accelerated Reader helps students to become confident, lifelong readers and keeps them engaged in independent reading practice.
Discover more now >>
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R Hartnett had a wonderful day exploring the woodland
@Painshill
. They made houses out of straw, twigs and mud bricks. Can you guess the story they were retelling?
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What a great start to the year! We loved inviting our families into school and the excitement on the children's faces as they entered was a sight to behold!
#backtoschool
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This term we have been developing our skills using charcoal in Art. Look at our progression from practising the techniques to using them in a piece of artwork.
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Year 6 attended a Careers Fair today to find out about possible future careers. Thanks to
@Meta
,
@TVP_Slough
,
@santanderuk
for coming.
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Another action packed morning at Woodrow High House
@LondonYouth
#residential
#Year6
#newexperiences
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Year 1 visited Hounslow Urban Farm today. They learnt about exotic animals and were even able to hold some of them. A great day was had by all!
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An impressive double victory for our Years 3/4 girls and boys football teams this afternoon against
@JEAprimary
⚽
Girls: 8-0
Boys: 4-1
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Our Western House community have come together to enjoy a lovely picnic in the sun as part of Lark in the Park.☀️
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Inflatable fun to celebrate the end of term. Being active is so much fun!
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Year 6 had a great day learning about the Blitz and experiencing life in the 1940s at The Lincolnsfield Centre.
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This morning, we attended a very informative session
@SloughSSN
conference. And look what we came back with! 🎖️
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Another wonderful Sports Day...today was the turn of Reception. Well done to everyone who took part and came along to cheer!
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We were very excited to welcome
@SloughMusic
to our assembly today. We listened to instruments from the string, percussion and brass families.
#music
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Well done to Year 4 who are through to the second round of the Emile National Spelling Competition. The competition begins today and ends at 3pm on Thursday. Fingers at the ready...
#spelling
#competition
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We were delighted to continue to promote women in STEM today by welcoming our lovely guest speaker Kuldeep, who inspired our Year 5 children with sharing her fascinating career path.
#STEM
#WomenInSTEM
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Year 6 were completely spellbound by
@youngshakeco
and their performance of Macbeth. This included a little bit of audience participation - we have some future Shakespearean actors in our midst!
#Shakespearebroughttolife
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Year 2 saw lions and tigers but the bears were nowhere to be seen! The rain held off and a great time was had by all.
@zsllondonzoo
@TPFacademytrust
#childhoodpromise
#10by10
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We are so proud of our community and so excited to be back together again. We are loking forward to another year of learning, playing and celebrating.
Find out a bit more about our wonderful school:
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The preparation has begun for the WHA summer fayre. Come on down from 11 to join in the fun!
@WesternHouseAca
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@RBFRSofficial
supported our Summer Fayre on Saturday. Thank you for coming along! The children loved exploring the fire engine. Today, our assembly has reinforced the important messages of how to stay safe in the event of a fire.
#FireSafety
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Today is our first Wellbeing day of the year and our focus has been the value of resilience. Year 4 have been playing games and talking about accepting we can't always win, Year 3 have been making 3D shapes from straws and Year 2 have been making spaghetti towers.
#wellbeing
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WHA are really enjoying reading 'In Our Hands'. Our whole school focus this week is developing our class conmmunities and woking together in harmony while also celebrating our differences.
Have you downloaded our FREE
#CLPEInOurHands
back-to-school, whole-school teaching unit for September around
@lucyfarfort
's beautiful book In Our Hands (
@Tate_Publishing
)?
It's a great way to start the new term and bring everyone back together!:
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Year 6 Residential - it's a wrap! What a great few days we've had; we have wonderful memories and new skills to take forward.
#everyopportunityshapesalife
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We are looking forward to welcoming our children back to school tomorrow.
#WHA
🏫 In just over a week, all children across all federation schools will return to school 🏫
We are looking forward to welcoming all children and families back.
Here's a reminder of the exciting curriculum and learning opportunities we have to look forward to
@TPFAcademyTrust
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Year 5 enjoyed using a digital app called
@nowpressplay
to immerse themselves into an online safety story.
#digitallearning
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It's time for the WOODROW CHALLENGE! We are showing off our communication, cooperation and support skills that we have developed over the last three days.
@WoodrowHH
@TPFacademytrust
#teamwork
#Year6
#residential
#lifeskills
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In assembly we learnt about the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace. This week our curriculum will provide us with opportunities to practice our coding skills to mark
#NationalCodingWeek
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The Federation Athletics Competition is well under way for our Year 6 children.
@TPFacademytrust
👟
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We love celebrating achievements and rewarding children who consistently go over and above! Well done to our recent Hot Chocolate Friday winners.
#HotChocFri
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It is Wellbeing Day at WHA and we are learning about significant figures from Black History across the curriculum. Every year, each year group studies a different significant person so that by the time they leave our school they have a wealth of knowledge.
#blackhistorymonth
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Thank you
@julianjumper
for joining
@TPFacademytrust
Year 6 pupils today. Ana amazing day to remember.
@WesternHouseAca
@GodolphinJunior
@MontemAcademy
@JEAprimary
@WDraytonAcademy
@WEPAHayes
@CranfordParkAca
@LakeFarmPArkAca
A great day cheering on the Year 6 children of The Park Federation today!
@TPFacademytrust
. A wonderful day of athletics at Thames Valley Athletics Centre.
@WesternHouseAca
@GodolphinJunior
@MontemAcademy
@LakeFarmParkAca
@CranfordParkAca
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Make do and mend! Year 6 are learning to make patterns and cut out recycled fabric, just as they did during WWII.
@kapowprimary
#DesignandTechnology
#makedoandmend
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Year 4 enjoyed their writing stimulus this morning which involved a trip into the rainforest using a VR experience. There were many gasps as children panned around their view to see a sloth, a snake and a tribe. We love brining learning to life!
@ConservationOrg
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Last week, the children at WHA wrote poems in assembly on the theme of refuge for
#NationalPoetryDay
.
@PoetryDayUK
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Mrs Parmley and Mrs Kearney thoroughly enjoyed spending their afternooon with some champion pupils who consistently show all our values.
#HotChocFri
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We would like to wish all those in our school family celebrating a blessed and peaceful Gurupurab.
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On this World Mental Health Day, WHA will be wearing yellow or green and discussing the theme, "Mental Health is a universal human right". We will be lookng at how we can make positive mental health activites a priority.
@WMHDay
@YoungMindsUK
#HellowYellow
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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A fantastic example of a completed Project Passport activity relating to the Great Fire of London in Year 1.
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Crate stacking and Challenge course - we impressed our instructors with our ability to support each other through and over obstacles.
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At WHA, we compost our organic food waste from the kitchen and playground. Green waste is mixed with brown waste and handed over to mother nature to break it down into compost which we then spread to create a new 'no-dig' bed in preparation for next spring.
#nodig
#composting
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Year 6 are still reliving their wins at Thames Valley Athletics club! Look at the joy and celebration!
#Year6
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Even teachers learn! The staff have been developing their art knowledge and skills in INSET tonight.
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Amazing sportsmanship was shown by all of Year 1 and 2 in their Sports Day today. It was wonderful to have the parents cheering all the children on.
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We would like to wish all our families that celebrated yesterday or today a very happy Eid Mubarak.
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