Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 3 Orienteering Event

  Thu 04 May 2023

  On the afternoon of Monday 24th April Year 3s took part in an orienteering festival at Wyvern St Edmunds school. Unfortunately due to the weather the event was moved into the sports hall but a great time was had by all. As part of the event the children took part in a range of orienteering activities, Florence and Ted from Year 3 take up the story ...

   

  We took part in different map reading activities; for one we had a map with different coloured cones on and each cone had a different number on, by following the map we had to find different totals. We also played a country game, where we had to remember to find the names of different countries on cards in the correct order. The last game was a matching game where we had to match map symbols and record our answers on a lined piece of paper. All of us had a really fun time at the orienteering event.

   

   

  

• PTA Coronation Cake Sale

  Fri 28 Apr 2023
  

• Proposed strike action by National Education Union (NEU) members Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May 2023

  Mon 24 Apr 2023

  Dear Parents / Carers,

   

  I am writing to you to further update you on the impact of the on-going dispute between the teaching unions and the government in England. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) and other teaching unions have voted to reject the offer made by the government with respect to pay and how this offer is to be funded from existing school budgets. Without adequate funding there is likely to be a detrimental impact on the services that schools can provide for the children in their care.

   

  The rejection of the current government offer means that the NEU has instructed its members to take industrial action on the following dates:

   

  Thursday 27^th April & Tuesday 2^nd May.

   

  This industrial action does not affect all teaching staff, only those that are members of the NEU, although other teaching unions are looking to re-ballot their members as a result of the continuation of the dispute. Some members of the Whiteparish teaching staff, although not all, are members of the NEU union. At the time of writing, those who are members of the NEU continue to indicate that they will not be engaging with strike action on this occasion. This is currently based on a commitment to your children in the lead up to various statutory assessments. This position may well change moving forward. As their head teacher, I will offer them unequivocal support in whichever course of action they decide to take.

   

  This means that currently there will be no disruption to the education of pupils at Whiteparish on the days scheduled for industrial action and the school will be open as usual. All children will be expected to be in attendance. If this situation changes, I will of course communicate the change of circumstances with you immediately and I look forward to your continued support of the school and its staff.

   

  Kind Regards

   

  Jon James

  Head Teacher   

• PTA Mother's Day Flowers

  Thu 16 Mar 2023

  The PTA put on a special event, so that the children were able to make flower bouquets to take home to say thank you to their mum's for all they do. It is always a lovely event where the children are able to say thank you and reflect on the support they are given at home. A huge thank you to the members of the PTA that make this event possible. Macey (yr3) and Jacob (yr4) from Kites class explain more ...

   

  On Tuesday 14th March we made tulip bouquets for Mother's Day. We all chose 7 different colours even though there were 8 colours to choose from, then we wrote a card. Then we got pink and brown paper to wrap them in. Our mums loved them when we took them home at the end of the day. We hope that the bouquets last until Sunday (Mother's Day), but we will enjoy them all week!

   

  Pictures from Eagles Class.

  

• Medal Success for Whiteparish Year 3/4 Tag Rugby Team

  Thu 16 Mar 2023

  Samuel (Yr4) and Izzy (yr3) report on the success of the Whiteparish Year 3/4 Tag Rugby Team ...

   

  On Tuesday 14th March the year 3/4 tag rugby team entered a rugby tournament. The weather was freezing cold. There were 7 of us in the team and we came second overall, this is how we did it. We had Sam, Izzy, Faye, Jakey, Henry, Finley and Charlie. There were 9 teams in the tournament altogether.

  First we warmed up by playing bulldog. Then we faced Winterslow, they ended up coming first. We lost to Winterslow, they gave us 3 cheers and we all shook hands. We won our third game, against Pembrook Park, and then went on to win all of our remaining games, except for 1 draw. 

  In the presentation every team got certificates for taking part. We were shocked when we found out we had finished second overall and got our silver medals!

   

  

• Collective Worship Group lead Worship

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  On Tuesday 14th March the Collective Worship Group delivered a collective worship portraying the story of Moses and linking the story to the school values of Perseverence, Hope and Kindness. The group followed up their retelling of the story with questions to the whole school. 

   

  The collective worship group exists to show that worship is something which is not just delivered by adults with members of the group saying:

  "It makes it easier for other children to understand about God."

  "It shows the Collective Worship's group belief in God."

  "It shows the children that we can all learn from the stories."

  "It shows that Collective Worship is fun."

   

  Through delivering the whole school worship the children are certainly "Shining their Light."

  

• Team of pupils from across the school compete in School Games Panathlon event

  Wed 01 Mar 2023

  On Monday 27th February pupils from across Year 2 - Year 5 competed in a Panathlon event at Sarum Academy. The event was all part of Whiteparish's engagement with the school games programme and our drive to ensure that all children have the opportunity to partake in off site sporting and physical activities. Isobel from Year 4 takes up the story ...

   

  We went to the panathlon and competed in different sports like kurling, bowling and boccia. There were 10 schools taking part and we came 4^th place! We all received a medal and some of us got certificates for showing the Sports Values of Perseverance or Self-Belief or Determination, we loved it! 

   

   

  

• World Book Day Update and On-going Literacy Activities

  Tue 28 Feb 2023

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  As World Book Day is approaching we would like to invite all learners to dress as their favourite character from a book/ comic on the 2^nd of March 2023. Please can your child also bring the book/ comic with them to school relating to their character. We will get into our houses and have discussions around our books and characters.

   

  To further the development of reading for pleasure, March will be Literacy month at school. Throughout March learners will partake in various tasks and activities to create an enjoyment and pleasure in reading, and build an understanding of what an author is. These activities will include reading in houses independently, paired reading and group reading, viewing secret reader videos that the teachers and teaching staff have made, creatively acting out parts from a book and creating a short book of their own as an author.

   

  We aim to create a love of reading throughout the school while allowing learners to work across classes and year groups. We value your support through this Literacy month and encourage parents/ careers to have discussions with their child/ children around Literacy.

   

  Can I also remind you that the school mobile library will be outside of school on World Book Day (2^nd March 2023) and also again on Thursday 30^th March 2023. Children should bring in their library cards so they are able to access this service.

   

   

  Yours sincerely,

   

  Mrs Allen

  Lead Reader, Lead Writer & Year 1/2 Teacher

• Falcons Class attend Fun-damentals sporting event

  Thu 09 Feb 2023

  The whole of Falcons class attended a Fun-damentals multi sports event at Wyvern St Edmunds secondary school on Wednesday 8th February. Jude and Henry from Year 2 give a brief overview of the event …

   

  Falcons class went to Fundamentals. We played lots of sports games. My favourite was yoga and my favourite was bulls eye.

  By Jude and Henry (Yr2).

   

  Not only did all the children have a fantastic time but Falcons class also won the only whole school award for the being the most well-mannered school! A superb achievement. A huge thank you to Mrs Allen for organising the event and to all the parents who supported with transport.

  

• Year 3/4 Gymnastics Festival

  Thu 09 Feb 2023

  Imogen and Isabelle report on their involvement in a year 3/4 inter schools gymnastic festival ...

   

  Last week 10 of us went to a gymnastics festival. When we got there we played duck, duck, goose with Lorna and Betty, two ex-pupils of Whiteparish. After duck, duck, goose we got inot pairs and did special activities, such as learning to do handstands and balancing beams.

  We had to be strong and flexible and show perseverance when the forward rolls were difficult.

  We had a great time, thank you to Mrs Mckenzie for taking us.

   

  A special mention to Ted and Jakey who won a special award for great teamwork and to Isabelle who won an award for showing honesty.