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

• Whiteparish Sporting Teams start the term strongly

  Fri 26 Apr 2024

  Over the first 2 weeks of the summer term, Whiteparish has already had a number of sporting teams out representing the school. Arthur (year 6) and Charlie (year 5), tell the story of the Year 5/6 Tag Rugby tournament:

   

  On the 18th April, the Year 5/6 Tag Rugby team went to Bishop's school playing fields to compete in a rugby tournament. In our first group we beat 2 teams St Marks and Bemerton, but lost to Broad Chalke, meaning we came second in our group. We the qualified into a second placed group, where we won another game menaing we finished 7th overall. It was a lot of fun because we improved in every match.

   

  It has not only been tag rugby where the school has been represented. A team of Year 5s went out to compete in the Salisbury Dodgeball festival. Compete they did returning to school as a medal winning team! Immy and George tell the story.

   

  On Wednesday 24th April at Wyvern St Edmunds, a team of year 5s attended a dodgeball festival, where there were 15 other schools (mostly year 6s). The sports hall had been divided into 3 courts, meaning three games at a time. In our first game we played a hard match with St Paul's ending in a 5:5 draw. Next we got our first win against St Peter's winning an easy 7:3. We won our next 2 matches qualifying us for the semi-finals. We fought Alderbury in our semi final but lost 8:2, but we won our 3rd/4th play off against St Osmunds 6:4, securing our bronze medals, meaning we left the tournament with a smile on our face. 

   

  Well done to all the children who represented the school and to all of the parents who helped with transport. It is a huge achievement for our pupils to compete against other schools, some of whom are six times the size of Whiteparish.

  

• PTA Valentine's Disco ... A Huge Success

  Thu 08 Feb 2024

  Children from across both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 were able to put on their very best party clothes and enjoy a Valentines disco, planned for and provided by the PTA. All the children had a fantastic time dancing to their favourite songs, playing party games and enjoying a Pizza, cupcake and drink, all of which were included in the price of a ticket. 

   

  A huge thank you to the PTA who planned this event and to those parents who helped to volunteer for the evening, it is a really important part of the wider experiences we are able to offer the children at Whiteparish. Also a big thank you to all of the staff who also helped out.

   

  A fun and funky time was definitely had by all.

  

• Whiteparish attend Panathlon multisports event

  Wed 07 Feb 2024

  On Wednesday 7th February 2024 some members of Kites class attended the School Games, multi-sport Panathlon event at Sarum Academy. Lilly Stoodley, takes up the story ...

   

  Year 3 and 4 went to a Panathlon event at Sarum Academy. There were lots of activities there. My favourite one was the long jump. I could jump pretty far! We all did very well and ended up in 4th place overall. We all got a medal. This was the first EVER medal I have ever won in my life. I was super excited!

   

  A great example of how providing a wide range of sporting activities and opportunities can provide our pupils with life long memories.

  

• Remembrance Worship - Friday 10th November

  Mon 13 Nov 2023

  On Friday the school held a special Remembrance Worship. The meaning of Remembrance Day was discussed, the children listened to poems from World War 1, learned about relatives from the school community who have served or are serving in the armed forces, heard the Last Post being played and took part in a minute's silence. Reverend Jane lead the school in prayer and a blessing.  

  

• Drop in and Read Session a huge success

  Mon 13 Nov 2023

   

  On the rather wet morning of Wednesday 8th November, family members were invited into school at the start of the day to share a book with their children and to support the school in promoting a love of reading, and what a successful start to the day it was! So many family members attended that the classrooms were full to the brim and we had to make use of extra spaces in the library to make sure that everyone could hear their children read. It makes a real difference to the children to be heard reading and to see the connection between home and school. A huge thank you to everyone who supported this.

  

• Year 5/6 and Year 3/4 football teams out representing the school

  Tue 24 Oct 2023

   

  Wider curriculum opportunities for children to represent the school across a range of sports is central to the school's core offer, and the sporting calendar is well and truly underway, with both the Year 5/6 and the Year 3/4 football teams out representing the school at inter school tournaments as part of the school's engagement with the School Games programme. 

  Freddie and Jacob take up the story of the Year 5/6 tournament:

   

  Year  5/6 went to a tournament on Wednesday 4th October at Pembroke Park Primary School. Our first match was against Gomeldon and was an evenly matched game with a score of 0-0. Our next match was against Alderbury, with a 2-0 loss in that game. We then faced Pembroke Park, which was tough but we manged to hold them to another 0-0 draw with some good defending. Then we faced Broad Chalke, after dominating the match we were awarded a penalty. Freddie scored and we had a win. We then had 3 extra games and didn't lose any of them, finishing 4th overall. It was great fun and we were proud of our achievements. 

   

  The Year 3/4 team competed in a tournament on Tuesday 17th October, playing a total of 11 games. It was the team's first competitive event and it was great to see them record a number of draws and wins across the competition. 

   

  As always a huge thank you to all of the parents who make it possible for the children to attend these events through their support with transport.

  

• Year 5/6 football squad kick off the Whiteparish sporting school year!

  Tue 03 Oct 2023

  The Year 5/6 football squad kicked off the Whiteparish sporting calendar with a friendly against Alderbury school on Monday 2nd October. The fixture was designed to give the team and run out and was an opportunity for all players to get some time out on the pitch ahead of some upcoming tounaments. Played over 4 quarters the friendly allowed the team to show off some of the skills they had been practising at football club and to try playing in some different formations. It was a great learning opportunity for everyone - well done Whiteparish!

  

• Promoting our values of Perseverence, Kindness and Hope - be part of the Whiteparish journey from September 2023

  Tue 20 Jun 2023

  Whiteparish Primary school continues to have strong links with Whiteparish All Saints Church. Reverend Jane Dunlop, works closely with the school's collective worship group on developing the whole school's understanding of our core values of perseverance, kindness and hope. As part of this the collective worship group delivered a whole school worship around the bible story Jarius' daughter. 

   

  Bible stories and their messages are also taught to the children through the Open the Book group who come into school to deliver special worship, once a month. The teaching and messages from these stories are used to inform the behaviours of the whole school community. Making Whiteparish All Saints Primary school a very special place to be.

   

  If you would like to be part of the Whiteparish Primary School community, it is not to late too join our induction programme for our dedicated Reception class in September 2023.  Having a Year R only provision benefits our children giving them a very strong grounding and start to their learning journey. If you are a parent with a school starter in September and you have not yet secured a Year R place or are considering a change, then we still have places available. Please contact the school office for details.

  

• Year 5-6 Tag Rugby Tournament

  Fri 09 Jun 2023

  On the afternoon of Friday 9th June the Year 5-6 Tag Rugby team got to compete in their previously postponed inter-schools Tag Rugby tournament. The team who had honed their skills as part of after-school Tag Rugby club, started off well finishing with a win, draw and loss after their first set of games. These results mean that they progressed to the third set of pool games, after a further 3 games they managed to secure a further win. The team ended up finishing a very creditable 12th out of 24 school teams. Not only a great achievement, but they managed to develop their style of play across their games and show huge improvement.

   

  Thank you to all those parents who helped with transport to and from the event, without your support the school would be unable to be represented at these events. 

  

• Year 5 Dodgeball Success

  Thu 04 May 2023

  Sophie and Freddie from Year 5 report on the attendance of 2 Year 5 dodgeball teams at a Dodgeball festival last week. The festival involved some dodgeball coaching from a regional dodgeball coach and then playing a in a competative round robin league competition with teams made up of Year 5 and 6 pupils. Whiteparish was represented by 2 Year 5 teams.

   

  On Thursday 27th April, the year 5s went to a dodgeball festival and tournament at Wyvern St Edmunds Secondary School. The Year 5s were split into two teams; Whiateparish A and Whiteparish B. The A team ended up coming third overall with the B team in 4th place. We played 7 different teams and each games had six 2 minute matches. We ended up playing each other in the 3rd / 4th place play off. Overall we had a lot of fun!