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• 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!

  

• 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."