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Welcome to our school news section, where we keep you updated on the latest events, achievements, and activities happening in our community. From academic successes to extracurricular highlights, this is your go-to source for staying informed and connected.

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  • 08/07/26

    ​​​​​​​Making a Splash in Swimming! 🏊

    This half term, our children have thoroughly enjoyed their swimming lessons and have shown fantastic enthusiasm, determination, and confidence in the water. From learning essential water safety skills to developing new swimming techniques, every session has been filled with smiles, encouragement, an...
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  • 08/07/26

    Be Water Safe

    As the summer holidays fast approach, we were pleased to welcome a visitor to school this half term to deliver an important water safety assembly to all pupils. The assembly helped children understand how to stay safe around rivers, lakes, canals, reservoirs, the beach, and swimming pools. They l...
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  • 08/07/26

    The Summer Reset – Supporting Parents of Neurodivergent Children

    The summer holidays can be particularly challenging for neurodivergent families, with changing routines, sensory overwhelm and bigger emotions often leaving everyone feeling exhausted. Local ADHD parenting expert Lauren O'Carroll (featured on Channel 5's Does My Child Have ADHD? and found...
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  • 23/06/26

    WPS Postcard Competiton

    As part of our ongoing work to recognise and celebrate positive behaviour, we launched the WPS Postcard Competition with pupils this week. The aim of the postcards is to provide another way for us to acknowledge children who consistently demonstrate our school values and positive behaviours. We w...
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  • 23/06/26

    National Thank a Teacher Day - Wed 17th Jun

    As part of National Thank a Teacher Day, the WSA invited families to share messages of appreciation for our wonderful school staff. We were delighted by the many kind words received and wanted to share a few of them below. Thank you to everyone who took the time to recognise the dedication, care and...
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  • 23/06/26

    WSA Not Just Father's Day Event

    A huge thank you to everyone who attended this afternoon's Father's Day key ring making event! It was wonderful to see so many children getting creative together. A special thank you to our amazing Year 6 children for helping the WSA, encouraging the younger children to get involved, and mak...
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  • 22/05/26

    Non-Chronological Superstars

    The children in Year 3 have been busy creating fantastic non-chronological reports, showcasing all the interesting facts they have discovered about the ancient Egyptian civilisation. From learning about pharaohs and pyramids to exploring mummification and Egyptian gods, the pupils have shown great e...
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  • 22/05/26

    Building Our Curiosity

    Our Reception Classes have loved watching the building work so far this term. They have been inspired to build their own buildings and do some fantastic pieces of writing!
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  • 22/05/26

    Getting Creative at After School Club

    One of our regular ASC attendees saw this huge laptop trolly box in the school and thought it would be a great playhouse. The ASC staff rose to the challenge and with the help of some of the children, got creative.It isn't finished, but you get the idea. This has led to us introducing ju...
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  • 13/05/26

    Junior Travel Ambassadors : Ready, Set, Walk!

    Dear Parents and Carers, Next week (11th-15th May), we are encouraging all children to take part in our Walk to School Challenge! Each child will receive a tracking sheet to record the days they walk to school. Simply tick a box for each day completed. Children who walk to school on 3 out of 5...
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  • 13/05/26

    Discover, Feel, Learn: Inside Our Sensory Workshop

    Sensory Workshop has been getting creative and reflective.We have been thinking about textures that can help us feel calm. The children explored a range of materials and chose textures they found soothing or interesting. These were used to create a sensory regulation board, supporting children to no...
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  • 24/04/26

    Mindset & Wellbeing Workshop

    Kate from Mini Me Mindfulness visited us last Thursday and Friday to help us continue exploring resilience and the idea of “I can’t do it… yet!” As well as spending time in Honeypot, Kate led a whole‑school assembly and followed this up with a half‑hour class session. Dur...
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