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• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Project Zulu Visit 2nd June 2025 We welcomed the incredibly, talented children from the Project Zulu choir to Westbury this week. They shared their show-stopping music, song and dance with us whilst raising much needed funds for their school back in South Africa. Lessons, stories, cultures, music and new friendships were shared. Check out our recent Instagram reel HERE to see more of how the day unfolded.
• Friday 23 May 2025 KS2 Sports Day 2025
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 KS1 Sports Day 2025 What a wonderful day we had yesterday! KS1 Sports Days was fantastic filled with lots of energy, enthusiasm, and great sportsmanship. It was amazing to see everyone giving their best and having a great time. We saw some incredible displays of teamwork and determination. The cheers and support from friends, teachers, and parents really made the day special. It was wonderful to see our school community coming together and celebrating each other's efforts.
• Wednesday 21 May 2025 Year 3 Girls Football Congratulations to the wonderful Year 3 children who took part in a Girls Football competition last week at Henleaze Junior School.​ The children competed against several schools and really enjoyed putting all of their skills to the test against other schools.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Year 5/6 Girls Football Well done to our wonderful Year 5/6 Girls Football team who ended the SHINE Performance League in incredible fashion this week. It’s been a long season where the girls played matches against five local schools twice a term beginning, way back, in September! As a result, the girls finished second in the league, thus, playing Elmlea in the Finals Day. If you wish to read about it, please check out their match report HERE
• Monday 19 May 2025 School Games Gold Mark Award 2024/25 We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games GOLD Mark Award for the 2024/25 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success
• Wednesday 14 May 2025 Ofsted Visit We are delighted to share the outcome of our recent Ofsted visit by one of His Majesty's Inspectors (HMI).
• Monday 12 May 2025 KS2 Golf Festival Congratulations to our fantastic KS2 Golf team who were involved in a Golfway Festival last week at St Bedes. The children were fantastic and had an incredible experience. If you wish to read how they got on and witness them in action, Jack and Eli wrote an amazing match report: Click HERE
• Thursday 8 May 2025 Year 2 Great Fire of London - WOW Day Year 2 started the day by making bread, taking part in different activities including carrying water in buckets, pulling down fire from trees using fire hooks and we looked at the most flammable materials. We also had an immersive Great Fire of London experience, and we got to paint fiery backgrounds!
• Wednesday 7 May 2025 Year 1 & 2 Shine Athletics Event 2PM and 1SD had a fantastic opportunity to attend a Shine athletics event last Friday. After a long hot walk all the children entered enthusiastically into a range of different activities run by the Shine Team. Thank you to the parents that supported us and Shine for the organisation.
• Tuesday 6 May 2025 Easter Festival 2025 What a wonderfully joyful morning we experienced on Friday 2nd May 2025 as we celebrated the gifts, talents and creativity of our children in our Easter Festival.
• Monday 28 April 2025 BCWFC Player Visit On Wednesday, 23rd April, the whole school were treated to a player visit from two Bristol City Women's Football team players. Mari Ward and Libby Bance enlightened our children about the football pathway into becoming professional athletes. They were also inspirational when talking about the resilience and perseverance needed to achieve their goal in life.
• Monday 14 April 2025 Year 4 Multi-Skills Festival On the last day of Term 4, a selection of wonderful Year 4 children visited St Bedes Catholic College to take part in a Multi Skills Festival. The children experienced archery, golf, reaction timing games and table tennis. The children were a credit to themselves and the school and they also learnt a lot of new skills.
• Monday 31 March 2025 Melodies and Masterpieces Evening Our Melodies and Masterpieces evening was a huge success! The 'masterpieces' on display showcased incredible artwork from Reception to Year 6, giving parents and friends a chance to admire the creativity of our talented school
• Friday 28 March 2025 Year 5/6 Girl's Football It's been a long season for our Year 5/6 Girl's Football team and they have ended the season on a superb note! They have taken part in the SHINE Performance League this season for the first time, and they have developed so well as a unit
• Friday 28 March 2025 Chess Tournament Earlier this term, Miss Keefe and 8 children in year 5 and 6 attended a chess tournament at Bristol Grammar school. It was chess club’s first tournament and proved to be an extremely exciting event. They played really well and represented the school impeccably. Well done Elliot, Josh, Mir, Charlie A, Ben, Danilo (Y5) and Logan and Wimmis (Y6)
• Tuesday 25 March 2025 NW24 STEM Boat Challenge Trip Ten of the NW24 STEM Boat Challenge winners were invited to the Wills Memorial Building for a fun and interesting morning of talks, presentations and paper aeroplane making. A good time was had by all!
• Tuesday 25 March 2025 Year 1 - Trip to Chew Valley Animal Park Year One had an amazing school trip to Chew Valley Animal Park on 20th March 2025. We held mice, fed goats and stroked rabbits!
• Monday 24 March 2025 Neurodiversity Week Some of our children from Year 6 shared their knowledge of dementia to parents last week. They confidently presented information, supported by Sally Townsend from The Alzheimer’s Society and this was well-received by the parents, who all then shared their learning from the session! The pupils are certainly great ambassadors for dementia awareness. Super work Year 6.
• Friday 21 March 2025 Young Voices 2025 Westbury choir were outstanding on their annual trip to Birmingham Young Voices and they travelled to sing with almost 7,000 others in the world’s largest children’s choir! It’s a day/night we won’t forget for a long time! Since September, they have been working hard learning over 2 hours’ worth of songs & dances, including ‘Marley Medley’ & ‘Hairspray’. Thank you to Miss Davies, Miss Abbott, Mr Patterson & Mrs Bridgewater for making it all happen.
• Friday 21 March 2025 World Down Syndrome Day! Look at us rocking our socks for World Down Syndrome Day! Celebrating our brilliant students who rock their extra chromosome and make our school a brilliant place.
• Friday 21 March 2025 Whole School STEM Week We have had such an amazing STEM Week this year! Well done to all the children who took part in the NW24 STEM Boat Challenge - it was fantastic to see the children working together on the theme of Change and Adapt. The children also took part in a whole school assembly and year group workshops run by As Creatives - using drama and science to learn about important scientists across the globe. We were also very impressed with all of the entries from the Eggs-travaganza competition. There were some wonderfully creative entries!
• Tuesday 25 February 2025 Year 5 Tudor WOW Day Just before half term, the Year 5 children were involved in a Tudor 'Wow' Day experience where they learned about The Battle of Bosworth. The children dressed up as a Tudor and experienced daily life. They were able to handle the weaponry and armour of Tudor soldiers, learned about the game Merrills and produced an archaeological dig. The children also learned all about Henry VIII's six wives and how to fire a bow and an arrow at King Richard III. What a day! Thank you Adam at thehistoryguy@primaryhistoryworkshops.comThe thumbnail has been assigned to the news item, and for convenience also added to the body here:
• Thursday 30 January 2025 Year 3 WOW Day - Stone Age Year 3 enjoyed their Stone Age Wow Day last week. They took part in some fun activities that included carrying out some historical research, going on a hunt for large animals, doing some cave painting with sticks and a bit of jewellery making to finish the day off. 
• Thursday 30 January 2025 Year 6 London Trip On 14th January, Year 6 visited London to support their Term 3 Geography topic. It was a full and busy day where they had the opportunity to visit the Tower of London, the Houses of Parliament and managed to enjoy a boat trip along the Thames. The children enjoyed writing newsletters about their day when they returned to school.
• Tuesday 17 December 2024 Choir visit Westbury Fields Care Home Choir members from Year 3 visited Westbury Fields Care Home, where they gave a beautiful performance and represented the school with pride. Their singing was lovely and brought joy to the residents.
• Tuesday 10 December 2024 School Council 24-25 We are School Council for 2024-25. We are made up of 2 x children from Years 2-6 with a very proud boy within this year's elected members - he's the only one!
• Friday 22 November 2024 Swimming Gala News Our whole squad entered the Penguins inter -schools gala round 1 on Sunday at Easton LC. It was a fantastic night where our swimmers gave their best, with our 2 teams finishing 2nd and 6th. Particular mention goes to our newest swimmers, who did a fantastic job of conquering their nerves. Everybody supported each other brilliantly and the parents and coaches were incredibly proud. Well done Westbury!
• Friday 22 November 2024 Year 4 WOW day - Egyptians Year 4 enjoyed a day immersed in Ancient Egyptian history. They had the opportunity to handle some Egyptian artefacts and get up close and personal with the mummification process.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Let's Go Zero We’ve taken the Let’s Go Zero pledge, declaring our aim to become zero carbon by 2030. We’re joining schools across the UK in this national campaign to show the overwhelming support for zero carbon schools, and inviting government and local councils to work with us to reach this goal.
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