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Wednesday 17 April 2024 STEM Week 2024 We had a wonderful week learning all about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. In the NW24 Marble Run Competition, the children worked collaboratively to create some wonderful marble run designs - well done to Ozan, Arlo and Abigal (KS1) and Annayah, Elise and Lara (KS2) who will represent our school at the Grand Finals next week. Also, a big well done to all those children who created devices to tell the time. We were suitably impressed with your creativity and engineering skills. Please Click here to take a look at the designs Finally, a BIG thank you to the wonderful organisations that came in to our school to make the week so memorable and to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals: UWE (Minecraft), Explorer Dome (Space) and Re-Fuse (electrical waste recycling), Lloyds Bank, Hour of Code and of course the wonderful STEM parents/carers who contributed towards our Scientist Just Like Me project.
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Wednesday 17 April 2024 World Book Day 2024 The atmosphere in school on World Book Day was electric! The enthusiasm among children and staff alike for their favourite books and characters was fantastic and a joy to see. For those of you able to join us for the parade in the morning I’m sure you would agree.
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Wednesday 17 April 2024 Tudor Experience Year 5 Tudor Wow Day with @primary_history_workshops was absolutely fantastic. To have a look at their day, take a look at our Instagram account.
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Wednesday 17 April 2024 WOW Day Our WOW day was an introduction to our 'Paws, Claws and Whiskers' topic. The children dressed up as their favourite animal. We had a lovely day creating new animals, making pom-pom animals and searching for signs of animals around the playground such as feathers, mini beasts and spider webs.
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Tuesday 6 February 2024 Year 4 Trip to Westbury Wildlife Park Year 4 braved the cold weather last week to visit Westbury Wildlife Park as their current topic is Rainforests. There they learnt about temperate forests and studied a variety of tree species.
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Wednesday 24 January 2024 Year 6 London Trip On Thursday 11th January, the children from 6SH and 6JY went on a trip to London for their topic. Click through to read a report by Daniel and Alastair.
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Monday 22 January 2024 Year 5/6 Basketball Competition Congratulations to our Year 5/6 Basketball team who competed in their first basketball competition at St Bede's this week. The children played superbly and showed great skill. Also a huge congratulations to Dexter for winning two free tickets to watch Bristol City FC who went above and beyond when playing for the school.
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Thursday 14 December 2023 Carol Service Thank you to our Year 6 class families who led the Carol Service so well yesterday evening. It was so lovely to see such a full church with school families and friends. A beautiful evening was had by all. Click here to have a look at our Instagram reel.
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Thursday 14 December 2023 Fossil hunting Last week Year 3 went to Aust Beach fossil hunting with workshop lead Ed Drewitt. We found loads of fossils including 'bone rock' made from tiny fish teeth, bone, scales and even animal poo!
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Thursday 23 November 2023 Geog Blog Term 2 - Castle built in a cave Predjama Castle in Slovenia (a country in central Europe) holds the record for being the world's largest castle ever built inside a cave. Rather surprisingly, it is comfortably perched halfway up a 122 metre cliff!
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 NW24 Microbit Day On Tuesday 14th November we hosted a select group of pupils from 6 lucky local schools as part of the NW24 Partnership who came to learn all about Microbits with our computing lead Miss Pugh. Children learned how to program Microbits through six different projects creating nightlights, pedometers and even a fortune telling magic eight ball! They have now been challenged by Miss Pugh to share their expertise with the Year 5/6 pupils at their own schools.
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Wednesday 15 November 2023 Year 3 Volcanoes Year 3 created some fantastic volcanoes during half term with their parents/carers... We erupted them outside this week. There are some really impressive ones!
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Thursday 2 November 2023 Year 6 Camp The Year 6 children had a wonderful time on camp at the end of last term. From kayaking to blind trails and zip wiring to fencing, it is fair to say there was a huge range of exciting activities. It was great to see so many children embracing these challenges with such determination and perseverance. Well done to everyone!
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Thursday 19 October 2023 SHINE Super League Congratulations to our Year 5/6 Netball team who competed in their first round of the SHINE Super League this week. The girls were fantastic and represented the school incredibly well. Thank you Mrs. Yates for your coaching!
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Thursday 19 October 2023 Westbury on Trym Orchestra Our school orchestra enjoyed a trip to Badminton School with Bristol Beacon for a chance to join many other schools in an orchestra afternoon. Take a look at our Instagram page to see more.
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Monday 9 October 2023 Year 3 WOW Day Here are some pictures from our Italian WOW day. The children loved it and said,
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Monday 9 October 2023 Shine League On Monday, 25th September 2023, our Year 5/6 footballers played their first round of football fixtures in the Championship SHINE league. Please click on the link to read Jackie's match report.
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Monday 9 October 2023 Maths Competition This week, six children from Year 6 took part in a maths competition at Redmaids School.
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Monday 9 October 2023 Alice in Wonderland Production The whole school enjoyed a fabulous production of Alice in Wonderland on Tuesday morning. Everyone was absolutely captivated children and staff alike! One said on the way out, ‘That was the best!’ Year 6 also had a follow up workshop where they did some acting and learnt more about theatre sets and sound! They loved it!
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Monday 9 October 2023 Year 2 Trip to Berkeley Castle On Monday Year 2 invaded Berkley. Undeterred by the rainy conditions, we danced in the great hall, climbed the towers, delved into the dungeon and hunted for kings and queens. We impressed the staff with our knowledge of battlements, moats, drawbridges and arrow slits. Thanks to all the parents who accompanied us. We all had a great day.
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Monday 4 September 2023 Reception 2024 Tour Dates Tour dates for Reception intake 2024 are as follows:
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Thursday 22 June 2023 Big Toddle 2023 A huge thanks to all the families who attended our Big Toddle event this year, to our Reception children for accompanying all the visitors, to our catering team for the delicious flapjacks and to our Marketing Squad for arranging and promoting the event.
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Thursday 4 May 2023 Singdi Dining Hall Opening A big thank you to Dr Tim Mitchell who leads the visits to Nepal for sending us some fabulous pictures from the recent formal opening to share with you.
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Monday 27 March 2023 Special Easter Menu
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Friday 24 March 2023 Connections CONNECTIONS - exploring key STEM figures through history and the connections between their work and every day life. Thank you to Chris @ascreatives for a fun, engaging and inspiring day!
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Thursday 23 March 2023 Crushing composites 920 jelly beams and 2000 strands of pasta to create our own super strong composite material. Thanks to Bristol University Composites Dept for arranging for every child at Westbury to take part in your exciting and innovative project.
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Wednesday 15 March 2023 Neurodiversity at Westbury This week as well as celebrating all things STEM related, we've also been learning about what neurodiversity means and about some famous people who self identify as being neurodiverse too. We took part in a whole school lesson to help us all to learn how it feels to be a learner who is different from others. Year 3 had a visit from Dr Sanderson who helped them to learn how neuropsychologists study how our brains work and how for some people, neurodiversity helps them to achieve excellence in their chosen field. Mr Gill, brother of our very own Miss Gill in Year 4, also kindly shared the following video with us where he talked about his experience of dyslexia. To view this, please click here.
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Thursday 2 March 2023 Bristol Rovers Mascot The Bristol Rovers Mascot visited the children in their classrooms this morning to hand out books. The children were very excited to meet him!
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Wednesday 22 February 2023 NSPCC Number Day - Rockstars Competition For NSPCC Number Day, the whole school took part in a national TT Rockstars competition.
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