School News
- 18/06/24
Bushcraft - Group 1
​Everyone settled in so well yesterday once we arrived at Bushcraft and had an amazing first day! We spent the evening making our own burgers which the children helped to cook and we were taught some basic first aid skills After this we had the chance to play some games in the woods including...Read Full Story - 18/06/24
Forest School Stay and Play
We had a lovely sunny stay and play at our Forest School today with the Year R parents. It was great seeing the children exploring the site with their mums and Dads. From the digging pit, to den building and swing on the swing it was brilliant to see the children discover all the different areas...Read Full Story - 18/06/24
Sports Day
On Friday 7th June, Westlands Primary School celebrated the sporting achievements of the children and came together to participate in this year's Sports Day. Blessed with the dry weather and the sunshine on the day, all children had a fantastic time and participated in a...Read Full Story - 17/06/24
Visit from Mr Singh
Mr Singh, a local Sikh friend of Westlands Primary, visited our year 5 and 6 classes this week to explain to us all about the Sikh faith. He taught us what it means to be a Sikh in our community but also explained the 5Ks of Sikhism in more detail. These are kesh (unshorn hair and beard), kangha...Read Full Story - 17/06/24
Term 6 - Art Gallery
What a pleasure it was to celebrate all the children’s amazing hard work and incredible sculptures in our pop-up art gallery last week! All the artworks were made in Term 5, where the art focus was sculpture. All children from EYFS to Year 6 created their own self-portrait using paper mache...Read Full Story - 14/06/24
Panther Class Update
Now that Panther class have completed their SATs, excitement is mounting as they look forward to all the events taking place in this term. We had two special assemblies this week – on Wednesday the local police came to visit us and spoke to the children about transition to secondary scho...Read Full Story - 14/06/24
Weekly Attendance!
Well done to Wombat and Penguin for having this weeks highest attendance!Read Full Story - 14/06/24
Forest School
We had a creative week at Forest School with clay, sticks and other bits and pieces that nature has given us. Penguin Class came out on Thursday and they were awesome and super safe.Read Full Story - 07/06/24
Forest School
Term 6 started with Giraffe Class and Elephant Class. They all showed Mrs Cresswell how safe they can be in the outdoors but having a great time too. Bug hunting was their favourite activity and they even found a slow-worm ! We also had our Year 6 Forest School assistants helping to keep e...Read Full Story - 28/05/24
Year 2 Workshop
Year 2 had a great time at their parent workshop last week, we really enjoyed having our grown-ups come in to work with us. Our aim was to design a shield around everything that is important to us. We saw lots of different ideas and wonderful creations!!Read Full Story - 21/05/24
Forest School!
We had such a great week last week in Forest School! Monday: Simona, Lucas and Bailey were digging for Obsidian rocks and they found a very large one (or was it a flintstone?). Tuesday: The rain came, we put on some waterproof trousers and Flamingos were ready to get muddy. Wednesday: Panda...Read Full Story - 26/04/24
Wingam Wilflife
On Tuesday EYFS had a super day at Wingham Wildlife park! The adults were so impressed with the children’s behaviour and how super sensible they all were! We saw lots of different animals such as giraffes, orangutans, snakes, lizards, meerkats and many more. The rain held off so we even had ti...Read Full Story