Westdale Junior School news

Links to a letter and a nomination form in connection with the election of a parent governor have been placed on the "Parents" page of our website.

Labels: 2012, Governors, notice

The Autumn Term finished with Christmas parties for Years 3 & 4 on Monday 19th and for Years 5 & 6 on Tuesday 20th December.

Also on 20th December, we enjoyed a super Carol Service in which the children in all the years groups took part by providing a song or a poem as part of the service. The Choir and Assembly Choir opened the carol service with Jingle Bell Rock and Merry Christmas Everyone accompanied by our ukulele group and school orchestra. There were plenty of carols for everyone to join in and readers from Year 6 narrated the Christmas Story for theYear 3 actors and actresses. Later, the Choir and Assembly Choir sang again, this time performing A star in the sky (a carol from Milawai) and a special arrangement of Little Drummer Boy.

Labels: 2011, Christmas, music, party, report, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6

Year 5 and Year 6 presented their Christmas Production on Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th December. The theme was the traditional nativity story, but it imagined that many of the characters in the story had access to modern technology. So, Herod was trying to find out about the new king who the wise men were searching for by following their tweets on Twitter and seeking support from his followers on Facebook. The wise men found the way with the help of sat-nav and mobile phones, ipads and laptops were in use throughout. In the end, however, it was decided that none of this really changed the story.

The production was very well attended by family and friends and everyone in the huge cast (nearly sixty actors) was congratulated on excellent performances.

At the end of the week, older children from our choir went to sing carols at St. Andrew's House - a residential home for old people which is close to our school. There were lots of old people there and they made us very welcome again (even providing sweets and a drink for all the children).

Labels: 2011, choir, Christmas, music, production, report, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6