Sensory Room Launch, The Zone

We were invited to The Zone for the new Sensory Room launch so Mrs Dawson's teaching group visited the site. They had a fantastic time exploring the room and interacting with all the equipment.

Take a look at how happy they all are...

World Book Day Celebrations

Take a look at our wonderful World Book Day outfits. 

Year 5 First Aid Workshops 

This week all the Year 5 children took part in first aid workshops where they learnt how to look after someone who might need first aid. They learn the steps for CPR and got to practise on mannequins. We thoroughly enjoyed our sessions and learnt so much! 

The Zone, Huddersfield

Yesterday, the children from Mrs Dawson's teaching group went to The Zone in Huddersfield for a reward treat following their hard work this term. They had exclusive access to the site and had a fantastic time! Look at those smiles.

Bell Tower Workshop

Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 participated in a multi-sensory workshop which inspired them to create their own bells which are displayed in Dewsbury Minster. Take a look at their wonderful work which will be displayed there throughout the holiday season.

Dewsbury Hospital Choir Visit

The choir had a great time entertaining staff and patients at Dewsbury Hospital this week with Christmas songs and carols. We were very proud of their performance.

Christingle - St John's Church

Year 1 and Year 2 visited the local church to celebrate Christingle. They made the Christingle in preparation for the visit to church. Year 2 have been learning about instruction writing and used the activity to inform their writing on how to make Christingle. 

Year 3 Cinema Trip

Year 3 had a very exciting morning at the Cinema yesterday watching the film Early Man. They enjoyed popcorn and a drink which was kindly donated by the PTFA!

Science Competition 

Well done to the winners of our Science competition!

The winning children made a model of the solar system and even did some star gazing! The children received their prizes today in assembly.

The Big Ambition

The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has launched The Big Ambition, a national survey of children and young people across England.

The Big Ambition aims to hear from children across England on what they think is important! In the lead up to the next General Election, the Children’s Commissioner wants to take children’s thoughts, opinions and ideas to decision-makers, to make sure that the Government hears young people’s voices on what they think needs to be done to make children’s lives better in England.

The Big Ambition survey will be open until Friday 15th December.

Local Poet Visit

Matt Abbot, a local published poet came in school to run a couple of different workshops.

During the morning, he worked with each of the Y6 classes where he shared a couple of his own poems and then explored some ways to get the ideas flowing for the children as they write their poems. These included thinking about the senses and completing the sentence ‘there’s no such thing as…’ In the afternoon, he worked with the Y4 classes and thought about how to write about their heroes including make a recipe of ingredients and item from the kitchen that typifies that person.

Dewsbury Mayor Visit

It was a pleasure to welcome the Mayor of Kirklees Cllr Cahal Burke to school today to meet our school council.

He spoke with the children about his role and what the council does. He also gave some fantastic advice on how to run our school council. The Mayor praised the keenness of our councillors to get involved in democracy and invited the children to join him, at Huddersfield Town Hall, in the New Year for a guided tour.

Thank you for visiting Mr Mayor!

Rebecca Adlington Visit

We had a very exciting visitor at Westmoor Primary School, Double Olympic Gold Medallist Rebecca Adlington! Rebecca was here to talk about Water Safety and the Swim! baths that are now open in Batley. Some of the children, and staff, got to wear and hold the Olympic medals that Rebecca brought with her.

Librarian visit

We have had a visit from our local librarian who has shown our children how to access the library. Our Year 2 children have been lucky to have a trip to Dewsbury library and have all signed up for a library card. It was very exciting to hear about all the different things that Kirklees library offers including yoga, Lego clubs alongside offering books, e-books, audio books and comics on loan to members. 

Inspiring the next generation!

We have been looking at different jobs in our community. We have had a visit from a dental nurse who was interviewed by the children in Year 3. Some of our children have now expressed ambitions to work in health care when they grow up. 

Our children's questions were sent to a range of people in the local community who kindly sent us video responses. The children have really enjoyed learning about a range of jobs which local people do.