St Peters Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from St Peters First School to spend half a day with us at Westacre. The children spent their time here with Miss Stewart in the woodwork room of our Studio building and did a great job learning how to use the saws and other equipment over there! Well done to all of the children involved for their outstanding effort, enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the day, and to some of our Year 7 pupils for their help as well!

Chawson Year 3 Visit

We were delighted to welcome all of the Year 3 children from Chawson First School! The classes used our Cooking Room facilities to make their own pizzas as part of their current learning about Italy. The children all seemed to enjoy themselves and were a real credit to their school!

Year 3 Maths Olympics

Year 3 children from Chawson First School, Hindlip First School, St. Joseph's Primary, St Peter's Academy, Tibberton First School and Ombersley First School joined us for our Maths Olympics festival led by our Year 7 Maths Leaders. The Y3 children enjoyed a wide variety of stations that focused on developing their times tables in a fun and engaging way. A big thank you to all of the children that took part! We look forward to hosting the festival again next year!

St Peters Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from St Peters First School to spend half a day with us at Westacre. The children spent their time here with Mrs Bennett in our Science Lab and did a great job learning about states of matter and how chocolate melts and solidifies! Well done to all of the children involved for their outstanding effort, enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the day, and to some of our Westacre Science Council members for their help as well!

Chawson Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from Chawson First School to spend half a day with us at Westacre. The children spent their time here with Mrs Bennett in our Science Lab and did a great job learning about states of matter and how chocolate melts and solidifies! Well done to all of the children involved for their outstanding effort, enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the day, and to some of our Westacre Science Council members for their help as well!

Westlands Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from Westlands First School to spend the morning with us at Westacre. The children spent the first part of the morning with Mrs Pledger in our Computing Suite and did a great job learning to about e-safety and fake news! Then, they spent time with Miss Stewart in the Cooking Room, where they made their own cupcakes before learning about the country origins of the ingredients they'd used. Well done to all of the children involved for their outstanding effort, enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the day, and to some of our Westacre children for their help as well!

Ombersley Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from Ombersley First School to spend the day with us at Westacre. The children spent the morning with Miss Kelly in our Music Room and did a great job learning to play the steel pan drums! Then, in the afternoon, they spent time with Mrs Pledger in the Computing Suite, where they developed their coding skills using the Microbits. Well done to all of the children involved for their outstanding effort, enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the day, and to some of our Westacre Music and Computing Ambassadors for their help as well!

More Able Writers Day

Mrs Murray, our English subject leader, led a workshop aimed at supporting more able writers in the Droitwich pyramid to achieve the standard required for Greater Depth writing. More able writers from Year 5 & 6 were joined by Year 3 & 4 pupils from Chawson, Ombersley & St Josephs schools in a range of tasks that involved them all working together to pick out key features of texts and to compare the merits of books with those of technology. We look forward to hearing and seeing how the day has inspired the children back in their own classrooms over the coming weeks and months! Well done to everyone involved for your fantastic effort and attitude!

STEM Day

Following the success of recent STEM days, we organised yet another STEM day at the start of the Spring term for local Year 4 pupils. This time the theme was 'Exercise' and we welcomed pupils from  Ombersley, Chawson, Hindlip and St Peters. Westacre teachers Mr Barber and Mr Purdie were joined by Mrs Fisher and Mrs Park from the Prince Henry's High School in Evesham in organising different workshops for the children. Well done to all of the pupils for their enthusiasm and skill throughout this STEM day!

Well done also to the Year 5 pupils who helped with the organisation of the day and supported the children who joined us for the day.

Chawson Virtual Reality Day

We welcomed all of the Year 4 classes from Chawson First School to Westacre to give them the opportunity to use our Virtual reality headsets. The pupils visited a range of places around the world based on what they are learning in their own classrooms. Trips included the North Pole, Mount Everest, the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon Rainforest, as the children explored different climates around the world. All of the children thoroughly enjoyed the day, saying that they had learnt lots and want to go another VR trip very soon!

Thanks also to the Year 5 pupils who were chosen to help our visitors on the day - the all did a wonderful job as ambassadors for our school!

STEM Day

Following the success of previous STEM days over the last few years, we organised yet another STEM day at the start of the Autumn term for local Year 4 pupils. This time the theme was 'Explosions' and we welcomed pupils from  Chawson, Hindlip, Wychbold and Ombersley. Once more, Westacre teachers Mr Barber and Mrs Dixon were joined by Mrs Fisher and Miss Park from Prince Henry's High School in Evesham in organising different workshops for the children. Well done to all of the pupils for their enthusiasm and skill throughout this STEM day!

Well done also to the Year 7 house captains who helped with the organisation of the day and supported the children who joined us for the day.

Chawson Athletics Day

We welcomed the Year 3 classes from Chawson into school to work with Mr McMullen on a range of athletics events. The children worked with some of our Year 6 sports leaders on the Muga and field to develop their running, throwing and jumping skills. It was also a pleasure to welcome some of the parents of children in the classes, who seemed to enjoy getting involved in the fun activities!

STEM Day

Following the success of previous STEM days for Year 4 this year, we organised another STEM day at the end of the Summer term for local Year 3 pupils. This time the theme was 'Movement' and we welcomed pupils from across St Peters, Hindlip, Chawson and Tibberton. Once more, Westacre teachers Mr Barber and Miss Steenson were joined by Mrs Fisher and Mrs Park from the Prince Henry's High School in Evesham in organising different workshops for the children. In the Science Lab, the children carried out some Science and Engineering investigations, while they also had the opportunity to use of iPads to create their own slow-motion videos while looking at Technology and Mathematics. Well done to all of the pupils  for their enthusiasm and skill throughout this STEM day!

Well done also to the Year 5 pupils Harry, Ruby, Daniella, Steph and Fern who helped with the organisation of the day and supported the children who joined us for the day.

Chawson Coding Day

We were thrilled to be able to welcome pupils from Chawson First School to Westacre. This time, they used our ICT facilities to help support their learning in Computer Science (the part of the Computing curriculum that develops children's ability to code and create algorithms). We introduced the children to activities on our iPads and PCs that gave them the opportunity to program robots and characters from Minecraft, Star Wars, Moana and Frozen! They also got to use our BBC Microbit computers to create their own logos and messages. As an extra this year, Year 3 had the chance to program our new Spehro robot to help it move around the Computing suite! The children thoroughly enjoyed their time with us and were a real credit to themselves and their school with their super behaviour, teamwork and computing skills. Well done also to the following Westacre pupils who helped show our visitors around school and with the challenges they were completing:

Daisy, Harry, Faith, Kelsey, Zac, James & Freya (Year 6)

Elison, Ashliegh & Zoe (Year 7)

Gifted and Talented Maths Morning

We had an excellent morning tackling a range of mathematical problems. Pupils from Chawson, Hindlip and Tibberton came together to put their maths skills to the challenge. Using their excellent team work, they created some amazing towers and bridges. As well as this, they used our ipads to hunt down QR codes and applied their problem solving skills to find the secret message. Well done to all of the pupils for their enthusiasm and skill throughout this day! Thank you also to the Year 5 pupils who took on the role of helpers for the morning.

Chawson Team Building

As always, we were pleased to welcome our friends from Chawson First School into school recently. As part of a week-long event focusing on team-building for their Year 4 pupils, Chawson asked if their children could develop these skills further using our facilities. Mr McMullen and our wonderful Year 7 sports leaders designed some fun but simple activities for the children to try in our gym. Below are photographs of some of the children having a go and rising to the challenge. Well done to both the Chawson pupils for their teamwork and resilience, and to our Year 7 pupils for their wonderful leadership skills, which were commented upon by the visiting staff!

Chawson Animation FIlms

Yet again, we welcomed all three Year 4 classes from Chawson First School over to Westacre. The children were given the opportunity to develop their Computing skills on tablets further by creating their own Stop Motion animations. The children worked incredibly hard and created some wonderful movies. Well done to all children who took part and the Year 5 Westacre pupils who helped out during the day.

Here are some of the videos created on the day:

Cutnall Green Animation Films

We welcomed yet another enthusiastic, hard-working group of students from Cutnall Green Primary School to Westacre. The Year 3 children used our upgraded version of the Stop Motion app to create their own animation film around the theme of friendship. They planned their own stories, found and printed backgrounds and then used the iPad to photograph each step of their film. Here are some examples of the films they created:

Virtual Reality Day

​Hundreds of children from across Droitwich visited lWestacre to take part in a range of Virtual Reality expeditions. This time, Year 2 and 3 children from Wychbold, Chawson, Hindlip, Tibberton, Westlands, Ombersley and St Joseph's schools in the town, spent time using Virtual Reality headsets. In total, over 300 Droitwich youngsters were involved in this special day. The different groups of pupils visited a range of places around the world based on what they are learning in their own classrooms. Trips ranged from Coral Reef and Ocean Safari, Egypt and Madagascar, to rather interesting voyages through the human body and Roald Dahl's bedroom and classroom. Children and staff from the schools were taken on the voyages of wonder by Mr Barber and Mrs Underhill. All of the children thoroughly enjoyed the day, saying that they had learnt lots and want to go another VR trip very soon!

As usual, it was a pleasure to welcome so many enthusiastic young people from across the town to Westacre for the day. Seeing so many children excited by what they were seeing and learning is what these days are all about. We look forward to hearing how the children use today's learning back in their own schools and hope to welcome them back to Westacre for other sessions like this during the upcoming months.

Wychbold Animations

The Year 3 and 4 children from Wychbold First School came along to Westacre to spend a whole morning using our ICT facilities. They used our IPads to create their own animation films based around the topics they are learning about. The children showed some amazing Computing skills and teamwork to create some very professional looking movies

Cutnall Green Animation Films

We welcomed yet another enthusiastic, hard-working group of students from Cutnall Green First School to Westacre. The Year 4 children used our upgraded version of the Stop Motion app to create their own animation film around the theme of friendship. They planned their own stories, found and printed backgrounds and then used the iPad to photograph each step of their film. Here are some examples of the films they created:

Chawson Animation FIlms

For our very first First School visit of the year, we welcomed all three Year 4 classes from Chawson First School over to Westacre. After using our iPads to create photo collages last year when they were in Year 3, the children will given the opportunity to develop their Computing skills on tablets further by creating their own Stop Motion animations. The children worked incredibly hard and created some wonderful movies. Our own Cyber Council have been asked to judge the films, with the winning entries being shown as part of a Film Evening over at Chawson. Well done to all children who took part and the following Westacre pupils who helped out during the day (the Chawson staff commented on how helpful and polite they were!):

Hannah and Billy (Year 5)

Jacob, Kaden, Archie, Frankie, Hannah and Katie (Year 6)

Liliy-Mai, Jasmine, Chloe, Charley and George (Year 7)

Here are some photos from the day:

Chawson Photo Editing

We welcomed all of the Year 3 pupils from Chawson First School to Westacre to help develop their Computing skills. The children were very excited to each have their own iPad to use and were challenged to use the camera function of the iPads to become master photographers around our school. Once the photos were taken, our visitors were shown by Mr Barber how to edit them. This included enhancing the photographs, cropping and rotating them, as well as changing the colour and brightness settings. The children were then given the opportunity to show their creativity using the Pic Collage app on the iPads to create their own posters about their visit to us. All of the classes who visited worked really hard and were a credit to themselves and their school! Here are a couple of examples of the posters created on the day:

Hindlip Computing Afternoon

We were very pleased to be able to welcome Year 4 pupils from Hindlip First School to Westacre. The children had the opportunity to use our ICT suite, and learnt about how to create their own webpages. To begin with, the children practised some touch typing skills before learning how to use J2E for the first time. They used word processing and typing skills to create pages about Ancient Egypt, which will be published here once they are completed. Well done to all of the Year 4 pupils from Hindlip for their wonderful effort and computing skills! Well done also to Molly and Courtney from Year 7, as well as Toby (Year 6) and Ellie (Year 5), who are ex-pupils of Hindlip, for working with and helping the Year 4 children. They were also joined by Will and Emma (Year 5) from our Cyber Council.

Reading at Sytchampton

A group of children from all year groups were chosen to visit some of our local first schools. They were selected as a reward for their efforts with Accelerated Reader quizes and went out to share their love of reading with younger pupils in these schools. Here are some of the Westacre pupils reading at Sytchampton First School, who have expressed their gratitude for the great job these pupils did.