Chawson Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from Chawson First School to spend some time 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 Year 7 children for their help as well!

Westlands Visit

We welcomed all of the Year 4 children from Westlands First School as part of our ongoing transition support programme. The children seemed to have lots of fun, playing team games in the Sports Hall and learning how to code the Spheros in our Computing Suite! Well done also to the Year 5 & 7 children who were chosen to be helpers for Mrs Hennessey and Mrs Pledger - they all did a brilliant job and were great ambassadors for Westacre!

St Peters Visit

We were delighted to welcome the Year 4 children from St Peters Academy 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 Year 7 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 first part morning with Mrs Holden in our Cooking Room and did a great job learning to bake their own cupcakes! Then they spent time with Mrs Pledger in the Computing Suite, where they developed their coding skills using the Spheros. Well done to all of the children involved for their outstanding effort, enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the day, and to some of our Westacre Prefects and Digital Leaders for their help as well!

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!

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!

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!

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:

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

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.