Weston Green School

Pupils celebrate Chinese New Year

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:01:22 +0000

On Monday 23^rd January, the Kindergarten children celebrated Chinese New Year. Parents were invited into School to watch. We told the story of how the Chinese named their years and showed how to do the ribbon dance. The children had made red envelopes for their Mummies which some gave with a little reluctance when they realised they contained chocolate coins! This was quickly remedied when the teachers told the children there was an envelope for them in their classrooms.

The pupils in Mrs. Sheridan’s Year 2 class also celebrated the occasion by doing traditional Chinese origami and making colourful lanterns. Olivia, Alice and Mia delighted the class by wearing their beautiful Chinese gowns. Freddie greeted Mrs. Harvey with a Chinese welcome and gave traditional Chinese gifts to the class. The photograph shows Alice proudly displaying her new Chinese dragon “Jingles”!

Pupils solve problems together on Maths Puzzle Day

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:53:24 +0000

As part of our focus on maths, pupils from Reception to Year 4 recently took part in a session of problem solving activities tailored to their year group. These sessions were run by The Happy Puzzle Company, with teachers and assistants joining in and guiding where appropriate, but leaving the children to come up with a solution to each puzzle.

The sessions took place in the hall and children worked in small groups to solve a range of different puzzles. All were designed to encourage co-operation and could be successfully solved using teamwork. Some groups found this easier to achieve than others, but as the session progressed, all groups discovered that collaboration was the best way of working, and a huge sense of achievement was felt when a particularly tough puzzle was completed.

The day was a great success, with plenty of fun and enjoyment of the various puzzles, as well as a lot of mathematical concepts being explored and mathematical language used, often without the children realising.

PA Cake Sale raises money for new books

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:51:50 +0000

The money raised by our PA during cake sales which take place every Friday morning has bought us lots of new books for our school library. The cakes are brought in each week by a different class.

The Library and Resource Room was a new edition to the school back in September and the money raised from the cake sales has gone towards a set of reading list books for Years 3 and 4. The next set of money will go towards Year 1 and 2.

Christmas at Weston Green School

wgs_siteeditor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:09:41 +0000

Pupils enjoyed taking part in a wide range of activities in the lead up to Christmas. Activities included musical performances, creating festive table decorations, taking part in Nativities and enjoying a delicious Christmas lunch.

You can view our slide show of the activities below.
Younger pupils had a wonderful time at the school disco (see the video at the bottom of the page).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zm-XUkhw7Y

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6HKmbY6N7I

Autumn Term at Weston Green School

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:49:48 +0000

Throughout the term, we have taken a variety of photographs to capture life here at Weston Green School. You can view a selection of the photographs below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-nfU5k_Gn4

Year 2 visit Gunnersbury House Museum

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:49:14 +0000

As part of their current History topic, Year 2 pupils visited Gunnersbury House Museum to learn about the Great Fire of London. Upon arrival, they were met by Samuel Pepy’s maid who helped them act out the story of the Great Fire of London. All the pupils participated, with some dressing up in costumes. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit and there was much discussion about what they had learnt on the journey back to school.

Year 2 pupil Cameron Marshall enjoyed the trip so much that he created a fantastic drawing of the Great Fire of London shown here.

Year 4 Remembrance Assembly

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:48:36 +0000

Every year, Weston Green School holds an assembly to mark Remembrance Day. This, along with discussions in class, enables pupils to recognise and understand the sacrifices made by members of our armed forces who lost their lives in the line of duty during World War I and II.

This is a very special day in the school’s calendar and this time Year 4 held an assembly for parents and pupils.

You can view a short video clip of the assembly below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws04hjqbD7U

Mrs. Mossop is raising money for Whizz-Kidz

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:47:48 +0000

Mrs. Mossop is running the London Marathon 2012 for Whizz-Kidz, the UK’s disabled children’s charity. Her target is £3000, and is aiming to raise £1500 before Christmas.

Whizz-Kidz aims to improve the quality of life of disabled children and young people in the UK through the provision of customised mobility equipment such as wheelchairs and tricycles. It is dedicated to providing help and advice to the children and their families and raising awareness of mobility-related issues through national campaigning. Log onto www.whizz-kidz.org.uk for more details.

If you would like to sponsor Mrs. Mossop, please visit her JustGiving page:

http://www.justgiving.com/debbiemossop

Year 3 become gardeners for the day

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:40:26 +0000

Year 3 recently enjoyed a fun and busy day out at Wisley where they were able to enjoy a number of outdoor activities.

Linked to their Science topic, ‘Helping Plants Grow’ pupils had the opportunity to become a gardener for the day. Many of them learnt how to sow seeds, prick out seedlings, take leaf cuttings and plant plants.

Despite the grey and damp weather, the pupils had an enjoyable day and many of them have even decided to take up gardening as a hobby! The volunteers who work at Wisley commented on how well-mannered and behaved all of the pupils were.

Harvest Service celebrations

wgs_siteeditor — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:34:18 +0000

KS1 and KS2 pupils held their Harvest Service at All Saints Church on Thursday 20th October.

All pupils sang with great enthusiasm and the choir contributed a beautiful harvest hymn.

Year 1 had recited a poem about pumpkins which they recited wearing pumpkin masks they had made in class.

Year 2 used an acrostic harvest poem and lots of props to help us reflect on the meaning of harvest.

Year 3 and Year 4 gave us plenty of food for thought with their excellent presentations about the work of Water Aid and the Fairtrade Foundation.

We all realised how lucky we are and parents gave very generously to our retiring collection. Thanks to them, we have been able to send a cheque for £174.60 to Water Aid to further their work providing clean, safe drinking water to the world’s poorest people.

We were also able to deliver several boxes of harvest gifts to Princess Alice Hospice in Esher. Thank you to all families who contributed.

Kindergarten and Reception children welcomed parents to their harvest celebration before half-term. The children placed their harvest gifts in a large basket before Kindergarten recited their wonderful spider poem using spiders and flies made in class.

Reception told the story of The Enormous Turnip, with actions and some enthusiastic individual performances!

The children all sang beautifully as well.

Thank you to all families who contributed harvest gifts.