Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Lioness Jill Scott

  Mon 08 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

  Today 17 children from school were lucky to experience a day of football
  training and activities with former Lioness Jill Scott, who won the euros
  with the England ladies 🏆Which was absolutely fantastic! The children
  spent the day taking part in different football challenges, meeting and
  speaking with Jill on numerous occasions, getting their shirts, medals
  and football boots signed and also being interviewed!
  As this event was sponsored by Nike and Sports direct, all children that
  took part received a free pair of Astro turf boots, T-shirt and socks to
  keep, as well as a goodie bag! All the children were so excited and had a
  fantastic time, what an amazing opportunity!

  

• Year R

  Mon 08 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

  Term 6 in Reception is children’s choice and this week the children
  chose to make some summer arts and crafts. We have made jellyfish,
  created some pointillism paintings of the beach, made crabs and
  designed our own ice lollies.

  

• No Pen Day

  Mon 01 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

  On Wednesday it was NO PENS DAY and in Year 1 we were very creative, we acted out the story of Little Lord Feather Frock in Literacy and we practically found a quarter of a quantity in maths.

  In Year 2 on “No pens day” we took the opportunity to learn about the work of
  Jackson Pollock. He created some amazing art using unusual techniques and so did we. Please ask us how we created our art work!

  Year 3 for ‘No Pen day’, using pasta to communicate in morse code, having a cup
  stacking competition and playing the 'yes, no' game. The children were thrilled at the idea of no writing for the day!

  Year 4 really enjoyed our ‘No Pen Day’ activities. During our times tables challenge, we worked with partners to chant multiplication facts and quickly find the answers. We also used our communication skills when classifying animals into different groups.

  Year 5 for No Pen Day, the children investigated the features of Viking longships before designing and creating their own models out of cardboard. They were delighted with their finished products and should be very proud of their creativity
  and teamwork!

  

• Year R Supertato

  Mon 18 May 2026 Mrs Handy

  This week in Reception, we have been exploring the story ‘Supertato’ . We have been turning ourselves into superheroes and thinking about what our superpower would be, creating superhero comic strips, writing letters to the evil pea after he stole our reward jar and learning all about patterns. During our exploring time we have loved measuring superheroes footprints using the rulers and cubes and creating some beautiful observational drawings of the vegetables from the story.

  

• David Attenbroughs 100th Birthday

  Mon 11 May 2026 Mrs Handy
  

• Basketball Varsity

  Mon 04 May 2026 Mrs Handy

  On Thursday we played our 4 varsity of the year against Rose Street to celebrate our termly after-school club of Basketball. th The results were; Year 1-2: West Minster 4-0 Rose Street Year 3-4: West Minster 3-4 Rose Street Year 5-6: West Minster 0-0 Rose Street (West Minster won 1-0 on a penalty shootout) Overall result: West Minster 2-1 Rose Street

  

• Year 4 Poetry

  Mon 04 May 2026 Mrs Handy

  This week, Year 4 have been busy exploring poetry, creating their own contrasting stanza poems inspired by The King Who Banned the Dark. The children have shown great creativity and enthusiasm, producing some fantastic pieces of writing

  

• Fairies

  Mon 04 May 2026 Mrs Handy

  This week we have been learning all about fairies in Nursery- We read the story ‘Backyard Fairies’ and went searching for some of our own around the school. The children have loved seeing what the fairies have been getting up to each night too. The children have drawn pictures for them and made them things for their homeincluding a bike and a swing!

  

• Steel Band Workshop

  Mon 27 Apr 2026 Mrs Handy

  The children were absolutely amazing and showed respectful listening to the musicians who taught us the beginnings of how to play a steel drum!

  

• West Minster Chicks

  Mon 30 Mar 2026 Mrs Handy

  The chicks eggs arrived in the school last and the children watched them begin to hatch. Each class took turns to visit the chicks and hold them if they wanted to.