Latest news
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Awards Ceremony Celebration
Tue 15 Jul 2025What a fantastic day celebrating the amazing achievements of our pupils at this year’s Awards Ceremony! 🏆✨
We were so proud to recognise children who have shown exceptional effort, progress, resilience, kindness and enthusiasm across the year. Whether it was for academic success, sporting achievement, creativity or being a role model to others – every award was truly well deserved.
A huge well done to all of our winners and a big thank you to all the staff, families and friends who joined us to celebrate. 💐👏
It was a wonderful way to end the year on a high – filled with smiles, cheers and proud moments all round!
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Year 4 Create habitats from Recyclable Materials!
Tue 15 Jul 2025This week, Year 4 built their very own habitats using recyclable materials!
The project helped raise awareness about sustainability and the importance of reusing everyday materials. It was brilliant to see the creativity, teamwork and problem-solving on display as pupils turned waste into wonderful works of art!
Well done Year 4 – what a fantastic way to help the planet and show off your design skills!
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🏏 Cricket Varsity Victory! 🏏
Mon 14 Jul 2025We’re thrilled to share the results from our recent cricket varsity against Rose Street – and what a performance it was from all our teams!
Match Results:
Year 1/2 – West Minster Win
Year 3/4 – West Minster Win
Year 5/6 – West Minster Win
Overall Cricket Result:
🌟 Rose Street 0 – 3 West Minster 🌟
This match also marked the final fixture in our yearly inter-school varsity series. Here's how the full year played out across all sports:
Football – Rose Street Win
Dodgeball – West Minster Win
Handball – West Minster Win
Basketball – West Minster Win
Capture the Flag – Rose Street Win
Cricket – West Minster Win
🎉 Final Varsity Score: Rose Street 2 – 4 West Minster 🎉
A huge well done to all the pupils who took part this year – you represented your school with pride, skill and fantastic teamwork!
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Exciting News
Mon 14 Jul 2025🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
We are incredibly proud to announce that West Minster Primary School has been awarded the prestigious School Games Platinum Award for the very first time! 🏅
After achieving the Gold Award for six consecutive years, this year we’ve reached the highest level possible—Platinum! This award is only given to a small number of schools nationwide and recognises our long-term commitment to physical activity, sport, and wellbeing for all children.
Our PE Team completed a detailed case study to show how we ensure every pupil gets 60 active minutes a day, and we were praised for:
✔️ Listening to pupil voice
✔️ Creating inclusive and engaging opportunities
✔️ Supporting less active pupils
✔️ Developing brilliant young sports leaders
We’re so proud of our staff and pupils for helping make this happen! ⭐
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Drumba
Fri 11 Jul 2025🥁🎶 Drumba Fun! 🎶🥁
What an energetic and exciting time our children had during theirDrumba session! With music pumping and drumsticks in hand, theycombined rhythm, movement, and fun in a way that had everyonesmiling (and sweating!) 😄💪Drumba is a fantastic way to get active while building coordination,confidence, and teamwork – and it’s safe
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Year 3 Vegetable tarts
Fri 04 Jul 2025Year 3 Cooking Vegetable Tarts 🥕🧅🍅
Year 3 have been busy in the kitchen this week, making delicious vegetable tarts! Using prepared pastry, the children chose from a selection of fresh vegetables and carefully chopped and arranged their toppings to create colourful, healthy tarts. They showed great care and creativity — and the results looked (and smelled!) amazing. Well done, Year 3 chefs!
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Nursery Sports Day
Thu 03 Jul 2025Nursery Sports Day 🏃 ♂️🏃 ♂️☀️
What a fantastic day we had for Nursery Sports Day! The children gave it their all in every race and activity, showing off their brilliant energy, smiles, and determination. It was wonderful to see so many parents and carers cheering them on—thank you for joining us and making the day even more special! We are so proud of our little athletes! 🥇👏
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Year 2 Wildwood Trip
Wed 02 Jul 2025Year 2 Wildwood Trip
Year 2 had a fantastic day at Wildwood where we saw lots of animals and their different habitats. We also did a Buzzing Bee workshop where we got to learn facts about Bees.
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Reception Sports Day
Wed 02 Jul 2025🎉 Reception Sports Day Fun! 🏃♀️☀️
What a brilliant morning our Reception children had for Sports Day! From running races to fun team games, the children showed amazing energy, teamwork, and smiles throughout.
Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along to cheer them on – your support made the event extra special.
Well done to all our little athletes – we are so proud of you! 🏅👏
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Cricket Match
Mon 30 Jun 202515 girls from RS and WM went to The spitfire cricket ground to watch Kent vs Northamptonshire Rothesay County Championship (Day 2).
