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

• Live Sessions Timetable

  Thu 28 Jan 2021

  Live Sessions

   

  The first weekly live sessions (in addition to the current pre-recorded lessons) have been taking place very successfully this week. Please check the timetable below for next week.

   

  A Teams Meeting link will be shared directly with your child via Seesaw a few minutes prior to the session, ONLY if we have received your consent form.

   

  The teachers are looking forward to seeing the children on Teams!

   

  Monday:
  PM - Nursery (AM group) - in small groups

   

  Tuesday:
  1.30pm - Year 6

   

  Wednesday:
  10am - Year 3
  11am - Year 5
  1:30pm - Year 4

   

  Thursday
  1:30pm - Year 2

   

  Friday
  AM – Reception - in small groups

  PM - Nursery (PM group) - in small groups

  1:30pm - Year 1

• Phonics Webinar

  Thu 05 Nov 2020
  The Phonics Webinar for Year 1/2 parents was a great success! Thank you to all parents who attended the online session yesterday and asked many interesting questions. Thank you to Miss Hudson, our Phonics Leader, for an informative presentation, and to Miss Kirk for managing the Q&A chat. The webinar's slides are available on our website (Parents tab - Workshop resources) as well as a video recording of the webinar (Children tab - Video Resource Centre).

• School Games Marks

  Tue 29 Sep 2020

  Westbourne were awarded two School Games Marks last academic year for the ongoing commitment, delivery and achievement in sport, specifically for our programme within school, and for the virtual programme delivered in the Summer Term. This is a great achievement for the school; a huge thank you to everyone at Westbourne who makes sport such a success!

  

• Music Mark Award

  Tue 29 Sep 2020

   

  Westbourne is very proud to have been nominated by Sutton Music Service, Cognus Limited, to become a Music Mark School for the 2020/21 academic year – two years in a row!

  The value that we place on music and our commitment to a broad and balanced curriculum has been recognised, and as a result, we would like to celebrate it. Our certificate is being proudly displayed in school and it now  published on our website, so it can be shared with your whole school community.

  Music Mark is the UK Association for Music Education; they champion and support access to music for all children and young people.  As a Music Mark school, we are now eligible for numerous benefits including:

  •a website login to access hundreds of free resources such as lesson plans and teaching materials;

  •use of the Music Mark school logo on your website and newsletters;

  •access to Music Mark events (online and in person) including CPD events.

  Music Mark works to enable their members, and the wider music education sector, to deliver high-quality musical and social outcomes for all children and young people. They would like to thank us for all the hard work your school does to support our collective vision.

  

• Freya raises over £800 for NHS

  Wed 29 Apr 2020

  We are all very proud of Freya for raising money for the NHS.

   

  Enjoy reading the article: https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/18413422.sutton-five-year-old-raises-800-nhs/

   

  Well done, Freya!

• Westbourne’s History of Visual Arts Gallery

  Thu 05 Mar 2020

  The school is delighted to unveil our very own ‘History of Visual Arts Gallery’, which is located in the New Build, adorning the staircase. We are very proud of our Arts curriculum and we keep investing in creating opportunities for all children to appreciate the Arts, develop their skills and cultivate their aesthetic sensibility. I would like to thank the WFA and the whole community for their invaluable fundraising efforts – making the gallery investment possible. Every class will be taken to see the gallery in the next few weeks, and much learning will be planned to inspire children, and develop their artistic creativity. More photos are on the website in: Children - Gallery

  

• A recent letter from Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP (Minister of State for School Standards)

  Mon 24 Feb 2020

  Dear Parent/Carer,

   

  I feel extremely proud, honoured and privileged to share with you a recent letter from Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for School Standards, congratulating Westbourne Primary School on the very high level of progress pupils demonstrated in the  Reading, Writing and Mathematics Key Stage 2 assessments last year; in terms of progress, our school is amongst the top 3 per cent of primary schools in the country.

  I would like to take the opportunity to thank our absolutely brilliant staff who, day in – day out, work tirelessly, caringly and with great expertise to deliver the very best education for all our children. I would also like to thank our community for the support they provide to the school – a strong and fruitful partnership indeed.

• Westbourne Choir Sing with the Stars at the O2 Young Voices Concert

  Mon 03 Feb 2020 Mr Goldhawk

  Oh, what a night! Our amazing school choir travelled to the 02 Arena in London on Wednesday 22^nd January to sing as part of the world’s largest school choir. They were supported by a few celebrity singers such as the incredible Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), The Shires; Crissie and Ben, and special guest Ruti, who was the winner of The Voice in Season 7.

   

  The children sang their hearts out and performed like rock stars, dancing along to songs such as a Disney mash-up, a Queen medley, a collection of western songs, a spooky Frightfest and the children’s favourite, The Pop Medley where they sang songs from artists such as George Ezra, Jess Glynne and many more.

   

   The children’s behaviour was outstanding and I am incredibly proud of each and every one of them. I am sure they will remember the experience forever. A huge thank you to all the fans who arrived to support the choir. I would also like to say a special thank you to the staff who attended the event and gave up their day (and night) to be there with myself and the choir: Miss Aves, Miss Caulfield, Miss Adkins, Miss Dorrian.

   

  Mrs Rondeau​

  

• WFA Quiz Night Raises £400

  Wed 22 Jan 2020

  Last Saturday saw the very first WFA charity quiz night held at Cheam Social Club. A total of 11 teams put their wits and general knowledge to the test, including one strong contender of Westbourne staff members as well as parents, family and other members of the club. Helped along with copious snacks and a few drinks, teams battled through 10 rounds of tricky questions covering sport, politics, food, music, entertainment and more. There was also a great raffle with generous donations from Asda, Number One Thai restaurant, Twickenham Rugby Club, M Manzies and SJ Salons.

  In the end, an exciting tiebreaker meant team “5 doughnuts” were able to claim their second place winnings of £25, but the top prize of £50 was well deserved by team “OK Google”!

  It was a fabulous evening and the WFA are very grateful to Cheam Social Club for kindly allowing us to hold the event in their hall. Many thanks to Neil and Daisy Dickson for their hard work in putting the quiz questions together and Neil for acting as quizmaster. Thanks also to Phil & Lewis Stephenson, Virginia Kennedy & Fred Bastello, Gemma Dickson for their help on the night and Kelly Groom for putting the event together. Feedback has been excellent and we are hoping to hold another quiz in the not too distant future. As well as being a fun social event for parents, we can also announce that the quiz raised almost £400 for Westbourne, which is a fantastic total so thank you to everyone who came along and contributed!

  

• Word Gap Partner School

  Wed 30 Oct 2019

  We’re proud to be a Word Gap Partner School in association with Oxford University Press. We’re committed to closing the word gap and improving children’s vocabulary and wider life chances. To find out more about the word gap, visit: oxford.ly/wordgap