See below for our latest news!

• Year 3 - The Magic Flute

  Tue 19 Mar 2024

  Our year 3 children travelled to the Newcastle Civic Centre to take  part the Magic Flute performance. 

   

  Throughout this half term they have been learning songs from The Magic Flute by Mozart. 

   

  They really enjoyed learning new songs and joining in with the songs they have been learning in school. 

   

  On Friday, they will be performing in front of the whole school. 

  

• Year 3 & 4 Football Tournament

  Thu 14 Mar 2024 Mrs Thompson

  Our newly formed (this week!) Year 3 & 4 Football Team went to an 'Outer West' tournament at Walbottle Academy on Thursday afternoon.

   

  They had the brilliant to opportunity to play against three other teams, drawing one match, and losing two matches to some very tough opponents. The children were excellent representatives for our school - the epitome of excellent team spirit with a hardworking ethic.

   

  The afternoon had it all... super diving saves, brilliant defending, superb fitness on display.

   

  Without doubt, Mrs Thompson's 'man of the tournament' went to JM for some absolutely inspired defending.

   

  Mrs T was so impressed by the team's conduct on the way to Walbottle on the public bus - the driver commented how polite all the children were in thanking him. Their excellent conduct continued throughout the matches, observing the referees requests to the letter, and congratulating the other teams afterwards.

   

  What a great start to your Westerhope footballing journey!

• Year 2 and 3 singing

  Thu 14 Mar 2024

  Our year 2 and 3 children took part in a singing session with Miles. 

   

  They learned 3 core songs and they even sang in two and three parts. 

   

  We hope Miles will be back soon to do more singing with us. 

  

• Greig from 52 Lives School of Kindness and a WORLD FAMOUS AUTHOR shared an amazing World Book Day Kindness Challenge! It is all about saying thank you to those little things that make our lives better! Our Reception learners LOVED it! Our fingers are crossed for some winning entries (but we also know we are all winners when it comes to being kind!).

  Wed 13 Mar 2024 Mrs Hay
  

• Year 4 Robotics Session

  Tue 12 Mar 2024

  Our year 4 children took part in a robotics session with Mr Bunce from RGS.

   

  They really enjoyed programming the Sphero. 

   

  The programming they took part in even linked to their class reader Stitch Head!

  

• Year 1 Trip to Castle Keep

  Mon 11 Mar 2024 Miss Forster

  Year 1 loved their trip to Castle Keep! It was inspired by their area of study, 'Life in a Castle...Then and Now'. We loved looking at the different features of a castle with its defences and enjoyed the knight workshops. 

  

• A New School Prayer by the Pupil Committee

  Mon 11 Mar 2024 Miss Forster

  The Pupil Committee each drafted their own school prayer and we edited them together to make a group prayer. They look forward to sharing it in whole school assembly on Friday!

  

• Celebration Assembly

  Sun 10 Mar 2024

  Today we celebrated our musicians, We have some very talented children and today we had recorders, ocarinas, a cello, a flute and two guitars. We also awarded our first ever music merits! There are certainty going to be many more musical performances  in school and we are excited to see how many more children will achieve merits this year - Well done Westerhope!

   

  Our Friday show and tell was as varied as usual and for the first time ever one of our pupils brought in a ‘brailer’ and we learnt a little about how visually impaired people read brail. Our Friday assemblies really are the best!

   

  

• Super Sphero session for year 3

  Thu 07 Mar 2024

  Today, year 3 took part in a computing session with Mr Bunce from RGS. Mr Bunce teaches robotics at RGS. The children had lots of fun programming a robot called a Sphero. 

   

  Our year 4 children will be taking part in the same session in a few weeks time too. 

  

• Safer Internet Day Cyber Superhero Competition

  Thu 07 Mar 2024

  We launched a competition across our ONE trust schools on Safer Internet Day back in February. 

   

  To enter you had to design a cyber superhero who can save the online world. 

   

  We have sent 10 entries to be judged by Julie Stuart (ONE Trust CEO) and we will find out soon who has won.

   

  Can you see your entry ready for judging? 

  
  Watch this space!