Wavendon Gate School

The children have all enjoyed a brilliant, jam-packed, slightly damp second day at Willersly Castle. After a hearty cooked breakfast, the children went out for grass sledging, zip-line and archery in the drizzle. This was followed by the first ever river tubing session for Group 8. This activity became an instant hit and many tales of falling in, tipping over and swimming with the fish were told around the lunch tables. Groups 6 and 9 took to the water in the afternoon and Mr Dalton and Weatherburn both had just as much fun as the children paddling down the river.

Y6 have made a brilliant start to their time at Willersly. The slightly wet weather has failed to dampen their spirits and all of our initial activities have been amazing. Zip-line, grass-sledging and archery were on the agenda and all of the Willersly staff commented on how efficient and ready-to-go the children were for their first sessions. 🎯 They had a great first night sleep and are looking forward to the day ahead.

Here are our fantastic winning designs for our online safety competition! They were created during the parent workshop last half term. The characters will be used to help promote online safety throughout the school. Congratulations to our 4 winners! 🌟

The children have had a fantastic day dressed as their favourite book characters. Thank you so much to our wonderful parents for helping us to create such vibrant costumes. The children enjoyed reading with their buddies and will be bringing a bookmark home along with their word book day token 📚

The pupils in Years 4/5/6 had a fantastic morning with award winning author Jenny Pearson. She shared her author insight on where she gets ideas for her novels and funny anecdotes about her books. We have purchased a selection of her books for the school library and are sure they are going to be very popular!

Thank you all of the parents who attended our online safety workshop. It was a successful afternoon and we hope you found it informative 💻⌨️🖥️