Wavendon Gate School

It was lovely to see over 180 parents and family members in school this afternoon for our reading workshop. The children thoroughly enjoyed reading with their parents. We hope to see everyone back in December for our whole school spelling workshop.

Our Year 3 pupils had a fantastic day in Oxford yesterday visiting the Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museums. They were able to view and touch some fantastic artefacts which supports their current learning about the Stone Age in history and also saw lots of fascinating dinosaur and animal skeletons which supports the pupils' science learning. A great day was had by all!

A quick reminder for our foundation parents. Miss Hough and Miss Sear will be hosting a short meeting after school today to talk through the foundation curriculum and how you can support learning at home.

A quick reminder for our year 1 parents. Mrs Prichard and Miss Young will be hosting a short meeting after school today to talk through the year 1 curriculum and how you can support learning at home.

The year 4 children had a fantastic day at St Albans Cathedral yesterday to support their history learning on the Romans. They got to see lots of fascinating artefacts, taste some typical Roman foods and dress up as a Roman soldier! A great day was had by all despite the busy traffic which made the pupils' return slightly later than planned.

A quick reminder for our year 2 parents. Mrs Davies and Miss Vogl will be hosting a short meeting after school today to talk through the year 2 curriculum and how you can support learning at home.

A quick reminder for our year 5 parents. Miss Verma and Miss Carter will be hosting a short meeting after school today to talk through the year 5 curriculum and how you can support learning at home. Meetings will be offered to parents in all year groups over the coming two weeks. Keep checking here for reminders that are relevant to you!

A quick reminder for our year 6 parents. Mr Weatherburn and Miss Miller will be hosting a short meeting after school today to talk through the year 6 curriculum and how you can support learning at home. Meetings will be offered to parents in all year groups over the coming two weeks. Keep checking here for reminders that are relevant to you!

Welcome back to all of our families! It has been lovely to see our pupils looking very smart and fresh faced after their summer break. See the photos below of our new lunchtime tables and some of the delicious food on offer today from our new meal provider Fresh Start.

The Year 5 and 6 pupils enjoyed a courtroom drama play about road safety this morning delivered by Ginificent, a touring theatre company. This immersive experience required the pupils to take on different roles and be part of the performance. The event was funded by Milton Keynes Council and provided the children with reminders about being a responsible pedestrian and passenger.

The pupils in Year One had a great day at Whipsnade Zoo yesterday for their school trip. They enjoyed seeing and learning about lots of animals from all over the world.

Well done to six of our Year 3/4 pupils who represented the school in a girls' football event at Fairfields Sports Hub yesterday. They played 4 games and really improved in every match. Thank you to the Friends of Wavendon Gate School for purchasing the new kit, don't our pupils look fantastic?

The pupils in Foundation had the "best day ever" at Mead Open Farm on Tuesday for their school trip. They had the opportunity to feed and touch some of the animals and they loved going on a tractor ride to meet and learn about the cows and sheep at the farm.

23 pupils across KS2 competed in the MKSSPA summer athletics on Monday 19th June. All the children competed and did well in very warm conditions at Stantonbury track.

We had 6 children make their finals and even had 2 medals: 1 gold and 1 bronze!

Well done to all the athletes from Wavendon Gate!

Thank you to everyone who attended today's DT Parent Workshop. Over the year, they have been very popular and we are very grateful to see so many of you each time. The children had fun completing a range of activities relating to 'Cooking and Nutrition.'

The pupils in Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 had a fantastic time today meeting some special visitors from the Zoolab Experience. They had the opportunity to stroke and hold some of the creatures and loved learning all about them.

The pupils in Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 were treated to a fantastic puppet show this morning. It was devised and performed by the sixth form students from Arts1 School of Performance in Milton Keynes. The show contained an important message about looking after the environment and recycling. Thank you Arts1 for an amazing, professional performance!

The key stage 2 children have had a lovely afternoon watching M & M's production of The Hobbit today which links to our English curriculum. It's always fun watching a live theatre event!

The year 4 pupils are due back at 5:10pm from Legoland; they've had a fantastic day!

Year 4 have arrived safely at Legoland and are enjoying their animation workshop before exploring the rides this afternoon.

Year 4 have been enjoying our new library seating that arrived this week during their library time today. We hope this will help the children to find a comfortable place to sit whilst they enjoy a good book.

We all have some great memories to share with you tonight!

Yum! A delicious lunch and now it's time for the coach home. We have departed!

We may be heading home today but there is still time for plenty more amazing activities!

Last night's campfire 🔥

Earlier today

Fun from the today. Next up dinner!

More action from the riverbank this morning.

After a hearty breakfast, some of the Year 6 pupils took to the water for canoeing and kayaking!

After a very busy afternoon, the castle falls silent...

The year 6 pupils have all arrived safely on their residential. They have completed a tour of the site and have started their first activity. Everyone is having a great time!

Yesterday, Year 3 enjoyed the sunshine as they explored the gardens of Stockwood discovery centre. During their visit, they collected natural resources to make outdoor art and then used some plant based pigments to paint natural scenes which linked to their current learning in school. As an added experience, they also visited the new hat exhibition and had an interactive story time all about animals.

We had an amazing 75 entries to our Coronation Competition and it was extremely difficult to choose the winners! Well done to Ana, Evelyn, Maja and Emily who produced vibrant, well presented designs. Thank you to all of our students who entered the competition; there were lots of fantastic, original ideas.
The children have all made their seed packets today and will bring them home along with a commemorative pin badge for the coronation. We hope all of our families have a lovely weekend celebrating this special event!

The bunting is up and the winners' board is ready on the playground to display our four competition winners tomorrow! Remember, children are invited to wear red, white and blue to school to commemorate the coronation of King Charles III tomorrow.

The Foundation children enjoyed planting some red, white and blue flowers in their nature area today in preparation for the King's Coronation.
Just a reminder that children are invited to wear red, white and blue to school on Friday 5th May and the classes will be celebrating King Charles' Coronation with a fun games afternoon. Hopefully the weather will stay fine for us!

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

Parent programme for parents and carers who have a child aged 5-11 years with Autism or social communication needs.

Online videos to watch in your own time:
www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/SENDvideos

Sessions are held remotely using Microsoft Teams to share experiences with other parents and gain advice from professionals:

𝙏𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙎𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩@𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙣-𝙠𝙚𝙮𝙣𝙚𝙨.𝙜𝙤𝙫.𝙪𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 (𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨) 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚

Eid Mubarak to all of our families celebrating the end of Ramadan today!

Pupils in year 5 have had a fantastic afternoon learning about fossils with Fossil Mad. They were able to look closely at a selection of fossils and then took on the role of a palaeontologist by digging for their own fossils which they got to take home. This experience links to their current science unit on Evolution.

It has been lovely to see all of our students back today after the Easter break and settled back into learning. Key Stage 2 have enjoyed listening to an ensemble of string musicians from the MK Music Co-operative playing a live concert for them this afternoon.