Waterside Primary

Our Year 5 children have had a fantastic time at YHA Ilam Hall as part of their residential visit last week!

The children have enjoyed a range of exciting outdoor learning experiences, developing their teamwork, problem-solving skills and confidence along the way.

🚀 Rokit Build and Launch
Working together in teams, the children built and launched water-powered rockets designed to carry a precious cargo high into the sky before returning safely to the ground. This exciting activity encouraged teamwork while exploring the scientific concepts of forces and aerodynamics.

🌊 River Dipping
Taking place in a local stream, river dipping gave the children the opportunity to explore an aquatic habitat and discover a variety of freshwater creatures, from Hog Louse to Mayfly Nymphs. They learned about river ecosystems and the adaptations that help these fascinating animals survive.

🧭 Orienteering
This exciting outdoor activity challenged both mind and body. The children learned how to orientate maps, identify landmarks and navigate between checkpoints, developing valuable map-reading and navigation skills.

🥾 The children also completed a 5km walk through the beautiful hills to Dovedale and the famous stepping stones, took part in a bug hunt, and enjoyed a variety of team-building activities on their first day.

We are incredibly proud of how enthusiastically Year 5 embraced every challenge, supported one another throughout the trip, and represented our school so well. What a memorable residential experience!

🧙‍♂️⚡🏆 Our Year 2, 3 and 4 children took part in an exciting game of Quidditch last week! 🏆⚡🧙‍♀️

We were lucky enough to have Commando Joe's Enrichment in to deliver this fantastic experience. The children first used the 🪄✨ magic sorting hat ✨🪄 to discover which Hogwarts house they belonged to before being split into teams ready for the challenge ahead!

Before playing a Quidditch match, the instructor taught the children about the important roles within the game. The children learned how to be:
🟡 A Chaser
🔵 A Be**er
🟢 A Keeper
🔴 A Seeker
✨ and even how to catch — and become — the Golden Snitch!

Once the children had learned these skills, they were then taught how to play a full Quidditch match. ⚡

The game included a mixture of activities and skills such as 🤾 handball, 🏐 dodgeball, 🏉 tag rugby and ⚽ football, all helping to decide the overall winning team.

The children absolutely loved taking part, showing fantastic 🙌 teamwork, 💪 determination and 😊 enthusiasm throughout — and of course they were very excited about the 🏆 winning trophy!

Well done to everyone involved! 🌟👏

Our amazing Year 4 children had a fantastic time at Stanley Head! 🌳✨

They took part in exciting activities like orienteering 🧭, team-building challenges 🤝, and worked hard on improving their communication skills 🗣️. Throughout the day, they showed great determination and teamwork as they tackled problems together and completed tasks as a group 💪🧩.

We are so proud of how they supported one another, listened carefully, and worked together to succeed. What a brilliant experience for everyone involved! 😊🌟

To end our Easter celebrations, the children with the most house points enjoyed a fantastic silent disco! 🎧🕺💃

It was a fun and exciting way to celebrate their achievements, and everyone had a brilliant time dancing and celebrating together 🎶✨

We have had such a great day and are so proud of all our children 💛

We hope everyone has a lovely and restful break! 🌷😊

Our children had a wonderful time creating their Easter bonnets and proudly showing them off in our Easter Bonnet Parade today! 🐣🎩🌸

We are so proud of each and every child — the bonnets were absolutely amazing, full of creativity, colour, and fantastic effort 🌈✨

Each year group had a winner who received an Easter egg 🥚🍫, but it was such a difficult decision as every single bonnet was so impressive. A truly fantastic effort by all! 👏💛

A big thank you to all the children for the time and effort they put into making their bonnets — it really made the day extra special 😊

Our children had a fantastic time at yesterday’s enrichment morning! 🌟

They enjoyed a wide range of fun, hands-on activities including Bake No Bake (making tasty Easter nest cakes 🐣🍫 and rocky roads), fairground making 🎡, Bee Active outdoor activities 🏃‍♀️🌳, GarageBand music sessions 🎶, and biscuit decorating 🍪✨ — plus many more!

It was lovely to see the children so excited, engaged, and trying new things with big smiles on their faces 😊💛

A big well done to all of our pupils for their enthusiasm and creativity — you made it a wonderful morning! 👏🎉

Sending warm Eid wishes to our amazing parents, staff and pupils. Have a wonderful celebration!
نرسل أحرَّ التهاني بمناسبة عيد الفطر إلى أولياء الأمور والطاقم والطلاب الرائعين. نتمنى لكم احتفالًا جميلاً

🌟 Year 4 Residential Trip to Conwy 🌟

Our Year 4 children had a fantastic time on their trip to Conwy — and it was extra special as it was their first residential trip! 😄

They walked to Conwy Castle 🏰 and explored the castle walls, taking in the amazing views. The children were very excited to discover the smallest house in Britain too! 🏡

They also spent time at the beach 🏖️ making sandcastles, collecting shells and pebbles, and enjoying the fresh sea air. After walking along the seafront, everyone loved having some delicious chips by the sea! 🍟

The fun continued at the local park where the children had a great time playing, and we visited a gift shop to buy some lovely souvenirs and gifts 🎁

One of the highlights of the trip was visiting a shop where they were shown a real sword that the Romans would have used ⚔️. The owner gave the children a very interesting talk about it, which the children really enjoyed and learned a lot from.

It was a wonderful experience filled with learning, exploring, independence and lots of smiles. We are very proud of how well the children did on their first residential adventure! 😊

A huge thank you to our staff who organised the trip and supported the children throughout the visit — your time, care and enthusiasm helped make it such a special experience for everyone 👏💙

📚✨ World Book Day Fun! ✨📚

Today we celebrated World Book Day in the coziest way possible… by coming to school in our pyjamas! 💤👕

The children had a fantastic day enjoying their favourite stories while relaxing with a delicious cup of hot chocolate ☕🍫. There were smiles, giggles, and lots of wonderful reading happening all around!

We also used our iPads to help bring stories to life 📱✨ and the children showed their creativity by designing their own book front covers 🎨📖. We were so impressed with their imaginative ideas and colourful designs!

It has been a lovely day celebrating the magic of reading and sharing stories together. Well done everyone! 🌟📚💫

🌍📚✨ World Book Day Celebrations! ✨📚🌍

Our Curriculum and Learning Parliament had an amazing time celebrating World Book Day by visiting local shops to leave surprise books for the community to discover and enjoy! 📖💛

They proudly visited:
🏕️ GO Outdoors
🚲 Halfords
🐾 Pets at Home
💻 Currys
✈️ TUI
🍔 Five Guys
💄 Superdrug
🥐 Greggs

We are incredibly proud of our children for spreading the joy of reading throughout our community. 🌟📚

A huge THANK YOU 🙌 to all of these wonderful shops for welcoming our pupils and supporting this special celebration. Your kindness helped make the day unforgettable! 💙