Whetstone Field Primary School

🚒🔥 Join Us for Aldridge Fire Station Open Day! 🔥🚒

📅 Date: 24th August
🕚 Time: 11 AM - 4 PM
📍 Location: Aldridge Fire Station, Northgate, WS9 9BU

Bring the whole family for a day of fun and excitement at our Open Day! Here's what you can look forward to:

🎉 Stalls – Browse a variety of local vendors and community stalls.
🍦 Ice Cream – Cool down with delicious ice cream treats.
🚒 Fire Service Demonstrations – Watch thrilling fire service demonstrations and learn valuable safety tips from our firefighters.

Don't miss out on this fantastic community event! We can't wait to see you there! 🚒👨‍🚒👩‍🚒

On Tuesdays over the summer holidays we are holding creative leathercraft have-a-go sessions from 10.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-3.30pm
🐠 Tuesday 23 July – Fish keyring
📚 Tuesday 30 July – Decorated bookmark
✏️Tuesday 6 August – Pencil pouch
📓 Tuesday 13 August – Notebook
👹Tuesday 20 August – Monster bag charm

🎟️ £1.50, no need to book

We made it! School’s out for another year! Thank you to everyone - pupils, parents and staff - for another great year. Thank you to the parents for being so supportive once again, it really means a lot!

To Year 6…. I hope you have dried out now - that was a very big water fight! You have been such a great class for the last 8 years, creating so many memories that I hope you will keep forever. Everyone at Whetstone wishes you all the best for the next chapter - we all know that you will be amazing! Have a great summer everyone!

We would like to invite families to come along to our First Aid awareness families

Topics include:
Primary Survey - CPR, Using a defibrillator, Recovery position, Choking, Minor injuries and First aid kit

Time: 09:30 – 11:00

At Friday 2nd August - Frank F Harrison Community Association, Stephenson Square, Bloxwich, Walsall WS2 7DY

Friday 13th September - Brownhills Community Association, Pelsall Rd, Brownhills, Walsall WS8 7JS

To book your place you can email us at [email protected]
with your name, what session you would like to book,
your postcode and email address. (Please note places are limited

We are sure that many of our children would like to stay up late and watch the match on Sunday evening, so, on Monday, we will allow children to arrive at school a little later and have a bit more sleep! Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply to Year 6 as it is your Safari Park trip on Monday and the coach will be leaving at normal time!

We will operate two arrival times - children either arrive at the normal time or at 10.30am (they will still get their mark and won’t be marked late). The gate to the playground will open at 10.25am. Please do not arrive before this time as you won’t be able to get in! PAWS will still operate at the normal times if you are booked in.

This is a once in a lifetime sporting moment and we want everybody to get the chance to experience it! Enjoy the game everyone!

Here are the details of our Summer Sessions for 2024. To sign up click here: https://bit.ly/StTsSummer24
This year we are charging £2 per child to help cover towards the costs of the activities. This will be chargeable on the door. We'd love to see you there!

🏊 Swimming Lesson Information 🏊

Our Centres offer swimming lessons for children, toddlers and babies, following the Swimming Teachers Association (STA) syllabus. Our qualified instructors work with groups to build confidence in the water and perfect technique.

Group lessons are 30 minutes per week and run all year round, except on bank holidays and two weeks during Christmas. Your child can stay in a group as long as they need to, or move up a stage whenever they're ready.

Every child who is enrolled in a course of swimming lessons has free access to public sessions.

How much it costs?
Group lessons £24.50 per month (Direct Debit only)

Come in to site to book your lessons 🏊

We still have a few places left on Aldridge libraries family craft session on Saturday 29th June, call the library for more details or book on 01922 655569

⚽️ R E M I N D E R ⚽️

Thank you to all who joined us today for the first of our Fathers’ Day lunch treats!
Well done to our fabulous kitchen and lunchtime staff for their hard work.
We must also give an extra special mention and a BIG thank you to a visiting dad, who is a builder. He interrupted lunch with his son to run to the rescue of a flooding incident in school! Crisis averted thanks to his speedy work! We are very lucky to have such amazing parents 💙🙌🏼⭐️

Three weeks to go until the launch of our new choir for 7 - 12 year olds.

Rock Stars Walsall Rock Choir starts on Wed 3rd July at 4:30pm.

More details here https://buff.ly/3Xl2OMt

If you know anyone currently in Year 4 or Year 5 who might like to come along and try Energized, please share this with them 😃. Our taster sessions are completely free and a great way to find out whether this is how you'd like to spend your Thursday evenings from September...

Open Evening Tickets We are delighted to be holding an in-person Open Evening on Wednesday 26th June 2024 for families of current Year 5 students who are looking for a Year 7 place at our school in September 2025.

🔢 Free courses for people in Walsall who want to enhance their numeracy skills are now available.

The ‘Multiply’ courses are delivered through Walsall Works and are available to those who are aged 19+ and are currently employed or about to start work.

The courses concentrate on applied functional math skills and can be attended either in person or online, during work hours or evenings, part-time or intensive. 💻

Due to a swimming teachers course taking place, the small pool will be at a slightly reduced capacity during the following hours:

Tuesday 9:30-11:30
Wednesday 9:30-11.30
Thursday 10:30-12:30
Friday 9:30-11:30

We strongly advise pre-booking by following the link https://wslc.walsall.gov.uk/leisurehub/identity/login?signin=dc8dddee3b7476a7f14759d56bd58fdb

**PLACES STILL AVAILABLE ON THE CRASH COURSE LESSONS THIS WEEK**

⭐ Limited Spaces now available ⭐

🏊 Crash Course Swimming Lessons 🏊

4 day Crash Course available 28th May - 31st May
9.30am-10.30am and 10.30-11.30am

* Please Note-This course will have lower number of occupants due to trainee teachers *

£16 for the full 4 day course

Call 01922 652266 to book your space! 📞

Register NOW for Walsall's Summer Holiday Activities and Food programme. https://ow.ly/5KA650RSROB
Walsall Families in the KNOW

Climbing and Archery Sessions
Thursday 13th June 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
Thursday 20th June 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
Thursday 27th June 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
Thursday 4th July 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
Thursday 18th July 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
At Aldridge Airport Outdoor Centre, Off Bosty Lane, Aldridge WS9 0QQ
£18 per person
Limited places available
Under 16 must be supervised by parent/guardian.
All Activity and Safety Equipment Supplied
Booking via the link below
https://wslc.walsall.gov.uk/leisurehub/identity/login

**UPDATE: CLAIMED**
Found on the school car park, please contact the office if this belongs to you 🐷 🩷

💚 T O D A Y 💚

Whetstone Field's fundraiser for Mental Health Foundation Help Whetstone Field Primary School raise money to support Mental Health Foundation

Congratulations to Cooper and Jordan and Walsall FC Foundation. Another great win at Wembley!

School Nurses can support young people in other educational settings, and those who have left education to start work.

You can contact our Single Point of Access direct if you’re a parent or carer – you don’t need to be referred by a health professional. Call 01922 423 349.

Walsall’s School Nursing Team is keen to bust myths around the service it provides and highlight the range of support it offers to borough families.

Full story: https://bit.ly/4aLznH2