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Friday 4 July 2025 Sports Day 2025 A massive well done to Yellow Team for winning Sports Day 2025! Thank you to Mrs Plater for organising such a superb Sports Day this year with KS1 in the morning and KS2 in the afternoon, culminating in such a magnificently close whole school relay race! It was lovely to see all the support from parents/carers/grandparents - sport was most definitely the winner...and Yellow Team! Photos below.
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Wednesday 2 July 2025 Transition Day - July 2025 Lots of smiling faces today on Transition Day 2025 as the children went to visit their new classes! We also hope our Y6 children had a great day visiting their new classes at their new secondary schools! Photos of our transition day here.
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Tuesday 1 July 2025 Girls' Tag Rugby Festival - July 2025 A selection of Y4 girls had a great afternoon at Bognor Rugby Club developing their tag-rugby skills. They then played some friendly non-competitive short games against some of the other schools at the rugby festival - all in anticipation of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 coming to our country later in the summer! Photos below.
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Saturday 28 June 2025 School Choir - Abbey Dean Care Home Performance - June 2025 Well done to our amazing choir for supporting our local community so well at the Abbey Dean Care Home Summer Fair this afternoon in somewhat hot conditions! You sang really well to all the residents, guests, friends and families who attended. Thank you to Charlotte, the school's choir leader, for coaching the children to sing so well and encouraging the children to memorise all those words for the songs! Thank you also to all the parents/carers who attended also. Photos below.
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Friday 27 June 2025 Y4 - Japan Day - June 2025 What a fantastic day Y4 had today with their 'Japan Day' celebrating the culture of such an amazing country! Many thanks to Kumiko-san, Masako-san, Yumiko-san and Kiyo-san from an organisation called 'Japan In Your Classroom' for coming in this morning and facilitating lots of great activities for the children in Blue Class.
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Monday 23 June 2025 Y6 Chichester Cathedral - Leavers' Service - June 2025 Well done to Violet Class for looking so smart and participating in the lovely Diocesan Leavers' Service at Chichester Cathedral this afternoon. It is always a beautiful service as many Y6 children from across the Diocese come together to celebrate their Primary School life and to look forward to the years ahead.
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Sunday 22 June 2025 National Schools Sports Week - June 2025 We had a brilliant week last week celebrating the power of sport with lots of extra sporting endeavours and activities during 'National School Sports Week'. This culminated in our 'Sports Activity Afternoon' on Friday when the children competed in their colour teams in a range of different sporting skills.
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Tuesday 17 June 2025 Cricket Tournament - June 2025 A massive well done to our cricket team who took part in a cricket tournament today in the beautiful setting of Arundel Castle Cricket Ground. Our team did really well and reached the final of the whole tournament! We were beaten by West Park in the final but, all the way through the tournament, the team batted, bowled and fielded superbly! We are really proud of you!
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Friday 13 June 2025 Y4 Volcanoes - June 2025 As part of their topic about Japan, Blue Class have been learning about earthquakes and volcanoes. Y4 had a great time earlier this week as they simulated the eruptions of the volcanoes they had made! Photos here.
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Friday 13 June 2025 Y4 T@TP Items - June 2025 Many, many thanks from Blue Class to all those parents/carers who bought cake and tea at Y4 T@TP earlier this summer. From the proceeds, the children chose lots of exciting items to play with when they are given a little recreation time! The children were very excited to play with all their new equipment this afternoon! Photos below.
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Friday 6 June 2025 Summer Fair 2025 A massive well done to our magnificent PTA for a wonderful Summer Fair this afternoon! Despite the fact that last minute plans had to be hatched due to all the rain this morning (and the windy conditions during the fair) it was absolutely superb! The PTA have worked so hard this year (with all the music in the mornings!) to drum up support - a big thank you to everyone who helped behind the scenes and at the fair to make it a tremendous success! Photos below.
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Friday 23 May 2025 Y6 - Premier Sports PE Day - May 2025 Y6 had a great day today to end a great week! Premier Sports coaches were invited in to offer the children a variety of sports to keep the children active before half term!
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Friday 23 May 2025 Y3 Roman Day - May 2025 Year 3 had a great Roman day earlier this week! All of the children’s costumes looked fantastic with some ready to battle and others showing off their wealth. Throughout the day, Year 3 were able to show off their creative talents by designing a mosaic, making a clay pot, sketching emperors and designing shields. We also put our roman numeral knowledge to the test as we made a clock too. The children even acted out a roman battle.
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Wednesday 21 May 2025 Y6 Residential - Lodge Hill - Day Three - May 2025 The drizzly weather did not affect the mood of Y6 today as the children approached all the activities on their final day of Lodge Hill residential with enthusiasm and perseverance.
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Tuesday 20 May 2025 Y6 Residential - Lodge Hill - Day Two - May 2025 The children really excelled themselves today on an exciting, fun-filled extremely busy day here at Lodge Hill. There were lots of challenges overcome on Jacob's Ladder, Wobble Board, Abseiling, Tunnels and Archery to name but a few of the many activities today.
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Monday 19 May 2025 Y6 Residential - Lodge Hill - Day One - May 2025 What a busy, exciting time we have already had at Lodge Hill! No sooner had the children arrived when, after a quick lunch and orientation, Violet Class were whisked away for their afternoon activities. The children fully embraced all the challenges including archery, abseiling and tunneling!
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Monday 19 May 2025 Y6 SATs Breakfast - May 2025 Thank you to our Y6 parents/carers for organising the Y6 SATs breakfast last week. The children enjoyed a delicious, healthy breakfast before undertaking their End of Key Stage 2 assessments last week.
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Thursday 8 May 2025 VE Day Commemoration - May 2025 Many thanks to Reverend Tim, members of Walberton's Parish Council and other members of our local community for inviting Key Stage 2 children to join and participate in a V.E. Day commemoration event next to the village hall this morning.
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Thursday 1 May 2025 Dance House 2025 A massive well done to our dance group for their brilliant performance last night at Dance House 2025 at the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing. The girls danced and performed superbly to their 'Little Mix' showcase dance. Many thanks to Lucy, our dance choreographer, for helping the girls to put together their dance piece.
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Monday 28 April 2025 OPAL Play - Apr 2025 Last Thursday, our OPAL training mentor, Kurti Birkenbeil, visited our school to see how we are progressing with our OPAL play. Kurti said straight away that we are "really taking off" with OPAL and he was impressed with the way the children are utilising many resources to ensure they have a great OPAL lunchtime!
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Friday 4 April 2025 PTA Colour Run - Apr 2025 What a great way to finish our Spring term! A huge thank-you to the PTA for once again putting on a superb Colour Run this afternoon in glorious sunshine! The children (and many members of staff) thoroughly enjoyed getting more and more colourful as they ran through the various obstacles embracing all the paint powder that came their way! Photos below.
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Friday 4 April 2025 Easter Service at St. Mary's - Apr 2025 A big thank-you to Tim Ward for leading us in Easter worship this morning at St. Mary's in Walberton. Tim talked about the many crosses we see in every day life, leading us to the symbol of the cross where Jesus died for our sin. Photos below.
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Friday 4 April 2025 Corporate Challenge Road Races - Race 2 and Race 3 - Apr 2025 Well done to all our runners in the three races that make up the annual Corporate Challenge Road Races in Chichester during March and April.
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Tuesday 1 April 2025 Y4 - Easter Assembly - Apr 2025 Well done to Year 4 this afternoon for your respectful retelling of the Easter story. You sang, acted and spoke really well as you retold the story of Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday. Photos below.
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Tuesday 1 April 2025 Stingers' Area Netball Final - March 2025 Our Netballers qualified for the for the Hi-5 Stingers Netball Area Final and did a fantastic job competing against the top teams in our locality last week! Through their dedication of turning up to club week in week out, our netballers did us proud.
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Wednesday 19 March 2025 Oliver Twist - School's Theatre Production Many thanks to the PTA for funding a real treat this afternoon as the M and M Theatrical Productions came to town to deliver a stirring, energetic production of Oliver Twist - the children loved seeing live theatre in our school! Photos below.
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Wednesday 19 March 2025 Y6 Stem Morning - Gliders - Mar 2025 Year 6 enjoyed a morning of 'Stem for a Glider' Challenge hosted live by The Smallpeice Trust in partnership with Thales.
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Wednesday 19 March 2025 St Mary's Art Exhibition - Mar 2025 On Thursday and Friday last week, the children really enjoyed attending the art exhibition at St. Mary's Church here in Walberton. Many members of the local community commented on how polite, respectful and well-mannered the children were as they looked round at all the exhibits. The children were also proud to see their own art exhibits taking pride of place around the altar at St. Mary's. Photos below.
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Thursday 13 March 2025 Henry Adams World Book Day Prize Winners - Mar 2025 A massive well done to all the entrants in the Henry Adams World Book Day competition this year - some very imaginative use of recycled materials to create book characters for everyone to admire! There were so many brilliant entries that it was difficult for Dee Tickner (from Henry Adams) to pick out three overall winners - congratulations to the winning designs! Photos here.
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Thursday 13 March 2025 Swimming Gala - Mar 2025 Well done to all our swimmers at the Swimming Gala 2025 -only boys this year - hopefully we'll have a full complement of girls next year! The boys came a respectable 9th out of 16 schools. The highlight was a first place for Cairo in the boys' 25m backstroke! Photos below.