School Events Archive: 2017 - 2018

School Events

Retirement news (20th July 2018)

We are sad to announce that Mrs Robson and Ms Newing will be retiring from our school today. Both have worked at the school for many years and will be greatly missed by staff and children. We wish them both good luck and every happiness for the future.

Worthinghead's Got Talent (19th July 2018)

The children and staff all enjoyed watching the finalists perform in our annual talent show. Finalists were chosen from all classes with the opportunity to perform on stage before the school and our judging panel. All of the acts did an amazing job and should be very proud of their achievements.

FS/Key Stage 1 Good to be Green Treat (17th July 2018)

At Worthinghead we actively promote and reward positive behaviour. The children who have been 'green' all year enjoyed a fun activity afternoon outside and a hot dog and a drink. Here are some photos of the children enjoying the activities.

FS/Key Stage 1 Sports Day (12th July 2018)

The children enjoyed a great sports day. A big thank you to all of the families who joined us to cheer the children on. Here are some photos of the different activities.

Key Stage 2 Sports Day (12th July 2018)

The Key Stage 2 children also enjoyed a great sports day. A big thank you to all of the families who joined us to watch the events in the afternoon.

Summer Fair Update

A big thank you to everybody who supported our Summer Fair. We raised a fantastic £1247 for school funds.

Summer Fair 

Saturday 30th June 11am-2pm

Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy our annual Summer Fair. 

This year we will be having a Kids Science Tent where

the children will be able to have fun experimenting

and making cool sciency things!   

The Royal Wedding 'Street Party' Picnic Lunch

Friday 18th May 2018

Easter Egg Decorating Competition 2018 

We held our annual Easter Egg Decorating competition on the last day of term. We were very impressed with all of the entries and the children's efforts. Here are some photographs of fantastic entries.

Easter Fair 2018 (24.3.18) 

We held our annual Easter Fair on Saturday 24th March 2018. It was lovely to see some many families and members of the local community enjoying the event which included craft activities, Easter egg hunt, refreshments and competitions. Thank you to everybody who supported the day. 

Sports Relief 2018 (23.3.18) 

We organised a special walk around our local community to raise money and raise awareness of Sports Relief. The children wore red clothing and donated money for this worthy cause. Here are some photos of us setting off on our Sports Relief walk.

World Book Day 2018 

We enjoyed a fantastic World Book Day on Wednesday 14th March. The theme this year was 'Share a story' and we held lots of different story telling events and competitions. The children were asked to dress as their favourite book character and prizes were awarded for the most creative costumes. We also held a door decoration competition and classes voted for and decorated their doors based upon their favourite books.

Reading Café

This year we held a reading café in the library before school. Families were invited to visit the café and share a book. Thank you to everybody who attended.

World Book Day - Decorate a door competition

Classes voted for a book and decorated their classroom door based upon the book or a theme from the story.

World Book Day Costumes

A big thank you to all of our children and their families for the fantastic effort and creativity used for this year's World Book Day costumes. Here are a selection of photographs of some of the amazing creations worn on the day.

Our School Library

We held story telling sessions in the library throughout the day. Ms Newing displayed the World Book Day books and read extracts from the books to the children.

World Book Day Assembly

The Governors visited the school to judge costumes and the door decoration competition and prizes were presented in assembly. We also presented special reading hampers to two children who had completed the 'World Book Day Reach for the Stars' reading challenge.

Local MP visits Worthinghead

On Friday 15th December 2017 we received a visit from Judith Cummins our local MP. Judith visited school to present a child in Year 1 with a special award. We submitted Christmas card designs to Judith and his design was chosen to be made into her annual Christmas card. She visited school to present him with a special award and a House of Commons teddy bear in assembly.

Remembrance Day 2017

On Friday 10th November 2017 children from Foundation Stage, Year 1 and Year 2 attended a memorial ceremony at Wyke Green. The ceremony was organised by local representatives of the British Legion. The children made crosses and wreaths upon which special remembrance messages were written.

Harvest Festival (19th and 20th October 2017)

A big thank you to everybody who supported our Harvest assemblies. The children from Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 enjoyed performing songs and poems. They also enjoyed sharing their artwork with the audience. Thank you for your kind donations for our harvest table. These are being donated to the Wyke Food Bank and will be used to make food parcels for local families.

Macmillan Event (29.9.17)

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Macmillan fundraising event. We were overwhelmed with the donations we received and it was lovely to see so many families visiting the cake stalls and supporting this amazing charity. We raised a fantastic £215.11. Thank you for your support!

Andy Seed author visit (27.9.17)

We had a fantastic day with Andy Seed. After an entertaining assembly we had a timetable of class workshops with Andy throughout the day. There was also the opportunity to buy a book and have it signed at lunch time and after school.  Please visit Andy's website below to find out more about him and his books.

Roald Dahl Day 13th September 2017

We really enjoyed celebrating the anniversary of Roald Dahl's birthday. We took part in lots of Roald Dahl themed activities and shared our favourite Roald Dahl books with our class. We also held a school vote for our favourite Roald Dahl book.

The top 5 winning books were:

1st - BFG (43 votes)

2nd - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (35 votes)

3rd - Matlida (25 votes)

4th - The Twits (9 votes)

5th - George's Marvellous Medicine (8 votes)

We presented Year 4 with an special award for their Roald Dahl themed work which included Maths, English and French. Well done Year 4!

Foundation and Key Stage 1 Sports Day

18th July 2017

Thank you to all of the families who came along to cheer along and support their children at our sports day. We really appreciate your support.

World Book Day at Worthinghead

2nd March 2017

We have had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day at Worthinghead. We really enjoyed dressing up as our favourite book characters and all of our teachers were really impressed with our amazing costumes! We awarded prizes for the most creative costumes in our special World Book Day assembly.

Where's Wally?

The teachers also enjoyed dressing up as Where's Wally.We also held a special Where's Wally search in each classroom as part of the special events to mark the 30th anniversary of this popular book.

Door decorating competition

We also held a special door decorating competition. The classes held votes for their favourite book. Each year group decorated their door in the theme of the chosen book. The results were amazing.

Story telling in the library

Ms Newing spent the day reading a selection of the World Book Day 2017 books to each year group. The children loved listening to the different stories and where then inspired to use their vouchers to purchase their own copies of the books.