....

• Mount Cook adventures for Y3/4

  Tue 08 Oct 2024

  Y3/4 have had a busy start to the term. They have been out on their adventure day at Mount Cook. It was a wet, soggy day but the children took part in the low rope course, archery and developing their team building skills, working together to solve problems.  Mrs Barkley was proud of the children’s resilience to try out new skills and says the children were gelling really well as a class.

  

• Litter picking in our local community

  Mon 22 Jul 2024 Mrs Webb

  Y3,4 and 5 have all been out litter picking today around Wirksworth. We found lots of rubbish and helped improve and show respect for our local environment.

  

• Olympics Paris 2024

  Mon 15 Jul 2024

  The Olympic flags have travelled from across the cluster to meet at Anthony Gell.

   

  What an exciting day we have had.

  

• River dipping and improving the environment

  Thu 27 Jun 2024 Mrs Herbert

  Scott class had a wonderful morning in Duffield. The children took part in two activities. Firstly, they helped pick Himalayan Balsam (an invasive non-native species of plant) that is suffocating other plant life on our river banks. Secondly, they did some river dipping to test the cleanliness of the River Ecclesbourne. They found leeches, Bullhead fish and various other larvae. I think some were disappointed not to have landed a shark, but they all enjoyed themselves nevertheless.

  

• Y6 celebration Day at Whitworth Park

  Wed 22 May 2024

  Year 6 had an amazing day on Friday at the celebration event, relaxing after their SATs.  Thanks to the Sports Partnership for organising this fantastic day.

  

• Science Fayre with the Y3/4

  Thu 18 Apr 2024 Mrs Potter

  What a great afternoon year 3/4 had at Anthony Gell this afternoon, we also got to go in the new science lab and see some experiments!

  

• Tracks, Trails and Trains

  Mon 25 Mar 2024

  What a wonderful walk out with the infants on Friday. Here are a few of the photos we took.
  
  The walk has also been reported on Derbyshire Times https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/education/schoolchildren-discover-tracks-trails-and-trains-4568057

   

  or on East Midlands Valley Railway

  Schoolchildren Discover Tracks, Trails and Trains | Derwent Valley CRP (derwentvalleyline.org.uk)
  
  Thank you to East Midlands Railway for funding the cost of the art work, production of the booklets, boards and the sustainable water bottles which the children have taken home to keep.
  
  We had a glorious day out and we hope your children enjoyed walking in their local area

  

• Dancing superstars!

  Fri 15 Mar 2024 Mrs Meehan

  Some of our Year 5 and 6 children attended the Embark Dance Festival today. We had a fantastic time both performing our own maypole dance and watching other schools' performances too. It was a great day of celebrating the arts, organised by Embark and The High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
  
  The children were real role models for Wirksworth Juniors -their behaviour was impeccable, they took risks and worked as a team for their performance, and celebrated everybody else's dances. We are very proud of them :)

  

• Letter from our Local MP- Sarah Dines

  Mon 26 Feb 2024

  As part of the pupils’ action to help improve our school environment, the school council have emailed the COOP, Marks and Spencer’s and our local MP, Sarah Dines.
  The children were really pleased to receive a letter from Sarah Dines who said she would come in to see the children and explain what the government are doing to reduce the single use plastic. She will be visiting school on Thursday 28th March in the afternoon, to discuss her role, and to watch our Easter Bonnet parade.
  
  Before she arrives we will be spending some time creating questions to ask her, so please speak to your children about her role and how she can help the children to get their voice heard.

  

• Learning about Waste Management

  Sun 04 Feb 2024

  As part of our ongoing work with the school council to improve environment and reduce plastic waste, the children have written letters to the local MP Sarah Dines, the Manager of Wirksworth Coop and Manager of M and S in Matlock. Hopefully we will have a response back quickly and hear about what they are doing to reduce their single use plastic. As part of our caring motto, we have had DCC waste management in to learn about recycling in Derbyshire; where to recycle; what we can recycle and why we recycle.  The children had a great time and all got to sit in the recycling truck and have their photo taken.