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• Y3/4 Adventure Day at Mount Cook

  Mon 14 Nov 2022 Jill Warren

  On Monday 14th November our Y3/4 classes enjoyed a team building adventure day at Mount Cook. They got to try out lots of different activities including orienteering and building go-karts. They were ably assisted by Mrs Cooke, Mrs Davies, Mr Wisner, Mrs Craven and Miss Charlton.

   

  Mrs Cooke said "It was lovely to see the children in a new environment, taking on new challenges and helping each other out".

  

• Girls' tag rugby success

  Mon 14 Nov 2022 Jill Warren

  Two teams of Y5/6 girls represented the school at a Tag Rugby competition at Cromford Meadows on Monday afternoon. The girls played brilliantly, winning both their matches, cheered on by Mrs Taylor, Mr Turner and Mr Webb. Well done everyone!

  

• Eccelsbourne Valley Railway Memorial Train

  Fri 11 Nov 2022 Jill Warren

  Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning to wave off the Memorial Train at Wirksworth Station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.

   

  The steam train was carrying a remembrance wreath, one of many wreaths from around the county and across the country, that are travelling via the East Midlands Railways, to meet in Derby, for the Remembrance Day service.

   

  The back of the train was decorated with a beautiful poppy wreath made by our Y3 pupils, with the help of Mrs Butler, Mrs Wheal and Mrs Lofts.

  

• Severn Trent Water Assembly

  Mon 31 Oct 2022 Jill Warren

  We would like to say a big thankyou to Leanne from Severn Trent Water, who came into school on Friday 21st October to talk to the children about drinking water, and how to reduce plastic waste so it does not get into our water supply.

   

  If your child came home and shared their learning with you, we would be very grateful if you could complete this survey for Severn Trent: https://forms.office.com/r/NNkXppUU9q
  
  Leanne's talk fitted in really well with our assemblies on respecting our environment.
  
  After the holidays, our School Eco Warriors will be sharing our whole school action plans and what we are all planning to do to reduce plastic use at school and at home.
   

  

• Y5/6 boys play Area Football Finals

  Fri 14 Oct 2022 Jill Warren

  Our Y5/6 boys 7-a-side football team did brilliantly to make it to the Area Football finals, which were held at Highfields School in Matlock. 

   

  The boys played really well with 3 draws and two clean sheets in their group games against much taller opposition, but were unfortunately knocked out on goal difference. They should be very proud of themselves!

  

• Y5/6 Tag Rugby finals

  Wed 12 Oct 2022 Jill Warren

  Our Y5/6 tag rugby team took on Crich Juniors in the final of the Sports Partnership competition yesterday afternoon. The match ended in a draw, 2:2, and they also played a friendly where the 2 schools mixed their teams together. Well played everybody!

  

• Y3/4 Multisports Event at Anthony Gell

  Wed 12 Oct 2022 Jill Warren

  A lucky group of our Year 3 and 4 students took part in a Multisports event at Anthony Gell school yesterday, organised by the Sports Partnership. Ably assisted by Mrs Cooke, the group got to try their hands at archery, dodgeball and Quidditch (minus broomsticks!) 

   

  Well done for taking part everyone.

  

• WJS receives School Games Mark Silver Award

  Wed 20 Jul 2022 Jill Warren

  We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the School Games Mark Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to the development of sporting competition across the school and into the community. A big thank you to Mrs Cooke for making this happen.

  

• Sports Day 2022

  Fri 15 Jul 2022 Jill Warren

  Friday 15th July was our first Sports Day in 3 years, and it was a wonderful occasion. Thank you to Mrs Cooke for organising everything, and thank you to the children for demonstrating all of our school values when competing against one another. Of course there can only be one winner, and this year the winning house was Arkwright (the red team) with 198 points.
  Thank you also to all the parents for coming along to support this event and to all the staff for helping us to run the event smoothly. Well done everyone!
   

  

• Y5 Tri-golf success

  Wed 13 Jul 2022 Jill Warren

  Congratulations to our Y5 tri-golfers who went to Anthony Gell School for a competition yesterday afternoon and beat all the other teams to win the tournament!
  
  They all worked really hard as a team and were deserved winners, coming a clear 6 points ahead of the team in 2nd place in the glorious sunshine!