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• Gardening Club win RHS Award

  Fri 10 Dec 2021 Jill Warren

  Congratulations to Mrs Varney's Gardening Club, who have achieved their RHS Level 1 School Gardening Club award. We had to submit  plans for the garden and explain why we thought gardening was important for the children. The club are now working towards Level 2, where we need to demonstrate how the children are actively involved in the care of the garden and what they have learning from their work.

• Children in Need

  Mon 22 Nov 2021 Jill Warren

  Thank you for all the donations for Children in Need. We raised £133 from our Non-Uniform Day.

• Tag Rugby Team Progress

  Mon 15 Nov 2021 Jill Warren

  Our year 5&6 tag rugby team played three matches against Middleton Primary School. They lost one and won two, meaning that we progress through to the next round.

   

  Well done team!

  

• UK Parliament Week

  Mon 08 Nov 2021 Jill Warren

  UK Parliament Week was held in school from 2nd - 5th November, and we used this time to elect our school council members. They are currently asking their classes what they would like to improve in school and will use these views to shape action plans which each class will work on and feedback on progress in the spring and summer terms. UK Parliament Week gave the children the opportunity to learn about what parliament is, and debate questions such as “Should robots teach in school?” The children demonstrated lots of respect for other people’s opinions and enjoyed lively discussions.

   

  

• Big hearted pupils raise cash for defibrillator

  Mon 18 Oct 2021 B Southam

  This Friday our staff and pupils will be taking part in a 2.6mile mini marathon to raise cash for a defibrillator that can be used at school and by the local community.

   

  Children will be walking, running or jogging along the High Peak Trail in the afternoon.

   

  If you would like to come along to participate or support us, please speak to your child's class teacher!  

   

  Please donate or share this link! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/wirksworth-defib?utm_term=XZe9REBG2  

   

   

   

   

• WJS achieves PSQM accreditation

  Mon 04 Oct 2021 Jill Warren

  We are really pleased to announce that the school has been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark for 2021. 

   

  We will hold this award for three years and it shows that our school has been judged to demonstrate effective leadership of science, and high-quality planning and delivery of science at the school.

   

  We are really proud of this award as it has been a whole school effort, from the leadership by Miss Booth, to the pupil science ambassadors in school, to you at home completing the science lessons/ challenges during remote learning. 

   

  Thanks for supporting us with this award and please do share that at Wirksworth Junior School we promote creative thinking through science.

  

• Golden Eaters at WJS

  Fri 01 Oct 2021 Jill Warren

  Here at WJS we are promoting the importance of good table manners. Our Golden Eaters have been walking into dinner first and eating style at their own special golden table.

   

  These children are chosen for having good manners in the school hall and eating well. Children are really enjoying this and trying hard to have good table manners.

  

• Y3/4 Adventure Day at Lea Green

  Sun 26 Sep 2021 Jill Warren

  Y3/4 had an amazing activity day out at Lea Green on Tuesday 21st September.  The aim of the day was to get to know each other better, try something new and learn how to cooperate as a team.  Much fun was had by all. 

  All the children showed an abundance of courage and perseverance and all came back to school with huge smiley faces.