Witheridge CofE Academy

09/06/2026

📣 🍴 After School Club Cooking Club Reminder! 🍴

Don't forget – our fun cooking sessions take place every Wednesday! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

This week, the children will be making delicious pinwheels 😋🌯, so please remember to bring a container to take home your tasty creations! 🥡✨

⏰ Collection Times
🕟 4:30pm
🕠 5:30pm

💷 Primary School Children
£4.00 per hour

👶 Nursery Children
Nursery-aged children are charged at their usual hourly rate from 8:00am – 5:30pm.

🌟 We can't wait for another afternoon of mixing, making and tasting! 🍽️🎉

🧑‍🍳🍅🥕 Happy Cooking! 🥕🍅🧑‍🍳

09/06/2026

KS1 reducing, reusing, recycling and recreating!

KS1 had a wonderful visit from Sally, where we learnt all about the importance of reducing, reusing, recycling and recreating. The children enjoyed thinking about the properties of different materials and used their scientific knowledge to sort a variety of items.

We also played a fun game where we explored magnetism and learnt about materials such as steel, silver and aluminium. The children then took part in an exciting activity following the recycling journey of a baked bean can and discovered how materials can be reused to make new products.

To finish the session, everyone made a magnet for their fridge at home to remind their families how to recycle household waste correctly. It was a fantastic hands-on learning experience that the children thoroughly enjoyed!

09/06/2026

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08/06/2026

Resource Futures - Recycling Workshops with Sally

We were very excited to welcome Sally Jackson from Resource Futures back to Witheridge on Wednesday 20th May. Sally has visited us a number of times over the past few years and her workshops are always great fun while really supporting our learning across the curriculum.

In FSU, the children enjoyed a workshop all about Plastic Pirates and thinking about the importance of putting waste in the bin and not leaving litter. Children in KS1 considered different materials, and began to think about which materials could be recycled.

In Class 3, children discovered that fruit and vegetables can be used to power batteries, and considered what renewable forms of energy are available to use instead of fossil fuels. In year 5, children had a go at doing their own recycling by making their own paper. All the children really enjoyed their workshops, represented the school brilliantly with their curiosity and attention, and hopefully took home some valuable learning about environmental education.

08/06/2026

🌟Well done to Enterprise House Group! 💛

07/06/2026

05/06/2026

Reception Class had a swashbuckling good time during a special visit from Pirate Pat!

The children set sail across the ocean on an exciting adventure, where they met a host of sea creatures in need of help. Along the way, they discovered Sally Seal tangled in plastic twine, Timmy Turtle trapped inside a plastic bag, Sammy Seagull who had gathered plastic into her nest, and Fiona Fish who was sadly eating floating plastic.

The children were completely engaged throughout the journey, showing great empathy and enthusiasm as they learned about the dangers of plastic pollution for these wonderful animals.

Through Pirate Pat’s exciting storytelling and activities, they also discovered how they can make a difference by remembering the important message to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

It was a fun-filled and meaningful experience that the children thoroughly enjoyed!

05/06/2026

Please note the changes to PE and Outdoor Learning Day for Summer Term 2

03/06/2026

We are pleased to share our latest Online Safety Newsletter - which can be found on our website, along with a short accompanying video, designed to support you in keeping your children safe in the digital world.

This month's theme is Online Scams & Digital Footprints.

Description: This video provides a quick overview on online scams targeting young people and the importance of digital footprints.

https://www.knowsleyclcs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Scammers-and-Digital-Footprints-June-2026.mp4

We encourage you to take a few minutes to read the newsletter and watch the video together with your child, as this can be a valuable opportunity to start open and supportive conversations about their online experiences.

Kind regards,

Miss Ratcliffe
Head of School