This week we have been exploring the theme of 'community' through Mental Health Awareness Week. Teaching has focused on this theme through assemblies and PSHE lessons.
As the nation commemorates 80 years since VE Day, pupils across all classes have learnt about the significance of this event through an assembly and class-based learning. It has been fascinating to explore some aerial photographs of our school site around this period in history and to imagine what l...
On Friday 2nd May, twelve selected Year 5 pupils were fortunate to attend Brunel University’s celebration event for Book Club. This was an event organised to celebrate, and display, all the work that was produced during their eight-week book club sessions and the event was thoro...
Congratulations to the ten pupils who competed in the District Swimming Gala last night (01/05/25). The children swam exceptionally well in the following events: Freestyle, Breaststroke and Backstroke Individual Events, Girls' Freestyle Relay, Boys' Freestyle Relay and Medley Relay. Mis...
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 pupils who represented us brilliantly yesterday evening at the Borough cross country competition at Vyners' playing fields. All members of our team put in an excellent performance and did themselves and our school proud. Whilst we did not make the top three in...
Today we took a team to represent Whitehall Junior School in the Borough Tag Rugby Competition, at Hillingdon Abbotts Rugby Club. Our pupils performed amazingly in all of their matches and scored some phenomenal tries. Our team played so well that they won the competition...
Congratulations go to Year 5 for the brilliant outcomes of their latest DT unit of study. Combining their DT skills with their computing ones, they have been able to produce controllable vehicles which they were able to successfully navigate around a series of obstacles in the corridor. Excell...
Thanks to 'Playground Proms' for bringing a wonderful classical music concert to our school this morning. Following a visit to Years 3 and 4 last week, the whole school enjoyed live music and lots of learning about string instruments in a lively and entertaining performance.
On Monday 17th March, we took eight boys to participate in this year's district boys' netball rally, which was held at Ryefield School. Despite the cold conditions, our team was full of enthusiasm and energy, and they applied themselves fully in all of their group phase matches of this...
On Friday 14th March, all Year 6 pupils were very fortunate to attend the Junior Citizen Activity Programme, which took place at Brunel University. This programme was an active safety programme in which the children took part in scenarios they may face in everyday life and as they move to thei...
On Saturday 8th March, we took a team to take part in the District Girls' Netball Rally, which was held at Ryefield School. The team played exceptionally well during the group phase of the competition: beating Hillingdon 'A' 6-0, beating West Drayton 6-0 and beating Heath...
Barclays Girls' Football Schools Partnership: England Football (International Women's Day)
On Friday 7th March, seventy girls, and six girl sports ambassadors, celebrated International Women's Day by taking part in an afternoon of football drills and football matches. It was an afternoon that was thoroughly enjoyed by all who participated and Whitehall Junior School is prou...