Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Health and Fitness Week - Day Four

  Thu 30 Jun 2022

  On Thursday 30th June, Whitehall Junior School continued with our commitment to leading a healthy lifestyle with our fourth day of planned activities for our Health and Fitness Week.  All Year 4 classes took part in a 'Mental Well-being' workshop, all Year 5 classes completed their fitness competition (plus a Year 6 class), three Year 6 classes completed their intra-house competition and Year 3 pupils were learning about the Commonwealth 2022 games and the motto and values of sport that we value at Whitehall Junior School.  A day that has been enjoyed by all!

  

• School Games Award

  Wed 29 Jun 2022

  Whitehall Junior School has achieved Gold School Games Award for 2021-2022.

  The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

   

  We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible.  We are committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school and to try and ensure that all our students have a positive experience and want to try out new activities beyond school too in our community.  We believe in the power of physical activity and school sport as a school and give opportunities to those young people that need it most either as a participant, leader, official or volunteer.

   

  As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.

  

• Health and Fitness Week - Day Three

  Wed 29 Jun 2022

  Whitehall Junior School was full of energy yet again completing their third day of Health and Fitness week today.  All Year 5 classes took part in a 'Mental Well-Being' workshop, led by A-Life, all Year 3 classes completed their fitness competition, all Year 4 completed their intra-house competition and Year 6 pupils were wonderful sports leaders supporting Whitehall Infants School pupils complete their Sports Day as well as one Year 6 class also completing their fitness competition.  It was another action packed day that was enjoyed by all.

  

• Health and Fitness Week - Day Two

  Tue 28 Jun 2022

  Whitehall Junior School was full of energy completing their second day of Health and Fitness week today.  All Year 3 classes took part in a 'Healthy Living' workshop, led by A-Life, all Year 4 classes completed their fitness competition, all Year 5 completed their intra-house competition and Year 6 pupils were learning about the Commonwealth 2022 games and the motto and values of sport that we value at Whitehall Junior School.  It was an action packed day enjoyed by all.

  

• Sports Day

  Mon 27 Jun 2022

  Whitehall Junior School had their Sports Day today and it was amazing to have parents involved in this event again this year!  Our Sports Day combined a number of athletics events with some healthy competition to decide which House Team would win the Sports Day trophy this year.  Despite the showers throughout the day, all of our children persevered through the weather and worked hard to earn valuable points for their house team.  Not only did the children work hard to achieve their best, so did the wealth of parents who volunteered to run in several parent races - thank you for your great sportsmanship and for helping to make the day extra special for all of the children.  Also, thank you to all of the parents who remained with us at lunch time for a picnic on the school field; it was lovely to see so many of you join us for lunch and I know that the children enjoyed having parents stay for lunch time too.  The final results were tight but Chiltern were the overall winners of Sports Day 2022 - congratulations, Chiltern House!  We are very much looking forward to the rest of Health and Fitness Week and we are certainly living up to our motto of 'Games For All'.

  

• Maths Challenge Success

  Wed 15 Jun 2022

  Congratulations to our amazing teams from Years 5 and 6 who represented our school at the Bishopshalt Maths Challenge on Tuesday 14 June. Once more, the trophy came back with the team! We came first and third in this popular event. Thank you to Aleeza, Adib, Ritvik, Samitha, Humaira, Christy, Muhammad and Ikenna for representing our school brilliantly. Well done on your mathematical success and great teamwork.

  

• Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood Retold in French

  Tue 14 Jun 2022

  Last Thursday, we warmly welcomed a French visitor to our school who came to do an interactive storytelling session for our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils. Rachel re-enacted the traditional stories of Little Red Riding Hood and Jack in the Beanstalk completely in French. This was the first time that our school has had the opportunity to offer such a wonderful MfL experience to some of our pupils. We certainly hope to be able to offer a similar experience to our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils next year too, especially as the comments from the pupils were very pleasing to hear. Our Year 3s and 4s were fully engaged during this fun, interactive experience. 

   

  

• District Tag Rugby Tournament

  Thu 09 Jun 2022

  Whitehall Junior School hosted this year's District Tag Rugby Competition on Thursday 9th June.  In addition to hosting this event, we also had two teams representing our school.  Both teams played exceptionally well in their group matches; 'Whitehall B Team' won one of their matches and drew in another and 'Whitehall A Team' won three of their matches and drew in the other.  Unfortunately, only 'Whitehall A Team' progressed to the semi-finals stage of the competition, where they played 'Hermitage A Team'.  It was a tough semi-final and Whitehall lost this match and 'Hermitage A Team' went on to win the tournament by beating 'Oak Farm A Team' in the final.  It was an event that was enjoyed by all and congratulations to 'Whitehall A Team' for coming away with bronze medals!

  

• Year 3 and 4 Beale Park Trip

  Wed 08 Jun 2022 Sam Jones

  On Wednesday 8th June, children from Year 3 and 4 visited Beale Park in Berkshire. It was their first trip of the year, venturing outside of Uxbridge since the pandemic. The park was full of animals, play areas and a paddling pool for all of the children to enjoy. The meerkats and prairie dogs soon became the children's favourite animals as they interacted with them whilst on a train ride of the park. The children had a wonderful experience and we look forward to going back next year!

   

  It must also be noted that their behaviour was complimented by all members of staff and the public and we couldn't have been prouder of them. Well done Year 3 and 4! 

  

• Year 5 Jubilee Celebrations

  Tue 07 Jun 2022

  Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their week of learning around the Queen's Jubilee! Not only did they learn all about the Queen and her roles and responsibilities, they also engaged in various art activities which enabled them to get creative. We are very proud of the stunning portraits that were produced and believe the Queen herself would be impressed with the children's sketches of her. Year 5 also used their computing time to create digital invitations using different software. It was most definitely a week to remember!