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

• World Mental Health Day - 10th October 2023

  Mon 09 Oct 2023

  This week in school, we will explore the theme for World Mental Health Day which is: 'Mental health is a universal human right.' Children in Year 3 will learn how physical exercise can help our mental health. Year 4 will look at kindness and gratitude improving our mental health. Year 5 will explore the impact of self-talk on our mental health and Year 6 will consider the importance of sleep and its contribution to our mental health.

   

  

• Harvest

  Fri 06 Oct 2023

  Thanks go to all in 6W for leading our harvest assembly today and reminding us to be thankful for the food that we have. Thanks also to all of our families who kindly donated food items which will be collected by our local food bank and shared within the community.

  

• Great Ormand Street 5K Fun Walk/Run for Charity

  Mon 02 Oct 2023

  This week, Whitehall Junior School took park in Great Ormand Street (GOSH) Charity’s 5k family fun walk/run, RBC Race for the Kids, to raise funds to help build a new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.  It was an event that was thoroughly enjoyed by all and we were pleased to see so many family members come and join in this event, thank you for your support.  We are pleased to announce that we raised £451.00 for the GOSH Charity plus £104.45 Gift Aid.  Thank you to all those that sponsored Whitehall Junior School!

  

• Brunel University's Young Scholars Programme

  Fri 29 Sep 2023

  Whitehall Junior School is very fortunate to be working in partnership with, and taking part in, Brunel University's Young Scholars Programme this academic year.  This morning, Dr Blank, Professor Koshy and Mrs Jones attended our school to launch this programme with a whole school assembly.  This is a highly effective and innovative programme, which is designed to raise the aspirations and intellectual confidence of pupils.  The programme uses targeted educational material, four colourful and inspiring educational magazines supported by four learning journals. The material is intended to be used at school before it is taken home. The targeted activities support children’s learning, academic performance, and well-being. They build cultural capital and general knowledge, boost self-confidence, raise aspirations and help children socially.  Whitehall Junior School is very excited about being a part of this programme and we know that the children will benefit greatly from it.

  

• Bikeability

  Mon 25 Sep 2023

  During the week beginning 25th September, twenty-eight Year 6 children took part in a four-day Bikeability course, which was led by instructors provided by the Hillingdon Local Authority.  Each child participated in a two-hour session on each of the four days of the course enabling them to progress from level one (riding their bike on school site) to level two (riding their bike safety on the roads that surround our school).  The children thoroughly enjoyed the four-day course and are now better equipped to ride their bike safely. 

  

• Y3 and Y4 French Storytelling Session

  Mon 18 Sep 2023

  Y3 and Y4 warmly welcomed a French visitor in to our school this term. The children had the opportunity to listen to two traditional tales being told solely in French while also enjoying beautifully played accordion music by our very talented visitor. Many of the children had never seen a real accordion before and they were fascinated by it. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed this experience and many of the Year 4 pupils were surprised by actually how much they could actually understand.

  

• Skip2bfit Workshops

  Wed 06 Sep 2023

  Every class across the school had a Skip2bfit workshop today, led by an instructor from this company.  Skip2bfit uses counting skipping ropes and music to motivate everybody to exercise by challenging them to take the two minute skipping challenge.  This challenge is not only fun, it incorporates numeracy as well as teaching the importance of fitness and healthy living. The school has purchased a counting skipping rope for every pupil across the school so that we can continue with the skipping challenges in school and record progress over time.  These workshops were thoroughly enjoyed by all and we are looking forward to tracking the progress we make in the coming weeks.  Here is their website for further information: Skip2bfit - Skipping Workshops in Schools

   

   

   

  

• Annual Sports’ Celebration Assembly

  Mon 17 Jul 2023

  Congratulations to the vast numbers of pupils who were awarded with a medal today for representing the school in one or more inter-school competitions this academic year.  We were overwhelmed with the sheer numbers of medals given out during this assembly!  As always, we selected two pupils to be awarded with ‘sports people of the year’ trophy.  Eduardo and Ayat.K were this year’s worthy winners showing how they met all of the Olympic and Commonwealth values.

  

• District Sports

  Mon 10 Jul 2023

  This afternoon, Whitehall Junior School took 30 pupils from Years 3-6 to represent our school in this year's District Sports competition, competing against eight other schools at Hillingdon Athletics Track.  Our pupils took part in either a track event, a field event or a relay race; all pupils performed amazingly throughout this competition and they modelled fantastic sportsmanship throughout.  Whitehall Junior School were awarded with eleven medals in total in the following disciplines:

  Year 3 boys' 50M sprit, silver medal

  Year 4 girls' 60M sprint, bronze medal

  Year 6 boys' 80M sprint, silver medal

  Year 6 girls' 600M run, silver medal

  Year 6 boys' 600M run, silver medal

  Year 4 boys' standing long jump, bronze medal

  Year 4 girls' standing long jump, silver medal

  Year 4 girls' tennis ball throw, silver medal

  Year 5 girls' triple jump, bronze medal

  Year 6 boys' running long jump, gold medal

  Year 6 6 x 66.66M relay, bronze medal

  Whitehall Junior School also achieved third place in the overall track trophy this year.  Well done to all those who participated in this year's District Sports and thank you to all of the families who came and supported us!

  

• Health and Fitness Week 2023 - Day 5

  Fri 30 Jun 2023

  Today was the last day of this year's Health and Fitness Week.  5E completed their intra-house competition and 5S completed their fitness competition.  As well as this, all classes across the school had a cricket workshop with a coach from Uxbridge Cricket Club.  A day, and week, that has been thoroughly enjoyed by all!