News Year 4

Last week, as part of our RE learning about Hinduism, Year 4 visited the Sakthy Ghanapathy Temple in Thornton Heath.

Please see the photos below. Well done to our wonderful House and Vice Captains who led our assembly: Malaika, Joe, Lara, Amelia.

Yesterday, over 50 of our Year 1-4 children competed at the Croydon schools cross country event. 

As part of their studies on places of worship the Year 3 children visited St John the Evangelist Church in Upper Norwood. 

Last Friday, Connemara Class in Year 4 performed an assembly in celebration of the Harvest Festival.

The gardening club at WHJUN has been out in force this week, picking up litter, weeding and planting daffodil bulbs on the edge of the field for us all to enjoy in the Spring. 

As part of our continued commitment to reading and phonics, we were delighted to take delivery this week of even more books to support the delivery of our Little Wandle Phonics programme. 

The JTA’s (Junior Travel Ambassadors) are encouraging all staff, pupils and carers to dispense with their cars on Friday 29th September and explore other modes of transportation to and from school that day. 

Welcome back! What a lovely week to start the term and my time at Atwood. 

Camp Atwood update I am writing in my office having had a super day with Year 4 at the ever popular ‘Camp Atwood’, before popping back out on the field to sleep in my tent.

EPS’s athletes put in excellent performances at last week’s prestigious Croydon Interschool Athletics Competition.

After weeks of training and practice, the WHJUN Athletics Team arrived at Croydon Sports Arena. 

This week at Ecclesbourne, we have been celebrating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush.

As a result of our collaboration with the P.I.G. charity and their allotment project, some of our Year 6 pupils were lucky enough to go and visit Mrs Burney’s Bees in Frylands Wood this week. 

On this beautiful sunny Friday afternoon, it was a pleasure to see so many of our pupils making the most of the weather to enjoy learning outdoors in the sunshine.