On Friday 28th April, Winterfold House School hosted their annual music festival – ‘SINGIT’. Five primary schools from across the borough attended; Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary, Dodford First School, Tardebigge CofE First School, Cutnall Green First School and Belbroughton CofE Primary School. Pupils were given the music in advance to practice and during the morning […]
Visits to the Islamic Experience Exhibition and the Progressive Synagogue
On Tuesday 25th April, Year 6 visited the Islamic Experience Exhibition in Birmingham. They were welcomed by four muslim ladies who gave the children a talk on different aspects of their faith including Islam and Science, Faith and History, Family Life and the Five Pillars. They also had an opportunity to dress in traditional muslim […]
Circus Skills Workshop
This term, Year 3 are studying the Circus as part of their Drama Curriculum with Miss Howarth. The children will be asked to mime certain circus skills as part of a mock audition to a visiting ringmaster. On Wednesday 26th April, Year 3 were involved in a Circus Skills workshop to support their mock audition. […]
Winterfold Tour to South Africa
On Monday, 10th April a very excited tour party of Year 7 and 8 pupils departed on their tour of South Africa. We look forward to reading more about the tour party’s adventures. Here are a few highlights from their travels which range from zulu dancing to hippo and crocodile spotting on a river cruise, […]
Digital South Africa 2017 Tour Brochure
The digital South Africa 2017 tour brochure is now available – winterfold-south-africa-tour-2017 Many thanks to the sponsors of the 2017 South Africa tour: GTAccess, The Value8 Group, Guest Truck and Van and Pinfields Chartered Accountants. Good luck everyone and in the words of Thinus Delport “go with an open mind and you will be amazed. The […]
Winterfold House Drama – Poetry and Prose
This year’s Poetry and Prose event showcased the English department’s love of English poetry and the language of both modern and classic poems. The children recited and presented poems from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Brian Moses, Alfred Lord Tennyson to Roald Dahl, Robert Louis Stevenson to Roger McGough. All of the children from Year 3 […]
Rays Farm Fun for Reception
Winterfold’s Reception class had lots of fun at Rays Farm in the Shropshire countryside on Wednesday 29th March. The children were able to see guinea pigs, lamas, reindeer, chickens, owls and loved the pygmy goat paddock where they were able to stroll amongst the friendly goats.
Kindergarten 2 trip to Little Owl Park Farm
On Wednesday 29th March, a very excited KG2 went to Little Owl Park Farm, set in 18 acres of farmland near Ombersley in Worcestershire . The children were lucky enough to see sheep, pigs, miniature ponies, pygmy goats, calves, ferrets, chickens, bantams, deer, partridges and many more animals. Highlights of the day were seeing the […]
Jason and the Golden Fleece
On Tuesday 28th March, Yr 3–8 pupils were treated to a production of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The performance was an interactive experience for the children who were all involved in rowing the Argo as one of Jason’s Argonauts. The children all enjoyed the play which reinforced many areas of the curriculum including myths […]
“Stand in the place where you live” – local geography
On Wednesday 29th March, Year 1 pupils went on a trip to Worcester and Chaddesley Corbett where they learnt about how settlements start and compared the sights of a city to a village. The children learnt about old and modern buildings and the materials used. They heard how street names told a story of what used […]