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Westhaven School has long been popular and has been oversubscribed for many years. We educate children within the ages 7 years to 16 years. We aspire to offer this standard of education to children from 4 years from September 2019. We would like to add a ‘demountable’ unit to our school for September 2020. This […]
Photo by Perry Grone on Unsplash Dear Parents/Carers, We have some excellent news! The PTA (Friends of Westhaven) is now listed as a charity on Amazon Smile which will enable us to raise even more funds for our school!Basically, all you have to do is select “Friends of Westhaven” as your chosen charity and ensure you shop through smile.amazon.co.uk rather than […]
Photo by Marija Zaric on Unsplash Every pupil in the school will get the opportunity to try out Archery. ALL staff please accompany their classes to the field (or possibly playground if the field is very wet) at the designated time. Lesson 1 9.10 to 9.30 Plymouth Lesson 1 9.35 to 9.55 Cardiff Lesson 2 […]
Dear parents/careres, we would like to remind you that this year we’ll have the Summer Fayre on Saturday the 29th of June between 11am-2pm. Please click here to add the event to your calendar. Everyone is welcome and if anyone would like a stall or knows of anyone who would like to have one please […]
Although we stopped our fundraising drive in December 2018, some of the fundraising initiatives we began at that time have only just come through. So – thank you ever so much to the Co-op Local Community Fund who have donated £455.59 to the school to pay for special “turbo trainers” for our spin cycling classes […]
Year 10 have returned from their first work experience. They all had an enjoyable time at their placements and feedback from employers was good. Placements varied from working as countryside management assistants for Mendip AONB, Clarendon Veterinary Centre, Bournville Primary School, Stoneleigh Residential Home Ltd, McDonalds, The Brandon Trust @Worle, Whitehouse Kennels and Cattery, Combi […]
On Saturday 18th May, Mrs Vincent completed her bungee jump over Bristol Harbour in order to raise money for playground equipment for the school. “Westhaven is such an incredible school to work in and the staff team go out of their way to ensure the pupils are happy and safe. However, so many of our children […]
What is AIDE Sport? AIDE Sport is a fully inclusive multi games & sports initiative for individuals with special educational needs and disability in North Somerset. (and surrounding areas) Why AIDE Sport Kids? AIDE Sport Kids is a new session that will be specifically for children with SEND ages 7-15. Providing an environment that is […]
If you want to see the world record holder go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX9VBxtOOWg Most pupils (and some adults) at the school got to try this new activity. They really enjoyed it, the only common complaint was that the sessions were too short! Our most sincere thanks to Shane German from the North Somerset Schools PE Association […]
Dear parents/carers, This week is National Mental Health Awareness Week. If you would like some information and advice about how to talk about mental health with your children and young people please click on the link below to access a leaflet, produced by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. https://www.annafreud.org/media/7228/tmh-parent-leaflet-final-all-approved-laid-out-for-web.pdf