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Westlands Primary School is a creative learning environment where all children are supported to aim high and achieve their best
Welcome to Westlands Primary School. We are an exciting, forward looking, and innovative school.
Our children are hard-working, enjoy a challenge and love to learn. We provide a huge array of activities for children to broaden their experiences which you will be able to see through our news and updates. Working in partnership with parents, carers and other key members of the community we aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all.
If you want to find out about what we are learning please have a look at our ‘year group’ pages. Paper copies are available on request from the school office.
The website is regularly updated so come back again soon to keep up to date with everything that is going on here at Westlands Primary School!
Victoria Pettett, Headteacher

Cooking in Crocodile Class Our Design and Technology in Crocodile Class this term is ‘Eat the Seasons’. We are learning that particular vegetables grow at specific times of the year as they have evolved to grow in line with seasonal conditions, such as the temperature and rainfall...
Nature doesn't always play ball, but we do! And we had a jam-packed week at Forest School. Outside, the highlight of the week was definitely our Blackberry Jam. After prepping the summer harvest, we gathered around the fire pit for some safe stirring and a very tasty crumpet snack. W...
The Great Bug Hunt (Monday) The week started with a deep dive into the undergrowth. The children spotted: Worms and Centipedes Slugs A Woodlouse Spider: A particularly exciting find! These are fascinating because they are one of the few predators specialized to hunt woo...
Starfish have settled back well to term 3 and are busy learning about rivers! We have written descriptions about the journey of a river, using sensory and figurative language. We enjoyed a Magical Garden wellbeing workshop last week, led by Jacqui Cameron, exploring her book ‘My Magic...
Brrrr-illiant Adventures in Forest School! What a chilly start for Flamingo and Manta Ray Classes’ first Forest School sessions this week! Mrs. Cresswell was incredibly proud that our Year 3s remembered all their essential safety rules straight away, meaning they could get stuck strai...
Merlin Class have been busy learning all about Tigers and finishing up their Tiger reports in their writing lessons. They are amazing and the children are really proud of their first piece of non-fiction writing in Year 6. They have now moved onto their Winter Writing piece focussed on the short...
The Early Years Foundation Stage treated us all to an absolutely amazing Christmas showcase. The children shone brightly, performing wonderful festive songs, including classics like 'When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney' and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.' The children worked incr...