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Week 2 Isolation/home school

Week one - Isolation/home schooling

Week one - Isolation/home schooling

We have asked parents and carers to help us keep the children connected during this time by sending in photos of what the everyone is doing during their time at home. It was really lovely receiving the photos. We have also asked the staff to send photos of what the children are doing in school. Thank you to everyone who did send photos in, we hope you enjoy the galleries below; Year 3 Year 4 A special video from one of our Year 4 pupils Year 5 Year 6 In school #Wholeschool #Y

Netball B Festival

Netball B Festival

Last week 8 year 5/6 girls attended the netball B festival at Alleyn Court school. Six schools were there, we played Hamstel and won 3-1, we then played Blenheim and won 2-0, we then played Bournes Green and won 2-0 and finally we played Darlinghurst which we lost 5-1. We therefore only lost one game and came second overall. Well done to all the girls involved, who all showed improvement as the games went on. #Year6 #Year5 #Wholeschool #Sport

Science at Westcliff High School for Girls

Science at Westcliff High School for Girls

As part of our celebrations of British Science Week, a group of children from Years 5 and 6 visited Westcliff High School for Girls. They were able to take part in a secondary style science lesson using chemicals and equipment that they have never seen before! Firstly the children mixed two chemicals in order to identify a chemical reaction. The children were amazed to see a dramatic change in colour and the formation of a solid. Next, they added magnesium to hydrochloric aci

Head for the Day

Head for the Day

On Friday 7th February, West Leigh Junior School had a new headteacher – for the day! Alex Miller won the school election and fulfilled his role as well as some of his campaign promises. Children were treated to games in their English and maths lessons, an extra afternoon break and an exciting whole school art project. Alex started his day completing a full health and safety check of the school with Mr Silver, who was extremely impressed with Alex’s questions and attention to

Boys' football team play Thorpedene Primary School

Boys' football team play Thorpedene Primary School

On Friday 7th February, the boys football team travelled to Thorpedene Primary School to play their second league game. The boys put their previous game behind them and went into this game with confidence and determination, which showed with superb passes and set pieces. In the first half, the boys played a number of shots, with Thorpedene’s keeper and defenders pulling out critical saves and tackles in the box. At half time, the boys had a 3-1 lead. The boys went into the se

West Leigh girls' football team play Chalkwell Park

West Leigh girls' football team play Chalkwell Park

On Monday 3rd February, the girls’ football team travelled to Chalkwell Park to play in their first league game of the season. In the first half, Chalkwell managed to score two early goals, the team remained positive and focused finding a couple of opportunities but were unable to get past the keeper, with the first half ending, West Leigh 0-2 Chalkwell. In the second half, the team continued to show strong defending and goal keeping skills, preventing a number of chances f

West Ham United Premier League Primary Stars under 11 Girls Football Festival

West Ham United Premier League Primary Stars under 11 Girls Football Festival

On Thursday 30th January, the girls’ football team competed in ‘West Ham United Premier League Primary Stars under 11 Girls Football Festival’ at Woodlands School in Basildon. The festival was made up of nine schools all playing eight ten minute games. Every match provided nail biting moments with a number of close shots at goal and fantastic use of space from every team involved in the festival. The girls had to work tirelessly throughout every match, demonstrating great r

Yr 3/4 & 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics

Yr 3/4 & 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics

On Wednesday 22nd January, West Leigh competed in both the year 3/4 and year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics, with the year 3/4 tournament in the morning and the year 5/6 tournament in the afternoon. Both tournaments consisted of six track events, six field events where the athletes were only allowed to compete in a maximum of two track and two field events. With the track events happening, all the children were able to watch and cheer on their fellow team mates, at the same time th

Yr 5/6 Boys football team play Our Lady of Lourdes

Yr 5/6 Boys football team play Our Lady of Lourdes

On Tuesday 21st January, the boys’ football team travelled to Our Lady of Lourdes to play in their first league game of the season. In the first half, Our Lady of Lourdes managed to gain two early goals, the team then kept their heads up and remained positive and focused, working tirelessly to get the game back, scoring three goals to obtain the lead. Our Lady of Lourdes then managed to find a way through and equalise once again. The boys continued to show high pressure and g

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Dodgeball Festival Tournament

Dodgeball Festival Tournament

On Wednesday 27th November, the school dodgeball teams travelled to Garons Tennis and Leisure Centre to take part in a multi-school dodgeball event. The day was split into two parts: one team attending the festival in the morning and the other team attending in the afternoon for a competitive tournament. In the morning, the festival team had the opportunity to play a number of dodgeball games with a range of different schools. With four games scheduled, the team worked tire

Science Quiz Semi Finals

Science Quiz Semi Finals

The team worked incredibly hard at the regional science quiz semi finals. Competing against 16 teams all from private schools within the region. We got off to a slow start however managed to overtake much of the competition getting to 5th place with only the final round left to compete. The team used their tactics and managed to finish in 4th place with a huge score of 1725points. A fantastic competition at an extremely high level. The team should be incredibly proud of their

Year 5/6 Boys football

Year 5/6 Boys football

The Year 5 and 6 Boys' football team competed in the Southend Primary School Sports Association Boys' Football Competition on Friday 22nd November 2019. The day started with the group stages and four games to play, each lasting 8 minutes one way. In the first game, the boys had their defending and attacking skills put to the test as both teams were equally matched. The game ended in a draw. The team played the next three games with great confidence, improving in each match an

Inter-generational poppy making afternoon

Inter-generational poppy making afternoon

The school council were invited to take part in an inter-generational poppy making afternoon at West Leigh Baptist Church on Wednesday 6thNovember. A large number of people from the local community attended the event, and the children enjoyed meeting new people from different generations and hearing stories about the local area and their school in the past. They worked together to make some beautiful poppies that will be used in the church’s Remembrance Sunday display. Many o

Yr 5/6 Tag Rugby B Competition

Yr 5/6 Tag Rugby B Competition

Yesterday 8 boys and 4 girls from years 5 and 6 entered the the Tag Rugby B competition at Southend Rugby club. We hadn’t played together as a team before and this was a great learning curve for us. In our first game we played Hamstel A team and unfortunately lost 8-4. We re-grouped and played St.Michael's A team and won 10-9. We then went on to play Greenways and won 12-6. With the ground becoming very muddy our final game was against Prince Avenue which we just lost 10-8. T

Yr 5/6 Girls' football tournament

Yr 5/6 Girls' football tournament

The Year 5 and 6 girls' football team competed in the Southend Primary School Sports Association Girls' Football Competition on Friday 18th October 2019. The day started off with the group stage where the girls got off to a great start by winning the first match. The team then faced two very tough matches managing to win their second match and followed that up with a draw in the last match of their group. West Leigh 2-0 Hamstel West Leigh 3-2 St Marys West Leigh 0-0 Templ

Yr 5/6 Tag Rugby Finals

Yr 5/6 Tag Rugby Finals

Once again, West Leigh has excelled in the Southend Yr 5/6 Tag Rugby Finals continuing the school’s magnificent record! During the course the tournament, they played 10 games and impressively won all 10 ultimately being crowned champions. In the morning, they played four games in the group stage: West Leigh 8 - 0 Friars West Leigh 5 – 1 Darlinghurst West Leigh 6 - 0 Barons Court West Leigh 5 - 3 Bournes Green Following these great results, they joined the second sta

Harvest Festival

On Friday 11th October, the children donated a variety of tinned and packet foods to our harvest collection which was gratefully received by Southend Foodbank. After learning how foodbanks operate and how they support the local community, the children were keen to make a difference and gave generously and the representative from our local foodbank was overwhelmed by their generosity. Thank you for all your donations. #Year4 #Year6 #Year3 #Wholeschool #Year5

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