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• Tuesday 25 February 2025 Wickhambreaux Readers Meet HRH Queen Camilla at Canterbury Library At Wickhambreaux CEPS we always give reading the highest priority and due to our school's continued excellent participation with the Kent Library Service's Summer Reading Challenge (we've won the 'Best School Award' for Canterbury, Villages and Coastal area AGAIN this year!), we were invited to take along a small group of children to a very special VIP event at Canterbury Library in the The Beaney Centre. Children who have either been keen SRC participants or have worked really hard with our school's various reading interventions to become even better readers, spent the morning carrying out several fascinating reading-based tasks within the children's section of the library, whilst they eagerly waited to meet our VIP.
• Saturday 15 February 2025 Winter Writing Winners Over half the school entered the winter writing competition, which was absolutely fantastic!
• Friday 7 February 2025 Wickhambreaux's Times-Table Rock STARS! To mark NSPCC Number Day, Maple Class competed in NSPCC Rocks, a national inter-school times tables competition hosted by Times Tables Rock Stars. We're so proud to say Wickhambreaux came out as Kent Champions, beating over 150 schools from the county. We were also placed in the top 40 schools nationally.
• Friday 7 February 2025 Year 6 Maths Competition A group of Year 6 children competed in an inter-school maths competition, hosted by St Edmund's School. They had to answer 25 questions in 25 minutes, testing their reasoning and problem solving skills. Congratulations to all who took part!
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Young Voices Concert at the O2 Arena, London
• Sunday 2 February 2025 The Community Police visited Oak Class to discuss online safety. On Friday 31st January the Community Police visited Oak Class to discuss online safety. The children found the experience very informative and helpful.
• Sunday 26 January 2025 Make Do and Mend Fashion Show 2025 Oak Class have been exploring designers and fashion during the Second World War. They focused on the concept of ‘Make Do and Mend, ’ which was part of the Government's campaign during WW2 urging people to repair, reuse and reimagine their existing clothes. On Wednesday 22nd January the children shared their wonderful 'Make Do and Mend' outfits and dances with the rest of the school and their parents. A huge well done to all the children involved!
• Monday 20 January 2025 The Reading Lounge is open again!
• Thursday 16 January 2025 Winter writing competition
• Wednesday 8 January 2025 Les trois petits cochons vont à l'école Some fantastic linguists in Year 5 & 6 performed Les trois petits cochons vont à l'école (The Three Little Pigs Go to School) to the whole school and parents, following several weeks of rehearsals with Madame Holland. The acting and pronunciation was superb, as can be seen in the video clip below. Félicitations aux acteurs et actrices !
• Thursday 19 December 2024 Christmas Fayre 2024 On Friday 13th December, Wickhambreaux Primary School held its annual Christmas Fayre with many delightful festive stalls, games, food, drinks, music and so much more. It was a really successful fundraising event and all the children and their families thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon. Thank you to everyone who supported this fun and wonderful Christmas Fayre.
• Wednesday 18 December 2024 Elf Chaos! An elf has been seen causing chaos around the school! Watch the news report to find out more:
• Monday 16 December 2024 St Nicholas Family Service in Canterbury Cathedral On Sunday 8th December our KS2 singers had another wonderful musical opportunity to sing with over 200 children from other local primary schools in Canterbury Cathedral, for the St Nicholas Family Service. The children performed many songs and carols beautifully and with festive spirit. Well done to all the children that took part, together they celebrated the story of St Nicholas in a joyous family service.
• Sunday 15 December 2024 Gulbenkian Primary Schools Choirs' Concert On Tuesday 10th December 2024 our KS2 children were invited by Langton Boys' Grammar School to sing Christmas songs and carols in the Gulbenkian Colyer Fergusson Theatre with many other local primary school children. It was a truely fun-filled festive event and the children all sung so beautifully! Well done to all the children that took part.
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Year 5&6 WW2 Theme Day Oak Class had an engaging World War II theme day at Kent Life, immersing themselves in the sights and sounds of the era through a variety of engaging workshops. They explored a house authentically decorated in 1940s style, complete with an Anderson shelter, where they learned how families prepared for air raids. The children discovered the importance of Blitz precautions and got hands-on with history by making traditional rag rugs. They even stepped into the shoes of wartime strategists, using protractors to give precise commands to airmen. The day brought history to life, leaving everyone with a deeper understanding of life during the Second World War.
• Tuesday 10 December 2024 Panto comes to Wickhambreaux! This week saw the performances of "When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney", Wickhambreaux's very own pantomime performed by children from EYFS to Year 5, who've been working hard rehearsing after-school in pantomime club run by Laura and Mrs Dawson.
• Wednesday 4 December 2024 Carols at Canterbury Cathedral On Tuesday the 3rd December 2024 Wickhambreaux School Choir performed 'Joyfully Sing Noel' with the incredible 3PWRR band. It was such a joy hearing the children sing in Canterbury Cathedral so beautifully and with phenomenal festive spirit too! Well done to all the children involved and also a huge 'thank you' to Mrs Maisey for all of the hard work that she has put into shaping the children into such a wonderful choir.
• Wednesday 4 December 2024 St Nicholas Family Service Choir rehearsal with Helen Brookes and the Cathedral Singing Partnerships team On Tuesday 3rd December Helen Brookes (Singing Partnerships Lead for Canterbury Cathedral) and her team joined us with our school choir and led a singing workshop. The children really enjoyed singing and preparing their songs for the St Nicholas Family Service that will be held in Canterbury Cathedral at 5:30pm (all welcome to join this free event). Well done to all the children that took part in this fantastic musical opportunity!
• Thursday 21 November 2024 Live Event with Frank Cottrell-Boyce-Children's Laureate 2024
• Monday 18 November 2024 Disco Poster Competition Today the winner of the Christmas Disco Poster Competition was announced!
• Tuesday 12 November 2024 Remembrance Service 2024 We were very proud of the importance that all of the children afforded our visit to the War Memorial at St Andrew's Church today. They walked up to the church impeccably and observed the 2 minutes' silence with the respect that the occasion deserved. Thank you to the children who added further dignity to the visit by playing The Last Post and Reveille and for writing and reading a heartfelt poem to us all. Thank you also to Oak Class for singing Keep the Home Fires Burning, to draw our service to a close.
• Sunday 20 October 2024 Wickhambreaux Orchestra joined Revellers On Saturday 19th October
• Wednesday 16 October 2024 Harvest Festival
• Thursday 3 October 2024 National Poetry Day 2024 - 3rd October We had a wonderful sunny day to celebrate poetry in so many different ways today. We were all greeted with a poem at the gate, thanks to our special Year 6 poeteers. Then, in a special NPD worship, we were delighted by poems read by all the Class Teachers: there were some fabulous poems chosen to share.
• Monday 22 July 2024 Sports Day 2024
• Monday 22 July 2024 Rock School Showcase Concert
• Friday 19 July 2024 House Points Congratulations to St Mary's for winning this year's House Trophy by achieving the highest overall total of points.
• Thursday 18 July 2024 BRP Prize-giving and Celebration
• Thursday 11 July 2024 Le Tour de Wickhambreaux
• Thursday 11 July 2024 Wingham Wildlife Park

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