Fruity Friday is a charity fundraiser created by Cancer Research to raise the awareness of how vital fruit is in our diet as a strategy to fight against cancer.

Back in February, the School Council decided they wanted to raise money for a worthwhile cause and as cancer is something that appears to be a disease that can always be linked to someone you know, they decided this was a good cause.

A letter was sent out asking for a donation and School promised to make the afternoon all about fruit. The kitchen bought star fruit as a special fruity lunchtime treat and across each phase, a variety of different activities were completed. Furthermore, all classes entered the Fruity Superhero Competition. Have a look below at the class winners who have been entered into the national competition as well as some of the fruity fun we got up to!

We managed to raise £184.00, so thank you to all those who contributed!

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Posted by V.Dixon at 07:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hi, we’re Wardley’s School's 2007 - 2008 School Council

Lauren has remained our Chairperson and we had a secret ballot to nominate the Vice Chair person and the Secretary. It was a joint tie between Courtney Cairns and Aidan Willis therefore Lauren asked a series of questions to choose the most suitable candidate and Aidan was selected. Chloe Baxter now takes the role of Secretary.

Our Newly elected Council is as follows:

Yr 1/2a = Amy Kell and Amy McCartney
Yr 1/2b = Oliver Barnett and Anna McBride
Yr 1/2c = Ryan Carter and Ben Frizzel
Yr 3/4a = Chloe Baxter and Cameron Carter
Yr 3/4b = Megan Burnett and Bethany Clark
Yr 3/4c = Courtney Cairns and Jack Tweddell
Yr 5/6a = Lauren Elderbrant and Rebecca Graham
Yr 5/6b = Charlotte Park and Nichola Hay
Yr 5/6c = Aidan Willis and Cameron Scott

How does it work?

Within Wardley, the children have a voice via their school council. Members were elected entirely by the children.

Our council meet every 2 weeks to discuss the latest issues occurring around school. The children deal with these as they see appropriate and Mrs Dixon acts as the link between staff and pupils. Our committee meet every week to set an agenda for the council to work on, and the minutes can be seen below.

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Posted by V.Dixon at 12:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

From the data collected by the Year 6 children for the school travel plan, it was found that upto 70 cars can be parked outside school at the end of the school day. As there are so many cars, it led to 38% to be parked illegally. All the children and staff at Wardley found this to be a startling number. To tackle this problem, we have decided to try and reduce the number of cars parked outside school to make Wardley a safer, less congested and polluted place for all in the local community.

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Posted by B.Evans at 07:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The number of children in the United Kingdom travelling to and from school by car is steadily increasing. In 2005, National Statistics suggested that 43% of primary school children are being driven to and from school.

At Wardley Primary School, we would like to see this number decrease. To do this, we have developed a school travel plan, which involved consultation with children, staff, school governors and parents.

The travel plan shows Wardley Primary School’s commitment to working with the community to:
*Improve the environment.
*Reduce car traffic to and from school.
*Encourage cycling to school as an alternative to the car to save energy, minimise air pollution and increase pupil fitness.
*Develop the social skills of all pupils through their active involvement in the development, implementation and evaluation of this plan.

To download the full version of the school travel plan click here

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