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🍞Starlings became food detectives as they took part in a blind taste test! Using only their sense of taste, they sampled different foods spread on bread and tried to identify what they were eating. There were lots of surprised reactions and discussions about different flavours and textures. Well done, Starlings, for giving everything a try and using your brilliant tasting skills! 🌟
💙 Could you be the next member of our Wychbold family? 💙 We are excited to be recruiting for a number of rewarding roles within our school community. As part of The Rivers CofE Academy Trust, we are proud to provide a nurturing environment where both children and staff can flourish. We currently have vacancies for: 🌟 Teaching Assistant 🌟 Preschool Practitioner 🌟 Wraparound Assistant 🌟 Wraparound Lead If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference every day, we'd love to hear from you. Visit our website for more information and application details. https://www.wychboldschool.co.uk/vacancies/ 📍 Please like, share and help us spread the word!
🍂🍁 AUTUMN TERM 2 AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS! 🎾🥧 We're excited to share our afterschool clubs for Autumn Term 2! 🎉 There's something to look forward to, with our weekly activities: 🥧 Monday: Pudding & Pie with Pudding and Pie Worcestershire Tuesday: Football with Kidderminster Harriers FC 🚫 Wednesday: No Club 🎾 Thursday: Tennis with KLF Tennis Academy 🚫 Friday: No Club 📩 HOW TO BOOK: Please refer to the letter sent out on 23rd October 2026 for full details on how to book your child's place. We look forward to another fun-filled term of learning, playing and trying new things! 💛 #AfterschoolClubs #AutumnTerm2 #SchoolActivities #LearnPlayGrow #CutnallGreen🍁
💗 Breast Cancer Awareness Day 💗 Today, some of our wonderful Year 4 pupils had the privilege of visiting Belmont Care Home to share kindness, smiles and positive affirmation messages with residents in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Day. The children shared thoughtful messages of encouragement and hope, spreading positivity and reminding everyone of the power of kind words. It was heartwarming to see the conversations, smiles and connections made across generations. We are so proud of our Year 4 children for representing our school with such compassion, confidence and care. Thank you to the residents and staff at Belmont Care Home for making us feel so welcome. Together, we celebrated resilience, community and the importance of supporting one another. 💕🌸 #thebelmont_worcester
🌟🏆 REACHING & BELIEVING WINNERS – AUTUMN 1! 🏆🌟 A huge congratulations to our wonderful Head's Award winners for Autumn 1! 👏🎉 Each of these fantastic children has been a shining role model, consistently demonstrating our STARS values – Sharing, Trust, Achievement, Respect and Safety! To celebrate their achievements, they enjoyed a special tea party with Miss Pritchard and Mrs Price! 🫖🍰🥳 We are incredibly proud of you all! Keep up the amazing work and continue to shine brightly! You really are Jubilee Park STARS! 🌟💙
BREAKING! Paddington bear has been spotted at North Worcester Primary Academy! After year 2 had successfully cracked the 4-digit code to unlock his suitcase by solving a series of mathematical problems, an anonymous image was sent through to the school. We will investigate this over the half-term and get back to you all as soon as possible. Is this a one off? Or is there more to this mystery?! Stay tuned...
We have a range of opportunities available across The Rivers C of E Academy Trust, from school-based roles to central roles supporting our Trust. To find out more about our current vacancies visit our website: https://www.riverscofe.co.uk/work-for-us-1/vacancies Great Witley CE Primary School , Northwick Manor Primary School, Heronswood Primary School and Pre-School, St Clement's C of E Primary School , Cranham Primary School and Cranberries Nursery , Jubilee Park Academy
🍂🍁 HAPPY HALF-TERM! 🍁🍂 Wishing all our wonderful children and families a lovely, relaxing half-term break! 🧡 We hope you enjoy some well-deserved time to rest, have fun, make memories, and enjoy a little autumn adventure! 🍂🍃 Stay safe, keep smiling, and make the most of your time together! 🥰 We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday 2nd November 2026! 📚 Have a fantastic half-term, everyone! 💛 #HappyHalfTerm #AutumnBreak #EnjoyYourHoliday #cutnallgreen 🍁
Reception have had a fabulous Autumnal week 🍁🍂🍃
Year 4 have had an amazing time in Forest School today to end an incredible half term of hard work. We are so proud of the progress both classes have made. Today, we were inspired by Andy Goldworthy to create some beautiful pieces of artwork using nature. Happy Half Term!
Today, we held our first House Point Celebration of the year, and what a fantastic way to end the half term! 🎉 With an incredible 2,222 Dojo points collected as a team, this half term's winning house is NAILMAKERS! 🏆 A huge congratulations to all members of Nailmakers for demonstrating our STAR Values every day and earning so many house points through their effort, attitude and positive contributions to school life. It was also a pleasure to officially welcome our new Year 6 House Captains and Year 5 Cheerleaders, who will play an important role in leading and encouraging their houses throughout the year. We enjoyed a wonderful celebration assembly and are already looking forward to seeing which house will come out on top next half term! 👏 #STARValues #HousePointChampions #TeamNailmakers #ProudSchoolCommunity
Wishing our children and families a happy Half Term 🎃🍁🍂🎃
Today, 6C completed their first novel of the year - the fantastic 'Rooftoppers' by @katherine.rundell. We were gripped from chapter 1 and have loved studying the book in our reading lessons. As we read the last few chapters this week, there were gasps and you could hear a pin drop as the final words were spoken! We are excited to discover what our next book will be!
Years 3 and 4 took part in a hockey skills festival this week. They showed excellent sportsmanship and had a fantastic time!
The last Friday of half term means it was time to celebrate our last hot chocolate with the Deputy for Autumn 1. What a wonderful way to end what has been an incredible half term. Huge congratulations to our winners this week. Our staff said lengthy, wonderful things about our winners but here are a few snippets: "Always the first person showing they are ready to learn" "They always give hundred per cent effort to whatever they do." "A lovely calming character that makes our classroom a happy place to be." "A supremely hard-working, respectful member of our class who is a role model for others." Have a brilliant break Northwick family.
💙 Could you be the next member of our Wychbold family? 💙 We are excited to be recruiting for a number of rewarding roles within our school community. As part of The Rivers CofE Academy Trust, we are proud to provide a nurturing environment where both children and staff can flourish. We currently have vacancies for: 🌟 Teaching Assistant 🌟 Preschool Practitioner 🌟 Wraparound Assistant 🌟 Wraparound Lead If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference every day, we'd love to hear from you. Visit our website for more information and application details. https://www.wychboldschool.co.uk/vacancies/ 📍 Please like, share and help us spread the word!
Year 6 have had a great morning exploring the local area. We've cleared out our rooms, packed our suitcases and we're just getting ready for lunch. #hollowford2026
Come and Join our wonderful School. Full details can be found on our school website https://www.greatwitley.worcs.sch.uk/vacancies/
🚶🚲 Celebrating Active Travel in Worcester! 🚲🚶 On Tuesday, pupils and staff from North Worcester Primary Academy were delighted to attend a special event with the Mayor of Worcester, celebrating the achievements of schools across the city in encouraging active travel. The event recognised the fantastic efforts of schools, staff, pupils and families in promoting walking, cycling, scooting and other sustainable ways of travelling to school. We are incredibly proud of our pupils for embracing healthy, environmentally friendly travel habits and for representing our school so positively. A special thank you to Mandy Neil and Kate Collier for their ongoing support and encouragement in helping us promote active travel within our school community. Your guidance and enthusiasm have played an important part in our journey. Together, we are helping children stay active, build independence and make a positive difference to our environment. 🌍💚
Year 6 back at school have made paper bats, carried out Science experiments and done a Scavenger Hunt. The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Year 6 have loved their activities again this afternoon! They are proud of their achievements and some children have talked about overcoming their fears. #hollowford2026
🌿🧙 Forest School fun in Year 1! 🍂 Year 1 have been busy enjoying the kitchen area, creating their very own Halloween potions 🧙🧪 and painting cauldrons 🎨🖤. So much creativity, imagination and magical fun in the great outdoors! 🍁
What a wonderful end to Reception's first half term! The children had great fun making and then enjoying their very own bread hedgehogs and tasty pumpkin soup. We are so proud of all they have achieved during their first weeks at school. Well done, everyone, and enjoy a well-deserved break full of Autumn adventures! #reception #learningisfun The Rivers CofE Academy Trust🎃🦔🍂
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🎃👻 WHAT A SPOOKTACULAR NIGHT! 👻🎃 🕸🦇 Our EYFS, KS1 and KS2 children had a fang-tastic time at our Halloween disco! 🦇🕸 From spooky dance moves and fantastic costumes to lots of sweets, laughter and Halloween fun, we had a night full of treats, tricks and terrific memories! 🧙🍬💃🕺 A HUGE thank you to all our wonderful children, families and staff who helped make the evening so special. You all made it a night to remember! 🧡🖤 We hope everyone had a boo-tiful time! 🎃🕸
Yoga in Year 1 🧘 Year 1 have enjoyed their weekly yoga sessions with Zoe. The theme of the sessions has been 'mindful me'.
Our Year 6 pupils have worked closely with artist Mark Riley to create lanterns for the Bridges of Light festival this half term. Their creations can be found inside St Swithin's Church. Please pop along and see them on the 28th or 29th October, the details can be found below.
🍂🍁Happy Half Term from everyone at Burlish Park Primary School! 🍁🍂 📢 A reminder that school is closed tomorrow, Friday 23rd October. 📅 Children will return to school on Monday 2nd November. We hope everyone enjoys a well-deserved break and we look forward to welcoming the children back after half term.
Athena is our Star of the Week for working really hard in her learning, being kind to others and always showing our Star Values. Well done, Athena!
Reception have had a spooktacular time celebrating Halloween! The children developed their fine motor skills by hammering pumpkins, practised their observational drawing skills by looking closely at pumpkins, and enjoyed using their imaginations to dress up in Halloween costumes in our home corners. We have had lots of fun learning through play! 🎃👻
🍂🎃 Half-Term Fun at Glebefields Library! 📚 Glebefields Library has lots of fun activities planned, from crafts and Lego to storytelling and Halloween fun! 🎨👻 Take a look at the poster below for more details!
It's been a very busy and different week in Forest School! We've decorated and carved over 100 pumpkins! The children have worked very hard on their designs. 😃
Another busy and active morning! #hollowford2026
Year 2 have been learning to name and locate the oceans of the world in our Geography lessons. This week, we thought about all the ways human activity can affect our oceans, and made posters to make people aware of how we should protect them.
Today we celebrated Aniya's birthday in nursery. Thank you for bringing in treats for your friends, and we hope you have a lovely birthday.
A big thank you to the parents who were able to join us this morning for our Year 4 Multiplication Workshop! It was a great opportunity to explore how we teach times tables and share practical ways to support children at home. Remember - short, simple and regular practice makes all the difference!
🏆 Our House Captains Become Play Leaders! 🏃 Our fantastic House Captains have been working hard alongside our Sports Coach, taking part in development sessions and training to become Play Leaders! 🌟 They are developing the skills and confidence needed to organise games, encourage participation and support younger pupils during break and lunchtimes. 🤝 Through this training, our House Captains are learning the importance of teamwork, leadership, communication and fair play, helping to make playtimes fun, active and inclusive for everyone. 💚💙💛
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The children have had such a good night's sleep that the adults have just had to wake everyone up! All is well. #hollowford2026
We have some very tired children this evening! What a fantastic day of activities! Thank you to the amazing instructors here at Hollowford Centre Castleton. #hollowford2026
Back at school today, Year 6 have carried out their own Bake Off challenge, made salt dough decorations and painted Autumn trees. The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Year 6 enjoyed some great WWII code breaking workshops today with a visitor from GCHQ. Children learned all about the Enigma Machine, the bombe computers and how the role of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park shortened the length of the war considerably. They even cracked a few ciphers themselves. These sessions have provided the children with an excellent introduction to the importance of Bletchley Park- which we are excited about visiting for the first time after half-term!
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We've been very lucky with the weather so far...but the rain has arrived just in time for some exciting evening activities! But first - a yummy hot dinner! #hollowford2026
Rainbow Room have done lots of Halloween activities this week, and to finish it off we have had an amazing disco together. 🎃👻
We shared the story Little Pumpkin. Then we had lots of fun painting and washing our pumpkins. We talked about size, colours and how they feel to the touch.
We have a large amount of Lost Property that has accumulated. If your child is missing anything please take a look. Items that have not been collected before half-term will be donated.
Nursery had a Spooktacular time this morning. Jo from Glebeields Library came in to read us stories. She read Room on a Broom and The Witch's Cat. We then finished the morning with our Halloween party. Lots of fun was had by all 🧙
An amazing morning of activities and now time for lunch! #hollowford2026
📢PTA Meeting Announcement
Good morning from Hollowford! #hollowford2026
After our amazing ISing Pop concert in September, you can visit St John's Pop Up Church this Sunday at 4pm to sing again! 🎤 🎵 🎶
🍂 Harvest Service - postponed 🍂 Unfortunately, due to the weather, our Harvest Service planned for today has been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience and will announce the new date soon. We are still collecting donations for our local food bank. If you were planning to bring in donations, we would still be very grateful for your support. Every contribution, big or small, helps us support local families and people in need within our community. Thank you for your understanding, kindness and continued support. We look forward to celebrating the harvest together on our rescheduled date! 🌾 Please share this message with other parents to help spread the word. #HarvestService #CommunitySupport #FoodBankDonations #cutnallgreen
🏊 Year 4 Swimming Today! 🏊 A quick reminder for our Year 4 families it's swimming day! Please make sure your child brings their swimming kit so they're ready to dive in and enjoy their lesson. 💦
End of the first day...and all the children have had a fantastic time! #hollowford2026
Year 6 back at school have been having a great time carrying out their projects.
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In Gardening Club we have been weeding, planting seeds 🌿🪴🌸. We have also made our own bird feeders and decided where we wanted to place them🐦.
Meet our new members of the School Council and Eco-Committee!🎉🎉 After all our votes were counted from Democracy Day for our School Council and Eco-Committee candidates. Last week, we were proud to announce the new members in one of our assemblies. Mrs.Morris is looking forward to working with the School Council and so is Mrs.Haney with the Eco-Committee.
🍂 Reception Autumnal Parent Workshop! 🍁 We had a lovely time welcoming parents and carers for some pumpkin decorating fun! Lots of creativity, smiles and beautiful autumnal creations! Thank you to everyone who joined us! 🧡 Please leave a comment below if you attended and share how much you enjoyed it!🍁
Year 2 best time creating our class pumpkin on Friday! We worked as a team with our chosen design and were very pleased with the outcome. There was also lots of fun jumping in our ever growing muddy puddle!
First activity finished, now time for dinner! #hollowford2026
📣SCHOOL UPDATE – REOPENING TOMORROW 📣 We are pleased to confirm that Jubilee Park Academy will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday 21st October, as normal, following today's unexpected water supply issue. We would like to thank all of our parents and carers for their prompt response, patience and understanding during today's disruption. We apologise again for any inconvenience caused and look forward to welcoming all of our pupils back to school tomorrow morning. Thank you for your continued support! Jubilee Park Academy 💙
Y2 are enjoying finishing the last of our learning about the great fire of London. We are exploring the changes we have made since the event.
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We're looking for a friendly and enthusiastic Lunchtime Supervisor to join our team at Cherry Orchard Primary School! Perfect for anyone looking for work that fits around school hours, offering a great opportunity to be part of a lovely school community. Interested? Find out more and apply today! Please share with anyone who might be interested! The Rivers CofE Academy Trust Worcester
Year 6 have arrived!
In Year 4, we've been sharing our extended writing with a partner! By reading our work aloud, we can spot what's working well, identify areas for improvement and make thoughtful edits to become even better writers. Every child made improvements to their work after carefully reading them which was great to see!
Year 4 have been investigating the effects of different liquids on eggshells! This hands-on experiment supported our learning about the digestive system, with a particular focus on our teeth and how different liquids can affect our enamel. We made predictions, observed the changes and explored why looking after our teeth is so important. A fantastic way to bring our science learning to life!
Harvest donations delivered to the good bank 😊
📣Unfortunately, due to an unexpected loss of water supply, we have made the decision to close the school with immediate effect. 📣 We kindly ask all parents and carers to make their way to school as soon as possible to collect their child(ren). Collection will be from the classroom doors. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes, but the health, safety and wellbeing of our pupils and staff must remain our priority. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
And we're off! Hollowford 2026!
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We hope you're ready for the Artist of the Year Award 2026! This year's theme, 'Pattern meets colour,' invites pupils to explore how colours, shapes, lines and repeating patterns can work together to create visually striking pieces of work. Artwork can be anything- a painting, a drawing, a collage, a sculpture, or even something mixed-media. The entry deadline is Friday 6th November. Please make sure your name and class is attached to your artwork, with a small description about the ideas behind your masterpiece. #artistoftheyear2026
The children in photography club have been capturing the school environment and working on their editing skills to create atmosphere. Here are a few of their favourites.
KLF Coaching Academy are holding a Halloweeen Fun Tennis at Cutnall Green Tennis Club
A reminder that the last date for all the lovely Christmas fundraising orders is 23rd October 2026.
Nominations are now open for the 2027 Worcestershire Education Awards. Help us celebrate our extraordinary people at Burlish Park Primary School! There are 13 categories recognising, EYFS, SENCOs, teachers, whole school, community involvement and more. Nominations close on 13 December!
🔥 London's Burning! 🔥 As part of Year 2's learning about the Great Fire of London, we recreated the events of 1666 using our handmade paper houses. 🏠🔥 This practical activity helped us understand how quickly the fire spread through London and why the wooden buildings, built closely together, contributed to the rapid spread of the flames. A memorable way to deepen our historical understanding and bring our learning to life!
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Introducing Our New Youth Council Representatives. We are delighted to introduce our new St Peter's Youth Council representatives. Last week, the team attended their first Youth Council meeting at Droitwich High School, where they met with other young people from across the area. During the meeting, the representatives worked together to write letters to local key workers, thanking them for the valuable contributions they make to our community. They also shared ideas and discussed projects that could help support and improve the local community throughout this school year.
🎟 Our budding performers and artists have been busy using their imagination and creativity through Expressive Arts and Design! The children transformed their outdoor space into a ticket office, designing, selling and buying tickets for what they proudly described as "the best show in Wychbold!" 🌟 We loved seeing their confidence grow as they welcomed their audience and shared their exciting performances. What a fantastic show! 🎭 🎫
Year 3 have had a fruitful week in Maths developing their understanding of measuring in units. They've measured items around the classroom and converted to different units of measure. In RE, we have considered what an Eco Church is and how we are stewards of the land. We have interpreted hymns and gospel songs which have lyrics about Creation.
On Friday, some year 5 children competed in a handball tournament. We are extremely proud of every child, all of whom showed great skill and sportsmanship. 🏆Well done to the boys' team for coming first place overall. 🥇🏅Well done to two of our year 5 children who got a special medal for overall kindness and sportsman ship for the whole event. Well done, year 5!
🎃 Year 1 have had a busy and exciting time! 💛 We've been developing our gross motor skills through sensory circuits, jumping through hoops, leaping over hurdles and practising our star jumps! 🤸 In Forest School, we voted as a class and decided to make a Pikachu pumpkin! 🎃 Look how amazing our creation turned out! 💛🍂
Reception are working very hard on their physical development. We do lots of big movements and lots of smaller movements. All of these help us become stronger and ready for amazing writing! 🌟 Plus, we have lots of fun along the way!
This week in nursery we have been talking about the different features of our faces, we have discussed which senses we use when using our eyes, noses and mouths. Our faces got muddled up and we had to put them back together again. We have also enjoyed dressing up, we chose our favourite clothes to wear, don't we look fabulous!
We held a very special assembly this week to announce our new junior leaders! We are proud to introduce our Head Boy and Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl, and prefects. They all delivered speeches which highlighted their confidence, compassion and positivity. We know they will be great role models and congratulate them on their new roles. We would also like to say a big well done to everyone who applied - we were so impressed with all your efforts.
Harry is our star of the week in nursery, he has been demonstrating our STARS values of sharing and respect. He is a kind friend to his peers and is always offering to help and support. Harry has chosen to take Beryl Bear this weekend we hope you have lots of fun and can't wait to hear about your adventures. Well done harry we are super proud of you 😍
Children in 5CW had a fantastic morning participating in The Primary Handball Tournament. Huge thanks to the staff at Bishop Perowne CE College for organising such a fun-filled event.
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🎄🎅 Wychbold School Christmas Fayre 🎅🎄 📅 Saturday 28th November 12pm – 3pm 📍 School Hall We're looking for volunteers to help us create some fun, simple Christmas-themed games for the children to enjoy at our Christmas Fayre! 🎯🎁 You don't need to be an expert just a little creativity and enthusiasm to help make the day extra special for the children. If you would like to get involved or have some fun game ideas, we would love to hear from you! 📧 Get in touch: wbfriends@riverscofe.co.uk Every little bit of help makes a difference, and we really appreciate our school community coming together to make this a magical Christmas for the children! 🎄 Thank you for your support! Best wishes, The Friends
Riley is our Star of the Week! Riley has been working hard to improve in phonics and has been showing our school star values. Well done, Riley! We are so proud of you!
Reception have had a wonderful time at Forest School this week! We designed our own spooky pumpkins using finger painting for ghosts and paintbrushes for spiders. 👻🕷 We also went on an autumn hunt to collect leaves and create our own autumn trees. The children showed great teamwork, working together as a class to create a beautiful joint piece of artwork! 🌳
This week in Rainbow Room, we have been reading the colour monster and sorting our emotions into different jars, decorating a large colour monster all together and colour sorting with smarties , we have been exploring outdoors and adding one more during maths 😂
Year 5 and 6 visited the Book Fair today and made a 'Wish List' of books they might like. The Rivers CofE Academy Trust
Celebrating 25 years of dedication and commitment to Cranham.
🥣 🎃 Last week, Robins children had a wonderful time in the mud kitchen, inspired by the story Pumpkin Soup. They enjoyed mixing colours and creating their own delicious "soups" while developing their imaginative play skills. Using squeezy bottles helped to strengthen little hands and develop fine motor skills, while the shared play provided lots of opportunities for communication and language. . 🍂 🧡
Contact Us
The Rivers C of E Academy Trust
School Lane, Cutnall Green
Droitwich
WR9 0PH
Telephone: 01299 851178
Email: info@riverscofe.co.uk
