Welcome to our school, set in the beautiful village of Tutbury. We are proud to be part of the
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family. 'Work hard, be kind and choose wisely.'
Our AMAZING class of 2023- 2024. Thank you Y6 for being a fantastic bunch! We wish you all the best as you continue your learning in different secondary schools. Have a wonderful summer! 💙
Congratulations to our poets! Their poems will be included in the upcoming Deferrers Poetry Collection book. Well done all - especially our own Miss Slaney.
Yesterday our Year 6 held their final service in church with their friends and family. Thank you to our church family who have always welcomed us and for their 'moving up' books. ⛪️🤲
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Look at our wonderful RW team who took part in a variety of sports in the finals at Keele University today! They had lots of fun and represented our school amazingly! Well done children! 🌟
What a fantastic Christmas lunch today! Thank you very much to our wonderful kitchen staff and lunchtime supervisors. A special thank you to Mrs Jukes who decorated the dining hall for everyone 🎄🎅🏼
Outdoor club have made a great start planting our new trees and shrubs for our outdoor kitchen. We are looking forward to sampling the fruits and using them in our kitchen once they have matured.
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Thank you very much to all of our families who sent in donations for our Harvest service. Your generous donations have been collected by Burton HOPE who support many families in need. Our Pupil leadership team, Chair of governors and Principal all lent a helping hand.
Thank you very much to everyone who supported our Christmas Fair on Friday.
A huge thank you to the members of our PTA who have put so much effort into making the fair a success. You are definitely on Santa's good list!
Last Friday some of our KS2 gymnasts were incredibly brave and represented RW brilliantly in the East Staffordshire Schools competition. We are so proud of you all!
It was a bumper week for our Principal's Awards this week! Three whole classes were nominated by their teachers. This reflects the hard work and values that our children show each and every day. Well done everyone!
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Today our Gold Award plaque arrived from the Woodland trust. Well done to the Eco reps from the last two years for their hard work and determination to help our school achieve this wonderful award. Next step~Platinum!
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The Kindness Crew threw kindness around like confetti today. They wrote lovely messages on post it notes and then handed them out to adults and children at lunchtime saying 'Merry Christmas from the Kindness Crew!' What a lovely crew they are!
Look what we’ve got! We have been meeting with our local active travel advisor to help with the parking issues outside of our school. We hope that it will make our parents think carefully about where they are parking.
I have been visited by some superstar writers today! They have all used some fantastic vocabulary to bring their writing to life - they are very proud of their work 😄
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Today in Birch, we have practiced using flattery in writing a letter to King Charles persuading him to visit our school. These children did a fantastic job!
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Oak and Birch classes got together to share a book today. Oak class listened beautifully as Birch children read to them ... it was so popular we can’t wait to do this again!
Everyone was invited to come into school dressed for the NSPCC Number Day. We have taken part in some great activities including the TTRS NSPCC Rocks! Thank you for everyone's efforts - some of families have been very creative! 🔢🔢🔢
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What a wonderful morning we had at the Rolleston Station Heritage site. We used our skills to follow and annotate our own maps, learnt about some of the history of the site and saw lots of points of interest. Thank you to the Rolleston Station Heritage Group for looking after us
Our celebration assembly was carried out remotely this week due to the rain! We were still able to share our successes and celebrate together. Well done everyone 🌟
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We are super proud of Ben! Not only was he a finalist but he was chosen to visit London and meet Jess Sells the Senior Astronomy Manager at the museum.
Last week, our cricketers bowled the opposition over and brought home a trophy! We are super proud of their sportsmanship and their determination in the British weather! 🏏🏆
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Here are the Principal award winners for this week! It was lovely to hear how many of them have been living our Christian values each and every day.
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We have had a visit from the WonderDome today and it has been amazing!!! The children were certainly 'wowed' by this experience. A huge thank you to pur PTA for funding this experience and to our parents for supporting their events.
A huge round of applause to all of the children from our school who performed in the local pantomime this weekend. You were all superstars and your parents weren’t too bad either!
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As part of our Christian Values Day Birch have reflected on what our mountain is in life and how they can climb it with determination. The children wrote on their boot about their challenges. Excellent work Birch class!
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Here are the Principal award winners for the week. It is so wonderful to hear about all of their achievements! They are living and breathing our values 😁
Thank you to all of the helpers at our PTA disco and for the children for being such superstars! The whole school conga, macarena, YMCA and cha cha slide were epic!!!
We have a star in our midst! Ben reached the finals for the Young Astronomy Photographer 2023 with his entry of 'Awesome Moon' We are super proud of you Ben!
Reception have been working in a team to redevelop our bug hotel. Together we chose a new location for the hotel and rebuilt it, thinking about providing cosy little hideaways for God’s mini beasts. We look forward to seeing who comes to stay! Amazing teamwork Oak Class! 🐞🐛
Our Principal winners from last week (which we shared with the children on Monday). Congratulations children- thank you for showing our school values! 🌟
Thank you to the Deferrers School band for coming into school and delivering some Christmas spirit to KS1. All of the children really enjoyed singing along!
Thank you to the Daisychain charity shop in Tutbury who kindly donated a keyboard to our school for our use in Music. It will bring lots of joy to the children.
Lower Key Stage 2 have been baking this week! Birch class ate their Roman coin biscuits today and were very happy with taste and texture. They look delicious!
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Each week, Kevin the reading dog goes home with a child from Y2 Lime class for the weekend so that he can enjoy having lots of stories read to him. This week, he is going home with a superstar who has shown such resilience during Y2, becoming a much more fluent reader. Well done!
Hold on to your hats children; that slide looks fast! A wonderful day allowing children to explore the different adventures Conkers provide. Thank you
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for such a wonderful day! 😀 (3/3)
Look what we won! We had lots of entries into the new ESSP virtual dance competition. All of the children were awarded certificates and these superstars received two golds, two silvers and a bronze between them. We are very proud of them 😀
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Willow Class have worked really well together in PE as part of their Win or Lose session. They were actively working with different partners, independently managing their time and placement and developing their resilience. Great work everyone!
KS1 had a fantastic time at Conkers today! They were very excited in the morning and returned with huge smiles. What an adventure you've had children! (1/3)😀
Freya has been nominated for displaying our Christian value of determination. She has rehearsed and performed on stage with her performing arts group displaying lots of determination to learn her lines. Well done Freya!
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Birch class have been exploring what Roman baths were like through a carousel of activities, including writing a postcard and comparing to modern day with a Venn diagram. Great work Birch Class!
Today is Values Day at RW! All the classes are taking part in activities connected to our current value of patience. Birch class demonstrated patience as they waited for a parcel to be passed around and they also used a maze to help with some reflection time. Great work everyone!
As part of our ‘Value Day’ Willow class have been demonstrating their patience through completing jigsaw as a team. Great patience, communication and team work Willow class!
Today we said goodbye to Mrs Gallagher who has worked at Richard Wakefield for 28 years! She will be greatly missed and we hope that she enjoys her retirement.
HUGE congratulations to our Principal award winners this week. We have brilliant writers, role models, kind behaviour and much more. Well done children! 😀🌟
These young ladies decided that they wanted to complete some additional work and designed some posters with super sentences all about Africa! Well done Year 1!
We are bursting with pride - we have been awarded our Good Travel plan from Modeshift stars for our efforts in increasing active travel to school. Thank you to all of our families for their contribution to this award.
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Check out our awesome compass skills! Willow have begun to develop their compass skills by using the correct directional vocabulary to help the pirate reach his treasure and then took their compasses outside to follow some compass challenges. Which way is it to the shop?
Sycamore and Cedar Class have been creating galaxy backgrounds for planets using sponge painting and splattering white to create stars. These are fantastic!