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Witheridge Weekly Newsletter - 06/02/2026



Witheridge

Church of England

Academy


Encourage One Another And Build Each Other Up


It has been a wonderfully busy and uplifting time across the school, with so many opportunities for our children to live out our vision to Encourage One Another and Build Each Other Up.

We have thoroughly enjoyed receiving the updates from our Year 5 residential visit to London this week. The children have represented the school brilliantly, supporting one another as they explored new places and experiences together. A huge thank you goes to Mr Manning for accompanying the children and giving them this memorable opportunity – your time, care and encouragement make a real difference.

This week has also been DT Week, with a focus on Building Futures and it has been fantastic to see creativity and teamwork in action across all year groups.

  • Key Stage 2 pupils particularly enjoyed cooking activities, developing practical life skills while working collaboratively and supporting each other.

  • Key Stage 1 pupils designed and built free-standing structures inspired by new play equipment, showing great perseverance and problem-solving.

  • In Reception, our youngest learners impressed us all by building their own futuristic robots, sharing ideas and encouraging their friends along the way.

Today we also celebrated Number Day, embracing the fun of maths while raising money for a great cause. Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated – your generosity is very much appreciated. If you haven't had a chance to donate yet, you can do so via our Just Giving Page. 

https://www.justgiving.com/page/witheridge-academy-19?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

All the best,

Miss Ratcliffe

Head of School

 

Life, Love and Learning to the Full


School Attendance


This week's whole school attendance percentage is:

90.6%

At Witheridge C of E Academy, we believe that regular and punctual attendance is key to helping children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. 

Further Information

School Calendar


Exmoor Challenge Practise Walk 2 (Killerton)
8:20am – 1:00pm
08
February
Class 4 Swimming Lessons
1:00pm – 2:30pm
09
February
Outdoor Learning GREEN Group
1:30pm – 3:30pm
from 26 Jan and on Monday each week until 13 Feb
09
February
Reception PE
2:00pm – 3:30pm
from 02 Feb and on Monday each week until 09 Feb
09
February
TLC Theatre Club & Dance Club
3:30pm – 4:30pm
from 19 Jan and on Monday each week until 13 Feb
09
February
Farm School KS2 Group 2 - Parents emailed
1:30pm – 3:30pm
from 27 Jan and on Tuesday every 2 weeks until 10 Feb
10
February
Teacher Led Club - Small World & Role Play
3:30pm – 4:30pm
from 20 Jan and on Tuesday each week until 10 Feb
10
February
TLC Timetable Club
3:30pm – 4:00pm
from 20 Jan and on Tuesday each week until 10 Feb
10
February
Outdoor Learning Class 3 Group 2
1:30pm – 3:30pm
from 21 Jan and on Wednesday each week until 11 Feb
11
February
Class 3 PE
1:30pm – 3:30pm
from 28 Jan and on Wednesday each week until 11 Feb
11
February
TLC Gardening Club
3:30pm – 4:30pm
from 21 Jan and on Wednesday each week until 11 Feb
11
February
Outdoor Learning BLUE group
1:30pm – 3:30pm
from 22 Jan and on Thursday each week until 13 Feb
12
February
Class 2 PE
2:00pm – 3:30pm
from 22 Jan and on Thursday each week until 12 Feb
12
February
Football home v South Molton
3:00pm – 4:00pm
12
February
CANCELLED TLC SAT's Club
3:30pm – 4:30pm
from 22 Jan and on Thursday each week until 12 Feb
12
February
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View school term dates

School Lunch Menu


The cost of a school lunch is currently Nursery £2.05 per meal, Reception & KS1 Children – Universal Infant Free School Meals & KS2 £2.61 per meal.

Payment is via your Arbor account.


Latest News


06 Feb 2026
News from the FSU - New kitchen
We are excited to share that The Nursery has a brand-new kitchen and equipment in the home corner for our children to enjoy.
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06 Feb 2026
London Residential – Final Update 🚌✨
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05 Feb 2026
London Residential – Update 3 ​​​​​​​​​
From the London Eye, we walked along the Southbank towards St Paul’s. The children loved being out in the sunshine and were mesmerised by the skaters and street performers along the way.
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04 Feb 2026
London Residential - Update 2 ​ ​​​​​​​​
After breakfast, we headed over to the Houses of Parliament for a tour and workshop, which extended our learning from UK Parliament Week.
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03 Feb 2026
London Residential - Update 1 ​ ​​​​​​​​
After an early start in the drizzle this morning.....
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03 Feb 2026
Essebeare Farm School KS1
Another moo-velous trip to Essebeare Farm for our KS1 children!
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Celebration of Achievements


Class Awards
Nursery  Thea - for building confidence with making choices.
Reception Lucy great ticking about number six.
Class 1 Gracie
Class 2 Olivia for being a kind and helpful member of class 2. 
Class 3 Jenson excellent reasoning about division in maths.
Class 4  Lettie for setting a fantastic example with her positive attitude on the Exmoor Challenge practice walk.
Writer of the Week
Class 1 Chester - Trying really hard t write 'around sounds'.
Class 2 Barney - For his beautiful handwriting. 
Class 3 Ronnie R - Taking great care with your handwriting.
Class 4  Betsy for using relative clauses to create an interesting survival narrative.

 

Reaching 10 on the Nursery Caterpillar
Gracie-Roo & Leilani
20 Merits Award
Class 1 Taylor
Class 2 Mitchell
Class 3 Aurora
40 Merit Award
Class 3 Sam 
House Points
Discovery 25 Endeavour 30
Enterprise 26 Voyager 30
Contribution Award
Mya for making posters for timetable club.

TEAM Multi-Academy Trust Vacancies


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Important Notices


 

 


Witheridge CofE Academy PTFA


 PTFA VOLUNTEER EVENING 

Date - 23rd February

Time - 7:00pm

Venue - TBC

Want to support Witheridge C of E Academy?

Join us for a relaxed, friendly evening to find out how you can get involved.

*Events  *Fundraising

*Fresh ideas  *Community spirit

Everyone welcome!

 

We are really looking forward to welcoming you to our Scholastic Book Fair on Monday 23rd February, from 3:30pm–4:30pm in the school hall.

There will be lots of fantastic titles available to browse and order, and £1 World Book Day vouchers can be used towards purchases at the fair.

Alongside this, we are also hoping to run a stall selling good-quality second-hand books, games, puzzles, and World Book Day costumes. If you have any donations, we would be very grateful if these could be brought into school and handed to the school office between now and 23rd February.

Thank you in advance for your support—we hope to see you there!

Kind regards,

The Witheridge PTFA


Community News


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