Dear parents and carers, Please find below information and updates for next week. Spellings ancient cemetery criticise equipped government leisure opportunity recognise sincerely variety Braintree Museum Trip A separate letter has been shared about our Braintree Museum trip relating to our history work on The Victorians. Please see this for payment information and trip essentials. Homework & Reads A very pleasing number of students have engaged with home learning so far on ou

Our first Newsletter of the year is ready to view! We've updated the format, so it's easier to view on mobile devices (our families' preferred method). Click here to read! https://westerings.canva.link/001

Please see details for your child's Wild West session. Tuesday 3rd November 2026.

Dear parents and carers, As a reminder, we will be undertaking student council presentations and election tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. If your child wishes to put themselves forward for this, they should have already made their class teacher aware, and use their own time to prepare any materials (physical or digital, shared with class teachers) for their 5-minute presentation time to class. We're looking forward to hearing all the amazing presentations tomorrow! Kind regards

Dear parents and carers, Please see below for pertinent information regarding next week. Spellings Spellings for next Friday's test are: multiply supply occupy apply hyphen rhyme hygiene python identify recycle Homework, Home Reading & Chromebook Lending Thank you for your support in a great start to the year regarding homework and home reads. As a reminder, the expectation is all children complete their SATs Companion Tasks (one Maths, one English, appearing each Friday afte

Unfortunately, the after school choir with Mrs Rees will not run this afternoon. Please collect your child at the normal time. Children in Years 5 and 6 with permission to walk home will be released at normal time. Alternatively, please book Night Owls. We aplogise for any inconvenience. Choir will start on Friday 25th September. Friday 3.20pm - 4.00pm Choir Year 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 Small hall 25/09/26 - 04/12/26 Mrs Rees 9 weeks free club Booked via Arbor

Unfortunately, the after school choir with Mrs Rees will not run this afternoon. Please collect your child at the normal time. Children in Years 5 and 6 with permission to walk home will be released at normal time. Alternatively, please book Night Owls. We aplogise for any inconvenience. Choir will start on Friday 25th September. Friday 3.20pm - 4.00pm Choir Year 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 Small hall 25/09/26 - 04/12/26 Mrs Rees 9 weeks free club Booked via Arbor

Please see details.

Please note that the Dodgeball club will now be available to Year 5 and Year 6. If you are interested in registering your child , please email the school office at contactus@liftwesterings.org Thursday 7.40am – 8.40am Dodgeball Years 1 to 6 Junior hall 24/09/26 –03/12/26 Deanes Sport Partnership 9 weeks £36.00

Dear parents and carers, A fabulous first full week in both Chestnuts and Oaks, and teachers couldn't be prouder of how children have settled in and got on. A special mention needs to go to Year 6's exemplary behaviour and role modelling with their new EYFS buddies who entered 'big school' for the first time this week - Mrs Benstead was singing their praises! Some information for next week: All logins are glued inside children's green independent learning books. Homework Your

Please see the updated timetable. Kindly note the following: We are unable to offer WRENS on a Monday or Tuesday this term. Any payments made will be refunded as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience. 3D printing club will run on Wednesday 16th September and thereafter will move to a Monday for the remaining 9 weeks from Monday 21st September. There are very limited space available so please contact the office for availiabilty (this is now also open to Year 4

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RFxEi0DWZSiavQOUfB_OjdZ9R-TRmwAk/view?usp=sharing

Dear parents and carers, Please find attached the slides presented in today's Year 6 Parent Orientation Meeting. Thank you to all who could attend, and I look forward to working closely with you all this coming year. Kind regards, Mr Wade

Dear parents and carers, A few notes and reminders ahead of our first full week next week. PE PE for Year 6 will be on Thursdays for the next half term. Children should come to school in PE kits as per usual. Uniform To ensure the year starts right, a polite reminder about the school expectation of uniform - including all black trainers not being accepted school uniform shoes. Please refer to the school website https://www.liftwesterings.org/uniform if you need any clarificat

Please see details. We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible at the meeting.

Dear parents, carers and budding new Year 6 students, Teachers and staff have been busy getting everything ready for your return these last two days and the team are really looking forward to seeing you back in school tomorrow morning for the beginning of our Year 6 journeys together - what a year it will be! We'll be providing a weekly update each Friday about the upcoming week, however some pertinent information for the first couple of days is below: Zola's Happy Hearts & M

Good morning, If you have not already done so, a polite reminder that all Chromebooks on loan must be returned to school by the end of the day on Tuesday 21st July complete with power lead. Thank you.

Dear parents and carers, Just two days to go... How quick this year has felt! Your children, as ever, continue to do themselves proud and myself, Mr Bird and the rest of the Year 6 team are looking forward to a jam-packed and fitting final two days of Primary School with the classes. Please see below for details and information about next week. Monday 20th July Full-school uniform day No PE today 9:00 - 10:45 Children will be writing thank you letters and postcards to their r

A little bit of traffic on our journey today so we’re making an additional rest stop. We’re now looking at an ETA of around 6pm. However, I’ll provide further updates once we’re closer. Thank you, Mr Towler

Don’t forget to pick up your copy! Remember to pick up your copy of the Basildon Echo on Tuesday 14 July to see our leavers featured in the special Top Class supplement. We’re delighted to be part of this celebration of our pupils’ journey, this supplement will be a wonderful piece of memorabilia for years to come.