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Westbourne is the only co-educational school in Sheffield offering first class education to children from the age of 3 to 16. Westbourne with its individualised learning, offers every child the opportunity to excel and to be the best that they can be. Its bespoke Scholarship Class delivers some of the best teaching, learning and results for Sheffield’s brightest girls and boys.

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Led by headmaster Mr John Hicks, Westbourne is the only coeducational independent school in Sheffield offering first class education to girls and boys from the age of 3 to 16. It focuses on individualised learning, offering every child the opportunity to excel and to be the best that they can be. In addition, it offers a bespoke academic Scholarship Class which delivers some of the best teaching, learning and results for the brightest of girls and boys.

Coveted awards 4

Scholarships take centre stage

Westbourne winners 6 Scholarship exam success revealed

Face the music 10

Music played a big part of school life this year

Taking to the stage 11

Performing arts continue to impress

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Creative minds flourish

Travel 17

Extra-curricular trips broaden pupils’ horizons

News 20

What’s been happening at Westbourne?

Sport 26

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Coveted

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t Westbourne School, it’s not just about Heywood receiving a top scholarship in Drama for sixth celebrating and nurturing excellence, it’s form study at Sedbergh School in Cumbria. about sharing it.

Abi joined Westbourne from neighbouring Every year Westbourne offers scholarships to all Ashdell in 2012 following her sister Jess, who joined Year 6 children in the area for entry into their senior in 2010. Both girls have enjoyed success both school (Year 7) in the September of the same year. academically and theatrically.

Scholarships – reduced fee places – are offered in five Girls seem to thrive particularly well at categories: Academic, Music, Sport, All-Rounder and Westbourne. Another former Head Girl, Lizzie Peck, is the new category of Drama and Performing Arts. now studying at Oxford after spending 12 years at Candidates for this coveted award have increased Westbourne. So, when it came to creating a new film year on year and Westbourne was delighted with the promoting the school, it was decided to tell the story of number of children who applied in 2017 and the just one girl’s progress (read more on page 20). demonstrable talent they brought with them.

“We are so pleased with what we have Entry into Westbourne School is not achieved with this film,” said Westbourne dependent on scholarship examinations Headmaster John Hicks. “Many Your child could be eligible as the school prides itself in being an congratulations to our four young stars for a scholarship to academically non-selective school. and thank you to everyone involved.”

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Scholarship exams take It’s quite fitting that in the same year place each January. Contact as Drama and Performing Arts has been To see the film visit: Westbourne for details. included to the Scholarship categories that https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LFr78s2KLro Westbourne is celebrating Head Girl Abi

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Scholarship exam successes revealed.

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estbourne was delighted with the number of Year 6 candidates who attended the annual Scholarship Examination Day back in January. They were delighted to see so many external applicants eager to secure a place in Westbourne Senior School. The children integrated well with Westbourne’s Year 6 children and it was clear that everyone had made some new friends by the end of the day.

The Westbourne winners of the Year 6 Scholarship Exams/Test held in January were as follows:

• The Academic Award – Alan Charles • Music Award – Sam Jokhi • Headmaster’s Scholarship for exceptional abilities in Sport and Music – Harry Peckett • Performing Arts Scholarship for exceptional abilities in Music and Drama – Archie Renshaw

Sixth Form Scholarship Congratulations to Deputy Head Boy William Shahane, who has been awarded an academic scholarship to neighbouring Birkdale Sixth Form. We are extremely proud of him and it rewards his exceptional hard work and conscientious approach to school life as well as recognising his talents and ability.

Will follows a long line of Westbourne academics who are offered scholarships for sixth form study.

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Year 11 Post 16 Applications Well done to our Year 11 pupils. All of those who had applied to a state school sixth form have been given their first choice, on the condition that they achieve their GCSE predicted grades or better this summer. Other pupils who have applied to colleges or other schools have also been successful too.

Team Maths Challenge On 23 March a team of Year 8 and 9 mathematicians (Lily Lidster, Kiril Vinogradov, Jessica Leatherland and Sohail Manavi) went to the Team Maths Challenge Regional Finals in Bradford. The team gained a highly respectable sixth place out of a field of over 30 schools from across the region.

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Westbourne young composers join forces with Music in the Round

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From classical collaborations to performing at a much-loved venue, music plays a big part of school life.

A selection of talented Senior School musicians were given the chance to hear their own work played and recorded by world class professional musicians.

The Senior School pupils had been working on their own compositions for several months and as part of the project, took part in a special workshop with the Sheffield Music Hub and Music in the Round – Sheffield’s own world famous Chamber Music Festival.

The culmination of the project saw the students’ compositions performed and recorded by the professional musicians from Ensemble 360, the acclaimed professional musicians of Music in the Round.

“The afternoon was inspiring and the pupils were given the chance to refine some of their ideas with help from the musicians,” said Marie Pritchett, Head of Senior School Music.

“They also gained some valuable tips on how to write for specific instruments to take away and use in future compositions, as well as how to make their ideas clearer when writing out a score”.

“The professionals were all very impressed at the standard of the compositions and it was fantastic to hear the world premier performances of 16 future composers.”

The compositions were played to the audience at this year’s prize-winning celebrations at the Octagon.

Gig at the Leadmill Westbourne musicians once again headed for the Leadmill – the mainstay of the Sheffield live music scene. The Leadmill has seen some of the leading bands from across the country regularly playing at its venue; Pulp, The Killers and Arctic Monkeys are just a few and for one night only, Westbourne music makers took centre stage.

The Samba Band brought the roof down and set the scene for many talented acts. Groups such as Cold Blood, Station Lane and a welcome return from the staff band Chalk Face, who along with a whole gamut of talented acts, rocked into the night.

The talent on display and the confidence shown from their Year 5 to Year 11 performers was incredible.

“Our acts showed the diversity of talent at Westbourne. What a great experience for the children

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to be able to perform in a real band venue and at such an iconic location. I hope this will inspire the children and make them hungry for more,” said Mr Woodward, Head of Junior School Music at Westbourne.

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Bugsy Malone “Someone once said, if it was raining brains Roxy Robinson wouldn’t even get wet. In all of New York they didn’t come much dumber than Roxy the Weasel. To be frank Roxy was a dope. Dumb as Roxy was, he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas. But he should never have taken that blind alley by the side of Perito’s Bakery.”

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Westbourne boasts a state-of-the-art drama studio. Opening its curtains in 2015 this facility enables pupils to experience their drama lessons in true theatre style.

This was the opening scene of Westbourne’s 2017 production of Bugsy Malone at the Montgomery Theatre in March, with over 50 pupils from both senior and junior in the cast, or working backstage and front of house. It truly was a whole school production.

Oliver Marshall made a great suave Bugsy, with Elliot Renshaw as the full-bellied Fat Sam and Archie Leahy as the sophisticated Dandy Dan, with his not very bright gang. In addition, Emma Verity was the beautiful Tallulah with Ailsa Gillespie as the trusting country girl looking for stardom in Hollywood.

This feel-good production, with its catchy tunes and film sequence scenes, had the audience singing all the way home. The cast, chorus and crew all worked tremendously hard to once again put on a production which maintains the professional standard Westbourne has come to know.

Performing arts at Westbourne School continue to impress.

Shiver me timbers… it’s Pirates Versus Mermaids!

Ahoy there mi hearties and shiver mi timbers… a crazy colourful collection of pirates and mermaids created a bit of a splash at Westbourne School this summer.

Children from Reception Class to Year 2 swashed, buckled and raised the Jolly Roger as they presented the nautical romp, ‘Pirates Versus Mermaids’.

The fantastic high seas musical journey was filled with catch-of-the-day fresh songs and an adventurepacked script.

“It was a high spirited performance with plenty of opportunity to raise a cutlass and swish a fishtail,” said drama teacher Sallianne Foster-Major.

“And it proves that even our youngest children are showing some great theatrical talent!”

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Chinese New Year Arts Competition for Schools Several young Westbourne’s artists had their artwork chosen to be entered into the Chinese New Year Art Competition, organised by the Confucius Institute, University of Sheffield.

Nine of those talented artists were further selected from across Sheffield to have their work on display at the City Hall in Sheffield and on view prior to the start of the Chinese New Year Show in the Oval Hall on Tuesday 31 January.

Oscar Head in Year 1 had his composition (pictured) selected out of the many schools involved, to win the overall first prize for Key Stage 1. He was presented with his prize by the Lord Mayor.

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Sheffield Young Artists Congratulations to all the Junior and Senior School children who had their artwork chosen and displayed at Ponds Forge in this year’s annual Sheffield Young Artists Competition, organised by Abbeydale Rotary Club.

Special mention to seniors Harrison Cundy and Lulu Morrison-Parry who won the Bronze award in the KS3 Painting Category.

Congratulations also to Heath Davenport in Year 2 whose work was selected from the SYA exhibition to have his art on display in the Botanical Gardens at the ‘Art in the Gardens’ exhibition in September.

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During the summer term Year 4 set off on a Roman-themed mini break. During the first day they were welcomed to Brigantium (near York) – a large outdoor classroom cunningly disguised as a Roman fort of the 1st Century AD. The duty There are an abundance of centurion was on the extra-curricular trips on offer at Westbourne, lookout for new recruits including a language trip to and the children met the Cantabria, a sports tour to Lanzarote and a trip to required criteria.

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The classes (and teachers!) had a rigorous introduction to life in the Roman army.

Equipped with their uniform of a helmet, spear and shield the new recruits learnt how a fort is built and laid out. This was followed by weapons training (using dummy weapons!), guard duty, craft work, and parade ground drill.

The evening was spent at Helmsley Youth Hostel where the children enjoyed a Roman themed quiz, mosaic making and stories about ‘Rampaging Romans’.

The next day saw the group travelling to the market town of Malton for a two-hour museum workshop.

The children were fascinated to learn that an auxiliary garrison, Derventio, had existed underneath the town.

‘Real’ Roman artefacts owned

by Lucius, a soldier based at the Roman fort were handled and investigated.

Year 4 returned to school brimming with knowledge and elated from their experiences.

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Austrian Ski Trip Spring term sprung off to an early start for some Westbournians, as they embarked upon another highly successful Westbourne ski trip.

No fewer than 52 pupils, including one Year 11 participant, Sam Hall, having been on no fewer than seven school ski trips!, flew to Austria and to the beautiful resort of Wagrain in the Amade Region.

It was an experienced Westbourne group, with even some of the younger age group children fitting this category. Over a dozen parents and Old Westbournians swelled the numbers and a superb atmosphere was generated by all. They experienced amazing conditions, with snow falling almost every day. Even in Austria, GCSEs were at the forefront of their minds as the slopes provided the perfect opportunity to assess two pupils, Lily and Kai, in their GCSE sport practical!

As well as skiing and all the amazing experiences, they also enjoyed sledging on wooden sleds, plus a fun and informative quiz night before being treated to a special pizza night to end the week. A fantastic trip, with everyone already looking forward to the 2018 trip to Winter Park, Colorado, USA.

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WestbourneNEWS MEET THE STARS OF THE SCHOOL’S OWN FILM DRAMA. ISLA MIRFIN, SISTERS ELEANOR AND EVIE REYNOLDS AND HEAD GIRL ABI HEYWOOD

Samba Day

Westbourne Film Autumn Term 2016 saw the filming of a new school video, which is visible on the landing page of the school’s website.

This short video shows a girl’s journey through the co-ed environment on offer at Westbourne School.

Westbourne is delighted with the final version and extends a massive thank you to the children, parents and staff who were involved in the production both in front of and behind the camera. Particular thanks to our lead character, played by Isla Mirfin, Eleanor and Evie Reynolds and Abi Heywood.

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Twenty Year 5 and 6 pupils joined over 250 children from across Sheffield at the Sheffield City Hall in June. Together, this amassed band created the colourful musical extravaganza that was Samba Day. This was a collaborative project between Sheffield Music Hub and ‘Samba in a Box’ led by the Sheffield Children’s University.

After a big fun warm-up and practice time, the children performed in front of the 121st Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Anne Murphy, before enjoying their picnic lunch in the sunshine.

Resplendent in their brightly coloured costumes and banners the final performance took place in the afternoon in the form of a mass rhythmical display in Barkers Pool, creating a happy carnival atmosphere for shoppers and passers-by.

A massive thank you to Westbourne drum teacher, Mr Dan Johnston, and Head of Junior School Music, Mr Michael Woodward for facilitating their involvement in the amazing day.

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also written and recorded six songs. James has also created several websites, one of which had a health James Billingham in Year 7 launched a Sporting blog with a link to it from a national patient Success Newsletter which contains stories of health website, this resulted in hundreds of pupils’ sporting achievements outside of hits a day during its peak. Other websites school. This magazine has been produced include a book review site and search entirely by James who has worked engine.

Westbourne is proud to be incredibly hard in his own time, inclusive but still retains a James is now working towards the sourcing the news items, writing and competitive edge and achieves this by offering not just A team, next Westbourne Sporting Successes producing this publication. but B and C team fixtures. This Newsletter and is happy to keep James is very well qualified for this way everyone has the opportunity to represent their receiving all the exciting sports news role as in 2013 he wrote a book, The Big school at sport. that pupils are participating in, outside of Experiment, which was printed and school. raised ÂŁ100 for Cancer Research. He has

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Double cricket victory at Orchard School On a sunny Friday in June, Westbourne’s U11 B team faced Hill House at Orchard School. Westbourne batted first and scored an impressive total of 298, with 40 runs coming in singles.

The boys had been working hard in practice to develop their running between the wickets, so it was fantastic to see them transfer this into a competitive match. In reply, Westbourne restricted the hosts to 257 through some disciplined bowling and lots of energy in the field. This gave

Westbourne a win of 41 runs.

It was one of the most complete performances I have seen from a junior side. Our batting, bowling and fielding were all executed to a high level and every player contributed to a fantastic win.

Well done boys.

The U10 A team then faced Orchard School. Orchard batted first and scored a competitive 257. In reply, Westbourne scored 287 runs giving us a win by 30 runs. In general the boys played well.

We were a little slow to start but once we got into our stride, we started to execute our skills to the standards we set in the last match. Our batting in particular was strong, with many of the boys making clean contact with the ball to score many boundaries. Well done boys.

Rounders Win v Scarborough On Thursday 15 June our U15 girls made their debut against Scarborough College.

The rounders fixture was hosted at Harrogate Cricket Club. It was a glorious day and the girls began the innings by fielding. It was very close in the first innings, both teams scoring six-and-a-half rounders. Westbourne then came into field and allowed Scarborough to score seven rounders.

Yasmin Shaw made some great catches and the girls collectively worked hard to stop full rounders being scored.

They then batted, eight players were out after 25 balls, leaving Yasmin Shaw remaining.

Westbourne had seven rounders at this point and needed half to win. Yasmin came into bat, ‘slogged’ the ball and made it to second post-resulting in a win for the team! 13-and-a-half to 14!

Lacrosse masterclass from Mr Glover As part of Westbourne’s commitment to offering a varied and high quality range of sporting activities, Lacrosse was introduced as an after school club. And who better to lead this exciting sport than Lacrosse gold medal winner, Westbourne’s Mr Glover? Thanks to his skill and passion for the sport, this club was very well received by all participants.

Mr Glover proudly returned from Budapest in Hungary last summer with a gold medal in the men’s Lacrosse European Championship. As assistant coach, his England team beat Germany, Latvia, Czech Republic, Italy and Hungary to win their group. They then went on to beat Switzerland in the quarter-final, Finland in the semi-final and Israel in the final, winning 7-6. This was an outstanding result to play eight matches unbeaten.

Wales and Scotland also competed coming fourth and eighth respectively. Mr Glover has played Lacrosse since he was 11 years old – he is an inspiration to all of us!

“I was extremely excited to introduce Westbourne children to the sport of lacrosse.

Those who attended the sessions really enjoyed the speed and dynamic nature of the game whilst learning some challenging new skills and having fun. I am really looking forward to running more sessions in the future and providing another opportunity for Westbourne pupils to pursue success and enjoyment through sport.

Did you know?

Lacrosse Club is one of over 50 different clubs and activities on offer at lunchtime and after school at Westbourne.

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Jess joins WPL

Day of Rugby Victory Westbourne School’s Under 9s rugby team enjoyed a victorious outing as the rugby term kicked off with a schools’ rugby festival.

The fixture at Barlborough Hall School saw the boys enjoy record wins against teams from Mylnhurst, Balborough Hall, Immaculate Conception and St Peter & St Paul.

Two Westbourne Players were named Men of the Match – Sharif Khan for outstanding agility and scoring tries and Adam Wroth for outstanding tackling and scoring tries.

“The boys were very excited and got off to a flying start beating Mylnhurst,” said Westbourne Director of Sport Nigel Elvidge.

“The boys passed the ball very well and worked extremely hard as part of a team, winning all four of their games. This was a fantastic start to the season especially considering that this was their first ever visit to a rugby festival.”

Westbourne School 25-10 Mylnhurst Westbourne School 20-10 Barlborough Hall Westbourne School 25-10 St Peter and St Paul Westbourne School 25-10 Immaculate Conception

Did you know?

Westbourne girls’ sports teams have had enjoyed huge success this summer term, often playing against much bigger schools who have a larger pool of girls to choose from. Fortunately the majority of Westbourne girls are skilled sportswomen.

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Guiseley Vixens are delighted to welcome to the club, Old Westbournian Jess Heald.

Jess joined the Vixens in June from Super League outfit Sheffield FC and boasts an impressive CV. Jess played at Sheffield for over a decade and in that time won the Reserves League Cup final, finished runners-up in the Youth FA Cup final losing eventually to Arsenal, contributed towards the first team winning the FAWPL Northern title in 2014/15 and has since made her Super League debut.

Upon leaving Sheffield, Jess has been a highly sought after player, with no shortage of offers on the table. She settled on Guiseley in the end commenting: “I’m excited about the coming season as I want to start a new chapter after playing for Sheffield FC for 12 years.

“I think Guiseley is a perfect match and I’m so prepared to invest my all into the club as I share the same vision and ambition as the club, staff and players around me.”

Manager Glen Preston also commented: “Jess is a quality addition but coming from Sheffield FC you’d expect nothing less.

“She’s been educated by the likes of Helen Mitchell and Zoe Johnson so you know she has lots of pedigree and that’s what we’ve seen of her over the last year or so.

“Overall I think she will bring great versatility to the side, something we really value. She’s quick, strong and technically gifted. We saw in the trials her movement was exceptional off the ball and just as importantly I’ve seen that the players have really taken to her quickly.

“It feels she’s been part of the club for years.

So yes, we are chuffed to have her on board and I’m sure she’s going to make a great impression.”

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Sporting success

Super 8 Girls’ Football team The Westbourne U14 Girls five-a-side football team started their campaign in the Sheffield Federation for Schools Sport (SFSS) league back in October at Tapton School. The culmination of this league was the top eight teams (out of 19 across Sheffield) playing in a knockout competition in March to determine the overall winners.

Westbourne confirmed their participation in the “Super 8” competition in February by coming fifth in the league.

The ‘Super 8’ comprised of Tapton A and B, Bradfield, Sheffield Girls High School, Silverdale, Westbourne, Meadowhead and Notre Dame.

In Westbourne’s first match they were pitted against Silverdale School. The winners would contest for 1st4th place and the losers would battle for 5th-8th spot.

The game was a really tight affair but Westbourne took an early lead through captain Hannah Richards, only to have their slender lead cancelled out with five minutes to go. Substitute Isabel Hardcastle then broke through on goal with only seconds remaining to score a dramatic late winner. A great win!

Westbourne then moved on to play the hosts Tapton, unfortunately succumbing to a 1-0 defeat, despite the best efforts of the girls who battled courageously throughout.

This meant one final game to determine the 3rd/4th playoff against Meadowhead School. Hannah Richards scored the opening goal following a lovely through ball pass from Lola Fowler. Unfortunately, Westbourne conceded with a couple of minutes to go to eventually draw 1-1. It was decided mutually between the teachers that both schools should be positioned joint third, a placing that the girls thoroughly deserved for their efforts and quality throughout the season. Well done!

Players of the Day: Hannah Richards and Lola Fowler

Continuing on from their early success at Westbourne, Old Westbournian‘s Sam Wolstenholme and Maddie Pearce (class of 2004) have excelled in their sporting achievements.

Having both achieved the top sports award at Westbourne at 11, they have also just received the Outstanding Sportsman award at Oakham School at 18.

Sam, a multi-talented sportsman, has been offered a contract at Leicestershire Cricket Academy, along with a two-year contract at Leeds Carnegie to play rugby.

Having represented Yorkshire for crosscountry running, Maddie has gone on to playing hockey for England – U16 and U18 (already achieving 27 international caps).

They both attribute Westbourne for the wonderful opportunities they were offered from an early age. Both Maddie and Sam, having just finished A-Levels, are planning on continuing their studies and sporting endeavours at Loughborough University.

Mini Red Tennis Fulwood LTC Schools Invitational Tournament A big congratulations to the pupils who took part in the mini tennis competition. Thank you to Mr Wragg for organising this.

In the tournament there were six teams competing from Ashdell, Birkdale, Sheffield High School and Westbourne. The teams were split into two groups of three. Westbourne won their group and Birkdale won the other. When they faced each other in the final Westbourne won overall!

The Westbourne team: Finley, Danny, Advait, Lucas.

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The concept was to create a working environment, which would be conducive to open communication.

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They have created a modern industrial look to their office space, which provides a wonderful environment to work and meet with clients. A key focus of the design was the creation of a large open space with a range of rooms for retreat and casual/formal meetings. The design brief also required a large board room, private offices and a media suite as well as staff facilities and a kitchen/lounge area.

The concept was to create a working environment, which would be conducive to open communication with all areas designed to interconnect with the use of glazed partition walls and doors to create zoned areas.

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The interior design emphasises the agency’s open-minded thinking and working principles, as well as uniting the various departments across the business.

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The design meets all the prerequisites for an open and accepting working culture that gives clients and employees the feeling of a home away from home.

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BBC Kids Talk Radio Sheffield made a welcome return to Westbourne to record the very popular feature, ‘Kids Talk’. Led by BBC presenter Paulette Edwards, Year 2 children tackled questions ranging from the purpose of pigeons, the habits of family and friends, to current affairs, including Brexit and Theresa May. Their answers were at times informed, at times a little off course, but at all times incredibly funny and entertaining!

Year 5 also had an encounter with BBC Radio Sheffield when they visited their studios to support their work on radio scripts in Drama class. Using popular children’s stories for younger children – for example The Gruffalo, Cinderella, Three Little Pigs,

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Whilst at the BBC, they had a tour around the studios, and the morning group saw one of the presenters doing the morning show. Six students were selected to be featured live on air to answer questions on World Women’s Day, which was being celebrated that day – 8 March.

The afternoon group were in the studio when Howard Pressman went out live at 3pm and they had to be very quiet!

Did you know?

Westbourne’s Ashdell Grove Building – exclusively for senior school pupils in Year 7 and Year 8 pupils – was once the home of BBC Radio Sheffield?

Later this year BBC Radio Sheffield will make a welcome return to its roots to celebrate its golden years and its 50th anniversary!

You’ll get a Great Reception at Westbourne Places in Westbourne’s Reception Class have been put under increased demand since the opening of its new Pre-School. However, children don’t have to attend the Pre-School to secure a space in the popular Reception Class as Westbourne welcomes children from other feeder nurseries and elsewhere.

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