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• Thursday 21 September 2023 Summer Reading Challenge 2023 Congratulations to all the children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge!68 children completed the challenge compared to only 21 children last year!Well done to all of you!
• Thursday 21 September 2023 Summer Reading Challenge
• Monday 17 July 2023 RE Quality Award We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the silver RE Quality Mark. This is in recognition of how we are developing and implementing strategies that generate
• Tuesday 11 July 2023 Art Exhibition 2023 The children (and staff) have been working hard on creating masterpieces based on artists ranging from Claris Cliff to Freida Kahol.
• Thursday 29 June 2023 Year 4 visit to The Minster Year 4 enjoyed their recent trip to King’s Lynn Minster together with other schools to learn all about local woman Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich. The children really enjoyed learning about the Medieval period and these two important women who were significant for their writing and their devotion to religion.
• Friday 23 June 2023 Football Team Report - 23 June 2023 Fairstead vs Whitefriars 3-2 Win!Very different surroundings for us this week, an away game. We played on a much larger pitch and increased the players to 9 a side. We normally play 7 a side so this was a big challenge for our team. We were into the wind in the first half which took a while to get used to. We conceded first, a fantastic save from Codey but unfortunately the rebound fell to their striker, 0-1.We responded well, creating multiple chances. Josh had shots saved in the 6th and 13th minutes. Iwan also tested the keeper with two excellent shots. We pressed high up the pitch with Alise and Jacob intercepting passes in midfield. This lead to counter attacks resulting in passes by Jacob and David through to our attackers. The defence held strong with tackles from Ashton, Ollie and David. We tackled well with full commitment from Alise and George. We were unlucky to be losing at half time.After half time, Codey makes a save worthy of professional level, rushing out at their
• Thursday 22 June 2023 Whitefriars' got talent 2023 What a fantastic night we had at our annual talent contest! The talent on show was so varied and we were impressed by them all.
• Thursday 15 June 2023 Father's Day Event Thank you so much to all our current and future families who attended the Father's Day Event.
• Friday 9 June 2023 Football Team Report - 9th June 2023 A fantastic game from both sides. We welcomed back Sam and Alise who missed our last few matches. It was a very calm start from the team. Alise and Finley were very composed on the ball and this allowed us to get control of the game. Codey continued to be at his excellent best making a few brave saves, rushing out at the attackers. We were unlucky to concede early on but this didn’t stop us. The attack of Josh, Alise, Sam and Iwan created lots of pressure, winning the ball up the pitch. Some great passing created a few chances but we didn’t manage to score. George came on after 12 minutes and got our equaliser 1-1! A shot from distance was powerful enough to beat their keeper.Second half! We dominated the first 15 minutes. A great run, turn and shot from Josh (video 1) put us in front 2-1! A few minutes later and we had another. Iwan striking the ball into the bottom corner 3-1! Excellent calm defensive play from Ollie and David kept us in control. Matas came on with Jacob
• Friday 19 May 2023 Football Team Report - May 19th 2023 Whitefriars vs St Martha'sOur second game of the season, we played two St Martha teams, one in each half.The first half ended 3-3! We were a real threat on the counter attack. The defence of Ashton and David threw everything at the St Martha attack. We were unlucky as a couple of the shots were rebounds from excellent saves from Codey. Brilliant assists from Iwan and even Codey from goalkeeper! Josh, Iwan and Jacob scored near identical goals, sprinting past the defence and striking the ball past the goalkeeper. We created more chances in the first half, with great passes and runs from George. Finley and Ollie came on in defence and showed excellent determination. Oliver put excellent determination and effort in the middle of midfield.Second half we conceded 3 goals, losing the match 6-3, the fresh players having the edge. We were very unlucky, creating lots of chances and missed a penalty. A fantastic effort from all the children, with a smaller squad of player, they gave it their all
• Saturday 13 May 2023 Mini Monsters visit - Year 3 Last week Year 3 were visited by some mini monsters. They were all given the chance to hold snakes, millipedes and spiders and giant snails!
• Friday 12 May 2023 Coronation Picnic 2023 To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III we planned a big family picnic on our field. However, the Great British weather meant that we had to move the event inside and cancel the invitation for families to join together.
• Friday 5 May 2023 Football Team Report - May 5th 2023 Match Report - Whitefriars vs South Wootton.We had our first fixture last night. We played a strong South Wooton side who had played fixtures together before.A slow start to the game for us, under a lot of pressure from SW, in the 3rd minute Codey made a brilliant save followed by a last ditch block from Ollie. Unfortunately we conceded a great goal and went 0-1 down. With more brilliant defending from Ashton and Jacob, we stayed in the game. We managed to counter some attacks with some driving runs from Josh, who held the ball upfront excellently.After a wonder save from Codey, tipping the ball on to the crossbar, we had a lovely passing move between Jacob and Sam, Sam then played a lovely through ball to Josh, who powered the ball into the bottom corner! 1-1.We had a couple of promising moments in attack with Josh having some good shots on target. We managed to be level at half time .Straight after half time we conceded, 1-2 SW. We were determined and pressed the ball more. Some
• Thursday 15 December 2022 A very merry Christmas to you all What a festive and merry time we have had here at Whitefriars this month! It has been so nice to get back to normal and to invite parents in again after a few years of having to send our Christmas wishes remotely!
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Christmas Story Writing Competition WRITING COMPETITION WINNERCongratulations to Ted on winning the Russen and Turner Christmas story writing competition! He wrote a wonderful story called: Santa and the Pirates! Yesterday, Ted recorded his story and it will played on Radio West Norfolk on Christmas Day.Ted won £65 of The Entertainer vouchers and £200 of Waterstones vouchers for the school.Well done Ted!
• Friday 9 December 2022 Our wonderful Ofsted report November 2022 Just after half term, Ofsted visited us to complete an ungraded inspection. They spent 2 days in school analysing everything that we do. It was an extremely thorough process which involved: lesson observations, pupil and staff interviews, looking at the children’s books, examining behaviour of the children around the school and more.The report states that if it had been a graded inspection then the school would have been judged as Outstanding (which is incredible!) Ofsted will be returning to the school soon (usually within a year) to complete a graded inspection and hopefully award us an Outstanding judgement!The report is wonderfully positive with so many lovely comments which reinforce what a truly special school Whitefriars is!• Pupils flourish in this highly ambitious and inclusive school.• Pupils in all year groups behave exceptionally well in lessons and around the school. They demonstrate high levels of respect and kindness towards each other.• Pupils have
• Friday 25 November 2022 Cross Country Finals Congratulations to the children who represented Whitefriars in yesterday’s Cross Country Finals at Lynnsport. All the children did a fantastic job of challenging themselves and everyone finished in the top 20 for their age group, with 2 of the girls finishing in the top 5.Poppy certainly enjoyed her time supporting from the sidelines and may even have added some additional motivation at the finish line.Well done to all the children who participated at some level during this event, you did yourselves and the school proud.
• Tuesday 18 October 2022 PTA Meet and Greet YOUR PTA NEEDS YOU!The past couple of years have been tricky for our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) due to Covid and the many restrictions imposed.However, we hope that 2022/23 will be a great year for the PTA and we would LOVE your help to do this!If you would like to find out more about how you can help please come along to an informal get together after school (children welcome) on Wednesday 9th November at 3pm.There will be cake as well as toys from our lovely Breakfast Club to keep the little ones entertained!We hope to see you there!
• Wednesday 12 October 2022 Year 3 - Neolithic Britain Trip We’ve had a brilliant day at Gressenhall learning all about Britain in the Neolithic (new) Stone Age! Here’s what we got up to…?? Farming - hoed & ploughed fields and ground wheat using a quern stone.?? Building dens - used teamwork to build dens in the woods out of long sticks, animal hide and string.?? Hunting - learned how to sneak up on and hunt wild animals in a group with a throwing spear.?? Flint-knapping - learning about how flint was used to scrape animal hides clean.
• Friday 7 October 2022 Harvest Festival and Foodbank Donations Year 4 led a fantastic service at King's Lynn Minster and reminded us why we celebrate at harvest time.
• Friday 30 September 2022 Macmillan Coffee Morning 2022 The coffee morning was a great success. We sold cakes which had been donated by our generous families and held a raffle. Later in the day every child was given a piece of cake donated by the PTA.
• Wednesday 28 September 2022 Year 2 trip to Pensthorpe The Year 2 children had a great day at Pensthorpe learning about habitat and food chains.
• Friday 23 September 2022 Open Day for new parents
• Thursday 22 September 2022 Year 5 WW2 Evacuee Trip Wow what a day!Here are a few pictures from our WW2 day at Gressenhall. First, we met in the chapel hall and we were introduced to our leaders for the day. We went to help Mable with the Women’s Land Army. We learned about growing crops and the clothing they had to wear. We then learned about what to do in an air raid. Beware the videos are loud. The first video is an air raid siren warning us of an incoming German bombing run. The second is a warning of a gas attack. We had to take cover in the Anderson shelter! Later, we then practised and completed basic training as part of the Home Guard. We learned how to march, stand at ease and stand at attention! Then we took part in bayonet training. We learned how to hold our rifles and bayonets. We marched to our training area and practised our war cries and attacked the sacks from a tree . We then finished with a shopping trip to learn about rations and a cooking lesson on WW2 ingredients . What a wonderful day. The children we
• Tuesday 6 September 2022 Welcome to 2022-23! We would like to welcome all the children back to school. We hope you have a great year.
• Friday 22 July 2022 Year 6 Leaver's Service Our lovely Year 6's did a great job at our church service this morning. They shared their memories of their time here at Whitefriars and sang a great rendition of "Happy".
• Tuesday 19 July 2022 Heatwave 2022! Well done to all of the children who made it into school in the last few days. The children have spend the two days with their new teachers so these days are crucial for transition. Mr Tuckwood walked around the school several times and everyone seemed very settled in their new classes. The children were really sensible and stayed in the shade and drank lots!
• Wednesday 13 July 2022 Sports Day 2022
• Friday 8 July 2022 Tennis Tournament This morning some of our Year 6 pupils attended a Tennis festival at Lynnsport. There were many matches played against the other schools and victories on either side. The weather was scorching so the children earned their water today.Hopefully we’ve inspired the next generation of Norrie’s and Raducanu’s.Great job everyone.
• Wednesday 25 May 2022 Football Tournaments

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