On behalf of the Governing Board of Wellfield Methodist & Anglican Church School, we are delighted to share the results of an inspection that took place a couple of weeks ago – a Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS).  In a similar way to Ofsted, all Church of England and Methodist schools are visited regularly to evaluate the key questions: Who are we as a school? What are we doing here? How, then, shall we live and learn together?  By understanding these questions, the new SIAMS Framework highlights and seeks understanding of the theology that underpins a school’s Christian vision.   This is a brand new Framework that came into force last September and makes it far more challenging for schools to achieve a positive judgment overall.

I am thrilled to say that we have received a wonderful report which we should all be very proud of as a school community.  ‘Through its vision and practice, the school is living up to its foundation as a Church school and is enabling pupils and adults to flourish.’  Many areas of the Framework were found to be ‘exceptional or impressive’ and the inspector clearly identified that we are enabling all our children to flourish! It was also so lovely to read the phrase, 'truly reciprocal church school partnerships form a flourishing community as they ‘watch over one another in love’' – we feel that this captures exactly how our nurturing school vision was always intended.

Our wonderful ethos and environment is thanks to the energy, skills and commitment of our whole school community – staff, parents, children, governors, the Churches and wider community.  It is a huge team effort and we feel very fortunate to be part of such a supportive and caring ‘family’.  There is also clearly a great deal of work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure that our children receive and will continue to receive the best education and wider opportunities. 

Thank you all for your continued support and commitment to our school journey.

Link to report below:

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Our 2023 KS1 Gospel Values Winner, Ellie, has been spending her summer holidays at the Sea Life Centre in Blackpool. Back in Spring, the attraction held a competition offering one budding sea creature expert the chance to become its first ever Rockpool Ranger.

Ellie was selected and as part of her role she has been teaching visitors what the aquarium does to protect rare creatures and support the local environment.

Nina from CBBC Newsround went to meet Ellie to find out more.

Please check out the link below to see Ellie's amazing interview - we are so proud of you Ellie - what a worthwhile cause. 

Sea Life Blackpool: Meet Ellie the Rockpool Ranger - BBC Newsround

Yesterday, Years 5 & 6 had a Careers Day in school and enjoyed learning all about jobs in the fire service, police, NHS, veterinary science, transportation, farming, graphic design and dance as well as receiving talks about job opportunities and courses offered by Burnley Football Club and Burnley College.

The children were able to discuss the skills and attributes needed for different careers as well as understanding some of the different influences and pathways to their chosen career.

A day thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thank you so much to all the companies and individuals that came to support at this event and help to make it such a successful day for the children.

The Wellbeing Ambassadors are joining forces with the School Council during the Summer Term to lead a very exciting initiative within school. Plans are underway for our very own Wellfield Wellbeing Week which will kickstart an ambitious new project to develop a permanent mindfulness area within school. The Ambassadors and Councillors will be sharing further details over the next few weeks but we are already buzzing about sharing our ideas with everyone! Keep a watch out for more details here...

Yesterday afternoon, Ms Gerrard, Mr Hinksman and Mrs Ellel took a few of our amazing mathematicians from Years 5 and 6 to have their mathematical minds put to the test at the first 'Mathletes Cup' Competition held in the Ribble Valley. They were up against some of the top primary mathematicians in the local area and they were challenged with three heats of extremely tricky equations, calculations and puzzles. An amazing effort from Wellfield - once again so proud of their performance - the questions even challenged the teachers!!

Well done to Logan, Milosz, Jenson, Seb, Oscar, Oliver, Evelyn and Zach - you were superstars and a special mention to Logan and Oscar who were put forward for the quickfire arithmetic round - just amazing how calm you stayed!

Congratulations to Whalley Primary School for winning the cup this year.

This week, the children have been studying music through the decades from the Beatles to S Club 7 - we have all sung our hearts out whilst learning about different music genres, fashions and the history of the decades from the 60's to current date. The children had the opportunity to be part of a rock band at the beginning of the week when we welcomed Rock Steady into school on Monday and today we concluded our week with a huge music concert where the children dressed up as pop stars from across the music industry. You looked absolutely fabulous!!

What an amazing experience we have all had.....its been a true trip down memory lane...particularly for the teachers!

If you were able to be part of our music concert this afternoon, we hope you enjoyed the experience. If not, we have attached a few photos from the day along with some very special messages from some true popstars! How lucky were we!!

https://youtu.be/LcOz9RqpO0c

Thank you to everyone involved in making our music week so special.

Today, six of our fabulous children went to 'Spelling Bee Battle' against Padiham Green Primary and Whittlefield Primary School. To say the children who competed across all three schools were amazing is an understatement - their ability to spell so many 'very difficult' words in a short space of time whilst everyone else was watching and they were being timed, was just phenomenal.

Our Wellfield children were truly fabulous and they certainly gave the other children some true competition. Massive congratulations to Jenson, Ben, Hugo and Aurelia - you were so close and we were so proud of you in how you represented us today - amazing semi-finalists.

However...... the big news!! We came away with two children who made it through to the final!!!!

Huge congratulations to our two youngest competitors - Buddy (Y2) and Emily (Y1) - you were like machines today - just fabulous spelling capabilities at such a young age!! We are beyond proud of you and we are very excited to watch you in the final with our super semi-finalists cheering you on!

Parents - more details on the final to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Well done Wellfield!!

Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions, school have made the difficult decision to close for the safety of the children, parents and staff. We look forward to welcoming you back on Monday morning.

Today, our children came out wearing their best spots and yellow clothing in true 'Pudsey Bear' style to raise money for Children in Need. Following a successful cake stall at breaktime and after parents' giving very generous donations, we managed to raise the super sum of £153.57.

Thank you very much to everyone for joining in with the theme of the day for this worthy cause.

VACANCY

We are looking to appoint a Pupil & Family Support Worker.

If you know anyone who may be suitably qualified and interested in this position, please follow the link to the vacancies section of the Lancashire County Council website where you can find more information and the person specification.

https://schooljobs.lancashire.gov.uk/nt_vacancyDetails.asp?id=59933