Denton West End Primary School

Handwriting Competition Winners 2020

Manchester Children's Hospital

Today, we had a very special assembly! Manchester Children's Hospital came into to see us to tell us all about the amazing work they will do with the money we will raise for them as they are our charity of the year. 

Rock star day!

To celebrate all the hard work the children have been doing to learn their times tables we had a special Rock Star Day! Everyone looked fantastic and over 100 VIP passes were given out. Keep practising those times tables!

Denton Big Sing

The Choir performed at Denton Community College at the annual Denton Big Sing.

Exhibition

Thank you to all the people who came after school and on open afternoon to see the exhibition. The children have worked really hard to produce all the work based around a religion or culture which was our theme for this year. I hope you can see how much the children have enjoyed their learning through the displays.

Red Carpet Times Tables Assembly

Explore Learning writing competition

Explore Learning came into school to launch their writing competition. The children have to write a story on the theme change the world. The winner will have Alesha Dixon come into their school to do an assembly and they will also win a family holiday to Disneyland Paris! Hopefully, we will have a winner from Denton West End!

Rock Steady 

Rock Steady came into school and did workshops for children in KS2. They taught children to play instruments and sing to We Will Rock You by Queen in just 30 minutes! The children enjoyed it a lot and are looking forward to Rock Steady setting up a school band.

Luke Temple

The author Luke Temple came into school to tell us all about his books. He gave us teaser about what his book are about and talked to us all about what it is like to be an author. He will be coming in also to sign any books bought by the children and the school for the school library. He has written about his visit on his blog thistlewick.blogspot.com and how much he enjoyed coming into our school.

Snow Day

Times Table Red Carpet Event

We held our first Red Carpet Assembly on Friday 11th January. Special lanyards were awarded to the children and Mr Hesford, our Site Manager, came along to present them. The children are proud of their achievements and it's lovely to see the children wearing the lanyards around school. 

Visit From Tommy Atkins

All year groups enjoyed a visit from Tommy Atkins to teach us all about life as a soldier during World War 1.  The children really enjoyed trying on the clothes and handling the equipment.

Diwali Celebrations

Denton West End celebrated Diwali by creating rangoli patterns and diva lamps. They also learnt an Indian dance.

World War I

To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, Denton West End pupils have created a wonderful poppy display in the junior hall.

Judaism  Assembly

Denton West End learnt about Judaism and Jewish culture during a school assembly.

Galleries

Lord Mayor's Ball

Children from our school choir had a fantastic performance opportunity to sing at a highly prestigious event of the Lord Mayor's Ball. Children sang songs with members of another schools choir and really impressed the audience. It was an amazing night and the children represented the school brilliantly. Please enjoy the clips of their performances.