It’s the last day of term here at Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School and throughout Britain as we prepare for the festive season ahead and a new year! At this important period in our school calendar, we take this opportunity to look back over the year and offer our congratulations to the girls that have worked […]
WJGS had a wonderful evening last week dancing with Pamper Indulge and Give at the Showcase Extravaganza part 2 at Fairfield Halls attended by the Mayor Of Croydon. Pamper Indulge and Give aim to help young people around health issues, self-esteem and self-confidence and at the same time making them aware of their local charities […]
With the choir in such fine voice this year, which they have already displayed in Croydon Town Centre, they decided to pay a visit to the lovely people at CAFCO (The Croydon African Carribean Family Organisation) to send some festive cheer to everybody. The Winterbourne Girls’ Choir did us proud and it was lovely to […]
The Christmas season is upon us and our choir helped set the mood, singing in the Whitgift Centre in Croydon for St Christopher’s Hospice. The children were in fine voice as always and delivered a magnificent performance for the shoppers as they scurried through the Whitgift Centre getting their shopping for the forthcoming festive season. […]
On Tuesday 10th December, we had a wonderful assembly by our debate club, preparing us for the big election on the 12th of December. All our girls will get a chance to vote on Thursday in school. We took some pictures during the assembly, which can be seen in the small gallery below. For a […]
Another wonderful activity that the girls took part in on enrichment day was dance. They first studied traditional Romanian dancing, then incorporated steps from a variety of regional folk dances into their own composition.
Steve McQueen invited every Year 3 pupil in London to have their photograph taken by a team of specially trained Tate photographers last year. We organised for last year’s Year 3 classes to be part of this project. These class photos are brought together into a single large-scale installation, capturing tens of thousands of Year […]
We explored the geography of Pakistan and learned how Pakistan came to be a Muslim independent nation, the symbolism of the Pakistani flag and was inspired by the famous song ‘Dill dill Pakistan.’ pupils used Garage Band to recreate their version of Pakistan Pop Music.
We learned some interesting facts about Afghanistan and where it is in the world and then sewed to make Binka bookmarks. It involved a lot of concentration. The girls thoroughly enjoyed this learning experience and the opportunity to learn new skills such as sewing. We took some pictures of this class during learning time, which […]
As part of enrichment day, the whole school took part in a range of activities to explore countries throughout the world. In this activity the children found Sri Lanka on the map and then created wire models to show what tourists might do if they visited. Aren’t they fab!
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