GB Powerlifter Wes McGuinness came to visit us today and put us through our paces with a series of active challenges! He also held an assembly where he explained to us all about the importance of training, diet, rest and recovery when taking part in sport. Thank you to everyone who raised money to help support this visit and for our school - phenomenal effort from everyone! 

We all had a great day yesterday as Easter came to Whitchurch! First up was our bonnet parade and wow were they impressive! Judging them was very hard, well done to all the winners.  Next up was the egg hunt with everyone searching high and low and taking home lots of chocolate.  Thank you to everyone who kindly donated eggs. 

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Trust Update Spring 2026

Congratulations to all the children who received a Headteacher's certificate in this morning's assembly.  We are really proud of you all!  And thank you to all our soloists and Mrs Higginson for the lovely music - what talent you all have!

A massive shout-out to all the children who ran their final mile at the Tavy 13 Primary Challenge yesterday! Lots of amazing running and all were awarded medals and t-shirts.

Congratulations to Reuben in Y4 who finished 3rd boy overall in the Y3/4 category.

A huge well done to all our runners who took part in this year's Cross Country race season.  You were all brilliant and raced in some very testing conditions!  Final results are not out yet but there will be plenty to celebrate.

Yesterday also saw our younger racers take to the course too as they competed in the fun run.  Super running from them all but a big shout out to Elise M in Year 2 who was the second girl overall! 

(Sorry the photos aren't better - trying to get everyone looking at you on a start line is harder than I thought!)

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Readathon Bingo and raised an amazing £450! This will go towards our exciting plans for the school library.

There were some amazing entries in the extra Extreme Reading challenge with Evelyn in Y4 chosen as the winner by Miss Croot for reading on a shed roof! 

Congratulations to everyone for the amazing costumes on show yesterday!  We are sure you'll agree everyone looked great and it was lovely to hear about the books that inspired you.

This year we had a prize for one person in each class.  Enjoy spending your Bookstop tokens!

More pictures to follow!

Netball Match Report: Whitchurch vs St Andrew 

Whitchurch primary hosted St Andrews  for a fantastic afternoon of netball, played in great spirit and with plenty of enthusiasm from both teams. It was brilliant to see the players demonstrating excellent teamwork, determination and positivity throughout the matches.

Whitchurch had a strong set of games, securing 3 wins and 0 loss. The team showed great movement around the court, as well fantastic finishing in around the shooting D.

Whitchurch 2 also showed great resilience, finishing with 1 win and 1 loss and 1 draw Despite tough opposition, the players kept encouraging each other and never stopped working hard, which was fantastic to see.

Across all matches, the standard of play was excellent and the sportsmanship shown by both schools was something to be proud of. Players supported teammates, respected opponents and represented their schools brilliantly.

A big thank you to all the parents and supporters who came along to cheer the teams on — your encouragement from the sidelines made a huge difference and created a great atmosphere for the players.

Well done to everyone involved for a wonderful afternoon of school sport! 

We even enjoyed biscuits and squash after!!

Finally the sun came out and what an afternoon we had!  The annual Pancake Races were really fun with Purple House emerging as the overall winners.  It was lovely to see the Whitchurch spirit shining through as our House Captains helped their younger team members.  

And of course Rufus was on hand to watch it all!