School News

Waterfield Primary School has been a hive of activity during the summer break with Mr Purveur (Principal), Miss James (Premises Manager), Mr Cumming (School Gardener), and various contractors and volunteers […]

The Fire and Rescue service came to visit Year 1. They had a special certificate to present to George, who acted quickly to prevent a fire in his own home. […]

A small group of talented writers from KS1 attended a writing workshop where they got to meet and work with the author Rob Parkinson. The children worked hard to create […]

A few weeks ago, our Reading Ambassadors enjoyed a very special trip in the school minibus to ‘Bags of Books’, a wonderful Bookshop in Lewes. Mrs Jacobs and Mr Purveur […]

Filip, in Year 6, has a real passion for learning about Geography. At home he has dedicated his time to finding out about flags from ALL the countries around the […]

The sun shone, for what was a warm sports day for Years 1-6. The children showed some fantastic sporting skills, but also showcased our school values of kindness, respect and […]

A brilliant time was had by the whole community at the Midsummer Music festival. The crowd were awed by brilliant musicians, singers and dancers, including some visiting guests from the […]

Years 1,2 and 3 had the privilege of meeting a real-life author. Jim Beckett spoke to all the children about his exciting new book ‘Buzz Sausage Wolf’. He told them […]

All of the children had a brilliant and adrenalin-fuelled time, taking part in the sponsored circuits as part of the Great Athletes Event. The were all very inspired by meeting […]

The sun was shining and the air was filled with delicious aromas, as our school community came together for the International Foodshare. The event was a fantastic celebration of our […]

‘Half-a-string’ visited our school to perform their award-winning puppet show ‘Breathe’ which combined world class puppetry with live camera work to immerse our students into a forestry world. Some selected […]

 Year 1,  had a fantastic animal handling workshop! This was to enhance the Year 1 science topic ‘Animals and their Habitats.’  The children were introduced to giant millipedes, snakes and lizards! They learnt about […]

Over the last week or so, Year 1 had the pleasure of hosting some delightful duckling visitors as part of their science topic. They were able to witness them hatch, […]

The children (and staff!) all had a brilliant time immersing themselves in books, activities linked to books and reading as part of World Book Day. Our focus was on reading […]

The culmination of Year 3s work with ‘Same Sky’, was their sculpture tulips forming part of a spectacular display in Crawley Town Centre as part of ‘Light Up Crawley.’ The […]

In this week’s meeting, the Eco team had Jo from BIFFA the waste management hub in Arundel visit. ​The team learnt about the importance of the 3 Rs, especially reducing the […]

Voices of Waterfield had the momentous experience of performing live to an enormous audience at the O2. They joined up with many other schools, making up a huge Young Voices […]

 Keen to make a positive difference to the local community, Eco Club went on a litter pick to the Mill Pond. The children were absolutely fantastic and so keen to […]

We value opportunities for pupil leadership at Waterfield. Our wonderful reading ambassadors, read with younger children today. One of our reading ambassadors was such a natural, that some of the […]

A fearsome looking Year 1 took part in their pirate launch day. They discovered their pirate names, constructed swords, searched for treasure and much more besides. A brilliant day was […]

Year 3 had their first Ukulele music lesson. They learnt how to thumb brush strum!

Our wonderful choir, Voices of Waterfield, visited Osmund Court nursing home to being a little Christmas cheer! Their songs were  thoroughly enjoyed by the residents – getting them into the […]

Year 5, had the chance of a lifetime, to perform at Worth Abbey, alongside Glyndebourne opera company and live musicians. They amazed the audience with the amount of words they […]

At their Christmas meeting, the children from Eco Club made eco friendly Christmas wreaths out of recycled cardboard bases and mainly natural resources!