Westfield Junior School

Over 30 Westfield pupils attended the Summer Reading Challenge award ceremony this week at St Ives Library.

Town Mayor Julie Kerr presented children who had read at least 6 books over the summer holidays with a certificate and medal.

After completing each book, the children visited the library to share what they enjoyed about the book they had finished reading and to collect a sticker for their reading challenge collector card.

The Mayor told all the children if they wanted to be Mayor one day, they had to be really good at reading to read through pages of never ending meeting agendas.

Cambridgeshire Libraries held activities throughout the summer to accompany the challenge.

The Summer Reading Challenge takes place every summer at libraries across the country, organised by the charity The Reading Agency, who have a misson to inspire social and personal change through the power of reading.

We hope your family have had an enjoyable summer and we are looking forward to opening our doors to all pupils on Wednesday 3rd September at 8:45am.

You can find all our term dates right here on our website. We have just swapped over to a new website system so are currently getting used to it. Sorry if there is anything you can’t find, but please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us on 01480 375005 or office@westfield.cambs.sch.uk if there is anything you need to know.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our WSA events over the past year. We have achieved our ambitious target and have raised £11,000 for our new trim trail. For every cake baked, item bought, quiz question answered and penny donated we thank you. If you’d like to get involved with being part of the amazing WSA team, please reach out to WestfieldWSA@gmail.com .

It’s still not too late to register for the summer reading challenge at St Ives Library.

Just pop along to the library any time during staffed hours to register and collect your reading challenge sticker collector card. You’ll get a new sticker for each book you read. If you read 6 books over the summer you’ll complete the challenge and be invited to the award ceremony in September.

Every time you complete a book, pop in to the library to share the story you’ve read. If you visit between 10am and 12noon on a weekday, you might even meet some of our lovely former Westfield pupils volunteering for the reading challenge, ready to hear about your book. Library staff are available during all other library opening hours.

If you complete the challenge, be sure to share news of your success with your new teacher in September!

St Ives library staffed opening hours are
Monday: 9.30am to 7pm
Tuesday: 9.30am to 5pm
Wednesday: 9.30am to 5pm
Thursday: 9.30am to 1pm
Friday: 9.30am to 5pm
Saturday: 9.30am to 4pm
Sunday: Closed

The library website can be found here: Cambridgeshire Online | St Ives Library

The Summer Reading Challenge website can be found here: Summer Reading Challenge

This summer we are updating our website to be simpler and more concise. Hopefully it will be easier to find those essential bits of news or upcoming dates with a simpler menu structure and clearer, less cluttered layout.

Eventually, the new website should be easier to update with news from our learning journey across the whole school, keeping the community informed of developments here at Westfield. As it links directly into our pupil learning platform, our students can be directly involved in sharing news from Westfield in the near future.

Please bear with us as we get used to using and updating the new site!