Our school has a strong family ethos and a wonderful community feel. Our staff work hard to making learning challenging yet fun, and seek to develop strong links between staff, parents, governors and the wider community.
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Within our school you will find a happy, welcoming, stimulating environment providing high standards of education, valuing the efforts of the individual, fulfilling the learning potential of all pupils and promoting equal opportunities. We promote learning for life and encourage children to learn no matter where they are, inside or out! We believe in developing the “whole” child and work hard to nurture, encourage, support and extend all of our children to achieve.
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Come and join our fantastic Nursery! 15 and 30 hour places available.
At Whittonstall First School, we are more than just a school. We are a close-knit community where every child is known, nurtured, and celebrated. We pride ourselves on providing a family-orientated environment where children feel safe, supported, and valued.
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Class 2 have had an amazing start to their new story in English. We had a mysterious poster about a missing dragon show up in school and then a surprise visitor in our class who was looking for protection from a nasty witch! 🧙♀️
This term we are learning the story of ‘The Great Dragon Rescue’. 🐉
The children have learnt the story through actions, written sentences of 3, used alliteration and today they have written an acrostic poem! ... See MoreSee Less
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The deadline for Reception applications is 15th January 2026. Please get in touch with the school office to arrange a visit and see what our wonderful school has to offer.
Please ensure that you have completed the online application form which you can find here: www.northumberland.gov.uk/education-skills/schools/school-admissions-places-appeals/reception-ent...
If you don't live in the Northumberland County Council area, please refer to your local council admissions page or contact the school office for further support.
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Nursery and Reception have had a fantastic day at Potters World. They have enjoyed seeing lots of different animals, including giant tortoises, iguanas and pythons.
They learned all about owls and even got to dissect an owl pellet. They found lots of bones and evidence of what the owls had been eating. They saw different owls and met Chester the barn owl, watching him eat his lunch. They also got creative and made their own owl collage.
The day finished off with a play in the play barn with lots of exploring. ... See MoreSee Less
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What a super first PE lesson of the term Class 2 have had! We are looking at bat and ball skills 🎾 The children worked independently and in pairs to practice their control when hitting a tennis ball with a racket ... See MoreSee Less
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The children really enjoyed a visit this afternoon from the author and poet Attie Lime. They enjoyed listening and joining in with poems on lots of themes. They loved meeting Margery the parrot too! ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you for having me - we had a fab afternoon!
Lots of fairy tales and fireworks in Class 1 this week! The children have learned all about the Gunpowder plot and the traditions associated with bonfire night. They have created their own firework pictures and talked about keeping safe around them.
They have explored traditional tales in their play and thought about characters and settings in our favourite traditional stories. In our ‘Once Upon a Time Cottage’ the children have been dressing up as favourite characters. They also created fantastic alternative versions of well known tales as a class using squiggle story maps. ... See MoreSee Less
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WOW! What an amazing day Class 2 have had at the Life Centre 🧪🧬We took part in their ‘Who wants to be a scientist?’ workshop, where we used our senses to explore during some experiments 🔬 We used oranges to test our sense of smell, acid and alkali solutions to see the colour changes we could create, our sense of touch when we created our own slime and then for the final experiment we saw how rubbing alcohol can create a fire ball!
After all of that excitement, we hard time to explore the rest of the centre where we showed amazing teamwork and super behaviour! 😁 ... See MoreSee Less
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🎃✨ Pumpkin Contest Magic! ✨🎃
Wow — what an incredible display of creativity in our Pumpkin Decorating Contest this year! 🧡 From spooky to funny, every entry was absolutely amazing — it was nearly impossible to choose our winners! 👏
A huge congratulations to our three winners for their fantastic pumpkins! 🥇🎃
We’re so proud of everyone who took part and helped make our hall look so wonderfully festive. 🌟
Thank you to all our pupils, families, and staff for joining in the Halloween fun — your creativity really lit up the school! 🕯️👻 ... See MoreSee Less
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