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Welcome to Widcombe Church of England Junior School, a member of the Palladian Academy Trust. The school is situated in the centre of Bath, within walking distance of all the sports facilities, museums, art galleries and parks the city has to offer.

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13 March 2020

STEM Week Year 3

Year 3 had some visitors from Bath University to show us some fascinating forces. We were all completely amazed by the levitator which used the power of sound to make things float. A small steam engine used steam to make a wheel t...

13 March 2020

Mid Somerset Festival

Congratulations to our wonderful school choirs and band – who represented us brilliantly during the Mid-Somerset Festival this week. The boys’ and girls’ choir sang brilliantly in their respective en-tries, and w...

5 March 2020

Book Week

We have enjoyed a brilliant Book Week. Our inspiration was, ‘The Day War Came’ moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heart-breaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who...

27 February 2020

Playground News

The OPAL shed has had a full refresh over half term and we have lots of new play items. We are still in need of more shoes, cuddly toys, wheelie items and a new yoga ball if anyone can help. Please leave at the office or find Zosi...

13 February 2020

Year 5 Zen Gardens

This term, as part of our topic on Japan, we have been learning about the art of Zen gardens. We learnt that the Japanese rock garden or "dry landscape" garden, are often called zen gardens. We decided to create our own...

13 February 2020

A busy sporting week

We enjoyed a series of sporting events this week. Widcombe Championships Netball was the dedicated sport for Widcombe Championship Day. Congratulations to Grainger who were victorious. Multi skills Well done to the ten childre...

6 February 2020

Year 3 Lego Robotics

As part of their topic on Machines, Year 3 got the chance to experiment with Lego to experience how gears, pulleys and levers work. It was fascinating to try out our own ideas and see how this changed how far the ball flew or how...

6 February 2020

Children’s Mental Health Week

On Thursday we were visited by Lucy Aston from Yogadoo. She hosted a whole school assembly on how to keep ourselves happy and healthy. Lucy highlighted the link between our physical and mental health - we need to focus on activiti...

31 January 2020

School in a Bag Fundraiser

On Wednesday, Comets class completed their sponsored obstacle course in order to raise funds for our school charity, School in a Bag. The children braved the icy conditions to complete a circuit around the playground consisting of...

31 January 2020

Year 3 Trip to Bath Museum of Work

On Thursday Year 3 visited the Bath at Work Museum to find out about old factories and machines. This will help us picture the world of great engineers such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel. We had a tour of the factory, watched some vi...

23 January 2020

Year 6 World War 2 Trip

On Monday, World War 2 sadly came to Y6 and an emergency evacuation had to take place! The children arrived to school in full costume completely unaware of what the day ahead of them had in store. Little did they know, once they...

16 January 2020

Trees for Climate Change

Continuing our school campaign to plant as many trees across our school community by March this year, children in Supernova class planted over 40 native trees this week in Chestnut Corner. These will be trained as hedgerow plants...

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Easter Service at St Matthew’s Church

03April

20April

Start of Term 5

22May

End of Term 5

01June

Start of Term 6

22June

Inset Day

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Be the best you

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Our Prospectus

Term Dates

Contact Us

Latest News

STEM Week Year 3

Mid Somerset Festival

Book Week

Playground News

Year 5 Zen Gardens

A busy sporting week

Year 3 Lego Robotics

Children’s Mental Health Week

School in a Bag Fundraiser

Year 3 Trip to Bath Museum of Work

Year 6 World War 2 Trip

Trees for Climate Change

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