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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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19 November 2021

Year 5 Saxon Day

The children really enjoyed a variety of Saxon activities on Tuesday morning including dyeing fabric using natural plant materials; making charcoal ink and painting Anglo-Saxon runes; and making and cooking their own herby Saxon b...

5 November 2021

Playground Reflection Garden

Thanks so much to those of you who donated bulbs to the school. This week some Year 3s have been planting them and helping spread mulch to create our new playground reflection garden. The children are helping design the space whic...

5 November 2021

Year 5 Visit to Smallcombe Woods

Year 5 had a great trip to the woods just before half term. They were tasked to create their own Saxon settlements amongst the trees, which included damming areas of the stream, building and weaving stick houses and making their o...

8 October 2021

Black History Month

October marks ‘Black History Month’ and at WJS we’ll be using Collective Worship and class PSHE sessions to discuss this topic. The theme for 2021 is, ‘Proud to Be’ This campaign encourages people of...

1 October 2021

European Day of Languages

Last Thursday, WJS celebrated the 20th European Day of Language. 46 countries and over 270000 participants took part in this event. Globalisation and patterns of business ownership mean that citizens increasingly need foreign lang...

14 May 2021

Year 5 Smallcombe Woods Trip

Our Year 5s had a great afternoon in the woods this Thursday. They took part in a Spring scavenger hunt and built some amazing stick towers. There were definitely some budding engineers and it was a close call when we came to meas...

14 May 2021

Year 6 Science - Digestive System

Year 6 had lots of fun learning about how the body digests food. We then demonstrated our understanding by planning and creating digestive systems. It got a bit messy, but it's not an experiment we'll forget anytime soon!

2 April 2021

Ye Olde Curiosity Museum

The children have been busy setting up a Curiosity Museum in the playground at lunchtimes. They have made a beautiful sign (with the help of Caroline Davies), created a museum curator called Brian and lovingly labelled all the cur...

27 November 2020

Age UK at Christmas

Year 3 children have been thinking about others in our community who may be celebrating Christmas on their own this year. They have been making beautiful Christmas cards for the elderly in Bath. These will be delivered to Age UK l...

20 November 2020

Year 6 Migration Project

On Monday, the Year 6 children had a 'Windrush' afternoon where they were looking at the impact of migration on British culture. As part of the afternoon, they rotated around three different workshops with each one focussi...

13 November 2020

The Big Freeze

On Thursday we had half a day off timetable so that we could explore some exciting artwork by the award-winning children’s illustrator, Emma Yarlett. Like many people, we found that although we could name many great bible st...

13 November 2020

Year 5 Anglo-Saxon Morning

Year 5 spent Tuesday morning immersing themselves in the world of the Anglo Saxons. They have visited them on their magic carpet journey but wanted to spend some time outside bringing them to life! They worked in chestnut corner...

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Our Prospectus

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Latest News

Year 5 Saxon Day

Playground Reflection Garden

Year 5 Visit to Smallcombe Woods

Black History Month

European Day of Languages

Year 5 Smallcombe Woods Trip

Year 6 Science - Digestive System

Ye Olde Curiosity Museum

Age UK at Christmas

Year 6 Migration Project

The Big Freeze

Year 5 Anglo-Saxon Morning

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