UNDER CONSTRUCTION

On the week beginning April 15th 2024, we held our first International Week in many years! Each year group was allocated a country from a different year group, and spent the week immersing themselves in the culture and learning a song or dance to perform in our International Assembly. On the final day of our week, pupils and staff were invited to dress up in anything that represents their culture, whether this be traditional clothing, a sports kit, or their flag colours. It was amazing to see the diversity that we share across our school and the energy across the school was wonderful. Our week of learning culminated in a Community Event after school on Friday, consisting of a variety of stalls (henna, hair braiding, face painting), a 'pot-luck' style spread of foods from all over the world and a display of the range of homework projects that children completed about their culture. We extend our thanks once again to the staff, parents and families within the EWPS community for their generosity and enthusiasm, and for contributing their culinary expertise to this event. We look forward to continuing to make our International Week bigger and better each year! 

Reception

Guppy 1 and Guppy 2 have been learning about China. We learnt how to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Mandarin, and even got the chance to make our own Chinese noodles from scratch!

Year 1

Clownfish and Lionfish have been learning all about Jamaica. We had the chance to taste some authentic Jamaican food, like plantain, ginger cake and coconut cake! We also learnt a song called

Tingalayo and made some masks inspired by Carnival!

Here's what our students had to say about the International Week...

'I think international day was fun because we got to taste Turkish food. My favourite was Turkish Delight because it was sweet and chewy!'- Markas, Seahorse Class

'International Day was awesome and I wish it could be every day! We got to try Turkish food and do a poster about Türkiye.' Matvii, Seahorse Class

'For International Day, we learnt how to a dance to a Nigerian song called 'Rush' by Ayra Starr' -Riad, Shark Class (Year 6)

'I enjoyed doing the Nigerian dance and also listening to the song that came with it!' - Keiaana, Shark Class (Year 6)

'I enjoyed watching the school perform a dance from the country they had been learning about. Also, I liked that we could dress up in the culture that we are from.' -Alan, Shark Class (Year 6)