News & Events

West Walker National Offer Day 2024

It’s National Offer Day for children entering primary school for the first time. Today, primary school offers are sent to parents and carers of young children around the country. It’s a very exciting time for us, and we’re sure for all the young families getting ready...

Careers Week at West Walker: Primary Engineers!

This week our children have been hard at work taking part in the Leaders Award Competition from Primary Engineer. For the competition pupils had to identify a problem that affects them, their peers or the whole world and then design an invention to help solve that...

World Book Day 2024

This week, along with schools in more than 100 different countries around the world, we’re celebrating World Book Day! At West Walker Primary School, we are passionate about the power of reading and encourage our pupils to read daily. World Book Day is a wonderful way...

Early Years at West Walker

Early Years at West Walker

As a school we are looking at our options for the next academic year. We would love to have your opinion on what would work for your family. We are exploring expanding our preschool (2 Year Old Provision). We currently offer 15 hours, over 5 mornings but would like to...

Celebrating Chinese New Year at West Walker!

Celebrating Chinese New Year at West Walker!

This year sees the Lunar New Year start on 10th February 2024. In many cultures, lunar new year is traditionally associated with an animal from the zodiac. This year’s animal is the dragon: a symbol of strength, courage and good fortune. Pupils at our school have been...

Measles Guidance

There have been recent localised outbreaks of measles centred around the West Midlands. There is a risk of further outbreaks in other areas unless urgent action is taken to increase Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination take up in areas with low MMR vaccine...

Remembrance Day 2023

Remembrance Day 2023

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:  Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.  At the going down of the sun and in the morning  We will remember them.” This Saturday is Remembrance Day. At West Walker, we held a commemorative...

European Day of Languages 2023

Bonjour! Willkommen! ¡Hola! Every year, the 26th of September marks the European Day of Languages. This is a day to celebrate the amazing variety of languages and cultural diversity in Europe. Mastering a foreign language opens doors to amazing new opportunities, new...

High Borrans Trip

We had an amazing adventure weekend at High Borrans in the stunning Lake District. 26 of our pupils at West Walker got involved in a range of outdoor activities including: Ghyll Scrambling Canoeing Caving Mountaineering Fell-Walking Orienteering Low Ropes Course In...