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Introducing Stay and Play Forest School sessions

Introducing our FREE stay and play Forest School sessions for 2-4 year olds at St Wystan’s School. Bring your toddler along to experience new skills, develop gross and fine motor skills, and have fun outdoors. Friday 6th May 2022 Friday 13th May 2022 Friday 20th May 2022 The sessions run from 9.00am to 11.00am with...

10/3/22

Spanish at St Wystan’s

St Wystan’s is delighted to be able to introduce Spanish lessons for pupils in Year 5 and 6 alongside their weekly French lessons from this week. Learning languages puts children at a significant advantage, with research showing that the cognitive benefits have a direct impact on a child’s academic achievement. We believe that it’s never...

11/2/22

Children’s Mental Health Week at St Wystan’s

Following on from our assembly on Children’s Mental Health Week, Kindergarten have been drawing our support balloons – the children drew all the people who help them. They also read the story ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. The children made their feeling jars using the different colours to show their emotions. In Nursery, the children have been talking about their emotions. They...

19/11/21

St Wystan’s swimmers to compete in the Independent Schools Association National Finals

We are very proud to have three pupils qualify to represent the Midlands in the ISA Swimming National finals held at the London Aquatic Centre at the end of November. Eleven St Wystan’s pupils attended the ISA Midlands swimming gala where each individual swam superbly and represented the school with confidence. Congratulations to Lydia C...

9/10/20

Special Mentions W/E 9th October 2020

This weeks special mentions have been awarded to: Special Mentions Class Year Pupil Special Mention Nursery TJ For being such a kind friend and always using such beautiful manners. Kindergarten Kaeden For trying his best and working hard all week! Form 1 Seth For having a consistently outstanding attitude to every aspect of school life....

27/8/20

International Music Success for Effie

Effie has been extremely busy over the Summer holidays, not only has been been heavily involved in raising money and awareness for local charities, she has also competed in an International Music Competition. Effie, who is 7 years old, played her harp in the British International New Talent Music Competition last week, where she was...

15/6/20

Hold Still 2020, Photography Competition

Hold Still, a portrait of our nation in 2020, is an ambitious community project to create a unique photographic portrait which captures the spirit, mood, hopes, fears and feelings of the nation as we continue to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak. It has been spearheaded by the Duchess of Cambridge, and she invites you to...

9/6/20

Empathy Day – 9th June 2020

Today is Empathy Day! Empathy is a vital human force which has come into sharp focus during the current pandemic. Right now, we’ve never needed it more! The good news is that Empathy is a skill you can learn, and Empathy Day focuses on using books to step into someone else’s shoes. Scientists say that we...

12/2/20

Repton Family of Schools

We are delighted to share the fantastic news that we are currently working towards joining the Repton family of schools with effect from September 2020. St Wystan’s, founded in 1926, has its Centenary year fast approaching and continues to thrive as a non-selective school and nursery that prides itself on its reputation for nurturing happy,...

10/5/19

Year 4 Awarded Merits from Derby Arts Festival

Well done to our very talented Year 4 pupils Ava and Haris who were both awarded Merits in the Verse Speaking category of the Derby Arts Festival. Congratulations to you both.