World Mental Awareness Day
Published 15/10/21
On Friday 15th October William Byrd wore yellow to spread awareness to show young people they're not alone in their mental illness for World Mental Awareness Day #HelloYellow.
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Read MoreYear 5 Science Museum Trip
Published 14/10/21On Thursday 14th October our Year 5 children had a fantastic educational trip to the Science Museum. Despite the long journey there and back, the children had a great day, learning about voyages into space as well as other topic areas.
Read MoreBlack History Month
Published 13/10/21Black History Month is marked annually in October. It recognises and values the inspirational individuals and events that have shaped the black generation. During Black History Month, we remember and celebrate the important people from the past and also those who contribute to and help our society today.
Read MoreA Strong Start to the Term
Published 30/09/21We have made a very strong start to the new academic year and our new children and staff are settling in well to life at William Byrd. Each year team has written a short overview of learning and progress so far.
Read MoreDelicious School Meals
Published 29/09/21Since the beginning of term Dolce, our new catering company, have been cooking delicious meals for our children. Booking is easy and can be done online using your SchoolGrid account. If you have not received your login details please contact the school office.
Read MoreHarvest Festival
Published 24/09/21This year William Byrd celebrated Harvest Festival and organised a special Harvest assembly lead by the Reverend Mike Talbot. The Reverend spoke to the children about Harvest and the importance of sharing food and being grateful and thoughtful for what we have.
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sent in their donations over the past few weeks. We will be visiting the Yiewsley Foodbank soon to donate all the tinned and packaged produce we have collected.
Read MoreWorry Monsters
Published 20/09/21We are very lucky to have received lots of different worry monsters for the children to use to support their well-being during ELSA sessions. These were made and donated to the school by Knit-for-Nowt. We also had some dolls knitted for us with different emotions these were made and donated to us by the Women’s Institution and Brenda and Val from the Rotary club. Jan Presland also kindly knitted us some people who help us. Thank you to all who have supported us.
Read MoreReading at William Byrd
Published 13/09/21The teaching of Reading, both the technical aspects of decoding language and the opportunity for children to develop a love of reading, is one of the most important aspects of school life here at William Byrd Primary Academy.
Read MoreYear 6 Leavers 2021
Published 23/07/21It's been an emotional time here at William Byrd as we say goodbye to our fantastic Year 6 children. They have been a fantastic year group and have coped with the challenges of this peculiar year so maturely. We wish them all the very best for the future and hope they let us know how they are getting on!
Click on the links below to see some special videos from our Year 6 children and teachers:
Read MoreSports Days
Published 19/07/21All of the children worked extremely hard during their sports day events, despite the very hot weather and so were very deserving of the points they earned for their allocated Olympic countries.
Read MoreReception Virtual Safari Trip
Published 14/07/21Our reception classes enjoyed a virtual safari trip in their classrooms as part of their project ‘The Big Wide World’. The classroom chairs were lined up like those of a tour bus and the children passed all the safari animals with excitement and cheer.
Read MoreWilliam Byrd Reading Festival
Published 12/07/21This month we celebrated reading by having a special William Byrd Reading Festival week. During the course of the week we explored and celebrated books, comics and illustrations.
