Every Summer Aspire2 sends up to 90 children on a short fun-filled holiday to Ufton Court. Summer 2020 was different!  We couldn’t visit them as we usually do in the summer holidays, so they came to us. We provided 3 days of activities for children in small COVID-safe groups in the grounds of Christ the King run by @Ufton Court […]

Normally during the spring and summer we would be busy organising the Whitley School Olympics, visits to Ufton Court and Pangbourne College for outdoor adventures, our extremely popular Family Summer Holiday day trips, craft workshops in the school holidays and much more. Children would be busy practising their contributions to our annual Whitley Arts Festival and we would have been […]

Following a successful bid to The Woodland Trust for a small grant to provide holiday activities on Thursday 1st August 50 children and their families attended a fun day at Ufton Court. Aspire2 provided the coach and accompanying staff and our partners Ufton Court Educational Trust provided activities, lunch and staff.  The children and their families had a lovely day […]

Residential Trips to Ufton Court 29 to 31 July – Years 3 & 4 31 July to 2 August – Year 5 5 to 7 August – Year 6 transition trip These are all managed by a WEC/Aspire2 Project Worker.  Transport is funded by the University, additional staffing from WEC schools funded through parental contributions and Aspire2.  Ufton offer accommodation, […]

Report from a Reading Girl’s School Teacher: “This week a group of students, mainly school council representatives, joined schools from the Whitley area on a visit to the Houses of Parliament. They arrived early so there was time to walk through the park next to Parliament to admire the views of the Palace of Westminster and the Thames. The visit […]

On Friday 12th July, Aspire2 and WEC ran their annual Poetry Competition.  This is the fourth year the event has taken place, and every time it gets bigger!  The event was hosted by the University in the prestigious Henley Business School. The competition is in two parts, submission of poems that the children have written themselves and a performance competition. […]

144 children attended from primary schools across Whitley and took part in the Whitley Excellence Cluster Olympics. One of the organising teachers reported   “The event was brilliant.  Thanks to the funding from Aspire 2, we were able to hire out the Palmer Park. The children were able to run on a real athletics track and do a standing long jump […]