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P5's quidditch match , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 20th Jun 2017 @ 4:02pm

P5 loved their quidditch match today! 

Take a look at our pictures :) 

Quidditch!!!!!, by Miss Ellis

Date: 20th Jun 2017 @ 12:24pm

We have just had the funniest hour playing real life quidditch (the sport played in the Harry Potter books)

P6 were put into the four houses;Ravenclaw,Hufflepuff,Slytherin and Griffindor by the infamous sorting hat 🎩 and then we played eight amazing games of quidditch, complete with beaters, qwaffles and of course the golden snitch.

A brilliant experience for us all. What a laugh 😂 

Week Beginning 12th June 2017, by Mrs Potter

Date: 16th Jun 2017 @ 12:40pm

Hello everyone.

This week in Literacy, we have been reading about 'Supertato' on his quest to defeat Evil Pea. We have been practicing using imperitive verbs to form commands to give to Supertato to help him trap Evil Pea in jelly.

In Maths, We have been learning about capacity of bottles. We did a really fun experiment with lots of bottles to measure which bottles were more than, less than or equal to 1 Litre.

Congratulations to James Jones who has won this weeks star badge for an excellent improvement in his handwriting. Keep it up James!

Please don't forget that it is sports week next week and sports day on Monday morning so P.E Kits need to be in

Another reminder is to make sure that you have signed the permission slip so that your child can come on the school trip. If we could have them ASAP, that would be brilliant. Thank You.

Have a good weekend!

Year 5's Inspire Day, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 14th Jun 2017 @ 3:36pm

Year 5 have had a fantastic inspire day!

All children and parents had great fun exploring a variety of tasks.

These included:

bbq for the vegetable souvlaki's that the children prepared yesterday

making comic strips for a Greek myth

creating a temple using only 8 art straws

creating their own muthical creature

learning Greek dances and a variety of other Greek activities.

Thank you to everyone who came and participated, it was a wonderful morning (:

Design Technology, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 13th Jun 2017 @ 2:50pm

As part of our Greek topic, Year 5 tasted Greek foods. Pita bread was the favourite and some children enjoyed the olives. 

Q5 then had a great morning creating their own vegetable souvlaki. They had to learn cutting skills to cut the vegetables, using the bridge hold and claw grip.

Tomorrow, in our Inspire morning, they will cook them on the BBQ to share with their parents. Let's hope the weather is on our side. ☀️

Leavers service 2017, by Miss Ellis

Date: 13th Jun 2017 @ 2:02pm

Very proud of our year six pupils as they attended the Leavers Service at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral yesterday. 😍👏🏻⛪️

Terrific Scientific Science Day, by Miss Ellis

Date: 13th Jun 2017 @ 1:55pm

An amazing whole school science day with Year Six leading and teaching science in all classes 👏🏻

Election fever , by Miss Ellis

Date: 13th Jun 2017 @ 1:52pm

P6 writing their own manifestos and voting in the school election last week.👍🏻😃

Year 5's Science week, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 12th Jun 2017 @ 10:26am

Year 5 had a great Science focused week. 

The children explored air resistance, water resistance, mechanical forces, friction and gravity. 

During our Science day, the children explored carbon dioxide. 

Take a look at our pictures to see our investigations. 

The Beginning of the End! - Week beginning Monday 5th June, by Mrs Potter

Date: 9th Jun 2017 @ 12:15pm

Welcome back everyone!

This short week has been a fun one! In Literacy, we have been learning all about the General Election. We have learned about the party leaders as well as some of their policies. We also participated in a school election on Wednesday which taught everyone how they will vote when they are older.

In Maths, we have been learning about reading scales, especially thermometers. This has involves a test of cold, tap and warm water. We got to see how the thermometer rose and can now read the temperature.

On Thursday, we had a special Science day which was lead by some Year 6 students. We got to see if we are good tasters. This involved putting blue food dye on our tongues to count how many taste buds we had in a certain area.

Congratulations to Sophie Crosbie who won this weeks star badge for always trying her best in every lesson. Well done Sophie!

See you all next week!

Design Technology P5, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 1:34pm

Today, P5 worked in groups to create Greek Temples. The children had a certain amount of equipment to meet the design criteria. Mrs Sharkey then came to judge the temples and gave points for asthetics, height and stability. 

What a great day!

Well done to the winning team!

Take a look at our marvellous Greek Temples. 

Design Technology, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 1:02pm

Today, the groups completed their Greek temples and we had a guest judge. Mrs Sharkey came and gave points for the designs. The group with the most points won. We had a super Design Technology session.

Congratulations to the winning group. 

Check out the photographs of our great designs.

SATs are over!!!, by Mrs Potter

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 11:51am

Hello everyone!

With SATs finished, P2 have enjoyed a relaxed end of the week with lots of fun activities. We'd all like to congratulate everyone for trying your hardest! I'm sure that the results will do you proud.

On Thursday, we had a lovely visit from the RSPB who told us about all of the wildlike in and around our school. We had an excellent time exploring the school grounds looking at birds, insects and plants.

We were also lucky enough to have parents in for our inspire afternoon. Some of the puppet monsters you made were awesome. We hope you enjoyed coming in as much as we enjoyed having you.

Congratulations to Ryley Newman who won this weeks star badge for amazing listening concentration when sitting on the carpet. Well done Ryley!

We hope you have a wonderful and safe week off!

See you next half term.

Design Technology, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 8:07am

Q5 during the construction of their Greek temples. Sometimes learning is messing. Final structures due later.

Year 5 Ascension and Pentecost Assembly, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 26th May 2017 @ 8:04am

Year 5 all performed wonderfully for our Year 5 assembly. Everyone I spoke to aftwerwards gave rave reviews. Well done Year 5, Mrs Kellett said it was a polished perfomance. 

Year 5's Assembly, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 25th May 2017 @ 4:01pm

What a performance from all the children in year 5!

It was just fantastic, well done everyone! 

Great reviews from everybody who attended :) 

Hot cricket 🏏, by Miss Ellis

Date: 25th May 2017 @ 2:40pm

We've just completed a great and very energetic session of cricket with Chris from Lancashire cricket. What a shame we had to work in the hall on the hottest day of the week due to grass cutting and work going on on the field 😃 Didn't stop our enthusiastic players though!! 🏏

Day 2 at PGL, by Mrs Platt

Date: 25th May 2017 @ 12:10pm

Day 1 at PGL, by Mrs Platt

Date: 24th May 2017 @ 9:42pm

Y5 Pentecost Assembly, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 24th May 2017 @ 8:02pm

Today we were treated to a wonderful assembly by Y5 which taught us about Ascension and Pentecost. Fabulous speaking, acting, singing and yes, you were right, I loved the languages!

Our German Friends at Cowley, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 22nd May 2017 @ 4:45pm

What a fabulous day some of our Y6 German club have just had! Cowley were wonderful hosts as usual to us and some students from Bad Pyrmont who have come to visit England for a few days. We were welcomed by Mr Cormack before being taken on a guided tour by a very eloquent Y8 pupil called Jack. We were struck by the fantastic dress designs put together by Cowley students in Textiles and it made our pupils excited for when they can do this! Mr Watkins led a fabulous samba session where the German and English students performed musical instruments together. We then headed to the sixth form block for a fascinating session from Mr Jones on 3D printing. We designed our own key rings. The day continued with a lovely lunch (thank you Cowley) and a PE lesson. An all round great experience!

RSPB, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 19th May 2017 @ 3:43pm

Today, Steph came from RSPB. She explained that the RSPB is a charity and they have over 100 spaces for nature.

First, the children watched a video clip about nature and wildlife. They then discussed what they liked about the clip and why. 

Steph asked the children what wildlife we have in our school grounds. She then helped the children group the creatures into vertebrate and invertebrate. 

Outside:

Steph discussed food chains and food webs. 

Outside, the children worked together to label the school grounds with different habitats. We investigated the quad, the EYFS outdoor area, the playground and the field.

Once we got back to class, the children discussed what they would have liked to see and how they could create a habitat to facilitate the creatures they would have liked to see. 

Steph left us lots of 'how to guides' to help create a new habitat to encourage different creatures to our school grounds.

Week Beginning 15th May, by Mrs Potter

Date: 19th May 2017 @ 12:34pm

Hello everyone!

Well done to everyone for getting through a really tough week! We've only got next week left and then SATs are over!

Congratulations to Jason Fairclough and Connor Wilson for winning the SEAL Certificates for this half term. You've both worked exceptionally hard this half term! Well done!

Also, Congratulations to Emma Frodsham for winning this weeks star badge for always doing her best both inside and outside the classroom.

We have had fabulous attendance this week! It would be superb if we could keep it up for next week too!

Have a good weekend!

RSPB , by Mrs Atherton

Date: 19th May 2017 @ 11:43am

Today Steph came from the RSPB, she explained that the RSPB is a charity and they have over 100 spaces for nature.

She said the children might have seen the campaign, "Giving nature a home."

The children then watched a video and the children were given the opportunity to explain what they liked and why.

Steph then sorted creatures into vertebrates and invertebrates. Plants and trees were also included in the discussion. 

The children  then thought about what habitats may exist around school. 

Vital for all things to survive: water, food and shelter. This is their habitat. 

Science outside:

Step explained what a food web is.

Outside, the children worked together to label the school grounds with different habitats. We investigated the quad, the EYFS outdoor area, the playground and the field.

Once we got back to class, the children discussed what they would have liked to see and how they could create a habitat to facilitate the creatures they would have liked to see. Some groups would have liked to see hedgehogs and they were trying to think of a good place to create a hedgehog house. 

Steph left us lots of 'how to guides' to help create a new habitat to encourage different creatures to our school grounds.

Squash Year 5, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 18th May 2017 @ 5:20pm

Hi my name is Kacey Gillespie, every Thursday our class plays squash. Each week we split up into teams of 5 and there are 6 teams playing. We have 2 men teaching us named Jim and John, these two men are very kind and teach us how to be perfect at squash. Every week we get better and every one has a good time. We all are trying our hardest so we can get chosen for a tournament against 4 other schools but Jim and John can only choose 12 children out of 60 so every one is competitive. In squash, 1 person marks, 2 play and the others watch ready for their next go. Sometimes the teachers even join in with us. Last week Mrs Atherton played Mrs Fishwick it was very fun to watch but also scary because we didn't know who was a going to win. Mrs Fishwick won, but at least Mrs Atherton had fun. Come and join in with the fun and join squash club on a Saturday morning 10:00 - 11:35, soon you might be good enough to be a professional squash player and you could go to competitions. 

Kacey.