Our blogs

Lunch time golden table , by Mrs Platt

Date: 15th Nov 2016 @ 12:16pm

Children are working hard to demonstrate their excellent table manners in the hope of being chosen to join our 'golden table'. Our weekly winners will be shared on the newsletter. 

Switch Off Fortnight , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 14th Nov 2016 @ 10:30pm

Our worship was led this morning by our Eco Council.  They explained to all the children how we can conserve energy by switching different things off.  We all learned about the 'standby' button on most electrical items and how this means it is still using electricity - thank you for teaching me this.  We were shocked and surprised to hear that we could save up to £80 a year on our bills if we just switch off.  Over the next two week, the Eco council will be focusing on conserving energy.  I have spotted some handy stickers around school (and on my computer) to help remind us to turn things off when they are not in use.  Well done to the Eco Council. 

Chamber of Commerce, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 14th Nov 2016 @ 8:18am

Last week, year 5 had the Chamber of Commerce in showing them how to run a business. The children were really inspired by Natalie's presentation and they cannot wait to start their own project. 

Music, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 13th Nov 2016 @ 5:27pm

Q5 had a super afternoon performing and composing with the School's Music Service. 

It sounded almost professional, well done. 

Q5 caught reading, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 13th Nov 2016 @ 5:12pm

Even on our sleep over some of Q5 were caught reading. A great end to the day before we settled down. 

Catalyst Museum Sleep-over., by Mrs Atherton

Date: 13th Nov 2016 @ 4:51pm

Q5 had a wonderful sleep-over at the Catalyst Museum. The children were so excited all day and even managed some sleep at night. The behaviour and manners or the children were excellent  throughout the day. A personal note of thanks for the staff who gave up time away from their own families to support your children: thank you Mrs Ashton, Miss Fishwick and Mrs Connor. 

It was a little cool over night but other than that it was a great trip from beginning to end. Feedback from the children has been 100% positive.   

Thank you to Mrs Kellet, who at the end of her long day came a read a bedtime story to the children until 9.00. pm.

See if you can spot your child sleeping.

Non-stop learning!, by Mr Houltram

Date: 12th Nov 2016 @ 5:53pm

What a week! So where do I start? Let's start with English. The children have been looking at lots of different poems all week; Kennings, Haikus and Tankas. We finished the week producing some thoughtful Cinquain poems to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. Ask the children all about the different syllable patterns.

In Maths we have been delving even deeper into our multiplications. We now know all about commutativity and distributive law - sounds tricky but the children excelled! The children also looked at factors and products whilst we focused on fractions in our Maths Meetings - ask the children all about it.

In Science we have been exploring the digestive system. The children were able to identify the parts of the digestive system and produced an interactive worksheet to learn the functions of each part.

We have started our new text 'Bill's New Frock' for our Guided Reading. Poor Billy has woken up as a girl and his Mum has sent him off to school in a frilly pink dress! Goodness knows what's in store for him.

Well done to Alexia, Abigail, Deborah, Emily, Kacey, Maddison, Matthew, Rory, Ruby and Zach who all achieved 100% on their spellings. Jayden topped the dojo charts with a huge 18 dojos whilst Zach was a worthy winner of our Star Badge award. A special mention to Hayden too who has achieved yellow belt in Kickboxing. Well done Hayden!

Next week we will be exploring a poem by William Wordsworth called Lucy Gray. It tells the story about a young girl who went out one evening in a storm never to return. We will turn our attention to division in Maths, looking at teeth in Science, (open wide!) and will be producing a fact file all about Italy in Geography. Not sure how we'll fit it all in but Q4 never cease to amaze me.

I'll upload some pics very soon so keep checking back.

A week to remember, by Mr Gill

Date: 12th Nov 2016 @ 3:32pm

This week has been a week to remember in so many different ways.

Friday saw our whole school remembrance service which gave us all time to reflect and remember the fallen. Our two minute silence was impeccably observed by all. The children had many questions to ask about Armistace Day and we had a thought provoking discussion about it. For their homework, the children have been asked to write a poem designed to remember the fallen. I am looking forward to reading them on Monday morning.

In our maths lessons this week we have been looking at multiplication. If anything, this series of lessons taught us that it is vitally important to know our tables. It would be great if adults at home would complement the work we are doing in school by helping us learn our tables.

English has been a particular highlight of the week. We have been exploring different types of poems. The 3 types of poems we have looked at in depth are; Kennings, Haikus and Tankas. The children have written some fabulous poems and had the chance to read them out loud to their peers!

Our new guided reading book is Bill's New Frock. The children are really intrigued to find out how Bill has ended up wearing a frock!

We have been learning about the digestive system in Science. Where does our food actually go after we have put it in our mouth? We are looking forward to exploring this in more detail in next Wednesday's lesson.

In Geography, we have been focusing on the country Italy. We now know which continent it is in, its capital, what countries it borders and what oceans surround it!! We have been busy.

Congratulations to Harvey who won out Star Badge award this week for his brilliant times tables knowledge. A big well done to Ruby and Charlie who topped the Dojo charts this week!

That's all for now! Have a great weekend.

French Yoga, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 3:53pm

Well, I must say I'm feeling very calm and relaxed! Not just because it's Friday , but because I have been doing Yoga all afternoon with Y3. Steph from Primary Languages Network delivered lovely sessions where we were given our Yoga instructions in French. This gave us the chance to revise words for body parts and animals as well as learning lots of new vocabulary. It was a truly special way to round off the week and I hope your children are all feeling as good as I do.

Outstanding writing , by Miss Glover

Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 3:01pm

Well done to Amelia for her writing today and congratulations for receiving a Headteacher award . She wrote a newspaper report recounting the events of the Gunpowder Plot.  

Outstanding OUTSTANDING independent work well done! 

Star badge winner, by Miss Glover

Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 2:54pm

A huge well done to Thomas for winning a star badge last week. Super role model to our class showing outstanding behaviour at all times. Well done! 

Guy Fawkes, by Mrs Potter

Date: 11th Nov 2016 @ 12:26pm

Hello, 

This week we have been learning about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot. We had some wonderful writing during Big Write. Lots more children are doing their Big Talk homework. Great news!

We have also been doing painting this week and have been learning to mix primary colours to make secondary colours. At the moment, we're in the middle of making bonfire pictures and we'll upload some photographs when we're finished.

Today we went to a special assembly for Armistice Day. We observed two minutes silence. The children displayed excellent behaviour and I was proud of them.

I apologise for no blog last week, I did do one but it didn't appear.

See you all next week.

Pirate Writing Crew, by Mr Warner

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 10:04pm

Miss Gauld has been working hard with two groups of four children, leading a themed writing intervention called Pirate Writing. There are encouraging signs of good progress being made already after two weeks. 

The room looks amazing and the groups are really motivated throughout each task.

Thank you Miss Gauld for all your wonderful work with these children. 

Column addition , by Mr Warner

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 9:54pm

We have worked very hard all week and used a range of concrete resources to learn about column addition. The children have used rounding, estimating and lots of mental strategies, leading to the more formal methods of column addition and subtraction.  

Class Worship, by Mr Warner

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 9:50pm

Grace and Anthony led our class worship this week. They read confidently, clearly and fluently, combining singing, with great use of technology. So well organised and lovely to see the other children really appreciating their efforts.

Well done. 

P.E. (Handball), by Mr Warner

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 9:37pm

A great session with Mr Ward in preparation for tournaments coming up in the next few weeks.

Children were taught a range of passes and quickly picked up the rules of handball. The games were extremely competative throughout the lesson. 

Haven't got a clue ... to experts! (In just one week) , by Miss Hughes

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 5:49pm

We have been learning how to use the active and passive voice in English and we have been using Miss Hughes' favourite game to help us... cluedo! We can now confidently create sentences using both active and passive and we really enjoyed writing descriptive sentences about those sneaky cluedo characters. They've  been getting up to no good in Dr Black's house. 

Q6 are very "bright" - Science , by Miss Hughes

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 5:43pm

We have spent the past couple of weeks studying light in our science lessons. We have looked at how light travels in straight lines, how light travels into our eyes to allows us to see and how light is reflected. Look at us modelling how light is reflected in the pictures below. We had loads of fun using a periscope and looking around corners and over objects! We had a go at making our own periscopes too. Cereal boxes and mirrors worked a treat! 

Chamber of Commerce project at Gullivers World!, by Miss Hughes

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 5:26pm

Additional pictures from chamber of commerce innovation & enterprise project. We are so proud of you Year 6! X

Determined to sort our determiners, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 4:48pm

In French this week Y4 have delighted me with their ability to sort nouns according to masculine, feminine or plural by looking at the determiner. The children did this so well they were then challenged to put the words into alphabetical order. Having recorded their new vocabulary in their books they used bilingual dictionaries to find other classroom object vocabulary to add to the list.

Year 6 Apprentice....You're hired!!, by Miss Ellis

Date: 10th Nov 2016 @ 1:14pm

Yesterday ten pupils from our year six classes took part in the grand final of the St Helens Chamber of Commerce Enterprise competition. Since mid September, all the children have been designing a theme park based on the Gullivers World complex and creating press releases, posters,powerpoints, leaflets, budgets and environmental reports in preparation for the final. We sent two teams to the final after the judges visited us before half term and they both did incredibly well. Sadly we didn't win overall but both teams were highly commended by the judges and more importantly the children themselves were very proud of the work they had presented. Miss Hughes, Mrs Baskett, Mrs Harrison and myself were impressed by the all of the children's efforts and would like to thank them for all their hard work.🕴🏅🏆

P5 Penpals, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 9th Nov 2016 @ 10:54am

Today P5 were matched up with their new French penpals. They did a brilliant job of introducing themselves and giving personal information in French. We also saw some lovely designs for the front covers showing the relationship between our two nations. We hope our new friends in l'Ecole de Velles enjoy reading them.

MacMillan Coffee Morning , by Mrs Platt

Date: 8th Nov 2016 @ 5:57am

We have received a certificate from the Macmillan team saying thank you for supporting the coffee morning. We raised £376.24 for a great cause! 

Action packed!, by Mr Houltram

Date: 5th Nov 2016 @ 1:38pm

..... and breathe.. Wow we have had one action-packed week. We got our Geography off to a terrific start and now know all seven continents. The children can also tell you where some of the European countries are located - their atlas skills were great!

We kick-started the week with a performance of the story of Rama and Sita, we hope you enjoyed the photos. Q4 are brilliant performers and they never cease to amaze me!

In English we have been looking at segregation in the 1950's. We focused on 'The Little Rock Crisis', which occurred in Arkansas in the USA. The children have written some excellent persuasive pieces arguing why segregation is wrong. It tied in perfectly with our Black History Week. The children showed sympathy, empathy and thoughtfulness in their writing which was most pleasing. Please ask the children all about it. 

In Maths we have been looking at representing multiplications. This week we have been able to represent our answers using bar models as well as with place value counters. It will certainly help us to become more fluent in multiplication - column method and distributive law next week! 

Next week we look forward to our new text, 'Bill's New Frock' by Anne Fine for our Guided Reading sessions. Can't wait for that! We will also be exploring poetry in our English lessons and we'll be looking at the digestive system in science. Lots to look forward to! 

Well done to Kacey, Izzy, Sophie, Josh, Emily, Alexia, Boo and Abigail who shone in their drama production - Q4 are very proud of their talents. Izzy topped out dojo chart whilst Deborah, Sophie and Boo won our Secret Student prizes. Ask the children all about it! 

See you next week! 

How please he was!, by Mrs Kellett

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 5:43pm

Tyler was so pleased with his effort today. Miss Hope was delighted with his work and sent him to see me. Well done Tyler. Keep up the good wo