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Year two football team. , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 5:39pm

We heard all about our year two football team today from Mr Ward in assembly. They all received certificates for their participation.  

Outside Achievements, by Mrs Kellett

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 5:36pm

Every week, we celebrate the achievements of the children outside of school. This week we had Summer reading challenge certificates, rainbow badges, spooky welly walk medals and swimming badges. Well done to you all.  We love hearing about all the things you do outside of school 

Stars of the week , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 5:30pm

This week's star badge winners. Well done everyone 

Comparing Schools, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 5:13pm

We've just had a lovely afternoon in P3. I was introducing the children to the new Etwinning project we are taking part in with our partner schools in France and Italy by showing them photos of San Giorgio Catania (the school in Sicily) when we had a lovely coincidence! Anna and Ellie from Y6 brought me a copy of The Jolly Postman (il postino) in Italian! I can't wait to look at it properly. We had a super discussion comparing the Italian school with Queen's Park. We then decided what would interest our partner schools about our school and took photos near the office, in the playground and by the international displays. These will be posted on Etwinning as part of the project. We finished the afternoon by looking at photos of St Brigid's in Australia.

Diwali, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 1:39pm

The children in Year 5 acted out the story of Rama and Sita to begin our Diwali celebration. The children loved getting into role as part of our 'whoosh' story. 

We loved Vaughn as the ten headed demon, Ravanna. 

Our first week back after half term., by Mrs Potter

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 12:29pm

Black History, by Mr Warner

Date: 3rd Nov 2016 @ 9:46pm

Throughout the week Q3 have been learning all about the importance of equality. Debates have taken place and work based on discrimination, where the girls were given preferential treatment compared to the boys for a short time (this caused outrage amongst the boys, but was essentail to demonstrate inequality). We have looked at segregation, the slave trade and how we need to remember the history of black Americans.

In Guided Reading the class have celebrated the songs and looked closely at the lyrics of several black artists. Music has ranged from The Black Eyed Peas to John Newton (lyricist of Amazing Grace) who we found out was originally a slave trader.

It has been a most enjoyable week, ending with team tasks to research about significant black people from history.   

Class worship, by Mr Warner

Date: 3rd Nov 2016 @ 9:26pm

What a wonderful way to start our day on Wednesday. Michael and Liberty led our class worship. They used the bible story Noah's Arc to demonstrate the Year 3 value of respect. They confidently read the story and used the whiteboard to share a song linked to the story. The rest of the class listened carefully and also demonstrated great respect. Two more children will lead class worship next week.

Black History Week, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 3rd Nov 2016 @ 4:41pm

This week as part of Black History week, the children have discussed why it is important to teach Black History and to learn about people who played a part in Black History. On Tuesday, the children learned about the history of jazz. Wednesday, they looked at songs sung by Aretha Franklin and Louis Armstrong and commented on how the lyrics could be used to combat racism. Thursday, the children explored The Bare Necessities song and thought about basic human rights. 

P5's learning log projects , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 3rd Nov 2016 @ 3:40pm

The children from P5 have shared their learning log projects today to kick start or Earth and Space topic in Science.

Well done to all the children who completed the project over the half term. You have all worked extremely hard! 

Take a look at our fabulous projects. 

International Partner Schools, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 9:08pm

We have two lots of international news to share. Firstly a parcel arrived from our friends in Velles, France. The children have written in English to describe themselves and they have also given us a challenge to complete French crossword puzzles. What a great idea!

Secondly, St Brigids in Tasmania have sent us photos of their school so that we can compare it with Queen's Park. We are waiting for photos of our French and Italian partner schools to arrive too-how exciting!

Diva lamp designing..., by Miss Glover

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 6:59pm

This week we have been celebrating and learning all about Diwali. This is the Hindu festival of light. Children  celebrated this by designed their own Diva lamp, today we carried out our design plans and made REAL clay Diva lamp holders. We had great fun manipulating the clay! Well done Q1- check out our creativity...

Shape fun!, by Miss Glover

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 6:52pm

Our new Maths Topic is Shape. This week we have been looking at 2D and 3D shapes. Children must be able to identify common 2D and 3D shapes. Help your child at home by hunting out 3D shapes within everyday objects. E.G a can a soup could be a cylinder. 

Why not visit the bbc website and play some fun shape games? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks1_lessonplans/maths/2d_3d_shapes.shtml 

Phonic workshop, by Miss Glover

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 6:47pm

Tomorrow Year One parents are invited to attend a short meeting regarding the phonics check in summer term. Please stay and come along! It starts at 3:10 and we plan to be finished at 3:30. We will be handing out helpful resources for you to help your child prepare for this check.

Key Strings🎼🎸🎻🎷, by Miss Ellis

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 3:45pm

The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit from the Key Strings duo this week. Inspirational stories about the roots of black music gave us something else to think about during our work on black musicians.

Bonfire night safety, by Mrs Platt

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 6:10am

Tuesday's assembly was spent looking at the story of Guy Fawkes and around why Bonfire Night is still celebrated. 

During the assembly, we talked about The Firework Code and how to enjoy but keep safe on Bonfire Night. 

Diwali, by Mr Houltram

Date: 31st Oct 2016 @ 8:17pm

Q4 depicted the story of Rama and Sita today as we focused our morning lessons around Diwali. The children worked as a team to represent each scene through drama.  As you can see, the children had great fun performing. Their finished products were very impressive!  

Diwali and Key Strings - What a brilliant first day back! , by Mr Gill

Date: 31st Oct 2016 @ 7:39pm

We have enjoyed a fantastic start to our half term.

This morning's assembly introduced us to the celebration of Diwali. We really enjoyed Mrs Kellet's talk about it and we couldn't wait to get back to class to act out the legend of Rama and Sita. Come and ask us about the story and we will be delighted to tell you about it. We also had chance to reflect upon the things that guide us in our own lives. During he session before lunch we created our very own Rangoli patterns... They looked brilliant! 

To finish our morning we created a pathway into our classroom to symbolise how the light can guide us to learning new things every day! 

This afternoon we were treated to a fantastic musical performance which was performed by Key Strings. The children learned all about how music has evolved over many different years. Some members of our class were extremely lucky and performed at the front in the band! Have a look at our attached pictures to see more. 

This afternoon's performance had a very important message. This week is Black History week here at Queen's Park and the performance introduced us to some famous black musicians that we will be studying throughout the week. Be sure to ask the children about it when you get the chance. 

Farewell to Sue, our lollipop lady , by Mrs Platt

Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 10:42am

On Thursday, we said goodbye and thank you to our school lollipop lady Sue. 

We held a special farewell assembly for Sue to show our appreciation and to wish her well in her retirement. Sue has built many friendships with our families and staff and will certainly be missed. 

Sue's colleagues from St Helens Council also presented Sue with a special award for her long service during the assembly. 

We all wish Sue a very happy retirement and hope she enioys her time with her family and her first grandchild. 

Good luck Miss Riley! , by Mrs Platt

Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 10:15am

We said goodbye to Miss Riley for a short time, while she leaves us to enjoy her maternity leave. 

We look forward to Miss Riley visiting us and meeting her new arrival.

We all send lots of love and best wishes to Miss Riley and Simon. 

Happy Holidays!, by Mr Houltram

Date: 22nd Oct 2016 @ 9:14am

We made it! The children can can enjoy a well-earned rest after all their hard work. All the children really have made a fantastic start to Q4. I'm very proud of all their achievements and it was lovely to share them with you at our parents evening, thank you so much for your continued support.

Some highlights this half term include some amazing writing from our text 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. The children written some great letters and have just finished a brilliant news report - some of the vocabulary I'm seeing in the children's work is amazing.

Our Maths is really coming along. The children have enjoyed lots of work on place value and addition and subtraction. We will be moving onto multiplication and division after half term so keep learning those tables guys! 

We have some great scientists in Q4 and the children have enjoyed our topic 'Living Things and their Habitats'. They have produced some great classification keys and endangered species posters. I'm sure that the children will love our new topic 'Animals including Humans', which we will commence in the first week back.

There is so much to look forward to. We will be studying Italy in our Geography lessons and will continue with our Romans topic in History. The children will be creating their very own Roman catapult as part of our Design Technology project having already produced some excellent Roman serpent bracelets linked to Art. We are very lucky to have Mr Ward next half-term for our PE lessons! 

Learning literally never stops in Q4. Time for a rest now, but we have lots to look forward to when we come back. Quick message for the children - don't forget your homework activities and do your best to read five times to be in with a chance of winning a book! Have a great half term, you deserve it!

See you next week!

School governors' meeting, by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Oct 2016 @ 6:25am

Bertie and Jessica, our child governors, presented information to the board of school governors last night. 

They talked articulately and confidently about areas which our school governors had asked them to research. These areas included: finding children's opinions on school meals, provisions in the playground and ideas for PTFA events. 

They answered a range of other questions and have been set new tasks by our governors, which they will present information about at the next governors' meeting. 

Well done Bertie and Jessica - you did a fantastic job!

Chariot building, by Miss Hope

Date: 19th Oct 2016 @ 6:08pm

On Monday we were set a challenge to design and build a chariot for the knight to rescue the princess from the dragon. Our chariot had to have moving wheels and be able to move along the floor. 

We set to work researching chariots and drawing our designs. Then we worked out our list of materials and equipment that we would need. 

We learnt about chassis and axles for our wheels.

On Tuesday we started to build our chariots. We had to measure, cut, and fix it all together. We were really pleased with our finished results. Have  a look at the pictures. 

Soil shifting! , by Mr Gill

Date: 18th Oct 2016 @ 10:03pm

This week, P4 have been moving lots of soil from the field into the planters that have kindly been painted by our PTFA.  

We have worked extremely well together and have certainly done our bit to improve the environment of the school. It was thirsty work but the children demonstrated great perseverance in getting the job done. Mr Gill said he was impressed with the way we worked as a team!

There were some stand out gardnerners in our class who worked tirelessly to get the planters looking in tip top condition. They were: Peter, Ashleigh, Connor, Aiden and Yasmin. Alan Titchmarsh eat your heart out! 

We can't wait to see all the fabulous designs and colourful plants that will be growing come spring time. 

Take a look at some of the pictures to see how hard we worked. 

SEAL award winners, by Mr Gill

Date: 18th Oct 2016 @ 9:53pm

Congratulations to Lucy and Yasmin who are our SEAL award winners for this half term.

Lucy received her award for being creative in her work while Yasmin got hers for looking after others in a caring way. Both of these awards were chosen by their peers - something which they should be very proud of. P4 are certainly proud of your achievements! Well done.