SEAL winners, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 18th Oct 2016 @ 10:28am

Well done Chloe Nuttall and Olivia Lievesely. 

Chloe was nominated by her peers for looking after others in a caring way. 

Olivia was nominated by her peers for being creative in her work.

Book fair , by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Oct 2016 @ 6:22pm

The book fair has arrived in school today! 

The fair will be open for you to visit for all of this week from 8.30 to 8.55 in a morning and from 3.00 to 3.45 each evening. The book fair is set up in the main entrance. 

The book fair will also be open for all of parents' evening on Thursday and will be displayed in the main hall on this evening. 

Harvest , by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Oct 2016 @ 9:35am

Reverend Peter led a very thought provoking assembly for us this morning, allowing us to have some time to think about the importance of Harvest.

He talked about 'Golden Wonder' - ask your child about this tonight and about what Golden Wonder moment they have had today. 

On Wednesday, our Y1 classes will be leading our school Harvest assembly. If possible, could children please being an item for our Harvest collection, which this year will be forwarded on to a local food bank? Items such as tins or packets are ideal for this collection. 

Another busy week!, by Mr Gill

Date: 16th Oct 2016 @ 5:51pm

It has been another VERY busy week here in P4. The children have all worked exceptionally hard (as always).  

In our English lessons we have been editing and redrafting our newspaper reports in preparation for the final edition to be written next week. The report is all about the day those mischievous crayons took over our classroom. Some of the reports will be published online next week, so watch this space!

During our Guided Reading sessions we have been following the story of Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver and Alfie. Written by Roald Dahl, Esio Trot is certainly a book we love. Ask a member of our class about it and we will let you into a little secret about the title.

In Maths we have been equally as busy. We have been learning about negative numbers and we have been counting back through zero! Mr Gill was so pleased with the progress we are making on this.

We ended the week on a high. Mr Gill put lots of adjectives around the room. We had to go and find an adjective which best described another member of our class. It was great to hear all the lovely things that were said.  A member of our class described Mr Gill as majestic. Safe to say he was delighted with that!

Congratulations to Joe – our star badge winner this week. Also, a big well done to Scarlett and Morgan who were our top scorers on the dojo chart.

Lastly, Happy Birthday to Lucy who celebrated her 9th birthday on Friday. We hope that you have a great time celebrating.

Crucial Crew, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 16th Oct 2016 @ 3:36pm

This week, Year 5 had a great afternoon at Langtree Park. They met different professionals involved in Emergency Services within St. Helens.

There were 6 different workshops throughout the afternoon.

Road safety

In this workshop he children had to investigate an accident scene, they had to work out:

• What had happened
• What were the possible injuries.?
• How could they prevent this type of accident form happening again?

We appear to have a wealth of medical knowledge in Year 5 as they were able to diagnose everything from head injuries to broken bones.

Merseyside Police

In this session the children were asked:

What is an emergency?

When do you ring 999?

What is the non-emergency number?

Which would you ring given the scenarios they were presented with.

There were also able to role paly an emergency call and the children also discussed hoax calls.

We discovered that 999 is a free number that can be dialled even if a telephone has no credit.

The Ranger Service

The Rangers presented dangers that could be in and around public play areas.

Using the pictures, the children spotted dangers.

They discussed rubbish including glass and syringes that may be laying around. The children were taught when an adult is the most appropriate course of action.

The Rangers also explained that motorbikes not allowed in parks and that fires in parks can cause destruction and death to animals in the area.

Stranger danger was highlighted, the children were told to stay with friends, tell an adult were they are and don’t wander off alone in secluded areas.

Home safety 

Dangers around the home were explained in this session. The children had to spot the hazards.

Ask your child which is the most dangerous room in the home:

1. The bathroom
2. The kitchen
3. The living room

Bonfire night fire safety

Staying safe on bonfire night was the key message in this workshop. The children viewed a re-enactment of an actual event that occurred in Merseyside where a teenager was badly injured.

Important things to remember were that others might put you in danger.

Stay well back from fires and bonfire night.

Stop, drop and roll if clothes catch fire.

British transport police

The Transport Police explained the dangers of playing on the railway lines or flying kites near electrified over-head lines.

Safety on the trains and train stations was made clear to the children, including staying behind the yellow line until the train comes to a standstill.

The children were a credit to our school as their behaviour was excellent and their questions and answers showed real thought and consideration. Well done Year 5, you made us proud. 

On the move, by Mrs Potter

Date: 14th Oct 2016 @ 12:34pm

Hello again,

We've come to the end of another very busy week. Well done to all our children for working hard and making me proud, you're all super stars!

Just to keep you up to speed, we're on the move again. We're heading back to our old Y1 classroom. We'll keep you informed as to when we can finally settle permanently.

A special well done this week to Maisie Ashton for doing some super work in her Reading Journal.

Well done to Samuel Ayi for being a super speller and receiving his first star badge for blue team in Y2.

Congratulations  to Evie Hull who was 7 this week. Happy birthday from all of the team.

Visit to Langtree Park, by Mrs Platt

Date: 13th Oct 2016 @ 4:15pm

Two of our Year 4 boys were chosen to attend a workshop at Langtree Park. They had a great time taking part in team work activities. Thank you to Cowley Language College for organising this event. 

Harvest inspire day! , by Miss Glover

Date: 12th Oct 2016 @ 9:55pm

Thank you parents for coming to our Inspire afternoon. It was so nice to see parents, staff and children working together! Check our snaps from the today (more to come). 

Un deux trois, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 9:45pm

Today P3 enjoyed learning how to count in French by performing an action for each number. We then went on to stick the French words for the numbers in order and generate sums using the numbers. On s'amusait bien! 

Introduction to multiplication , by Mr Houltram

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 9:33pm

We are about to tackle lots of work on multiplication and division. To get our brains in gear we enjoyed lots of different approaches to multiplication. Who had known that there were so many enjoyable ways to master multiplication? Check us in action! 

Enjoying the Autumnal sunshine , by Mrs Platt

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 4:57pm

Key Stage 2 children enjoyed taking part in the range of activities on offer this play time....football, dancing, writing, play clapping games, tyre park and much more! 

Science , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 1:22pm

The children have had a really interesting morning investigating thermal insulators and conductors. We created a fair test to check which material was the best thermal insulator from a range of materials. 

Ask your child which was the best thermal insulator; foil, bubble wrap, foam and fake fur. 

A super science morning. 

Science, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 1:01pm

The children have had a really interesting morning investigating themal insulators and conductors. We created a fair test to check which material was the best thermal insulator from a range of materials.

Ask your child which was the best thermal insulator; foil, paper, bubble wrap or fake fur.  

A super Science morning.

Year 5's German dance , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 10th Oct 2016 @ 8:20am

Year 5 had a great time learning different German dances with Emma. 

Class Dojo, by Miss Fisher

Date: 9th Oct 2016 @ 7:17pm

This coming week, throughout school, we will be using ClassDojo.

Your child should have brought home a password for you to log onto the app on Friday.

Dojos will now be awarded instead of team points so that you can have instant feedback once your child has been awarded a dojo ... dojos can also be deducted for unacceptable behaviour (but we are sure this won't happen in Year 1)!

Please be paitent with us (well, Miss Fisher) while we get to grips with this new electornic system (I'm sure Miss Glover will get me up to speed).

If you have any questions please feel free to ask a member of the Year 1 staff and we will try our best to answer any questions.

Let's get dojoing!!

Class dojo, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 9th Oct 2016 @ 4:56pm

This week, in year 5, we have begun using Classdojo. Your child should have brought home a password for you to log onto the app. We will be using this instead of team points so that you can have instant feedback once your child has been awarded a dojo. Dojos can also be deducted for unsuitable behaviour. If you have any questions please feel free to ask a member of the Year 5 staff at the gate in the morning or at hometime. 

Reading Adventures , by Miss Fisher

Date: 9th Oct 2016 @ 10:00am

This week in Guided Reading Year 1 will be reading this book.  It is all about a little boy who recieves a toy bus as a present.  We, as readers, are taken on an exciting journey through the little boy's imaginative play.

Through our Guided Reading sessions we are 'getting good at' relating our own experiences to what we read or what others read to us.  So to help your child get good at this ... play, play, play!  First will be asking the children about a time they got a present and then to talk about the imaginative play they enjoy; it could be winning the toy car Grand Prix, search and resuce with helicopters and figures or emergency vet rescue. 

Democracy Day, by Miss Hughes

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 5:52pm

Isobel Musker and Mackenzie Smith had a fab day on Wednesday. They represented our school wonderfully at St Helens town hall. They took part in a debate with representatives from other St. Helens schools. They debated about Healh and Wellbeing, Crime, Safety and Learning & Leisure. Both Isobel & Mackenzie spoke confidently! Well done you two. 

Week five, by Mr Houltram

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 4:20pm

As always in Q4 we have been super-busy. The week got off to a great start with us going to Langtree Park for our Sky-Try experience. We were put through our paces with some of the academy players, passing and tackling. We had a tour of the stadium and also explored the ‘Eat-well Plate’ – it’s really important to have a balanced diet!

In English this week, we have been exploring newspaper reports. We are reporting on an incident that has left poor Duncan’s bedroom in a right state. A box of crayons appear to be the culprits! We explored the features of a newspaper and have written and edited our lead paragraph.

In Maths we have been solving some tricky two-step problems that involve more than one operation. We are gaining confidence with these and some of us are able to represent the answer using a bar model too!

Guided Reading has really taken off this week and we are really enjoying our text, ‘Esio Trot’ – what a funny name for a book. Read it backwards and it may make more sense! We are getting better and better at between-the-lines questions, finding clues in the text. One thing’s for sure, Mr Hoppy will go to great lengths to get what he wants!

A huge well done to; Emily, Izzy, Sophie, Ruby, Alicia, Maddison, Peaches, Zach, Abigail and Jia, who all scored 100% on their spellings. Jayden was our Star Badge winner, whilst Peaches and Ruby topped our Dojo charts. Mathhew is the first winner of our Maths Star trophy after getting 100% on our end of unit test. You’re all Superstars and Mr Houltram is very proud of you.

Lastly, we wish Zach a very happy 9th Birthday on Saturday. We hope you have lots of fun!

That’s all from us this week. See you next week. 

SCIENCE IN YEAR 3, by Mrs Roberts

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 12:57pm

Recently in Q3 we have been learning about ROCKS!

We have looked at their characteristics and even conducted some of our own investigations to explore them further!

We have used key words including; permeable, sedimentary, igneous, mass and particles.

We look forward to learning more next week!

Mrs Roberts

The Savage Stone Age, by Miss Kean

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 12:28pm

This week’s blog is by Joshua:

This week we have been doing lots of work on our topic of The Stone Age, we have been learning about the different names given to the people who lived in the Stone Age during different times. We also learned about what kind of tolls they used to kill animals they were all made out of stone and parts of trees.  We made little models of the Stone Age houses I thought it was fantastic, the best part was learning that they used poo to make the roof.

Blog for week ending 07.10.2016, by Mrs Potter

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 12:24pm

Hello again,

Look out for our class Dojos, they're coming soon when I learn how to do them! I'll let you know when your child has something great to celebrate in class.

This week we been learning to join two ideas in sentences using conjunctions. Well done to Lucianne Horsley for being the Conjunction Queen. She received our star certificate this week.

Happy birthday to Maisie Ashton. Maisie is 7 on Saturday. We know she's so excited because she's been telling us all week.

Have a fantastic weekend. We'll chat again next Friday.

busy week, by Mr Warner

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 11:13am

What a great week we have had in Q3. The children have really got involved in exploring the Stone Age, looking at theor homes and started to look at their way of life. A very popular area within the classroom is our reading cave. Some children have tried it out and given it the thumbs up (thanks Miss Gauld). It's a fabulous area to relax and lose yourself in a book.

Our Guided Reading sessions have focused on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with lots of work on the vocabulary used within the text. Each day the children explore the use of particular words in context. Lots of very interesting discussion has been generated from these parts of the Guided Reading.   

We have written stories about being sent back in time to the Stone Age and lots of thought has gone into the writing process throughouot the week. 

After several lessons exploring volcanoes, Megan bought in a model of one that she made at home. It is now proudlydisplayed within the classroom. 

Within part of our Maths Meetings times tables were introduced this week and we focused on the three times table. The children were shown a website called Hit The Button and each tried to beat each others time. 

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Chamber of commerce visit to Gulliver's World , by Mrs Platt

Date: 6th Oct 2016 @ 11:57am

A selection of Year 6 children visited Gulliver's World this morning as part of their innovation project with St Helens Chamber of Commerce. They now have to feed back to the rest of their year group about how they feel their development projects should be led. 

Here is a selection of photos from their park visit...

Times Tables workshop for junior parents , by Mrs Platt

Date: 5th Oct 2016 @ 8:50pm

Thank you to all of the junior parents who attended today's times tables workshop. We explored some fun ways to engage children in learning the times tables up to 12x12. 

The session will be repeated in November for any parents / carers who couldn't attend today's session.