Queen's Park CE/URC Our blogs
Settling in, by Miss Ellis
Date: 16th Sep 2016 @ 9:19am
Phew....the end of the second week already!!
P6 are all nicely settled into their new class now, monitor jobs have been handed out, lessons and topics discussed and we've even had time to practice our 'Welcome Assembly' ready for next week.
There are lots of fantastic things planned already for year six and all the children are staff are getting down to some challenging work and exciting learning experiences. Watch this space for our regular updates😃⭐️👍🏻
100th Birthday celebrations, by Mr Warner
Date: 14th Sep 2016 @ 9:51pm
In an effort to promote our love of reading Q3 took part in a live web event on Tuesday to celebrate the 100th birthday of Roald Dahl. The children explored all sorts of facts about him and his life befire taking part in a quiz, which asked questions about various characters in his books.
We later joined the live event, which included a reading by David Walliamsand a live performance of part of the Matilda musical.
We ended the day with some quiet time, reading a selection of Roald Dahl books.
Y6 Maths booster class with parents and carers , by Mrs Platt
Date: 14th Sep 2016 @ 9:27pm
This year's Y6 booster classes are off to a great start!
Thank you to all parents and carers who attended tonight's booster sessions. We looked into mental strategies and formal methods of recording for addition.
Thank you for your continued support.
See you next Wednesday when we investigate strategies linked with subtraction.
Would you save Wilbur the pig? , by Miss Stubbs
Date: 14th Sep 2016 @ 10:09am
P5 have been reading Charlotte's Web as part of their English topic. Yesterday the children had to persuade Gabriella and Grace to either save Wilbur the pig or kill him, depending on which side they were stood on in conscience alley.
They children generated excellent arguments for and against. We even had comments about bacon, which tempted Grace.
Take a look at our conscience alley.
Trust, by Mrs Kellett
Date: 12th Sep 2016 @ 9:34pm
Today, we started our week looking at trust in our worship. Katie from year six absolutely blew me away with her explanation....'Trust is glue that holds relationships together' She is absolutely right of course. I have attached the powerpoint we looked at. I told the story about Blondin - the tightrope walker! It really opened up discussion and reflection.
Verbs and Adverbs, by Miss Kean
Date: 12th Sep 2016 @ 12:19am
This week we will be revisiting verbs and adverbs. Have a go at this little game to jog your memory.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/verbs_adverbs/play/
International Friends. , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 11th Sep 2016 @ 10:33pm
Some more photos of our work with our visitors from our link school in China
Raising Aspirations , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 11th Sep 2016 @ 10:25pm
Aspiration is one of our key curriculum drivers. I'm so glad that we are working with St Helens Chamber again this year. It so important that our children learn all about the world of work. I've uploaded some photos of our Careers Fair we held in July. 21 different businesses came to tell our children what it is like to work at their company. It was a great afternoon.
Star badge Winners wk one , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 11th Sep 2016 @ 10:03pm
Our 1st 'Star Badge Winners' of the new year. Well done everyone. 👍
OFF TO A GREAT START! , by Miss Hope
Date: 10th Sep 2016 @ 9:51am
We have had a great first week in Q2. We have been reading a book by Steve Antony called the Queen's Handbag. Through this super story we have learnt about the 4 countries of the United Kingdom, their capital cities and some of sthe great landmarks around Great Britain.We will be using this story again next week in our literacy work.
In our maths work we have been learning about place value in numbers up to 100. The children are keen to show off their maths skills.
Well done children Miss Hope is really looking forward to sharing our learning adventure this year.
Welcome to Q6!, by Miss Hughes
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 5:28pm
I'd like to say a huge, happy welcome to my lovely new class and their families.
Well, what a week we've had! It's been so busy - does not feel like we've had 6 weeks off!
We have been preparing for our 'School Values' assembly which is in a couple of weeks time. We feel it is important to share our school values to remind everyone what makes us so special and unique at Queen's Park. Our values underpin the ethos of our school and we feel we have a responsibility to share them with the Reception children as they embark on their Queen's Park journey. We are also excited to introduce ourselves to our buddies, who we will be taking under our wing, being there for them and helping them to grow!
In English, we have been looking at The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson. We have done a great job analysing it and we have dealt with some very tricky vocabulary! In Maths we have been working on our Place Value up to millions... we will soon be ready to work with numbers up to a billion - and use our Maths Mastery approach to challenge ourselves to some problem solving and reasoning activities.
We enjoyed reading Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl in Guided Reading - it is Roald Dahl day coming up and we wanted to celebrate the incredible stories he has written, including those short stories which were aimed at adults. We have been able to sequence the story, as well as discuss Roald Dahl's use of language and the impact it has on us as a reader. We actually felt really sorry for Mary Maloney - we laughed along with her at the very end of the story!
Busy busy busy... but loads of fun!
Bring on the rest of the year! It's going to be a GREAT one :)
Miss Hughes and Q6 x
Welcome to P2, by Mrs Potter
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 3:46pm
Welcome to P2. We have had a lovely week in our class this week. We have been learning about the countries of the U. K. Ask your children, I bet they can tell you. Also we're learning a new handwriting style. The children will be able to show you this too.
Here is a picture of us at the end of our first week. We'll take one at the end of the year to see how much we have grown!
Well done to Grace Abel for getting the first star badge in P2! Also Happy Birthday to James Jones on Sunday!
It's all happening in P4, by Mr Gill
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 3:41pm
What a week it has been in P4. It has been very busy indeed. The children have settled really well and looking forward to meeting the challenge of Year 4 head on! During this week, the children have been showing off their maths skills and have really impressed me with their knowledge of place value of 4 digit numbers.
Thursday was a great day. In the morning the children were introduced to their new text ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. If you ask them about it you can tell that they are so excited to start reading it on Monday. Thursday also saw us take part in our first PE lesson of the year with Mr. Ward. He was showing us how to pass the ball correctly when we play Rugby League – James Roby eat your heart out!
This afternoon, the children had their first music lesson of the year. They are going to be learning how to play the clarinet. I am looking forward to their end of year performance already!
Congratulations to our Star Badge winner Jake and a big Well Done also to Lucy and Troy who earned the most Dojos this week.
What a brilliant start to the year!
What a start to Q4!, by Mr Houltram
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 3:08pm
Well what a week it’s been in Q4 this week. Learning has literally not stopped!
In English we have been introduced to our new text ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt. We haven’t read it yet but we have been exploring the front cover to predict what it may be about – one thing’s for sure, those crayons are pretty grumpy about something!
In Maths we have been working with four-digit numbers. We can now recognise the place value of each digit and can even order and compare numbers beyond a 1000. Check out our photos to see us in action!
In Science we have started our topic ‘Living Things and their Habitats’. Using the mnemonic ‘MRS GREN’ we now know the seven life processes. We started our topic by grouping living things (this is called classifying) We can now group organisms in a Venn or a Carroll diagram. We have also been looking at vertebrates (organisms with a backbone), and we were able to classify different organisms using a classification key– aren’t we clever!
After all our hard work, sometimes it’s nice to chill and some of us got the chance to read in Mr Houltram’s new ‘chill-out zone.
A huge well done to Kacey who was our Star Badge winner. Maddison topped our Dojo chart. It truly has been a super start to Q4 - well done everybody!
The week has gone so quick but we can’t wait for next week to learn so much more!
predict what it may be about – one thing’s for sure, those crayons are pretty grumpy about something!
On Friday we read the blurb and learned a bit more about the crayons and why they’re so cranky! We enjoyed empathising with the crayons and Mr Houltram filmed some of our responses. It will certainly help us next week when we finally get to hear what the big fuss is all about.
In Maths we have been working with four-digit numbers. We can now recognise the place value of each digit and can even order and compare numbers beyond a 1000. On Friday we were able to solve some problems involving four-digit numbers. Check out our photos to see us in action!
In Science we have started our topic ‘Living Things and their Habitats’. Using the mnemonic ‘MRS GREN’ we now know the seven life processes. We started our topic by grouping living things (this is called classifying). We can now group organisms in a Venn or a Carroll diagram.
We have also been looking at vertebrates (organisms with a backbone), and we were able to classify different organisms using a classification key – aren’t we clever!
After all our hard work, sometimes it’s nice to chill and some of us got the chance to read in Mr Houltram’s new ‘Chill-out Zone’.
Congratulations to our Star Badge winner Kacey Zhelyaskova and a big Well Done also to Maddison Howard who earned the most Dojos this week.
It truly has been a super start to our brand new year of learning!
Our first week in P3, by Miss Kean
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 2:54pm
First of all I would like to say thank you to all of our wonderful Year 3 children, you have found your feet in the juniors so well and already are a fantastic example to our KS1 children.
This week has been lots of fun as we settle back into the routines of school life and get used to our new timetable. P3 are already working extremely hard and have begun to explore our new book “The day I swapped my dad for a goldfish.” by Neil Gaiman. We have even bought our own robotic fish!
I am really looking forward to next week when we begin our topic work on The Stone Age.
First week , by Mr Warner
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 2:46pm
It has been a very busy week for the children's first experience of Year 3. They have settled really well and are adapting to life in Key Stage 2. The children have worked extremely hard and have begun to explore a new text about exchanging a dad for a goldfish, with some interesting predictions. They have been impressing me all week with their Maths Mastery transitions. Mrs Potter has obviously worked really hard on this area of the lesson.
I'm looking forward to getting our topic work started, looking at Volcanoes and the Stone Age. Many children have already shown an impressive knowledge as part ofa brainstorming session.
Maths fun! , by Miss Glover
Date: 9th Sep 2016 @ 2:34pm
Welcome back 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀. The children are all excited to be in Year One. This week Year 1 have loved their Maths lessons, we have been busy using cubes and tens frames. Today children learnt to represent numbers in different ways. Check out our pictures.
Playing cards?, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 8th Sep 2016 @ 8:10pm
Of course we are not just playing cards!
Yesterday, P5's place value knowledge was challenged.
The children were given a certain number of cards to use in order to create the largest or the smallest possible number.
You can see some happy faces when the children beat their partner.
Our own sculptures in the style of Antony Gormley, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 8th Sep 2016 @ 8:00pm
P5 have been learning about Antony Gormley and his sculptures over the last two days. Today, we focused on creating our own sculptures in the style of The Field for the British Isles.
Did you know that the people of St.Helens were part of this artwork?
Ask your children to tell you more about it.
The children created some super sculptures, have a look at our talent.
Antony Gormley, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 8th Sep 2016 @ 5:45pm
For the last two days, Q5 have been learning about Antony Gormley and his sculptures. Today, the children created their own sculptures in the style of The Field for the British Isles.
Did you know that the people of St.Helens were part of this artwork?
Ask your children to tell you more about it.
The children created some super sculptures, have a look at our talent.
Mrs Atherton
Breakfast and after school clubs available, by Mrs Platt
Date: 8th Sep 2016 @ 3:29pm
The following clubs are available to book via the school app:
Back to school and already working hard! , by Miss Fisher
Date: 7th Sep 2016 @ 11:13pm
Welcome Back , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 6th Sep 2016 @ 11:14pm
It was so lovely to see all the children back after our summer holidays. We began the day with worship where we looked at the story 'The Giving Tree'. The children were set a challenge to accepted the gift of learning and education this year and work with the staff to develop their talents.
We are so excited for the coming year at Queen's Park. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter too.
SEAL certificate winners, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 21st Jul 2016 @ 2:59pm
Congratulations to Katie Hamilton and Tyrese Daley for winning the SEAL certificates.
Kate achieved the certificate for encouraging others and Tyrese achieved the certificate for showing good manners.
Well done you two 
Goodbye P2., by Mrs Potter
Date: 21st Jul 2016 @ 11:26am
Well I have to say this class might have made me work for my money, but how I'm going to miss you all! Take care over the summer, believe in yourselves, you really are amazing!
