Our blogs

Last day in P4, by Mr Warner

Date: 21st Jul 2016 @ 11:23am

P4 enjoyed their last day playing games and having fun.  Mrs Taylor seems to be enjoying herself too.

Mr Warner, Mrs Heavey and Mrs Cafferty would like to wish everyone a fabulous summer break and all the best in Year 5.  You will all do great.  

See you in September.  

Super Hero Award!!!, by Miss Glover

Date: 21st Jul 2016 @ 10:58am

Well done Maisie! She has won a super hero award for excellent sports. She collected the most points out of the whole of the infants. Well done!!!! 

Attendance Certificates, by Miss McCormack

Date: 20th Jul 2016 @ 10:19pm

Congratulations to all of our attendance certificate winners today!

Ashleigh, Troy and Morgan were all awarded a 100% attendance certifcate today and Connor, Peter and Aiden were also awarded certificates as they have only missed one day of school! All these children were invited to a cinema afternoon today where they watched the Minions movie and had sweets and popcorn. 

Keep up the excellent work!

SEAL certificates , by Miss McCormack

Date: 20th Jul 2016 @ 10:15pm

Congratulations to our SEAL certificate winners today, Yasmin Glover, Sophie Nuttall and Charlie Martindale!

Yasmin was voted for by her classmates for always having fantastic manners and Charlie and Sophie were chosen for supporting their classmates and encouraging others. 

Summer reading challenge , by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Jul 2016 @ 3:21pm

We had a visit from Mary, who works for St Helens Library Service during today's assembly. Mary talked to the children about this year's summer reading challenge. This year's challenge is based around Roald Dahl and is called 'The big friendly read'. 

Please encourage your child to take part in the event. There are reward incentives in place for children who particpate, which include an award ceremony with the mayor and mayoress of St Helens. In addition to this, school will be holding a prize draw for children who complete the challenege - the prize will be a book voucher! 

Happy reading! 

100% and 99% attendance in P5, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 20th Jul 2016 @ 12:00pm

Well done to Jacob and Jamie for achieving 100% attendance  this is amazing! 

Well done to Josh, Jessica, Mackenzie, Ebbonie and Logan for achieving 99% attendance this year. 

Go for Goal ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️😃, by Miss Ellis

Date: 20th Jul 2016 @ 9:06am

On Monday and Tuesday, year six performed their end of year production, 'Go for goal'. The children were tremendously good with fantastic singing, dancing and acting. We were all so very proud of them, especially as they've had such a short amount of time to rehearse and learn their parts. Not a single word, step or action was out of place and you could tell by the children's faces how much they enjoyed doing it. What a fantastic way to end their final week at Queen's Park. Well done year six 👍🏻🏆

Knowsley Safari Park, by Miss McCormack

Date: 18th Jul 2016 @ 9:51pm

Today was our end of year school trip to Knowsley Safari Park!

First, we got involved with a workshop where we learnt about a variety of animals who live in Africa and we even got to see some and feel some of them, including: the giant African snail, a hissing cockroach and the ball python. After that, we went to see the giraffes, elephants and meerkats before seeing the spectacular sea lion show! Roger and Arthur showed off their fantastic skills for everyone and we even learnt how to tell the difference between a sea lion and a seal. 
Afterwards, we jumped onto the coach to drive around the rest of the safari park where we saw a variety of animals including lions, monkeys, camels and zebras before finally stopping off at the bat cave where a couple of children got covered in a certain orange bat substance!

The weather was extremely hot but the children throughly enjoyed the trip and represented our school excellently!

Amazing additions to our playground , by Mrs Platt

Date: 18th Jul 2016 @ 9:28pm

Check out the enhancements to our playground!

Our playground is looking fantastic and offers lots of opportunity for creative play. 

Recycling , by Mrs Platt

Date: 18th Jul 2016 @ 9:25pm

Our eco club monitors work hard each week to ensure that all of the waste paper is collected and stored ready for recycling. Well done girls, you're doing a great job! 

Mrs Heavey, by Mr Warner

Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 4:03pm

Mrs Heavey has been getting herself fit for an upcoming event which she is being very secretive about. One of the children came into school with a magazine showing images of the secret training she is doing. Watch this space for more news 😃

Transition, by Mr Warner

Date: 15th Jul 2016 @ 3:55pm

We have had a wonderful productive week, getting to know each other. I'm really excited about next year and getting started.

Thank you 

Mr Warner

Farewell to our new friends, by Mrs Platt

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 9:31pm

Today we said goodbye to our visitors and new friends- Peter and Nana. 

We have enjoyed a wonderful week learning from each other!

The staff and children of Queen's Park presented Peter and Nana with gifts to remind them of their visit to Queen's Park. During the assembly, Peter talked to the children about life in Chongqing and how it compared to life in England. 

We wish them a safe journey home and look forward to hearing from them soon. 

Squash Tournament , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 9:20pm

Well done to our year four and five children who took part in a Squash tournament this week.  They showcased their skills they have been learning all year with Jim and John and as usual their behaviour was impeccable. 

Esafety Day, by Miss Hope

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 4:52pm

On E- safety day we discussed the good things we use the Internet for and then watched a short film about staying safe online. Miss Gray then asked us some questions that we had to answer true or false by using red and green cards. We then signed a pledge to always be kind when using the Internet.  

Miss Gray

Calligraphy lesson delivered by our Chinese visitors , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 4:47pm

P5 have loved having a calligraphy lesson delivered by Peter and Nana (our Chinese visitors). 

The children were eager to find out about how people live in China. They were also amazed at the Chinese symbols, they even had the chance to use a Chinese pen, which looked like our paint brushes, to create their own symbols on bamboo paper (these symbols disappeared within 15 minutes, it was like magic 😃). 

Take a look at our fantastic day. 

Superhero Day!, by Miss McCormack

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 2:58pm

Yesterday, the children had the opportunity to have a go at some superhero activities!

Chinese Calligraphy, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 14th Jul 2016 @ 2:07pm

Today Peter and Nana took P4 in their new Y5 class for a fascinating session on how the characters in Chinese calligraphy developed. The children and staff alike really enjoyed working out what each 'glyph' represents. We were then challenged to communicate using our own symbols which we wrote on bamboo. Another brilliant lesson from our Chinese friends!

Counting in Mandarin, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 13th Jul 2016 @ 9:34pm

Today Q4 who are having their transition week in year 5 were taught by our visiting teachers, Peter and Nana. It was fun learning how to count to ten in Mandarin using actions.

A book gift for Chongqing, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 13th Jul 2016 @ 9:27pm

We gave Peter and Nana from Qinglong Lu Primary in Chongqing some English books to show the children in their school. Y5 children wrote a message at the front of the books so that they will think of us whenever they read them.

Adventures into the future!, by Miss Ellis

Date: 13th Jul 2016 @ 12:37pm

Year five have been very busy during their transition activities with Miss Ellis this week....just don't mention the broken pasta all over the floor to the cleaners!!!!😳🍝

Welcome to Peter and Nana, by Mrs Kellett

Date: 12th Jul 2016 @ 8:53pm

On Sunday evening, I met Peter and Nana at Chalon Court.  They had travelled all the way from Chongqing in China.  Peter is the deputy head of our partner school and Nana is the mathematics teacher.  They have come to Queen's Park to see how our education system differs from theirs.  They are very interested in our creativitiy and how we teach the children the Arts.  They have a extremely busy schedule as we are trying to feel as much as possible into their day.  Mrs Taylor has taken them to Langtree Park today and we are off the World of Glass tomorrow. 

Welcome to Peter and Nana, by Mrs Platt

Date: 11th Jul 2016 @ 9:39pm

This morning, we welcomed Peter and Nana in to our school. Peter and Nana have travelled all the way from Chongqing, which is a city in China. They will be spending time with us in assemblies and plan to do lead some language and calligraphy sessions with some classes. 

This morning, Year 4 children started our week off wonderfully with a retelling of the traditional story about the creation of Chinese New Year. 

R.E singing , by Miss Glover

Date: 10th Jul 2016 @ 7:16pm

Internet Safety Day, by Mr Warner

Date: 8th Jul 2016 @ 3:21pm

As a part of the whole school Internet Safety Day on Monday we looked at various aspects of staying safe online. Pupils looked at a range of issues and possible dangers around various uses of the Internet. 

The class ended the day by creating Internet Safety information booklets using Purple Mash, with some very pleasing results.