Queen's Park CE/URC Our blogs
Key Strings, by Miss Hope
Date: 14th Jan 2016 @ 3:41am
Another musical afternoon during Arts Fortnight.
We learnt all about string instruments and even got the chance to play some string instruments.
Do you know what this large one is called?
We had a great time and learnt a lot.
Eric is back!, by Miss Hope
Date: 13th Jan 2016 @ 9:53pm
Eric the penguin is home safe and sound. He arrived back in our classroom this morning clutching lots of holiday photos. The children were so pleased to see him.
Perfect Penguin Plates, by Miss Hope
Date: 13th Jan 2016 @ 10:31am
First thing this morning we were working with Andi Taylor, our artist, making perfect penguin plates. First of all Andi taught us how to draw a penguin. Then we drew our penguin with a pencil. Next we cut our penguins out carefully. After that we stuck our penguins onto blue cellophane and cut it out. We decorated it with tissue paper. Finally we glued our penguins onto a blue paper plate. We think our Perfect Penguin Plates are fantastic so we are putting them on display in our classroom. We had a wonderful time.
Today's blog has been written by the children from Q2.
Visit from Mr Palin - the Chief Executive of St Helen's Council , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 12th Jan 2016 @ 8:38pm
We had a very special visitor today in school. Mr Michael Palin, the Chief Executive of St Helens Council, came to visit Queen's Park to see some of the great work we have been doing. He spent a long time talking to me and one of our Governors Cllr Marlene Quinn about our plans for Queen's Park and my vision to make our school even better. He was so impressed with the children and how they behaved. Thank you for your visit Mr Palin
Art with Andy , by Miss Glover
Date: 11th Jan 2016 @ 7:00pm
Today children made an Artic polar bear collage. We practiced our cutting and sticking skills as well as observational drawing. Tomorrow we will vote for the best few. Keep posted to see who the winners might be!
News Heights in Climbing Club , by Mr Ward
Date: 11th Jan 2016 @ 3:05pm
Well done to all of the climbing club members last week! We had some nerves at the start but by the end all the children were fearless!!
Aboriginal Art session, by Miss Ellis
Date: 11th Jan 2016 @ 1:43pm
Arts fortnight just keeps getting better!!
Year six spent a fantastic hour with our visiting artist, Andi, creating amazing prints inspired by aboriginal art. We've already started creating our own paintings in class, but this was a chance to get some excellent guidance from an artist!
Arts Fortnight, by Miss Glover
Date: 10th Jan 2016 @ 5:09pm
This week in Queen's Park there has been a focus on Drama, Performance Poetry and Speaking and Listening.
In Dance this week we learnt all about penguins and the way they move with Miss Emma.
This links with our topic on frozen and throughout Arts Fortnight KS1 will learn all about Antartica.
We already know all about the weather and who might live in Antartica.
Click above to see our penguin dance.
Panto fun, by Miss Glover
Date: 10th Jan 2016 @ 5:01pm
We had a great time on Tuesday because a Panto came to Queen's Park.
The children had a lovely time, take a look at our pictures.
What a busy week!, by Mrs Kellett
Date: 10th Jan 2016 @ 2:57pm
What a fantastically busy week the children have had. It started with a fantastic performance of Dick Whittington in our hall. The children have taken part in Samba, Ukelele, Brass, Clarinet workshops all led by St Helens Music Service. Alongside these workshops, our teachers have planned lots of themed activities linked to the Arts. On Wednesday we had a 'Salad' day! This is short for 'Speaking and Listening all day' The children loved it and thought they were getting away with doing hardly any work all day.... They were wrong! The teachers planned P4C activities (philosophy for children) where they had to ask and answer 'Big Questions' relating to topical events.
Phew!! Let's hope next week is as sucessful!
Junior Masterchef , by Miss Ellis
Date: 8th Jan 2016 @ 2:10pm
P6 enjoy some food technology with the Masterchef Chef all done with an Australian twist 🍍🍒🍇🍓
Welcome Back!, by Miss Wilkinson
Date: 8th Jan 2016 @ 1:44pm
Happy New Year! Welcome back!
We have had lots of fun this week in class. On Tuesday we watched the pantomime 'Dick Wittington.' We had lots of fun joining in with singing, laughing at the jokes and shouting at the bad pirate.
This week saw the start of our Arts Fortnight and we begn to look at the country of Japan. We have found out lots of interesting facts. In class we have made mountains using boxes to look like the Japanese landscape and took a trip on the bullit train, we even made pretty fans to cool us down we get hot.
We have also looked at some animials that live on a mountain in Japan, snow monkeys. We are looking forward to finding out more next week.
Junior Chef's Academy , by Miss Stubbs
Date: 8th Jan 2016 @ 11:10am
P5 worked alongside The Junior Chefs Academy today and created a tasty tropical fruit crunch.
P5 developed excellent practical skills as well as having good fun. They found out about different fruits from around the world such as: lychee, pineapples, coconuts, water melons and papaya. In addition to this, the children gained an insight into the benefits of having a healthy, balanced diet.
Take a look at the images below to see the children's colourful, delicious tropical fruit crunches.
Painting Penguins, by Miss Hope
Date: 7th Jan 2016 @ 11:18pm
Today we have been painting pictures of penguins for our South Pole role play area. We have some very artistic children in our class. Well done children!
Update on Eric , by Miss Hope
Date: 7th Jan 2016 @ 11:07pm
Today we received a postcard from the missing Eric the penguin. He has been on holiday in Antarctica visiting his family. He has had a great time and should be back in school in time for assembly on Friday. The children were so relieved to hear he was ok. "We thought he had been stolen but he was on holiday all along," said Hannah.
Samba workshop, by Miss Hope
Date: 7th Jan 2016 @ 10:38pm
We have had a super afternoon learning lots of different Samba rhythms and then forming our own Samba band.
Arts Fortnight, by Miss McCormack
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 5:13pm
Today we had the opportunity to be involved with a ukulele workshop! We learnt how to play notes and chords, we learnt the parts of the ukulele and how to play a couple of songs including Old Macdonlad and a Sailor went to Sea.
At the end of the lesson we were also able to ask some questions which was very interesting!
Take a look at the photographs of us with the ukulele we played.
Australian History, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 4:47pm
Q5 discovered that England transported convicts to Australia, they were horrified to find out that women and children were transported after being promised a better life, when actually they were made to work in convict settlements. 
It resulted in lots of heated discussion in the classroom.
Aboriginal Art part 1., by Mrs Atherton
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 4:35pm
This week the children will be learning about Aboriginal Art, as a focus in our Arts fortnight and our Australia topic. In our first sessions the children were taught about the Aboriginal Dreamtime and how it was depicted. They looked at traditional paintings and bark designs. The children created a collage and then recreated an Aboriginal design. The concentration during this session was lovely to see. A special mention to Owen and Katie who really focused on their art skills.
More posts to follow...
Speaking and listening day, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 4:26pm
The children in P5 were shocked to here that the English convicts were transported to Australia for minor crimes such as: stealing a piece of string and stealing bread.
They were mortified to find out about children being transported to Australia and being promised a better life, only to discover they were made to work.
Reasoning in maths., by Mrs Atherton
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 4:20pm
The children were excellent during our maths session, they were able to verbalise their thoughts when trying to prove which were the correct answers. Mrs Connor was very impressed with the maths reasoning skills of the children.
Well done to the Q5 mathematicians. 
Ukulele session, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 4:19pm
P5 had a visit from Mr Bates who taught them how to play the Ukuelele.
The children played the ukulele to: A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea, Old McDonald and My Dog's got Fleas.
They enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you to the music service. 
Ukulele Magic, by Miss Ellis
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 12:05pm
Year six find their inner George Formby as they become ukulele experts. Rock on!!😎🎭🎼🎸
Ukulele session, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 11:23am
The children had a visit from the School's Music Service, Mr Bates taught the class how to play the ukulele. The children strummed along to:
A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea
Old McDonald
My Dog's got Fleas
Even the adults joined in and managed to play a couple of tunes.
Thank you to the music Service, the children really enjoyed the session.
