Our blogs

States of Matter , by Mr Gill

Date: 26th Jan 2017 @ 7:49pm

This week we have been exploring different states of matter. We've been very inquisitive and are looking forward to finding out more. 

Some of us have already taken our learning one step further and have been exploring different states of matter at home - even explaining the different particle formations! Mr Gill is very proud of the work that is going on in P4 at the moment and we are desperate to keep this up.

Check back later on this half term - we are going to be doing some scientific experiments to explore our topic further!

Highland Games , by Mr Gill

Date: 26th Jan 2017 @ 7:47pm

Congratulations to a select group of Year 4 pupils who won the overall title at 'The Highland Games' event which was held at Lansbury Bridge on Wednesday. Your fellow peers and your teachers are very proud of you all - well done! 

They will be presented with their trophy and medals in assembly on Friday. 

Holocaust Memorial workshop, by Miss Ellis

Date: 26th Jan 2017 @ 10:37am

Earlier this week P6 walked to Peter Street library to participate in a workshop run by the library services, commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day (Friday 27th January). It was a very difficult and mature subject for the children to engage in but they thought carefully and responded appropriately. It was clear from their answers how much they had learnt from our World War Two topic. Well done P6 👍🏻

Holocaust Memorial Day , by Miss Hughes

Date: 24th Jan 2017 @ 7:04pm

Year 6 went to the library today to extend their learning about the holocaust. The children have been studying World War 2 and we finished our topic with a visit to the library to commemorate the lives lost. Year 6 were very sensible, engaged and respectful and approached their workshop sensitively and inquisitively. We are very proud of you! 

Never fear, Q6 are here! British Red Cross first aid training, by Miss Hughes

Date: 24th Jan 2017 @ 6:58pm

Q6 had a great time on their first aid training. Thank you to Carmel from the British Red Cross for providing our children with such valuable life skills AND potential life saving skills! 

World Religion Day, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 23rd Jan 2017 @ 7:52am

Last week, Year 5 have looked at different world religions. Using compasses, the children recreated Islamic Art by creating a repeating pattern. The children found it difficult at first but persvered until they had some beautiful art work. Once completed, we will display in the windows, where it will best reflect the light.

World Religion Day incorporating British Values, by Mr Gill

Date: 22nd Jan 2017 @ 10:29pm

Throughout this week we have been exploring a range of religions within our school community and beyond. We focused particularly on the religion of Islam. During the week we discussed some of the beliefs of the Muslim people and learned about the faiths place of origin, its sacred text, the sacred building and also the major festivals.

We had a particular focus on Islamic art and had a go at making our very own patterns. We discovered that the use of patterns is part of the way that Islamic art represents nature and objects by their spiritual qualities, not their physical and material qualities.

Some examples of our art work will be displayed in our classroom when it is finished.

We also took this opportunity to explore our British Values, in particular discussing the importance of tolerating those of different faiths and beliefs. We are in the process of making our new British Values display. Pictures of this will be uploaded upon completion.

Week beginning 16th January, by Mrs Potter

Date: 20th Jan 2017 @ 12:08pm

Hello everyone,

This week we have been reading Handa's Surprise in our English lessons. We also learned a bit about Kenya. We looked at traditional clothing and how it helped keep the people cool in hot weather.

We have also had a visit from both the NSPCC and the Anthony Walker Foundation this week. We know it's never okay to call people names or hurt them, just because they might look different in some way.

Congratulations to Harley Smith for winning this weeks star badge! Well Done Harley!

See you next week!

Bananagrams 🍌 , by Miss Ellis

Date: 20th Jan 2017 @ 12:04pm

We have been furiously revising root words, prefixes and suffixes this morning. Ideal preparation for a round of bananagrams before lunch. Who said SATS can't be fun!! 

100% Attendance Winner , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 20th Jan 2017 @ 10:38am

Look at my shiny new pink bike!  Well done Leah - 100% attendance in the Autumn Term

British Values, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 19th Jan 2017 @ 5:11pm

In Year 5 this week, we have been discussing values, looking at our own values and British Values. The five main British Values are: 

• Democracy
• The rule of law
• Individual liberty
• Mutual respect
• Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.

We then thought about how those values are represented within Queen's Park School. We have very interesting ideas. We will use our thoughts to create a class display. Photographs to follow upon completion.  

World Religion Day, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 19th Jan 2017 @ 4:58pm

This week Year 5 have looked at different world religions. Using compasses, the children recreated Islamic Art by creating a repeating pattern. The children found it difficult at first but persvered until they had some beautiful art work. Once completed, we will display in the windows, where it will best reflect the light.

La ville, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 8:20pm

Wow! I was so impressed with the triaramas produced by P4 today. The children explored new vocabulary using their bilingual dictionaries and designed their own town made up of masculine only or feminine only buildings. This proved a fascinating challenge which the children enjoyed rising to. I let them add other details of any gender so long as they stuck to masculine or feminine for the buildings. Look at our photos to see who successfully met the challenge...

Anthony Walker Foundation , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 8:12pm

Tom, from the Anthony Walker Foundation, came to school today.  He delivered a whole school assembly on differences and how we should view difference as a chance to learn.  He worked with three year groups: year two, year five and year six. 

The workshops in year five and six were thought-provoking and emotive.  He taught the children that all our thoughts and actions should be grounded in love, respect and equality.  Please ask your child about the workshops.  Thank you Tom and to Mrs Platt for organising the morning.

Putting us through our paces, by Mr Gill

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 7:34pm

Mr Gill introduced us to circuit training today. It was so hard (as you can see from our pictures). 

Over the next few weeks, we will be designing our own circuit to focus on a certain area of the body. Mr Gill will try some of the stations out - we can't wait for that! 

Why don't you ask a member of P4 what type of exercises we have been doing. We will be more than happy to show you.

Remember: we should be doing 60 minutes of high intensity exercise each day. We do 30 in school during playtime, it is so important that we are doing another 30 minutes at home on days the we don't have PE. It will dramatically improve our chances of leading a healthy and active lifestyle. 

Tobacco Education , by Mr Gill

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 7:05pm

Today we had a visit from two ladies from SmokeFree St Helens - part of the NHS. The ladies made us aware of the dangers of smoking and also some of the effects it can have on our body. It turns our teeth brown, our gums bright red and sore, our finger nails yellow and makes our breath smelly. I don't know about you, but P4 were not impressed this. It has a big effect on the way we breathe as well! Choosing to smoke is not a wise choice at all.

We were given the opportunity to look at the Tar Jar which showed the amount of tar in people's bodies if they smoked 20 cigarettes a day. Speaking of smoking 20 cigarettes a day, if you did this for one year it would cost you over £3000! I'm sure you would be able to find a better way of spending this money! 

Our final activity was to guess some of the chemicals that put into a cigarette by the tobacco companies. There are over 4000 of them and they were not very pleasant at all. Ask a member of our class and they will share with you some of the disgusting things. 

Our mission is to pass on the message that stopping smoking is a very wise choice indeed. 

Anthony Walker Foundation, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 5:07pm

Tom, from the Anthony Walker Foundation, delivered an assembly and class workshop today. The children watched a video that portrayed the effects of racism on families. Year 5  then had a frank and open discussion about the video and how it made them feel. The children commented about what we could do as a school to have a positive impact and ensure hate crime never has a place in our school. 

Reading for pleasure, by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Jan 2017 @ 8:43pm

Demi-Lea is such an avid reader and gets so much enjoyment from reading a range of books. It's always a pleasure to chat about books with Demi-Lea!

Keep up the excellent work Demi-Lea! 

What have you done today to make you feel proud? , by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Jan 2017 @ 8:34pm

During today's worship time we explored the question 'What makes you proud?'

Please take time to talk to your child about the theme of today's assembly and about what they are proud of. 

NSPCC, by Miss Glover

Date: 16th Jan 2017 @ 8:19pm

Today we had a vist from the NSPCC. 

For further information visit https://www.nspcc.org.uk. 

Children were told how they can stay safe, who to speak to and how to contact the NSPCC if they need to. 

The childen also remembered the phone number for childline 0800 11 11 11. 

Thank you to the NSPCC for the very important and useful visit to Queen's Park.

World Religion Day! , by Miss Glover

Date: 16th Jan 2017 @ 8:10pm

Happy World Religion Day!

Today we recognised the range of religions within our community. We discussed the importance of our British Values particularly showing equality to everybody no matter what religion or faith.

We focused particularly on Islam; we discussed some of their beliefs today and viewed some Islamic art. We really liked viewing the art and valued the creativity of the shapes and patterns used within the Islamic religion.

We enjoyed looking at it so much we decided to make our own! We selected some colours, picked a group of shapes and covered the shapes in coloured tissue paper. We then arranged the shapes in patterns and added to gold paper for an extra special look.

World Religion Day, by Mr Warner

Date: 16th Jan 2017 @ 7:53pm

This afternoon the children explored world religions and how faiths around the world can vary greatly. The work ended with a focus on Islamic Art and also Rangolo patterns. This bought in lots of Maths work in considering symmetrical patterns and shapes. Pictures of our fabulous work will be up on our blog as soon as they have been completed.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed finding out about various faiths. 

World Faith Day, by Miss Ellis

Date: 16th Jan 2017 @ 4:28pm

We had a really interesting lesson today to commemorate World Faith Day. The children have been investigating Early Islamic art and have begun to create their own design following the traditional geometric pattern making. It also gave us chance to recap how to use a compass!! Well done year six. What wonderful open minds you have👏🏻

NSPCC, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 16th Jan 2017 @ 4:19pm

Today, Carol and Anne from the NSPCC delivered a whole school assembly.

The children in year 5 were lucky enough to undertake an NSPCC workshop. They were taught that all children have the right to speak out and stay safe. Within our workshop the children discussed possible worries and who they could talk to if they were worried, including childline. 

A very informative session for all of the children. 

P6 'Art Week' events, by Miss Ellis

Date: 13th Jan 2017 @ 3:55pm

Well, what can I say! We have had an amazing week this week with our extra lessons focusing upon musical theatre as part of our whole school arts week. We have sung, created drama, danced, made props, played instruments and performed in front of the whole school under the guidance of Natalie, Haley and Alan from the Liverpool Empire teaching team. P6 have loved every second and the week has uncovered some future stars of the stage. I've been really proud of my class with their excellent participation attitude and we've all enjoyed watching the work of our other classes too. 🤗👏🏻💃🏻🎤🎼🎬🎭🎺🎻