London Town

What a day we had in London! We started our day super early so we arrived in London by 9am. Our first stop was the tube, headed for The Tower of London.
We had a brilliant few hours at The Tower of London where we saw the Crown Jewels, Bloody Tower, Traitors Gate, learnt about William the Conqueror and his White Tower, Sir Walter Raleigh’s imprisonment and had some lunch with the squirrels and ravens before taking part in a wonderful workshop. We then headed to the embankment and had a lovely walk along the Thames seeing the fabulous sites of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Downing Street before taking a stroll past St James’s Park to see Buckingham Palace. After an amazing day we jumped back onto the tube to Euston station where had some tea before boarding our train back to Liverpool. Oh and we did see some famous faces….Sir Kier Starmer and John Barnes!

Capoeira

The children enjoyed an exciting session of capoeira, combining movement, music, and teamwork while building confidence and having fun. A big thank you to the parents who provided the session and helped make the session so enjoyable for everyone! We are looking forward to the after school club starting in Summer 2.

Capoeira Assembly

Today we had an assembly about Capoeira and a small taster session for a new after school club that would be starting after half term. This was very interesting to see a new style of club that is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality.

Stay and Play

Our second stay and play group enjoyed time in the garden, taking part in some forest school activities. The children and some of their parents enjoyed making nature bracelets, flower art and they used the fire to toast some bread. The children enjoyed showing the parents their knowledge of how to stay safe around the fire before helping to prepare the kindling and lighting the fire with the flint and steel.

Albert Dock trip for History

Today we had a trip down to the Albert Dock to ask members of the public about why they are visiting the Albert Dock today. We got to ask if they were from Liverpool or if they were tourists and what they were visiting for, whether it be, museums, restaurants, cafes etc… We got lots of information to make a bar chart with.

Charity Cake Sale

The School Council want to say a big thank you to everyone who donated and bought cakes recently at their cake sale. They raised £200 and presented the money to Shy Lowen Horse Rescue Centre this week who were delighted.

Family Hub Information

Everton and Anfield Family Hubs have a wealth of courses, workshops and activities available. We have attached a copy of their Spring timetable so you can view what is on offer. If you would like to take part in anything listed, please contact them directly.

Ancient Greece workshop

The children enjoyed examining artefacts from Ancient Greece today, looking at how objects from the past can tell us about how people lived.

Calderstones Park: Signs of Spring🌸

This week Nursery visited Calderstones Park as we explored signs of spring, we looked for lovely new flowers that have bloomed, trees that have started to grow their leaves and we saw lots of minibeast. We also heard lots of beautiful singing from the birds in the trees. Then we had a lovely rest in the sunshine to have a yummy cake and a quick play on the playground before heading back to school. What a lovely afternoon.

Trip to Faulkner Square Gardens

Today we went on a trip to Faulkner Square Gardens where we learnt lots to do with our current history topic. We learnt all about Edward Faulkner and his father, Thomas and lots about the Seaman’s Memorial that is in the same area.
We learnt a lot to do with Slavery and why Liverpool was so important during the Slave Trade.
We completed a worksheet helping us to gain facts and make a timeline and we also wrote our own poem about our surroundings.

Gardening Club

Gardening Club enjoyed exploring the new greenhouse, making sure their plants were fully watered and checking on their crops in the allotment and in the planters. We are looking forward to using some of the items harvested in recipes and cooking activities.

Forest School – Cooking

This week in forest school we enjoyed activities in the sunshine. We started with a scavenger hunt for items that matched descriptions . After that we worked together to peel, slice and core apples before mixing them with sultanas, cinnamon and a sprinkle of sugar. Whilst they were cooking on the fire we used a whisk to make our cream topping.

Singtastic!

The children enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at Singtastic! Click the QR code and watch us sing!

End of term Breakfast!

The children enjoyed some lovely pastries this morning!

Nursery Farm Trip 🐑🐖

Nursery had a wonderful time visiting the farm, where the children were excited to see a variety of animals and their babies. They enjoyed observing the animals up close, learning their names, and talking about how to care for them. It was a lovely hands-on experience that sparked curiosity and supported their understanding of the natural world.

Reward Trip

A number of pupils took part in a trip to bowling as a treat to recognise their excellent behaviour in school. Well done for being great examples to others, demonstrating our 5 R’s in school at all times.

Proud Year 3 moment

Proud moment for this young star 🌟

A boy in Year 3 has officially signed with Everton FC Under 9s today! 💙⚽️ Someone from the club came into school to present him with his official player card.

Bertie Bird’s visit to Class 2

Yesterday Class 2 had a lovely morning with a special visit from Becci Cleator, author of Bertie Bird’s Adventures.

We read the story Bertie Bird’s Adventures, which was all about Bertie Starling’s travels around Liverpool. Class 2 could recall some facts from their previous studies about Liverpool. We had lots of fun creating our own bird masks that were inspired by the colourful stained glass windows in the cathedral Bertie visited on his journey. Then the children got to take home their own copy of the book. 🐦⛪️📖

Geography Trip

Class 3 had a fantastic trip to Loggerheads and Mold today! 🌿⛰️

We explored the landscape, used our compass skills to spot Moel Famau, and enjoyed climbing the hill to take in the amazing views. A brilliant day of learning and adventure! 👏✨

Farmer Ted’s

Reception enjoyed a lovely day in the sunshine at Farmer Ted’s. They met and handled the guinea pigs, helped to maintain the shetland ponies and met some mini beasts from all around the world. They enjoyed watching the sheep show, especially taking part in the dancing at the end and the exciting dinosaur tractor ride. It was fun to meet the other residents of the farm and pretending to be farmers in the tractor ride area.

Campfire Cooking

After a busy session, we made our own pizza pockets. We filled wholemeal pitta breads with toppings including; pizza sauce, cheese, tomatoes and peppers before putting them on the fire to cook. It was great to see some children trying and tasting some new ingredients.

Forest School – Spring has Sprung

We enjoyed listening to a story called ‘The Flower Thief’ which explained some of the signs that we might look out for in the garden and at home to show us that Spring is here. We used the petals and leaves from flowers such as tulips, gerberas and daffodils to create a piece of art. We then used hammers to transfer the dye from the flowers to the fabric.

Artistic Gymnastics British Championships

The children enjoyed a day out to the M&S Arena to watch the Artistic Gymnastics British Championships. Such amazing talent!

New group at Shy Lowen Horse Sanctuary

This week a new group of very excited children started at Shy Lowen Horse Sanctuary. In session one the children find out a little about the stables, meet some of the horses, then pick the horse they will spend the next five sessions with. Everyone asked some really good questions about the horses and grew in confidence during the session.

Gardening Club has started again!

It’s spring so it’s time to get our allotment prepared for the new growing year. The children harvested the radishes that we planted last autumn, did some weeding and sowed courgette and aubergine seeds. We also looked at the winter bedding plants that we bought and planted out in November, they are doing very well. You can see some photos from our shopping trip in November and photos from now of the plants thriving.

Learning with Liverpool Crucial Crew.

On Friday we spent the morning with Liverpool Crucial Crew learning skills and gaining knowledge to help us stay safe as we prepare to migrate to secondary school.
We took part in various workshops including staying safe by rivers and lakes, what good behaviour looks like on public transport and how bad behaviour can impact our lives forever if we get into trouble with the police. We also learnt how our bodies and senses can react when we drink alcohol or take drugs and the dangerous impact smoking and vaping can have on our bodies before finishing the morning writing our own affirmations about how amazing we are.

Liverpool Schools concert

The children thoroughly enjoyed the schools concert performance at the Philharmonic Hall today. They were impressed by the venue and the orchestra! Click the link to watch us sing!

Vikings

The class had the opportunity to take part in a fascinating presentation on the Vikings today, delivered by a special guest. Pupils greatly enjoyed the session and gained a deeper understanding of this important period in history.

Cooking on the Campfire

After a fun morning making some snacks for the birds, we made a snack on the fire. We toasted some bread, before deciding on our topping. We used the utensils to spread our jam or chocolate spread before sitting down with our friends to enjoy our treat.

Forest School

In today’s forest school, we looked at a non-fiction book about birds, which listed some ways we can attract birds to our garden and some interesting ways to provide food for them to enjoy. We made two different types of bird feeders; we threaded Cheerios on to pipe cleaners and rolled tubes in bird seed. We decided which tree to place them in and we are looking forward to seeing if any come to visit for a snack!

Camp fire in EYFS forest school

Today the children enjoyed a camp fire, We began by thinking and looking for woodland animals then the children talked about fire safety before helping to chop the wood for the fire. We took turns to stack the wood correctly before lighting the fire with a flint, then we enjoyed singing songs around the camp fire and listening to a story.

Forest school fun

Today we had a lovely time visiting the forest school facilities at Liverpool John Moores University. The children enjoyed building a den, collecting sticks, filling bird feeders, playing games on the field and taking part in a treasure hunt to find different natural materials. What a lovely morning !

World Book Day

What a brilliant World Book Day in Class 3! 📚
The children dressed up as characters from traditional tales and shared some of their favourite stories. So many amazing costumes! 👏✨

How to keep our teeth healthy

Today we have some exciting visitors to our class to talk about the job of a dentist and how to keep our teeth healthy and clean. The dentists showed us how to clean our teeth twice a day and talked about how important it is to eat healthy food to help our teeth to grow strong.

Ramadan

We have been thinking about the Muslim festival of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Fortunately two parents came to visit us to talk about their faith, fasting and this special celebration. The children listened with interest asking questions about this holy month and were given gifts and pictures of a Mosque to colour and decorate which was very much appreciated.

Shy Lowen Horse Sanctuary

Dentist Visitor

Today we had some visitors come from the Dentist to show us how to look after our teeth properly and efficiently. This was great to see what we’re doing correctly and how important it is to look after our teeth.

Shy Lowen Horse Sanctuary

It was the last session today, the children gave a presentation about their horse then everyone had a ride. We are very proud of all the children and the horses have really enjoyed the attention they received during the sessions.

Iftar

We had a lovely evening together celebrating Iftar. It was lovely to see so many staff and parents together enjoying delicious home cooked food and treats. Thank you to everyone who helped to organise the event, attended and shared their dishes.

World Book Day

For world book day we read the story ‘Hansel and Gretel’. The children enjoyed dressing up as a fairytale character.

Forest School Session

We enjoyed a lovely forest school session and took part in lots of activities before enjoying a delicious hot chocolate with our friends.

We started by looking for some of our animal friends in the garden. We had to think about their habitats to help us to locate them. We looked up high to find Olly the Owl and looked low down and under some branches and leaves to find Holly the Hedgehog.

After that, we paired up to go on a scavenger hunt around the garden, looking for different natural items including twigs, stones and a birch tree.

Then it was time to help to get the fire ready. We put the logs in the fire pit, helped to chop some kindling and stacked it on top of the logs. Some people helped to turn our cotton wool into clouds which we used to start the fire. We sang songs with our friends and joined in with the retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk before enjoying a delicious hot chocolate!

World Book Day Winners

We were so impressed with the costumes that the children wore to celebrate World Book Day together. Our teachers had a very hard job, selecting a winner from each class. The children who were selected enjoyed a book buying trip and a delicious hot chocolate.

World Book Day

Class 5 looking great in their costumes today. We read a book called Three Little Vikings, a story about 3 brave little vikings who defeated a Monstrous Troll. 

World Book Day

The children had a fantastic world book day, this year we celebrated fairytales and the children had a go at lots of wonderful fairytale activities in our choose time. The children then drew a missing poster for Goldilocks in our directed activity. The children had the best day. The children said ‘I loved to dress up and play cleaning up like Cinderella’.

World Book Day

The children in Reception had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day. We enjoyed dressing up as a story character and exploring the classroom which was filled with exciting fairy tale story activities. We made story bags, built the Three little pigs house, mixed porridge for Goldilocks, looked at story books, had a fairytale tea party in the home corner, went on a fairytale treasure hunt in the garden and made our own story books. Then Little Red came to visit us and answered lots of our questions about the Big bad wolf and Grandma. What an exciting day !

World Book Day

Class 6 looking great in their costumes today. We read a book called Three Little Vikings, a story about 3 brave little vikings who defeated a Monstrous Troll. We then designed a poster with our own Monster and created a plan inspired by a traditional tale before putting our own twist on it. Finishing the day with a fun game of kahoot based on….you guessed it, Fairy tales.

World Book Day activity

Today for World Book Day we had a book about Robin Hood but with a twist. We made Robin Hood hats as part of our activity after we read our book. This was lots of fun!

World Book Day

Today was World Book Day and we read a story about Robin Hood. This was fun to learn about a new story and see the difference in the book compared to the original story. We had lots of fun dressing up as our favourite characters. After we read the story, we made Robin Hood hats to take home.

World Book Day 2026

Starstruck

Class 6 were privileged to attend a book signing with the brilliant author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. We were treated to a book reading by Frank and he talked about his childhood and his inspirations before signing copies of his new book for us.

LSSP DADDR session

Today we had a visitor from LSSP to teach us about basic self defence skills and learnt what DADDR stands for, which is, Detect, Avoid, Defuse, Defend and Report. This taught us how to defend ourselves safely and calmly in order to not get hurt.

RE Visitor

Today we had our visitors in again to deliver another session about Easter. We watched a video and then played a game where we had to rescue the fish.

Mini Police

The children received their certificates this afternoon for completing their mini police training. There were also 3 lucky winners for a sketching competition.

A trip to Chinatown for EYFS

We had a wonderful time visiting Chinatown to see the largest Chinese arch outside of China. The arch was imported from Shanghai in 2000 and is decorated with 200 dragons made from a mixture of wood and marble. The children noticed the lion statues that are on both side of the road bringing good fortune to visitors to the city.

Chinese New Year Celebrations 🐴🐲

Nursery had a fantastic time celebrating Chinese New Year. The children enjoyed making colourful lanterns, tasting delicious noodles, and watching exciting dragon dances. We also went to visit the beautiful Chinese arch, which helped us learn more about the traditions and celebrations. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore a different culture through creativity, food, and movement.

Mini Police

The children welcomed Fred the police dog this afternoon, which demonstrated its skills on the playground – handler Steve explained how Fred uses scent to detect explosives. The children were also reminded of the impact of knife crime and the implications of carrying a knife.

Reward Trip Fun

A number of children were rewarded for their excellent behaviour this term and enjoyed a morning at the bowling alley.

Mystery guest reader in the Early Years

Thank you to this weeks mystery guest reader Miss Jackson for visiting us in nursery to share a story called The Baddies by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The children enjoyed listening to lovely story about a witch, a troll and a ghost who pride themselves on being mean but are outsmarted by a little girl.

We can not wait to see who are next mystery guest reader will be. If you would like to sign up to be our next mystery reader please send us an email. Thank you

MUGA Grand Opening

We were joined by KIND owner, Stephen Yip and his extended family, who travelled across the country to visit their former primary school Pleasant Street. We celebrated the official opening of our state of the art Multi Use Games Area (MUGA). A massive thank you to KIND, for their significant donation, without which we would not have been able to create this wonderful resource for our children.

RE Visitor

Today we had two visitors in today to explain to us and help us understand why Christians call it Good Friday. This was very interesting to learn about the reasons why The Bible tells us certain stories and the history behind it all.

We got to talk through the story of Easter and then did activities to talk about how certain characters of the story might feel.

Mini Police station visit

The children visited the British Transport Police station this afternoon, seeing how officers work, including holding somebody in custody! Thank you to BTP for this great experience!

Help Your Child Thrive Course

Some of our parents are enjoying a course with Kerry Burns called ‘Help Your Child Thrive’. Sessions have looked at supporting parents so they can confidently support their child’s learning and development. We run regular courses and coffee mornings throughout the year please keep your eye on the school app for updates. We also welcome any suggestions from parents about courses or programs they would like school to consider hosting.

Breakfast in class.

Year 2 enjoying breakfast today in class with their friends.

Santa Clause and his Reindeers.

We had some very special visitors in school today . Class 2 learned some very interesting facts about reindeers. They also met Santa and told them what they would like for Christmas.

A Trip to Lush with KIND

A number of children from Years 2-4 enjoyed a bath bomb making session at Lush, thanks to KIND. They made their own bath bombs and met Father Christmas. Thank you to both Lush and KIND for such a fun experience.

Geography

As part of their North America topic, the class visited Birkenhead Park, which served as an inspiration for Central Park. Pupils used compasses and maps to locate various landmarks around the park.

Cross Country – Cross Challenge Event

Well done to four of our pupils from Y5 and Y6 who represented Liverpool in the Cross Challenge Event at Sefton Park on Saturday 22nd November. We are very proud of your achievements!

Mystery Guest Reader

Damo, a parent of one of the children in KS2 joined us to read two books about very special dogs. We enjoyed listening to Detective Dog and Hospital Dog by one of our favourite authors, Julia Donaldson. We enjoyed listening and talking about the stories together and we can’t wait to see who our next special guest will be. If you would like to sign up too be a mystery guest reader, please send us an email.

Diversity Day Assembly

This afternoon we enjoyed an assembly that celebrated some of the work classes completed on Diversity Day. Class Five explained the Windrush Generation after reading ‘Coming to England’ by Floella Benjamin. They considered the range of emotions that may have been felt on the journey to England and how the new arrivals to the country settled. Their performance and discussions were excellent and they made links to some of our school values; resilience, respect and resourcefulness.

Reception then performed a verse from the poem ‘I Rise’. We were very proud of how confident the children were reciting the poem with actions in front of the whole school.

Our assembly was completed by a pupil in Y6, who performed her own original poem, based on ‘I Rise’. Her thought-provoking words reminded people that they can achieve anything if they put their mind to it.

Pumpkin Picking

Reception enjoyed our trip to Hightown Pumpkin Patch today. We searched in the rain and sunshine for pumpkins of different shapes and sizes before bringing some back to school.

The children counted how many, compared pumpkins of different shapes and sizes and worked together to pick them up to put them in our wheelbarrow. We had a great time talking about the things we could see both at the patch and on our way to the farm.

Nursery Pumpkin Picking

Our Nursery children had a wonderful time visiting Hightown Pumpkin Patch this week! The children enjoyed exploring the fields, spotting pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colours, and learning how they grow. They loved choosing their own pumpkins to take back to school and talking about the signs of autumn they could see around them.

The trip was full of curiosity, laughter (after the rain), and hands on learning a perfect seasonal adventure to spark conversations about harvest, nature, and change.

Planetarium

The class enjoyed a visit to the planetarium at the World Museum this morning. They wondered if there was life elsewhere in the universe.

Playtime

The children have enjoyed exploring and investigating our new playground area. The children enjoyed cooking in the mud kitchen or working together to create an obstacle course.

Forest School

We enjoyed spending some time exploring the forest school area in Nursery. We spoke about the safety procedures we need to follow when we enjoy a fire together in the future and found out the names of some of the tools we may use in the future. We are looking forward to taking part in more forest school activities soon.

Class 6 Python Coding with Edublocks.

Over the past few lessons Class 6 have been investigating how to use Python coding, children have started off using Block based coding before moving on creating code using text. Children explored how to create different coloured backgrounds, use repeat loops to create shapes and use variables and lists to ask and answer questions.   

Anglo Saxon workshop

The children enjoyed a visit to the Museum of Liverpool, to learn about the daily life of Anglo Saxons and handle artefacts.

Levi Tafari

We were very lucky to be visited by Levi Tafari and Jenny from LLP today. Our KS2 children enjoyed a fantastic assembly listening to a live poetry performance by Levi and discussions about diversity, inclusion and equality. Y6 then enjoyed a poetry workshop.

Levi Tafari

The children were treated to a special visit from Liverpool poet Levi Tafari this morning! He spoke about diversity, culture and history before performing some of his poetry.

Busy Bee’s 🐝

In Busy Bee’s the children took part in a step by step drawing activity, they all worked really hard and were super supportive about their friends artwork.

Summer Newsletter – July

Evening Mindfulness Activities

To finish off our day, we took a walk around the grounds taking in the beautiful views, listening to stories and finishing up with some pupils leading yoga.

Low Ropes and Zip Line

A great time was had by all on the low ropes and on the zip line this afternoon after a delicious lunch.

Via Ferrata

Another group took to the ropes today, taking on both routes on the Via Ferrata, a real test of skill and bravery. Well done everyone!

Paddle boarding

All three groups took to the Menai Strait today to take part in some paddle boarding. Some great team work and communication on display as they navigated the water, encountering some jellyfish and lots of seaweed!

Y6 Residential – Day One

The children have arrived safely at the residential and got stuck straight into their activities. Two groups enjoyed the challenge of Via Ferrata which involved navigating across an iron path. Group three demonstrated excellent team work, on the low ropes and zip wire. Before they go to bed the children are enjoying one final activity as a whole class, completing the night line walk.

Family BBQ

A big thank you to everyone who attended our family BBQ last week. A great time was had by all and we managed to raise over £1000 which will help school funds. We were also able to make a donation to Shy Lowen Sanctuary, where lots of our children have attended over the years. We cannot wait until our next event.

UKLA International Conference

A number of children from Year 4 and Year 6, were invited by John Moores University to present at the UK Literacy Conference last week. They spoke about Diversity across the curriculum and how they feel represented in reading. We are very proud of the way they spoke with confidence to delegates about the books they chose to share. They also confidently answered questions on reading and how it impacts them. A big thank you to John Moores for the opportunity and to Jo Tregenza, the President Elect of UKLA, who very kindly treated the children to their choice of text from the bookshop.

Geography – Rivers

The children enjoyed a trip to Kirkby and Hightown today to follow the course of the River Alt. They investigated the flow of the river and observed changes in the landscape as the River Alt made its way into the Irish Sea.

Reading Event at JMU – Frank Cottrell Boyce

Some pupils from Y4 and Y5 were very lucky to take part in a fantastic reading and author event at John Moores University, organised with Liverpool Learning Partnership. The children took part in a range of magical themed activities and tricks, worked with other schools to perform Reader’s Theatre and then had the opportunity to listen to and meet Frank Cottrell Boyce.

The theme of the event was magic as the event was celebrating Cottrell-Boyce’s text – The Wonder Brothers. The children were so grateful to receive a copy of the text to take home and they can’t wait to read the story as the extracts shared today had them hooked!

Barstondale Day 2!

Barnstondale Day 2

Barnstondale Day 2

Busy Bee’s at Pleasant Street 🐝

The children enjoy playing and learning in our wraparound care, Busy Bee’s. They share fun experiences and play opportunities with their friends, they explore the outdoor area and enjoy delicious snacks.

Ancient Greece workshop

The children enjoyed looking at artefacts from Ancient Greece – sculptures of Gods, pottery, objects of daily life and weapons. The museum workshop was full of information about the past!

Yoga club in the sun

Yoga club enjoyed their after school club in the sunshine today. Namaste.

A Trip to the Farm.

Reception had a lovely trip on their first day back after half term. We visited Farmer Teds farm as the class were learning all about farm animals, their mums and their babies and it linked with our literacy story ‘Mr Gumpy’s Outing’, when he collected lots of different farm animals along on his boat ride. The children were so excited to use their knowledge of animals and be able to link them with real life experiences.

Whilst at the farm the children enjoyed some fantastic activities including ferret racing, the Shaun the sheep show and exploring lots of minibeast.

Then of course the children had to have a go of the climb and slide.

Then after lunch Reception were able to explore more of the farm animals in their barns.

And finally have a go on the climbing frame and in the sand area. What a wonderful day.

Spring Newsletter

Behaviour Rewards

Some of our children enjoyed biscuit making and a film or a bowling trip as a reward for their behaviour in school and for being great examples to others. Well done everyone!

Online Safety Newsletters

Please find attached some useful information for you and your child about keeping safe online from MGL.

Easter HAF Programme

Please find attached the Easter HAF information which is useful for parents/guardians of children eligible for benefits related free school meals.

SINGTASTIC

A fantastic afternoon at Singtastic! Thank you to Louisa and Miranda for organising this. Scan the QR codes and watch us sing!

Viking workshop

The children enjoyed a Viking workshop today!

Mystery Reader

A big thank you to one of our Nursery and Y1 parents, who surprised the children this afternoon as our Mystery Guest Reader. He read two wonderful books, singing songs and putting on different voices for the characters.

Thank you for your time, the children loved it!

Food For thought competition

Last term, Year 4 took part in a Competition where they had to write a recipe. Now, with Matthew’s help, we are cooking our recipes for the rest of the school.

Aquarium Trip

Reception had a fantastic time at the museum aquarium, as they explored all the animals that live under the sea. This links with our literacy story the storm whale.

Refugee Island

Key Stage 2 were treated to a wonderful performance from Whispered Tales last week. They listened to stories related to different women and their experiences of being refugees around the world.

Planting with the Tree Council

Sarah from the Tree Council visited us today to lead an assembly on the work of the Tree Council and it’s importance. We were so interested to find out their work and to hear about the impact trees have on our physical and mental health and wellbeing.

Children from KS2 then worked together with Sarah to plant our new hedgerow area and some fruit trees finding out lots of facts and information along the way. This is the start of a project we have started to change and improve our playground. We can’t wait to keep you updated on the progress!

Our Trip to the Aquarium 🐠

Today we visited the Aquarium inside the Museum to further explore our under the sea topic, the children were able to first hand see different types of fish and sea creatures.

Reading at JMU

A number of our reading buddies visited JMU this week to share their experience and wisdom with some of their Education students who are planning to write their own books. The buddies shared information on what they look for in a text and how they engage and support their partners in sessions. They also demonstrated how they read out loud to others and answered questions to help with the students’ research.

Reading Buddies

Our reading buddies are happy to be back together and it has been great to see them enjoying texts together around school.

Family Weekend at The Bluecoat

December Newsletter

Please find attached a copy of our latest newsletter.

Christmas Party 🎶🕺🏻

Santa came to visit us 🎄🎅🏻

Computing

Class Two spent their computing lesson creating digital art and using AI to create animated drawings. The first part of the lessons we looked at how we can use apple pencils and pro-create. Children used the different brush tools to edit a picture. We then used Sketch meta to change a drawing into an animated image.

Chocolate Bingo

Thank you very much to everyone who attended our festive chocolate bingo this week. It was a great evening for the school community.

Computing EYFS

EYFs spent the morning exploring Sphero Indis and Apple pencils. Children worked in small groups to either work together to see how you can get a Sphero to move and turn or they used the apple pencils to create a digital piece of art work.

EYFS Open Evening – 16th December 2024

Birkenhead Park

Class 5 have enjoyed a lovely morning at Birkenhead park for their geography topic. We looked at finding links with North America and discovering that the park was the inspiration for Central Park in New York.

Nighlights

Class 6 have been using crumbles to create night lights. We looked at how we can program a crumble to display different coloured lights, children then researched different styles of night lights and create their own design on the net of a 3D shape . Using a crumble kit, children were able to code the crumble to use different coloured lights to get their nightlight to light up!  

Planetarium Trip

This term Reception have been learning all about the story ‘Star in the Jar’ in English, Reception has explored space, light and dark in science. On Friday some of the Reception class explored the Planetarium at the Museum, the children watched an informative video about ‘the Little Star that Could’ which explained all about our solar system and all the different planets in our universe.

Sugar Awareness Week

Year 4 had today an assembly about Sugar Awareness. We learnt about how much sugar food have and what it is the impact in our bodies.

NSPCC

we really enjoyed having the NSPCC and Buddy in class to teach us how to ‘Speak out and Stay Safe’.

Multi Sports Programme

Class 6 took part in the Multi Sports Programme at John Moore’s University yesterday. We learnt new skills in football and netball, playing alongside students at the university.

Schools Parliament

Some representatives from our School Council joined lots of other schools at the School Parliament Conference, listening to others schools discussing the UNICEF rights of the child. After listening to the presentations, they thought about what they would like to do in school to show how we meet these rights.

Out of the Blue Art Club

This week the children enjoyed creating self portraits using a variety of materials. It was great to see lots of creativity and artistic talent on show.

Spooky Science

Y6 enjoyed some spooky science lessons at Liverpool University this week, making potions, finding out about anti-bodies, observing bugs under microscopes and finding out about proteins. We loved the hands-on sessions with the experts!

Film Club

Our film club are enjoying being in the new building to watch ‘Sing’ enjoying a sing a long with the hits.

Spooky Science

Class 5 enjoyed an exciting day of experiments at the University of Liverpool for a Spooky Science event. The children looked under microscopes, made potions, learned about antibodies and watched a dangerous experiment!

Pumpkin Picking 🎃

Reception enjoyed their pumpkin picking trip, this trip allowed children to have first hand experiences of life cycles, growth and discuss their prior learning. They were able to recognise the pumpkin seeds and flowers before choosing a variety of pumpkins to take back to school. They also had the opportunity to pick some corn which we will cook and eat 🌽.

LJMU Sports Hall

The children enjoyed a fun sports session at LJMU Sports Hall, taking part in different activities that tested skill and teamwork!

NSPCC workshops

The children welcome visitors from the NSPCC to learn all about staying safe and they met Buddy, the special mascot who encourages children to speak out to a trusted adult.

Fire Station

What a fantastic trip to the fire station this week! We were able to compare what we have learned about The Great Fire of London to the equipment they use today.

Trip to Chester – Romans in Britain

Trip to Chester- Romans in Britain

Reading Buddies

Our reading buddies have enjoyed reading together again this year. Some pupils enjoyed sharing some brand new non-fiction books together, finding out lots of information about plants and flowers.

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch 🎃

We had a fantastic time visiting the Pumpkin Patch, we enjoyed exploring the big open field looking for different sized and coloured Pumpkins.

Visit to Mere Tun – Anglo Saxons

The children tasted what life was like for the Anglo Saxons, with a visit to Mere Tun, at Martin Mere. The class experienced settlement life – practising weapons skills, thatching, weaving and foraging.

Thank you!

We were so grateful to one of our Y6 pupils who decided to choose a selection of books for the school library to help other love reading as much as her. Thank you to you and your family for such a generous gift, we wish you every success for the future!

Summer HAF Programme

iSing

Class 3 had a wonderful time singing on stage at iSing today. We had fantastic singing from the children and had so much fun !! 🎤🎶

Water Safety

Thank you to our visitors teaching us the importance of staying safe in and around water. We learnt techniques how to keep ourselves safe and what to do if we see anyone in need of help.

Forest School Club

KS1 pupils are enjoying their new after school club, forest school. This week we made toast on the fire and enjoyed eating it with our friends.

Goodbye Barnstondale!

Thank you to everybody at Barnstondale who made our residential such a memorable time!

Evening campfire

A lovely end to another day at our Barnstondale residential, a campfire with marshmallows, songs and stories!

Shooting range

The children practised their shooting skills this afternoon, using a rifle to aim at a target.

Obstacle run

These children enjoyed navigating this tricky obstacle course!

River crossing

Another example of teamwork this morning as this group completed a harnessed river crossing!!

Woodlands teamwork

The children worked really well together to complete the canon run and then supported each other in a rope walk!

Breakfast time!

After a good night’s sleep on their first night, the children enjoyed a lovely breakfast in preparation for another day of activities!

Free time!

After a fun afternoon of activities, the children enjoyed some of the play equipment in Barnstondale.

Archery

Excellent target skills this afternoon, taking careful aim for the bullseye!

Rock climbing

The groups enjoyed rock climbing and abseiling this afternoon – a great demonstration of bravery, skills and resilience!

Barnstondale residential

After arriving safely, the children began building shelters in the woods!

Construction club?‍♂️?‍♀️

It has been a pleasure to work with these lovely children in construction club this term, the children have created some fantastic designs indoors and outdoors.

Y6 Celebration

To celebrate the hard work and effort the children have put into preparing for SATS exams was rewarded with an ice-cream in the sunshine. Well done Year 6, we are very proud of your hard work and positive attitude!

Y6 SATS

Y6 Pupils will be taking part in SATS exams this week, please remember that all pupils can attend Breakfast Club for free all week and we ask that all pupils are in school by 8:30am at the latest so that they can relax with friends before the start of the test.

Monday – Spelling Punctuation and Grammar

Tuesday – Reading

Wednesday – Maths Papers 1 and 2

Thursday – Maths Paper 3

Singing around the Camp Fire

Tonight we finished off our day with a camp fire. Mr Curry played some songs on the guitar and we sang some of our favourites from music lessons and choir club. Before we went back to the accommodation, we talked about things that we are grateful for, shared our favourite part of the trip and discussed what we are most proud of whilst we have been here.

Paddle Boarding

Group 3 tried some paddle boarding this afternoon. The weather conditions meant that some children managed to stand up on their boards!

Low Ropes and Zip Wire

Group 2 enjoyed the low ropes and the zip wire this afternoon, some of them facing their fears to climb obstacles that were pretty high up!

Gorge Scrambling

Group 1 enjoyed a full day activity today, Gorge Scrambling. They explored rugged rocky ravines and their flowing streams and icy pools. They worked brilliantly together to get through the challenges, encouraging each other every step of the way!

Via Feratta

Group 3 enjoyed a morning climbing a Via Feratta (Iron Path). They showed bravery and resilience as they faced their fears and they worked brilliantly together as a team.

Paddleboarding

Group Two enjoyed a morning on the water, paddle boarding. The headed down to the Menai Strait in their wet suits and jumped into the very chilly water. After getting to grips with the basics of turning, spinning and trying to travel in a straight line, they walked up the shore and travelled back to the beach. It was great to see some brilliant teamwork on display, helping each other to get into the safety equipment and encouraging each other on the boards.

Anglesey Update

This morning, some of us enjoyed a brisk walk around the beautiful grounds of the National Trust property next to our adventure centre. We enjoyed taking in our surroundings as we walked along the Menai Strait. We then all enjoyed a delicious breakfast. Today groups are enjoying gorge scrambling, paddle boarding, via ferreta, low ropes and the zip wire. We will post some more updates this evening.

Day One – Anglesey Residential

Class 6 are having a brilliant time on their residential. Today the groups have enjoyed time on the zip wire, low ropes, paddle boarding and completing Via Ferrata. We then headed out for our last activity of the day – The Night Line which was a real test of teamwork skills! Our wifi signal isn’t great so we will update as and when we can. The children are having a great time, even in the wind and the rain!

Parent Cookery Classes

Over the last few weeks, parents have joined cookery classes on Tuesday afternoons. They have cooked a selection of dishes with Kirsty and this week Mr Verdin joined in to cook a delicious Thai Chicken Curry. If you would like any information about the classes, please speak to Kirsty.

Science Day!???‍??

For science day we had a special visit from Mr Stanley. We enjoyed watching Mr Stanley perform lots of different exciting experiments. We learned lots of new things about solids, liquids and gasses and much more!

Aquarium trip!

Reception enjoyed their school trip to the museum this morning as we investigated the aquarium, we loved looking at all the different sea creatures. Our trip links to our Literacy story ‘The Storm Whale’ and our topic of under the sea that we have learnt about this term.

Premiership Footballer Visit

We were visited by Everton FC football players, Lewis Dobbin and Joao Virginia who took the time out of their busy training schedule to visit school to play a competitive game of bench ball with some pupils. After the session, they sat down to discuss the importance of exercise and keeping fit and healthy and the impact that sport can have on our mental health and wellbeing.

Reading Buddies visit JMU

Some of our reading buddies were invited to John Moores University library to talk about reading and books with some Childhood Studies University students. They discussed some of the books in the library, why they selected them and their thoughts on the content and illustrations.

A Special Visitor

We had a very special visitor in school on party day, every class had the opportunity to visit the grotto and they left with some gifts.

New Kit Sponsor

Thank you very much to The Women’s Institution who have very kindly donated money to school to purchase new football kits and is the new sponsor of one of our team kits.

Recognition Trip to Bowling

Some children enjoyed a trip to Hollywood Bowl today as a celebration for their excellent behaviour.

New Kit Sponsor

Thank you very much to JCSports_Massage who has very kindly donated money to school to purchase new football kits and is the new sponsor of one of our team kits.

Autumn 2 – Newsletter

Reception Stay and Play

Thank you to all of the parents who joined us for a Stay and Play session this week. It was great to see so many of you there and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Shy Lowen

The children had a fantastic last session at Shy Lowen today, the children gave a presentation about their horse to the group. They then enjoyed rides on Thunder and Holly. They were all amazing!

Chocolate Bingo

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our Christmas Chocolate Bingo, the event was a complete sell-out with the tickets going in less than 10 minutes. Our Christmas events have helped to raise money for school fund and we appreciate all of your support. Please make sure you have app notifications switched on so that you do not miss out on any upcoming events.