Electrical Circuits 19th Jun 2024
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Look at the wonderful games we made using electrical circuits.

Mental Health Session With Holly 19th Jun 2024
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We had the wonderful Holly, from Kooth, in our class to support us with sessions around mental health and transition.

Reading Ambassadors 19th Jun 2024
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Year 6 Reading Ambassadors had a great time in Pritchards bookshop buying new books for our school

Informative Lesson with Katie 19th Jun 2024
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Katie, from Swaca, came into to Y6 to deliver a session all about healthy relationships, boundaries, emotional support and how to keep yourself safe. It was a very informative and inspiring lesson.

PE - Tennis 19th Jun 2024
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Year 6 began their new P.E. topic for Spring 2: tennis 🎾

Bikeability Training 19th Jun 2024
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Year 6 completing their bikeability training 🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️

Paris Olympics 2024 19th Jun 2024
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Year 5 experienced a wonderful afternoon visiting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. We listened to many different instruments play many famous songs.

Fractions 19th Jun 2024
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The children have enjoyed using manipulatives to support their understanding of fractions. They were able to identify fractions that were greater and less than using visual representations. They were able to use a fractions wall to help them find equivalent fractions.

English - Oliver Twist 19th Jun 2024
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We explored the many characters within Oliver Twist. The children undertook a conscience alley to consider how Oliver felt about his friendship with Dodger. We explored if he was a criminal or a victim.

PE - Dance 19th Jun 2024
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The children in Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed creating a dance, to the theme of The Greatest Showman, this half term. They displayed fantastic teamwork and super collaboration in order to achieve this. Pupils loved being the ring masters and acting out the commanding role. Whilst doing this, they had to create a series of movements, including using various props, to sequence their dance routine. At the end of the lessons, the children performed their routine to their peers where they would critically evaluate each other.

Digestive System Investigation 19th Jun 2024
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To demonstrate the stages of the digestive system, we copied the human digestive system. We mashed up bananas and cereal and moved it on to the final stage of waste. The children were very highly amused.

Times Tables 19th Jun 2024
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Year 4 have been working very hard preparing for the times tables check in June. Congratulations to all their hard work and gaining certificates.

Volcanoes 19th Jun 2024
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In geography, we have been learning about volcanoes. One such point was to understand how after an eruption, the lave is rich in nutrients and fertilises the land, perfect for growing citrus fruits. With this in mind, we tried some pink grape fruit and discussed what other citrus fruits could be grown.

Climates Across The World 19th Jun 2024
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Year 4 are learning about climates across the world. We are learning about the Equator and lines of latitude and how different countries share similar climates.

Collective Worship 19th Jun 2024
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It was a pleasure to welcome Mrs Marr and Mrs Winters into our end of topic collective worship. We celebrated with a thanks giving message to our guests for their dedication and laity to our church and school community. We read Romans 12:8-11. Be real about loving.

Reading Gulliver's Travels 19th Jun 2024
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We read the opening to Gulliver's travels, but stopped on the moment Gulliver awoke on the beach to discover he was tied down. Following this, we went on an adventure yesterday to have a Lilliputian picnic. We experienced what Gulliver may have eaten and discussed the size of the food. We used this experience to inform a short piece of writing in role of Gulliver.

British Sign Language Week 19th Jun 2024
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This week is British Sign Language Week. This week is a flagship awareness week for British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language, celebrated every year in March to commemorate the first time BSL was acknowledged as a language in its own right by the UK Government on 18 March 2003. We are very lucky to have Mrs Gray, from Sefton’s Hearing Team, in school today working with all of our classes to learn some sign language.

Mother's Day Breakfast 19th Jun 2024
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We invited our special people into school to enjoy a mother’s day breakfast. it was lovely to spend some time with our families.

Easter Celebration 19th Jun 2024
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A lovely end of term Easter celebration to recognise all the pupils hard work over the last term.

Geography - Volcanoes 19th Jun 2024
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We have been learning about volcanoes in Geography. Pupils have learned about the differences and similarities between shield and composite volcanoes. Pupils have thoroughly enjoyed watching video clips of Mount Etna and the explosive viscous lava. As part of their end of topic synoptic task, pupils were asked to either draw or make a composite volcano, showing the positive and negative factors about living near Mount Etna. What fantastic work!

Healthy Eating 19th Jun 2024
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Pupils had a wonderful time taking part in a cooking and food preparation session this morning. Pupils were able to select their vegetables and were taught how to safely cut food. It was lovely to see some pupils trying foods that they hadn’t previously tried.

British Sign Language 19th Jun 2024
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Pupils were introduced to British sign language and truly enjoyed practising a new skill. Pupils engaged very well with activities and celebrated by signing a song.

History 19th Jun 2024
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Pupils have been learning about cuneiform, a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3200 BCE. Cuneiform was first developed around 3200 BCE by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions. Cuneiform writing was created by using a reed stylus to make wedge shaped indentations in clay tablets.

Music and Art 19th Jun 2024
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The children have been studying the work of Kandinsky and looking at the connection between music and art. Children used their art skills to create a Musical instrument.

Aladdin 19th Jun 2024
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In literacy the children have been working hard on their current topic Aladdin. They will be writing a descriptive piece about the magic carpet ride. We have been working together to generate exciting adjective to make our writing more interesting.

Science 19th Jun 2024
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In science the children have been on a leaf hunt as part of their current topic plants. The children were learning to identify a range of seeds and leaves.

Art 19th Jun 2024
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Year 2 have had a wonderful half term exploring Expressive Art. They completely engrossed themselves into this topic, demonstrating such curiosity and depth. The children explored different artists such as Marla Zacarias, Van Gough and Cezanne. The children started by working with primary colours to mix and create new colours. Next, they explored different tools to help them manipulate paint on the page - using weird and wonderful objects to create different patterns and textures. We then joined our thinking together to begin to paint the wonderful landscapes of Keswick (we had been learning about in Geography).

PE 19th Jun 2024
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This half term, pupils have been exploring stories through dance. Using movements and actions, they have designed routines and sequences re-telling the narratives within the tales. Pupils loved acting out George & The Dragon in particular. Pupils were able to use the bodies to tell a story and were able to work as part of a team to build their sequences. At the end of each lesson, pupils helped each other by reflecting on their peers work and suggesting positives and areas for improvement.

RE 19th Jun 2024
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Year 1 have been exploring the different roles within the parish.

PSHE 19th Jun 2024
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English 19th Jun 2024
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Number Day 19th Jun 2024
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Art 19th Jun 2024
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Design Technology 19th Jun 2024
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As part of our topic 'A Long Time Ago,' we looked at many vehicles from the past and compared these to the present day. We then made our own vehicles from our junk modelling materials, they were fantastic!

Maths 19th Jun 2024
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We have been exploring many mathematical concepts this term such as number bonds of 10, subitising to 10, exploring length and also continuing to consolidate our number sense within 10.

Nursery Rhymes 19th Jun 2024
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This term we are focusing on some favourite nursery rhymes such as, pat a cake, ring a roses, the muffin man and many more. The children made the very pocket full of posies.

Sequencing 19th Jun 2024
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The children have been learning about sequencing and doing things in order. We ordered nursery rhymes and our morning routine, talking about what comes first, next and last.

What The Ladybird Heard 19th Jun 2024
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This is our new story. We have been focusing on who the main character is, what the problem was and how it was solved.

Shapes 19th Jun 2024
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Nursery have been focusing on shape this week. We have been identifying 2D shapes and explaining how we know it is that shape. We have also had a look at 3D shapes and how we can build with them.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar 19th Jun 2024
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The children have been very excited about having caterpillars in class. They have shown great care when looking after them, making sure they don't get scared. We have watched them grown and turn into chrysalides.

Dear Zoo 19th Jun 2024
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We have been reading the story Dear Zoo. We had a vet role play area to think about how we care for different animals. We thought about what pet we would like from the zoo and drew a picture to send to the zoo. We also built a zoo using our blocks and thought about the different sized enclosures they would need.

Nursery 4 19th Jun 2024
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This has got to be Nursery’s favourite number! We have loved learning about number 4, we are excellent at subitising number 4 and singing the song to go with our story 'Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons'. We also had a game where we threw bean bags in a basket to see how many we got in and how many we missed… definitely some cheering and cheating going on!

Friendships 19th Jun 2024
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In our PSHE lessons we have been talking about how we can be a good friend and what makes us a good friend. We talked about being kind, sharing, helping others and saying sorry when you have upset or hurt someone…even when it’s an accident and most importantly, listening to our friends. We made friendship bracelets for our friends and when on a listening walk.

Elmer 19th Jun 2024
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Nursery have been exploring the story 'Elmer'. We talked about the characters, the setting what the problem was and how it was solved. We know that it good to be different because it would be boring if we all looked the same.

Heavy and Light 19th Jun 2024
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Nursery have been exploring mass and investigating how to tell if something is heavy or light. We used bucket scales first then became human scales. We needed to decide if our arms went up for lighter objects or down with heavier ones.

Capacity 19th Jun 2024
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The children have explored capacity and talked about containers being, full, empty, half full, nearly empty or nearly full! Nursery are excellent at this! We made monster milkshakes but we could only get cream and sprinkles if the cup was nearly full!

Robots 19th Jun 2024
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After reading our favourite story 'Rusty the Squeaky Robot,' the children wanted to make their own robots. We talked about their features and what sounds their robot would make.

PSHE: Being Healthy 19th Jun 2024
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Nursery have been talking about ways that we can keep ourselves healthy. We talked about foods that are good for us and ones that are not. We helped Colin the crocodile clean his teeth and learnt how to wash our hand better.

People who help us 19th Jun 2024
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As part of our topic ‘People who help us’, we had a visit from the police. The police officers talked to us about how they help the community and some of the equipment they use. We even got to sit in the police car!