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Reception Winter Walk

Date: 20th Jan 2025 @ 7:53pm

We went on a winter hunt to look for different signs of winter and marked them off on a checklist.  When we also made bird feeders to hang in our gardens.

World Religion Day

Date: 20th Jan 2025 @ 4:28pm

Today, our assembly was all about 'World Religion Day'.

World Religion Day is celebrated annually on the third Sunday in January - so this year it was on Sunday 19th January 2025.

The aim of World Religion Day is to promote peace and understanding amongst all the the different faiths of the world.

During the assembly, we watched a video all about World Religion Day and listened to song all about tolerance - helping us to understand how we need to share respect and tolerance to all people no matter of their religion.

Then, two students Kai in Y5 and Mikaeel in Y6 shared why their religions are important to them.

 

Nursery Christmas party

Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 11:18pm

The children in Nursery had such a fun time, ending the term with a Christmas party, filled with games and yummy treats. We even had a special visit from Father Christmas and received a little present from him to take home. 

DT - Torches

Date: 7th Jan 2025 @ 1:57pm

As part of our DT Learning - we have started our unit of work on 'Torches'.

We have worked with partner to make a circuit with a switch - so we can turn the power on and off. 

Then, we designed and made our own torches. 

Y3 Stone Age Art

Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 10:34am

Year 3 used flour, water and spices to make their own paint.  Then they created textured cave walls and used paints and spices to create a prehistoric cave style painting. 

Y3 Learning Walls

Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 10:28am

Take a look at our learning walls for this half term. 

Y4 Learning Walls

Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 3:57pm

Another very busy half term - take a look at some of our Learning Walls:-

English - Leaf - Writing an outsider narrative
Maths - Multiplication and division
MFL - Class room commands and names of places (nouns)
History - What were the greatest achievements of the Ancient Egyptians?
PATHS - Understanding our feelings and emotions
RE - How and why might Christians use the Bible?
PSHRE - How do we treat each other with respect? 

Y3 and Y4 Cross Stitch Club

Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 8:58am

Some members of Y3 and Y4 have participated in Cross Stitch Club this half term.

They have learned some new skills and all the children enjoyed the club.

Their final piece was a Christmas Tree design. 

Year Two's Christmas Journey

Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 4:05pm

Today,Year Two visited All Saints Church to learn about The Christmas Story. They went on a very special journey through the church to find out all about it. Afterwards, they created their own nativity scene and enjoyed a treat. What a lovely, festive morning we had! 

Circles and Triangles in Reception

Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 5:22pm

In maths, we have been learning all about circles and triangles. We went on a shape hunt around school, made shape pictures and drew our own circle pictures inspired by Kandinsky's Concentric Circles artwork.

Sean Perkins author visit

Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 2:01pm

Year Two thoroughly enjoyed their visit from Sean Perkins, the author of Oscar and Ben. Sean read the children his latest book and taught them a song on his guitar. Sean's books are available to order online if you would like to know more. 

Nursery Autumn Walk

Date: 10th Nov 2024 @ 7:07pm

Nursery put on our wellies and enjoyed an Autumn walk following our story, 'The Leaf Thief'. We noticed signs of Autumn and found lots of interesting, natural items such as leaves of different colours, shapes and sizes, pine cones, mushrooms and red berries. We explored the woodland area, collected our own leaves, and back in Nursery we made our own collage pictures. 

Reception Autumn Walk

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 1:50pm

We read the story 'Leaf Man' by Lois Ehlert.  Then we went on an autumn walk on the field.  We collected lots of leaves and other natural materials and brought them back to class.  We used these materials to make our own Leaf Man.

Reception Pumpkin Soup

Date: 28th Oct 2024 @ 4:22pm

As part of our learning about Halloween we made some pumpkin soup. It was delicious!!

Reception Halloween Poems

Date: 28th Oct 2024 @ 4:19pm

As part of our learning this half term we have been learning some Halloween themed poetry. Have a look at our videos. 

Y4 Autumn 1 Learning

Date: 23rd Oct 2024 @ 8:42am

Year 4 have had a very busy half term - take a look at some of our Learning Walls.

Maths: Place Value / Addition & Subtraction / Times Tables
Science: Why are all animals different?
RE: What might a Hindu learn through celebrating Diwali?
PSHRE: What strengths, skills and interest do we have?
PATHS: Learning about our feelings and emotions
English: The Whale - Setting Narrative and Newspaper Report


Sea Cadets

Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 1:24pm

PO Ratcliffe and Sergeant Ratcliffe from Newton Le Willows Sea Cadets visited us this week. They talked all about what is on offer at Sea Cadets which starts from age 9. They also collected the beautiful poppy display created by Mrs. Houghton and Mrs. Meakin with the children in our after school club - this will go on display as part of the Community Poppy Appeal. 

Young Carers Awareness Day

Date: 17th Oct 2024 @ 11:54am

This week our children have been involved in some workshops with Tanya and Sophie from Young Carers. They led an assembly about the role of a young carer and then delivered a workshop in each class from Year 1 to Year 6 about how we care for each other. As the Mayor, Councillor Jeanette Banks, has nominated Young Carers as her charity this year, she joined us to talk about the importance of the work of this charity.

Harvest Festival

Date: 16th Oct 2024 @ 6:46pm

Today, Reverend Chris came into school to lead an assembly - all about Harvest Festival.

We have also collected items as part of our Harvest Festival - these donations will be delivered to our local foodbank so that people in our community can benefit.

World Mental Heath Day

Date: 14th Oct 2024 @ 8:32am

This week Mrs. Reid led an assembly about the importance of looking after our mental health. We all took part in 'Yellow Day' to think about this and to raise money for Young Minds - a charity which supports children and young people. Thank you for your donations - £168 was sent to support this much needed cause. 

Student Council visit to the Town Hall

Date: 14th Oct 2024 @ 8:28am

Miss. Evans and Mrs. Squires took our Student Council to the Town Hall this week to find out more about St. Helens, the local history of the area and the role of the council. They met the Mayor and enjoyed cakes in the parkour and a tour of the building. The feedback from the children was very positive - the particularly liked finding out more about where they live and getting to sign a special book in that 'will be there forever'!

Reception-Our Families

Date: 13th Oct 2024 @ 9:10pm

We have been finding out all about ourselves and our families. We talked about who's in our families.  Then we used the pebbles to make our own families.

Our Early Days in Reception

Date: 13th Oct 2024 @ 8:43pm

We have now nearly completed our first half term in Reception.  We have enjoyed exploring our environment, made new friends, got to know our teachers and taken part in lots of different activities inside and outside.  

Y6 Football Tournament

Date: 30th Sep 2024 @ 1:14pm

Well done to our Y6 football team who have taken part in a tournament at rainhill High School. 

MacMillan Bake Sale

Date: 30th Sep 2024 @ 1:12pm

Our fantasic Lyme community raised £300 for Macmillan by holding a Bake Sale and a raffle. 

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