‘Children are all in bed but not asleep! Very excited! All safe and sound and had a good day. Washing machines needed for Friday night though!’ from Mr Cotton

Mr Cotton has text to say the children have enjoyed their first activity despite the light rain. The journey went as planned and thankfully ‘sick buckets’ weren’t needed!! We will keep you posted with the latest news as we receive it.

Year 6 have arrived safely at Colomendy, children are busy making their beds and unpacking their bags before they begin their first activity and have tea. We will keep you posted on how the children and what they are up to!

Mrs Sergeant and all the staff were delighted to see so many happy faces this morning as we welcomed the children back. We have spent this morning catching up on all the summer holiday news and hearing about the children’s adventures over the past six weeks.

We welcome new families to school and three new members of staff. Mrs Gordon Morris teaches in Reception, Miss Whittaker in Year Two and Miss M. Gallagher in Year Three! We hope you all enjoy your first day in our school!

We are looking forward to welcoming all children back to school on Thursday 3rd Sept 2015. Hope you have all enjoyed your summer break and are ready for the new academic year!

Before we broke up for the summer Key Stage One were studying plants and as part of this topic one of our parent’s came in to talk to the children about his job as a botanist. He also spoke to us about how to grow healthy plants and judged our sunflower competition, Miss Kennedy’s class won!

‘I wanted to write to thank you (and in particular Miss Kennedy and the other Y1 & Y2 staff), for the opportunity to come into school and talk to Y1 and Y2 about my work. I really enjoyed it and was inspired by the kids thirst for knowledge, and by how much they already knew! You are doing a great job. I enjoyed the questions that the pupils asked, some of them were really quite tough! I’m looking forward to coming in again to do some more outreach in the next academic year.’ Raj Whitlock

Prize Giving Timetable for Wednesday 15th July

Foundation Stage and Morning Nursery – 9.15am
Year One and Two – 10.15am
Year Three and Four – 11.30am
Year Five and Six – 1.30pm
Key Stage Two Prizes – 2.30pm

Thursday 16th July

Afternoon Nursery (In Nursery Area) – 2.30pm

The children will be performing throughout the day, sharing with parents all they have learnt in their music lessons with Mrs Naylor!

Our Year 3 and 4 children have met the Lord Mayor of the Wirral today on their trip out to the beach!

Travel information for children on the Autistic Spectrum who are travelling from Manchester Airport this summer is available on our SEND page https://oliprimary.co.uk/parents-info/special-educational-needs-disability/

Just a reminder that tomorrow is own clothes day and all donations made will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

‘This is an outstanding kitchen service’ was just one of the comments at a recent audit of our school meals. The meals were graded as excellent with children commenting on the quality and the quantity of food available. The auditor felt that the canteen was ‘an outstanding space for the pupils and staff’ and that service was ‘relaxed and well organised’.
Mrs Sergeant is thrilled that all the hard work to make dining in OLI a pleasurable experience has paid off! Bon Appetit!