BARCLAYCARD are working with, ‘It’s Your Child’s Life’ to provide these free workshops for parents who feel they may benefit. Free tea, coffee and biscuits on arrival at Barclaycard, Norwich Way, Kirkby L32 8UG. Refreshments served from 9am. Sign up today! Text or Phone Sharon Dennis  on 07900736618 today to get your place.

Thurs 5th July  9.30 – 11.30am         Floor 4 meeting room        10 Places
Self-confidence	Overcoming challenges 30 mins •       To help understand that we grow by overcoming challenges, that fear is normal and something everyone experiences and to realise that by treating challenges as opportunities, we can find reasons to overcome our fears Thinking confidently 30–45 mins •       Explore how you think about past events and how this shapes how you feel about themselves and how you respond to events in the future. To identify helpful ways to explain past events that will help you be more confident in yourselves and more optimistic about the future
Fri 6th July  9.30 – 11.30am           Floor 2 meeting room          10 Places
CV Skills	Applications that work – 45 mins •       By the end of this session you will be able to review a CV, including their own, and identify areas for improvement. You will also be able to identify key words in a job advertisement, and consider how to tailor a CV in response to a specific job advertisement CV surgery – 45-60 mins •       If you have a CV already we can give you advice on how to improve it •       We can also look at how you go about writing a strong covering letter to support an application

 

Monday 16th July  9.30 – 11.30am    Floor 2 meeting room     10 Places
Finding Employment	How can you find opportunities? 60 mins •       To prompt discussion and exploration of the different ways to find employment and identify that many opportunities may not be advertised •       To explore the skill of networking as a way to find out about ‘hidden’ jobs through the people you know CV surgery 45 mins •       If you have a CV already we can give you advice on how to improve it •       We can also take the opportunity to work with you on your personal statement
Thursday 19th July 9.30 – 11.30am     Floor 4 meeting room     10 Places
Turning your passion into a business	Turning your passion into a business 60 mins •       To help you understand the difference between enterprise and entrepreneurship •       To help you understand that they can use enterprise skills to turn something they love doing into a business •       To introduce the idea of different business structures and types

A big well done to the year 5 and 6 boys who played Rice Lane this evening. This match was a rematch of last week’s game with an entirely new squad! The other match ended with a loss, so the boys were out for revenge…

The match was extremely challenging for the boys. This was both due to the quality of the opposition as well as the extremely hot weather! Referee Mr. Fairclough soon gave up trying to run after the ball, so it’s a wonder the boys kept going for 40 minutes!

There were chances early on. Winger Joel put a close-range effort just over the bar and Harrison Hunter slotted in a one-on-one chance that was ruled by low-budget VAR to be offside! Centre mids Jonny and Bobby were working tirelessly in both attack and defence.

The half-time whistle blew and the second half began. Rice Lane were playing with energy and focus. Keeper Daniel made some excellent saves that stopped OLI from going 1-0 down. OLI kept plugging away and eventually midfielder Adam Gallagher threaded through an excellent pass to Harrison who poked a finish in from the area, 1-0!

The boys had some more chances through wingers Dom and Ryan, but couldn’t hit the back of the net again. In the closing minutes, defenders Antony, Merci and Ben held strong with excellent communciation to see the game through to the final whistle, OLI had won 1-0!

The match was a fantastic experience for the boys. Sportmanship was excellent. Special credit must go to two year 5s who made their debut for the team and played brilliantly. Tom Farrell used his Cross-fit training to limit dangerous attacks and Adam had a great game, completed by an assist.

Men Of The Match (Picking 2 because I can):

– Daniel Adeboye – Stunning saves earning him a clean sheet, our first for a while!

– Adam Gallagher – A brilliant, energetic debut with a flawless attitude.

Today members of our school council have travelled to London to visit the Houses of Parliament. Mrs Sergeant, Mr Cotton, Mr Southworth and our governor Ian Byrne left early this morning with 13 children from across the school. After lunch in Victoria Tower Gardens the group made their way to the Parliament Education Centre. Photographs are on our Gallery page.

Yesterday the Eco council were given the opportunity to visit Gillmoss Recycle and Discovery Centre. Whilst there, the children were provided with lots of interesting facts and given lots of fun, practical activities to take part in. To finish the visit we were able to observe the recycling centre and see the process of how the rubbish is sorted and distributed to various parts of the country.