On our equality and diversity page there are some new definitions, this is a guide to the language we are using in school to explain when questions arise. We hope you find them useful! 

Despite the poor weather key stage one had a fantastic trip the ice cream farm, check out our page to see our pictures! 

EYFS decided to recreate Glastonbury today including the mud! Check out our photos in the children’s tab, under the key stages file. 

Today we enjoyed our second Forest School session. We reminded ourselves of our rules and Frankie and Jacob were keen to share with their friends about the rope boundaries. We investigated tool work and all listened to a tool safety talk and then we had a go at using a bow saw and a drill. We made jewellery out of wooden discs and brought them back to show our teachers.

Due to the weather, we are cancelling the Year 5/6 sports day. The ground hasn’t dried up enough and it is unsafe to hold races on the yard. A new date will be organised this week, with further information to follow.

The pupils will still be selling their products they made during Enterprise Week. This will take place in the hall between 1:45 and 2:15pm, then again at 3:30pm.

We hope to see lots of you there!

We hope our pupils enjoyed their 100% attendance party this afternoon! It would be great to see even more pupils achieving 100% for our final summer term initiative in a few weeks time!

At 4pm today we will be welcoming our new children and their families to our school. All the Foundation Stage staff are looking forward to meeting the newest and youngest members of our school community.

The afternoon is designed for families to meet staff, find out about school and the exciting curriculum we offer!  Our school cook has prepared a selection of delicious food to taste and staff from Lisa’s Uniform shop will be on hand too.  

We look forward to seeing you later!

Children who achieved 100% attendance during last term’s initiative have been invited to an afternoon tea party next Thursday. This half term’s initiative began this week, with 100% attenders winning a trip to the park!

Well done to Miss Gilchrist’s class for winning the best class attendance for the first summer term. They now have £48.10 to spend!

Mr Garth’s class enjoyed a picnic, spending their £20 reward from earlier in the year!

Some children from year 5 attended a workshop at Anfield this afternoon to learn about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Children discussed what they already knew about these substances before learning what they looked like and the harmful effects they can have. The workshop also focused on drugs and the law, advising children not to give into peer pressure in the future and learning to say no.

Today we joined Louise and Molly who will be joining us in our Forest School sessions. Today we introduced ourselves to the environment of the forest and set out our boundaries and rules. We looked at hazards in the environment and played with the mud kitchen and investigation box. We loved bug hunting under the logs. We made sure we put the bugs straight back in their natural environment. We later built dens and made our own mud flag. 

There are a number of events taking place in Everton Park this weekend and throughout the summer. Take a look at the events leaflet pictures below and take the family along!

Cyberbullying

Internet Matters has published findings from a survey of parents looking at their concerns about how children can experience cyberbullying differently based on gender and online activity. To find out more visit out Internet Safety page under the Curriculum tab.

Source: Internet Matters  Date: 22 May 2017

Further information: Cyberbullying (PDF)

Well done to all of our pupils who represented their key stages in the annual Everton Park Spring Run, last week. We had some great performances, particularly from Jack Traynor, who won his race against last years’ winner from the Beacon, Jubilee. 

Thank you to the volunteers at Friends of Everton Park for marshalling all across the park on such a hot day and for providing refreshments, trophies and medals for all involved.

Everton Park Primary Spring Run 17 results

Thursday evening will last long in the memory of many involved with Our Lady Immaculate Primary School, as 10 boys produced a comeback (to rival one in Istanbul) which crowned them as Under 11 City Champions 2016/17.

After winning the Liverpool North League with 5 victories, they faced an equally impressive side in St Nicolas’, who won the Liverpool South League. Both teams would end the city final with a league trophy, but only one could take home two.

The match started with OLI kicking up hill, a tactic discussed and agreed between manager and captain, and St Nicolas’ capitalised on their advantage almost immediately. Pressure on defender Aiden, caused confusion for him and ‘keeper Kamil, with Aiden slotting coolly past Kamil (by the end, Aiden was more than happy with his name on the scoresheet!). 

St Nicolas’ continued with their pressure and momentum, limiting us to few chances at the other end, and scored 3 more. One consolation goal before half-time was all we had to shout about after the boys struggled to get to grips with the pace of the game.

At half-time, we talked about putting more pressure on their players when they had possession, utilising Joe and Billy’s ability to run at the defence and being stronger when tackling. Even though heads were down, Sonny kept level headed: “If they can score 4 in one half, so can we.”

It seemed Sonny underestimated ourselves as we quickly built up momentum through lots of possession and chances at goal. A flurry of goals came from OLI, with supporters having to check with each other what the score was on a regular basis. 

The introduction of debutant Jake seemed to steady the ship in midfield, as through balls and counter attacks became the way to play. Scrappy goals, a free kick and long range efforts all contributed to an 8-4 win – the greatest victory in OLI football history for 10 years.

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark at Silver Level. The Primary Science Quality Mark is an award scheme to enable primary schools across the UK to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their science provision. Well done to Miss Gallagher for all her hard work in leading the subject and collating all the evidence required for this prestigious award.

Thank you to everyone who made a big effort this week to walk to school as part of National Walk to School Week. As the weather is improving, it would be great if the children could keep this up in the summer term!

We encourage you to take part in ‘Living Streets’ National Walk to School Week 2017, will take place next week (15th-19th May). Our school are joining over a million pupils and their families to celebrate the benefits of walking to school e.g. protecting the environment, keeping fit and healthy and feeling more happy and positive. This is a perfect opportunity to spend time with friends and family and hopefully enjoy the nice weather!

For more information, please visit: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/walk-to-school-week

A group of children from Year 5 an 6 were rewarded for their excellent attendance with a trip to Anfield for the Liverpool vs Southampton match on Sunday.

Miss Hughes’ class had the best attendance overall for the Spring 2 half term. The class have decided to get some fish. They would like you to meet Little Ant and Dec!