Don’t forget that we have our class assembly on Friday at 9.15am in the hall! We look forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to all the year 5 and 6 boys who represented our school in this week’s football match. Coming off the back of 2 hard-fought victories, the boys were confident in their teamwork and were looking forward to the game against St. Mary’s West Derby.

Conditions were extremely tough due to very cold temperatures, though the boys managed to keep their energy up, almost scoring inside 30 seconds! The game was end-to-end, with both teams coming very close to scoring. Unfortunately St. Mary’s managed to break through and finish well to go 1-0 up. 

OLI responded with fierce attacks, with Billy Smith linking up well with Zac Abbou. Ethan Duke was on fire down the left wing, almost scoring a sensation goal from a volley. Unfortunately none of these chances turned into goals and a 2nd goal was conceded just before half time. 

The 2nd half was a much tighter game, with speed slowing down due to the cold as well as fatigue. OLI showed a great attitude and didn’t let being 2-0 down worry them; a goal was within inches from a close-range effort from Joe McFarlane Wells. Just before full time, a 3rd goal was scored by St. Mary’s due to an unfortunate deflection. A harsh scoreline given the excellent effort of our defenders Ruben McNeil, Aiden Burns, Reece Mangan and Aaron Jacobs. Congratulations to an excellent St. Mary’s side who did a very good job of handling our more dangerous players.

MOTM: Ethan Duke, for working tirelessly to break through the defence. He showed a hunger for the ball and wasn’t affected by the tough conditions.

Don’t forget to keep checking our page for recent updates and pictures, the children have thoroughly enjoyed Equality and Diversity week. 

Today is Internet Safety Day. We have had a great response to our poster competition and our judges, Mrs Adamson, Mr Brown and Miss Smyth have a really tough decision ahead. Our Year 5 pupils were lucky enough to visit Anfield to help learn all about Internet Safety. They look part in several activities. In Reception class we watched the film clip about Internet Safety and talked to our talking partners about what internet safety is and how we can stay safe on line.

Our poster competition will close on Friday 10th February. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded in our Celebration Assembly on Friday 17th.

This week is our first Equality and Diversity Week. We had the charity ‘Daisy’ at school yesterday where we got to experience what it is like to be blind and what it is like to be in a wheelchair.  Our focus was on their abilities rather than disability as we got to play blind football and have wheelchair relays. Pictures will be posted on the equality and diversity page of the website! 

Already had some excellent entries in our Safer Internet Day competition . The prizes are great : a Robo , a Kodi and Virtual Reality Headset!

Remember you need to be in it to win it!

Here are a selection of the entries from Miss Gilchrist’s class

  

Well done to our KS2 Boccia teams who both progressed to the city finals after some impressive performances at Notre Dame, yesterday.

Each team was part of a mini-league, with the winners of each league moving on to the semi-finals, as well as qualifying for the city finals in two weeks time.

After winning their respective groups, OLI A faced OLI B for a place in the final. OLI B came out on top to play Whitefield in the final. OLI A had to settle for the 3rd/4th place playoff against Gwladys Street A. Both teams won their games, finishing 1st and 3rd in the competition!

Well done to all of our Year 5 and 6 pupils who took part in the fun run at Stanley Park this week. The 2km run was run using the Stanley Park junior parkrun route, which you can find more details about below. Each child is in Year 5 and 6 is now registered for parkrun and received a barcode, which they will need to take each time they attend a parkrun event. You can access your child’s result below. If you have any questions regarding junior parkrun, the barcodes and how your child can be involved, please see Mr Garth.

OLI Year 5/6 Park Run Results 2017

What is Stanley Park junior parkrun?

It is a 2k run for juniors (4-14 year olds). 

When is it?

It is held every Sunday at 9:00am.

Where is it?

The event takes place in Stanley Park, Anfield Road, Liverpool, L4 0TD. We meet on the Formal Terraces just past the Isla Gladstone glasshouse.

What does it cost to join in?

Nothing – it’s free! but please register before your first run. Only ever register with parkrun once. Don’t forget to bring a printed copy of your barcode (request a reminder). Register at: www.parkrun.org.uk/register/form/

How fast do I have to be?

The aim is to have fun. Please come along and join in whatever your pace!

Congratulations to all the year 5 and 6 boys who represented our school in this week’s football match. Our team was fairly young, with many year 5s in the team and some making their school debut.

The match was very tight from the beginning, with neither defence giving anything away. Our strike force was dangerous, with Billy Smith and Joe McFarlane-Wells ducking in and out of defenders to set up chances for striker Zac Abbou. Eventually, this was rewarded with a 1st half goal from skipper Sonny Geraghty, with a clinical finish inside the area. 

The 1st half ended 1-0 to OLI and, after 2 substitutions, the match became even tighter, with both teams coming extremely close to scoring several times. St. Anne Stanley hit the post and were denied by a goal-line clearance twice! There were some amazing saves from Kamil Skop and defender Aiden Burns was a brick wall at the back. Eventually, after excellent defending from both teams, the final whistle blew and OLI took the 3 points, 1-0. Congratulations to the boys who are looking ahead to our next game on Thursday 9th February!

MOTM: Aiden Burns, for playing a solid defensive game that ensured a clean sheet.

Today Mr Head worked with our KS1 classes and taught us how to code using scratch. Alfie in Year 1 said “I really enjoyed using the iPads” and Nathan in Year 2 said “Its cool to code!”.

 

As well as the school council, the ICT Club & E Cadets met with the MP for Wavertree Luciana Berger, on Friday. We held a question time in the Media Suite and asked a variety of questions :
Luke asked : “What technology does Parliament have?”
Oliver asked: “How does technology help you with your work?”
Carrar asked: “How does the development of technology support our health?”

Thank you so much to Luciana for visiting us we really enjoyed learning all about British Modern Values.

During ICT Club on Friday, we had a visit from MGL Consultant Mr Head who helped us build our own computer… we used the Raspberry Pi – a tiny and affordable computer that you can use to learn programming through fun, practical projects.

Well done to Year 5 pupils, who impressed Miss Topping so much, she gave them all a writing award! Have a read of their work below!

Just a reminder that we have a spelling and phonics workshop at school tomorrow (Thursday 26th) at 2.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there! 

We have received advice from the Liverpool Cyber Safety Team that the app ‘Musical.ly’ is increasingly being used by those wishing to groom children, due to the age of most of its users. We advise parents to check their child’s profile on the app to make sure they’re not revealing any personal information about themselves.

If you have any queries or questions, please see Mrs Bowcock (ICT Subject Leader) or your child’s class teacher.

Merseyrail Girls FC are looking for girls in Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to join their teams. See the information below for more details.

The children firstly met 6 students on arrival at Liverpool University who shared some information about themselves including what they were studying. One of the students went through a PowerPoint presentation which explained a lot about the university and student life. The children saw a map of the campus, met professor fluffy, what courses were available and what facilities were on site. 
The children then took part in an engineering activity were the children had to make a boat using tim foil. The teams then put their boat into a bucket of water and added marbles one by one. The team with the winning boat held 52 marbles – The Monkey Team (Evie, Shannon and Olivia). In Miss Gilchrist’s class the winning boat held an amazing 150 marbles!! This boat was constructed by Bobby, Dylan and Oliver – the boat was named SS Annihilator.

The children then participated in a construction activity where they had to build a tower out of newspaper and cell tape. The tallest, standing tower would be the winning tower. The children worked extremely well in teams of 6. The winning team was Tilly,  Reece L, Ruben, Evie, Antony, Paige and Emily. In Miss Gilchrist’s class the winning team was Bobby, Georgie, Scott, Joel, Liam and Dylan. 

The children then selected key parts of the campus to view. We looked around the sports centre, the student guild and the engineering building. The children were fascinated looking at the simulators, 3D printer and the formula 1 cars the Liverpool University students designed. 

Pupil comments…

Daniel – my favourite part of the day was when we went on a tour of the sports centre. I liked looking at the swimming pool and I learnt a very interesting fact; that Team GB swam in that pool when training. 

Harrison – I enjoyed today because I really liked taking part in the boat experiment, it was nice practicing and thinking for myself as well as working as a team.

Holly – I thought it was really fun when we got to build a boat out of tin foil. I managed to get 5 marbles in my boat but it was really fun!

Ella – looking around the sports centre was really interesting because we got to see all of the facilities they have to offer. 

Yusra – I really enjoyed this trip because it’s proved to me how hard I need to work to get into a good University and it’s inspired me to work even harder.