Children in Year 2 will be bringing home a letter about our upcoming trip to PGL in October 2017, when they are in Year 3. Please ensure you check your child’s reading folder for the letter, or see your child’s class teacher if you do not receive it.

I was so pleased to give 3 head teachers awards to a group of children from Mrs Roberts’ class today . The girls get in early every morning and practice writing all of the words that they know . Today they wrote more than 20 words! Well done keep it up!

I challenged the rest of the class to see if they could write more than 20 words (or even more) tomorrow!  

A huge congratulations to both of our KS2 Boccia teams, who competed in the city finals of the Boccia competition yesterday. Our ‘A’ team, who finished 3rd in the north Liverpool competition, were the overall winners this time round, beating Gwladys Street 3-1 in the semi-finals and Holy Trinity 2-0 in the final.

Our ‘B’ team, who finished as north Liverpool champions last week, made it to the semi-final stage in the city finals, losing to Holy Trinity 3-0.

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!