Today is Day 1 of this three month campaign, and we are excited to introduce our first new resource entitled “The world changes. Children don’t”. 

So why not log onto the website and read more the parents section of the Thinkuknow website provides information to support parents and carers to understand and respond to the risks their children may face as they grow. It covers a broad range of online safety issues from nude selfies to what to do if you think your child is being groomed online. Find it at: www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents.

Research tells us that having a supportive parent or carer can make all the difference in helping a young person learn to stay safe. We hope this campaign will raise awareness of the breadth of advice and support Thinkuknow offers, and its accessibility to anyone whether they would like more information about keeping their child safe, or is worried about a young person in their care.

Year 6 pupils who have been identified for extra swimming lessons, must bring their letter and swimming kits in tomorrow (Thursday 7th July) as stated on the letter given out last week. Lessons will run on the following dates:

Thursday 7th July, Monday 11th July, Tuesday 12th July, Wednesday 13th July, Thursday 14th July and Friday 15th July.

These lessons are to ensure that your child has reached the expected standard of being able to swim at least 25m unaided.

What a fantastic day that the children had! They were given the opportunity to have a sandcastle competition, play games in the style of the Olympic games, visit the park and even feed the ducks! To end the day the children each had an ice-cream and played some fun circle games.

Please see the ‘Key Stage One Summer 2016’ page for photographs of todays trip.

A big well done to all the children across EYFS on a fantastic sports day! You did yourselves and your parents proud. Take a look at the pictures below, more on our Early Years page!

Our pupils had a wonderful day at the Welsh Mountain Zoo, today, looking around the enclosures and learning lots about the different animals through talks from the experts. All the children were very well behaved and were a credit to their parents once again.

The pupils in Mr Garth’s class put on a lovely assembly for parents, families and Year 3, sharing their dreams and aspirations for the future. Each child created a sketch for the audience to guess their dream job, with the answers revealed on a video created with Mr Mills.

We hope that everyone enjoyed the assembly as much as the children enjoyed putting it on! Follow us on Twitter to see videos of the sketches!

 

Miss Hughes and Mrs Bowcock’s class enjoyed a wonderful trip to the nature trail at BNENC today, hosted by Regenda Homes’ Community Apprentices. Once again, the staff were extremely knowledgeable and looked after the pupils brilliantly.

The children enjoyed navigating the trail and finding all the different plants and flowers on their quiz sheets!

Children between 7-12 can try a new sport this summer at British Triathlon camps in Liverpool. Triathlon is a combination of swimming, cycling and running, a great sport for children who love to mix it up!

Have a look at the fantastic artwork which our pupils have produced this term!

Just to remind all of the Key Stage One parents that all children from across the Key Stage will be going on their Summer trip to the Crosby Marina on Tuesday 5th July 2016.

The children will leave school at 9.30am and return in time for home time. Children will all be provided with a packed lunch and will also receive an ice cream.

Please remember to put sun cream on your child and ensure they are dressed in their school uniform.

Thank you for being so prompt on returning your permission slips. If you have not yet retuned your slip then please do so as soon as possible.

 

Children from across Key Stage One were asked to take part in a  concert in the Philharmonic Hall. They were given the opportunity to learn lots of modern songs in class and then perform them with schools from across the  City. What a wonderful experience this was for the children, please see the Key Stage One Summer page for Pictures from the day.

Year 5 and 6 had their sports day, this morning, celebrating all things Africa! Each class represented a different country from the continent, with each country performing a dance for the opening ceremony!

After sprint races, javelin, lap races and the triple jump, Egypt came out on top with 136 points! In second place was DR Congo (132), followed by Cameroon (112) and South Africa (109). Well done to all pupils and thank you to parents and family members for coming to support.

Today, Year 3 were given a wonderful opportunity to take part in practical Science sessions in Notre Dame Secondary School. This was just an amazing opportunity and we hope to visit again on a more regular basis.

Year Two will be visiting tomorrow and are very excited!

Please see the science curriculum page for pictures from these sessions.

Go to the ‘What does Science look like in our school?‘ page.

Healthy Schools Week has begun, with Year 1 and 2 having their sports day this morning and half of the school making healthy pizzas today! Sports days continue this week, with the remaining classes making healthy pizzas tomorrow. Thank you to the parents for supporting today and we hope to see many more this week!

The Key Stage One Team would like to thank all parents who were able to make it to our Sports Day. The children had such a lovely morning and worked hard for their teams. Please look at the Key Stage One Summer page for photographs.

Thank you to Year 5 who prepared a wonderful e-safety assembly for the school today. The message was very important: be SMART online! If you ever have any issues online, report it to an adult. You can always contact CEOP using the link on the homepage of our website, if you see anything you do not like online.

Year 6 and Year 3 took part in their very own EU Referendum today. For the last two days, Year 6 have been learning about the arguments from the ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ campaigns and deciding which one they wanted to vote for.

After deciding, each child worked on a piece of writing to use in the debate. Two teams of 4 pupils were chosen and the rest of the class acted as the audience. Year 3 pupils were invited to watch and listen, with all of the audience casting their votes.

The results were 93% ‘Remain’ and 7% ‘Leave’.

Year 5 and 6 took part in refugee awareness workshops today, with EMTAS, the local authority’s education support for ethnic minorities. The pupils discussed and role-played how we welcome people and how we can welcome new people into our community and school.

Our School Council were fortunate to go to the Town Hall today to see the Queen as she visited Liverpool for the day. The council were also joined by Mrs Eaton, who was sharing in the excitement of the day!

Well done to our cricket team who finished in 6th place at today’s City Finals at Sefton Park Cricket Club. Once again, they have shown the school’s talent for cricket and we hope to be involved in finals day next year!