Congratulations to everyone of you, such an amazing year with incredible achievements! ⭐️
This week we have been learning all about Fair Trade and made our own items to sell. The money raised will be sent to CAFOD.
As part of the Live simply award we have been learning about Fair Trade across school. We decided to have an Enterprise Week across school and each class made their own items to sell and raise money for CAFOD!
Children have had a busy morning and are all in good spirits, they have had a delicious lunch and are off to their afternoon activity refreshed and rejuvenated.
Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Summer holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, all at no cost. There’s a great range of activities across the city including cultural storytelling, pamper sessions, sewing, trips out, dance, mindfulness, swimming, football, board games, water sports, skateboarding, cycling, gymnastics, nature walks and dodgeball to name but a few! A meal is included for every child attending.
There is a central booking system to make it easier for you to find and book the activities. You can find out where your nearest scheme is by clicking on this link https://eequ.org/liverpoolhaf or by using the QR code which will take you to the Liverpool HAF page and the easy to fill in booking system. You can search by age, provider or date. There is a handy booking help video here – How to make a booking
This week has been such an amazing week, finding out all about the various different jobs that people have. We have all been inspired by our guest speakers and they have helped us to think about what jobs we might want to do in the future!
Today Year 4 looked at how to complete the recovery position to help save other people’s lives. We had a turn with our friends. We remembered to check if the person could respond and then ask someone else to call an ambulance whilst we attempt the recovery position.
We welcomed parents and friends from all over the school to talk to us about a variety of careers. We listened very carefully to Mr Lawler who is a Personal Advisor. We enjoyed learning about how we can support our communities and train to also be a PA. Thank you Kenny !
Today Year 4 welcomed 2 midwives into school to talk about their careers and how they perform their daily jobs. We were so interested in how they learnt how to be mid wives and how they helped mums and deliver their babies.
Thank you so much Jen & Imogen.
Today we went to Southport as part of our Geography topic. We were comparing Southport to Everton and observing all of the physical and human features of the seaside!
we had so much fun, we visited the beach and then went to the park! We also had ice cream before having a turn on the carousel and finished with a train ride around the park. It was such a brilliant day!
Today we decided to switch off all our electrical devices in school and spend the day reconnecting with each other, without the need for electricity! This was a day to think about saving energy and helping our planet.
we started the day by classes becoming reading buddies across school and supporting each other with reading.
Break time involved classes playing together from different Key Stages!
Lunch time involved classes having grab bags outside as no electrical equipment could be used in the kitchen. We had grab bags and ate outside with our friends.
During the afternoon we all joined together and made a whole school chain to show us all reconnecting to each other!
The Eco council were asked to design posters to encourage others to look after where we live. Two winners were chosen and invited to Liverpool Town Hall. Here they were given the opportunity to meet the new Lord Mayor, Councillor Barbara Murray and cabinet member for neighbours Laura Robertson-Collins. The children also received a certificate and received an interactive tour of the town centre.
OLI Primary Chatter
Year 1 have been fabulous writers this week!
Year 1 have been fabulous writers this week! They have explored and used nouns and adjectives to describe images from our new book ‘ Major Glad, Major Dizzy’. Amazing work ?
Year 3 maths and English for next week
Sneak peak into year 3 maths and English for next week #olipmath #olipenglish @DeputyOLI @csergeant3
Thank you to our school council 2022-23
What an amazing job you have done, we are very proud of you!
A visit from Pudsey Bear
Today we collected money for Children in Need, Pudsey Bear came to school to collect all the money we raised.
Year 4 Christmas Strings Showcase!
Today our year 4 children performed a Christmas showcase with their stringed instruments that included Christmas singing!
Year 3 Celebrate Finishing Paws B!
Year 3 have completed a 12 week course of Paws B. The children have loved their weekly sessions learning all about how to be mindful.
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Art- Andy Goldsworthy in Year 2
We have really enjoyed finding out about Andy Goldsworthy and how he creates Transient Art. He uses the natural environment to create art and we have done the same!
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PE in Autumn Term
We have had lots of fun focusing on ball skills with the Rugby Tots coaches and gymnastics with Miss Whittaker. The children have learned to work as part of a team, persevere to practice
tricky skills and talk about what they learned using key vocabulary.
Maths in Year One
This half term we have focused on numbers to 10, looking at addition and subtraction using a range of practical equipment to support us.
Our 2 Year old children performed for their parents
Our youngest children were fantastic, they sang Christmas songs and their families joined in too!
Early Years Nativity Performance
Our early years children sang their hearts out at their nativity today.
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‘Get up and Grow’ Award
A huge congratulations to the Eco council who achieved their ‘Get up and Grow award’. They have really enjoyed the process and learnt so many new skills
Eco-council working hard
We made protectors for our plants using recycled plastic bottles from home.
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Building a bug hotel
The Eco council really enjoyed their time at the Nature gardens this afternoon. We worked in groups to make our very own Bug hotels! We then placed these hotels around the garden.
Year 1 map work
Exploring different types of maps with our partners and talking about what makes a good map.
International Mother Language Day
We had a lovely afternoon learning to write our names and our birthdays in Chinese as part of our International Mother Language Day celebrations. We enjoyed seeing how all of our names looked!
Children’s Mental Health Week 2024
‘My voice matters’ is the theme of children’s mental health week. Year 1 have been sharing what matters to them this afternoon!
What are you proud of?
Year 1 have been discussing what they are proud of and what it means to be proud!
Internet Safety Day 2024
Internet Safety Day in Year 1. We hope we taught our parents how to stay safe online. Thank you for coming.
Mother Language Day 2024
What a wonderful morning we have had listening to parents and children speak about their mother language and cultural traditions! Thank you so much to our parents for sharing.
Grandad’s Island
Today during English we immersed ourselves in our new text “Grandads Island” we then explored preposition and played sticky fingers.
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Dance lessons are our favourite
Today Year 2 started dance! We learnt a new routine which was based on how the weather makes us feel and movements to match these feelings.
International Mother Language Day February 2024
International Mother Language Day in Year 2. We are hugely grateful to all our parents for teaching us about their home language.
Internet Safety Day ’24
Thankyou to the parents who joined us for internet safety lesson. We hope you enjoyed learning all about how to stay safe online!
Gymnastics
Year 3 loved getting the apparatus out in gymnastics today. Lots of skills and fun!
Barrel rolling!
Year 3 learning how to do barrel, straight and forward rolls in todays PE lesson.
We love PE!
Great fun today in PE. Year 3 leaned how to do the barrel, straight and forward roll
Number fun!
In maths today we explored the difference in mathematical language- ‘groups of 4’ and ‘4 equal groups’
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Classifying Rocks in science
What a great lesson we had sorting and classifying rocks. We even had a go at using a classification key to find out the names of the rocks.
Mother Language Day
We were so lucky to have parents from Portugal come and teach us all about their culture. They even shared some famous Portuguese tarts with the class. Thankyou for joining our mother language day.
Edge Hill University
Year 4&5 had a lovely visit to Edge Hill University yesterday. They were incredible in supporting the next generation of teachers as they took part in multiple grammar activities.
Safer Internet Day ’24
Year 5 had a great time for Internet Safety Day. Some of the children’s parents joined for our quiz which the children loved!
Learning about percentages
We have been learning about percentages this week in maths and the children have been doing some amazing work!
Internet Safety Day in Year 6
It was great having parents in our class today for a session about Internet Safety. Thank you for joining in!
NSPCC Number Day in Year 6
A fabulous effort with Number Day T-shirts and donations. Well done Year 6!
Mother Language Day in Year 6
We welcomed some parents into class to celebrate International Mother Language Day.
Thank you children!
A huge well done to our children for sharing items and speaking about their culture and home language for International Mother Language Day!
Poland and Libya
A few more pictures from International Mother Language Day, including delicious sweet treats from Poland and Libya!
E-safety and Social media
Year 6 have worked hard this morning to share ideas about various statements in our new topic about E-Safety & Social Media.
What’s in the box?
What’s in the box for Y6 classes at the moment? Who was brave enough to lift the lid ?
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Excellent attendance from Miss Doherty’s class
What a great end to a fabulous first week back for Reception Class.
Practicing phonemes
Practicing writing our new phonemes, can you guess the grapheme we are learning about?
Getting creative!
The children enjoyed exploring different materials and the different ways they could use them in the creative area.
Working in the home area.
The children take on the different roles within the home area. Together they bath, dress and put the babies to bed. They listen and take turns in conversation to develop a storyline in their play.
Reading for pleasure, reading to others!
Look who is taking a turn to read our class novel today!
Easter Bonnet Parade
What a great day today! Happy Easter everyone and thank you all for putting so much time and effort into making these amazing Easter bonnets for our parade. The children loved it.
Hugh Baird – STEAM Expo
Our Year 3 and Year 6 were invited to Hugh Baird college to take part in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths) Expo 2024. What a fantastic time they had! 
Highlights from Spring 1
Children’s Mental Health Week
We had a very exciting visit from The Mighty Red LFC mascot to celebrate children’s mental health week. The children discussed the importance of raising self esteem and took part in daily activities to remind them of the importance of looking after their own mental health and who to turn to for support.
We continue to be an Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence !🎉🍾🎆
“A parent said, ‘they don’t know how good they are because it’s so natural.’”
“There is a lively atmosphere in the school canteen where excellent food is prepared by friendly staff. ”
“Children attending OLI certainly get a good deal.”
“The IQM targets set and achieved at OLI serve to complement and enhance the inclusive ethos of the school.”
“They work well together and ‘enjoy a laugh.’ This is something that I personally value greatly. A happy staff means happy pupils.”
“I was particularly struck by how older children engage with each other in lessons. As 1 pupil speaks, the class would turn to show interest and display active listening.”
“It was an absolute pleasure to spend a day with staff and children, and I feel inspired and enthused to trial ideas in my own school.”
“Comments from stakeholders’ centre around the school being ‘warm,’ ‘amazing,’ and ‘like home.’ I would fully agree with these quotes. All staff, including cooks, the site manager, learning support, and Governors, clearly articulate the same ethos and enjoy being there. External support staff expressed how this is ‘comfortably the best school they work in.”
“Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School is an exceptionally inclusive school.”
“It was lovely to see the early years children practising self-regulation through peer massage as part of the MISP programme. (Massage in Schools Programme). Clearly, this is embedded as a regular feature, and very young children were showing care and empathy towards their peers.”
“Observation of ZOR in Early Years area showed staff well-deployed to support children unable to fully mix with mainstream, but still receiving entitlement.”
“There is a lot of evidence that staff at OLI are very well trained,”
“Diversity in the curriculum is apparent”
Thank you everyone!
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Looking forward to the Easter Bunny arriving.
Early Years are looking forward to The Easter Bunny arriving and are preparing to make him feel very welcome .
The Big Lent Walk 2025
Today as a school, we took part in ‘The Big Lent walk’. We were joined by families along the route. We made banners to take with us on our journey and all money raised will be sent to CAFOD.
Easter Bonnets in Year 2
We loved coming into school with our Easter Bonnets today! Thank you to our families for helping us to make them so amazing!
Career and Aspirations
Today year 3 and 4 were introduced to an Emirates Pilot! He shared with the children his dream of becoming a pilot and how he achieved this dream. He also told the children about his early career as a helicopter pilot and what he loves most about his job.
The Eco council at the recycling centre
The Eco council were invited to the recycling centre to find out the process of recycling and where our rubbish is taken. We found out what items can and cannot be recycled and what the recycled goods can be made into!
Keep North Docks Tidy
The Eco council were asked to design posters to encourage others to look after where we live. Two winners were chosen and invited to Liverpool Town Hall. Here they were given the opportunity to meet the new Lord Mayor, Councillor Barbara Murray and cabinet member for neighbours Laura Robertson-Collins. The children also received a certificate and received an interactive tour of the town centre.
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Disconnect to reconnect Day!
Today we decided to switch off all our electrical devices in school and spend the day reconnecting with each other, without the need for electricity! This was a day to think about saving energy and helping our planet.
we started the day by classes becoming reading buddies across school and supporting each other with reading.
Break time involved classes playing together from different Key Stages!
Lunch time involved classes having grab bags outside as no electrical equipment could be used in the kitchen. We had grab bags and ate outside with our friends.
During the afternoon we all joined together and made a whole school chain to show us all reconnecting to each other!
Year 2 in Southport!
Today we went to Southport as part of our Geography topic. We were comparing Southport to Everton and observing all of the physical and human features of the seaside!
we had so much fun, we visited the beach and then went to the park! We also had ice cream before having a turn on the carousel and finished with a train ride around the park. It was such a brilliant day!
Year 4 Aspirations and Careers Week.
Today Year 4 welcomed 2 midwives into school to talk about their careers and how they perform their daily jobs. We were so interested in how they learnt how to be mid wives and how they helped mums and deliver their babies.
Thank you so much Jen & Imogen.
Careers & Aspirations Week
We welcomed parents and friends from all over the school to talk to us about a variety of careers. We listened very carefully to Mr Lawler who is a Personal Advisor. We enjoyed learning about how we can support our communities and train to also be a PA. Thank you Kenny !
Year 4 learn the recovery position.
Today Year 4 looked at how to complete the recovery position to help save other people’s lives. We had a turn with our friends. We remembered to check if the person could respond and then ask someone else to call an ambulance whilst we attempt the recovery position.
Careers and Aspirations Week in Year 2
This week has been such an amazing week, finding out all about the various different jobs that people have. We have all been inspired by our guest speakers and they have helped us to think about what jobs we might want to do in the future!
The Summer HAF programme starts on the 21st July and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays.
Children and young people, from reception to age 16, who are eligible for benefits related free school meals, will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the Summer holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, all at no cost. There’s a great range of activities across the city including cultural storytelling, pamper sessions, sewing, trips out, dance, mindfulness, swimming, football, board games, water sports, skateboarding, cycling, gymnastics, nature walks and dodgeball to name but a few! A meal is included for every child attending.
There is a central booking system to make it easier for you to find and book the activities. You can find out where your nearest scheme is by clicking on this link https://eequ.org/liverpoolhaf or by using the QR code which will take you to the Liverpool HAF page and the easy to fill in booking system. You can search by age, provider or date. There is a handy booking help video here – How to make a booking
Message from Mr Cotton & Mrs Coulson – All going well in Robinwood, children are wiped out after a full day of activities and hot weather. Early night!
Good morning from Robinwood! Children are enjoying a hearty breakfast ready for a day of activities
Update from Mr Cotton
Children have had a busy morning and are all in good spirits, they have had a delicious lunch and are off to their afternoon activity refreshed and rejuvenated.
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Enterprise in Year 2
As part of the Live simply award we have been learning about Fair Trade across school. We decided to have an Enterprise Week across school and each class made their own items to sell and raise money for CAFOD!
Enterprise in EYFS
This week we have been learning all about Fair Trade and made our own items to sell. The money raised will be sent to CAFOD.
Prize Giving in Year 2
Congratulations to everyone of you, such an amazing year with incredible achievements! ⭐️
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