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This week, we had our first aid workshop. We learned how to help in an emergency. Ask us to teach you!

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Class 5L have been working on an art project this week using Henri Rousseau as an inspiration. We linked it to our Geography topic on rainforests to produce some amazing pieces!

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The Catalyst blew us away, not the winds…

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Year 4 sleepover at the Catalyst. Night time fun at the Catalyst enjoying investigating in the observatory followed by games and a film before settling down to bed.

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Year 4 sleepover at the Catalyst. Night time fun at the Catalyst enjoying investigating in the observatory followed by games and a film before settling down to bed.

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What an amazing adventure our 4L children have had at The Catalyst Sleepover! Workshops, films and Sausage and Chips!

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Singing, dancing and acting all in 1 afternoon!

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We had a really fun and interactive workshop learning about the story of Creation with Bible Tales 🌈

All 5 school values on display! ⭐️

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Mrs Povey was presented with our Platinum Award School Games mark and the FA equal access award by Ian Hussin, FA linesman

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Year 6 have been learning how to write invites to different events in French before recapping their knowledge of interesting common zoo animals 🎟️🦒

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We had lots of fun during PE exploring various spins and balances!

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In Art this week we have explored the work of Franz Marc and have recreated patterns using geometric shapes and bright colours. We have used these ideas to create fantastic African masks using layering, texture and coiling effects.

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In Maths this week we have been finding the mass of different objects. We have used scales to find what the mass is in grams and kilograms and then compared the masses using greater than and less than.

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As you may be aware, Squid Games has made another series! This is rated 15 as some of the content is quite horrific. Games such as Roblox have created a similar game with similar aspects of the TV show that isn’t suitable for Primary children. We are just making you aware so you can have a conversation with your child and also check what games they are playing. We understand that this is such a tricky thing to monitor. We will speak to the children today about playing sensible, age appropriate games.

If you have any questions, please contact school where Mr Hawkins can run through some actions to monitor this.

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During our science topic this week, the children were given a circuit to complete. They then had to find a variety of materials to help complete their circuit! We looked at the key terms: Conductor and Insulator. Can 4L recall what these terms mean?

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5:30pm on Monday 27th, our brilliant Friends Association will be meeting in school to look at fundraising activities, events and opportunities for the children! We would be delighted if you could join us! Come and say hello and see if you can contribute the the wider life of the school!

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Please make sure there is credit on your child's account for their school dinners. Your child will be sent to the office to book their dinner if credit is not available and a message sent to parents to top up or clear arrears. This is impacting on the childrens time in class and the office at a really busy time of the day.

Thank you for your help in addressing this matter.

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6L had a fantastic time on Wednesday bringing their learning about Macbeth to a close by creating their own version of Shakespeare’s famous play.

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Enjoying a guided meditation

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On Saturday, Francis successfully summited Mount Snowdon—a huge achievement for someone so young, and one that truly highlights his inner-resilience and ambition!

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In PE this week 3H enjoyed yoga with Miss Valentine. We learnt lots of new yoga positions like the boat, bridge and our favourite the lizard on a rock.

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3L couldn’t get into the Hall to do gymnastics as year 6 had a Macbeth day. We didn’t miss out so we did yoga instead. Can you spot yourself in these amazing poses?

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One of our football coaches, Layton started with his dinner time football sessions this week with groups of Year 1 and 2 children who are passionate about football ⚽️

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This week, Year 6 had a brilliant talk from our friends at the NSPCC.

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This week 1L have loved using book creator on the IPads to sort mini beast data. We always collaborate excellently in computing!

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This week in drawing club our book has been 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. We have learnt lots of new vocabulary such as 'luscious' and 'gruesome' and have used these to describe the characters in the story. We were excited to draw the troll hiding under the bridge and we wrote a sentence about him. The children have loved the story this week and joining in with the repeated refrains!

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The junior safety officers had such a hard decision this term to pick our winners of our design a helmet competition. Well done to all of our winners. Keep you eyes peeled for our next competition.

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We have continued our topic on Lunar New Year, asking the big question ‘How do people celebrate Lunar New Year?’ The children described all the ways people might celebrate such as cleaning the house, making decorations and enjoying an eight course meal- because 8 is a lucky number!

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This week in Science we have been discovering how much force measured in Newtons is need to pull our shoes across different surfaces due to Friction.

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Birchfield Nursery School hours banner (002)

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Auditions will take place in classes next week for our school talent show. This could be anything from singing, dancing, telling jokes, playing an instrument or showcasing any other wonderful talents! If your child is selected for the final, they will bring a letter home on Friday 31st January with further details regarding the talent show on Wednesday 12th February. We are excited to see some fabulous performances!

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We all had an amazing time at Imagine that! We were lucky enough to make slime and snow. All of the children loved exploring the science room, the art area and we had the most fun in the role play area where we had police, firefighters and construction workers .

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We are excited to share with you a specially designed Padlet to support families of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Halton. This easy-to-use resource provides a wealth of information about the support, services, and resources available to help you and your child.

The Padlet is packed with useful links, tips, and guidance to ensure you feel informed and empowered. Whether you're looking for educational support, health services, or community programs, you'll find it all in one place.

We hope this resource will be a helpful tool for navigating the support system and finding the right services for your family.

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A polite reminder to please not allow children to play with the OPAL equipment, bikes and scooters before or after school. Pupils tidy the equipment at the end of break times to ensure the playgrounds are clear at the end of the school day for safe collection of the children. Staff are not available to supervise use of the equipment at these times of the day. Thank you for your support.

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Maths shed champion:

Benjamin Ellis

Spelling shed champion:

Noah Santley

SATS companion champion:

Jasmine Murphy

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RH- Buddy Patterson for making more contributions during lessons and starting to reason in Maths.

RL- Joshua Kirkbride for excellent subitising skills in maths this week.

1H - Jake Troy - For trying extra hard with your writing and presentation this week!

1L - Lily Geraghty - For the time she has spent to produce beautiful handwriting and showing an excellent attitude to learning.

2H- Ava Bird- For working really hard with her cursive handwriting and her presentation across all subjects.

2L Frankie Littler for showing a really positive attitude to your writing this week, I am particularly impressed with your desire to learn and use cursive handwriting!

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On 10th February, we're hosting our own Musical Rock day in school! Come dressed to school as your favourite Rock or Pop star and see some special musical guests!

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This week's Lunchtime Award winners are...

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EYFS - Emilie Cook

Year 1 - Elizabeth Adamson

Year 2 - Clark Callan

Year 3 - Max Fullerton

Year 4 - Aadhana Ahilan

Year 5 - Alfie Brabin

Year 6 - Albie Magee

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3H Francis Nanvazadeh for fantastic show don’t tell sentences in his English work this week.

3L Osian Lamkin - for an excellent week in maths again. This has been Osian for the last few weeks!

4H Samuel Doubleday - for working extremely hard to improve his sentences in English.

4L Norah Rainford-Jones - For using a wide variety of methods to explore our multiplication topic in maths

5H James Birchall - For having great understanding of fractions this week, showing great progress!

5L Dylan Bell- For exploring ways to improve his work and asking questions that help him to make progress.

6H William Oteh For relating our topic of Tudor monarchs to his own family traditions and sharing that with the class.

6L Emma Connor - Emma has really enjoyed learning about Macbeth in English and the Tudors in History. She has brought a wealth of knowledge to class and is constantly impressing us with new information!

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EYFS / KS1 - Dominic Ball, fantastic attendance this year!

KS2 - Tommy Brady-Duck, a brilliant role model to all!

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Spelling Shed- Sienna Hughes

Maths Shed Champion- Sienna Hughes

Dojo Champion- Pippa Quinn

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Whole School Attendance target for 2024-2025 is 96%.

Last year was 94.9%

Attendance since 4th Sept = 95.7%

Attendance this week = 96%

This week’s attendance winners are:

97% - 5L - Mr Moore - KS2 Winners

96.8% - 1H - Miss Bruen - EYFS / KS1 Winners

They have earned an extra playtime!

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SCHOOL CHOIR - If your child is interested in taking part in 'Halton Sings' with a performance in The Brindley, please sign them up to choir on a Monday after school. This performance will be taking place in February so sign up fast before spaces go!

EYFS - Police Visit - Monday

3H Class Assembly - Friday

Knowsley Safari Park Y2- Parents have been notified if they are needed to help on the school trip. Thankyou to everyone who has offered to help.

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3H Florence Murnane - for demonstrating her enterprising skills by working with others and explaining the problems in different ways to help them solve it.

3L Rosie Wycherley - Such an enterprising girl working with lots of different children and different members of our staff. Well done Rosie.

4H Carter Dulson - for showing a wide range of methods in maths when exploring word problems

4L Yuvan Sunil - For coming up some very impressive vocabulary to describe the characters in our class text

5H Kayleigh Lucidarme - For being creative during our art week demonstrating great artwork skills

5L Emily Colebrook- demonstrated excellent enterprise by identifying different methods in Maths, whilst at the same time showing great initiative.

6H Lorin Yolcu - For constantly pushing the need for continuous improvement and change to make our school a better place.

6L Isla Mason - Isla always demonstrates her enterprising skills whether it being thinking outside the box in a history lesson questioning the reliability of sources or coming up with new methods to help her learning. Well done, Isla!

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RH- Anaya Lightfoot for always engaging brilliantly in all creative activities in provision.

RL- Noah Malloy for creating a fabulous Chinese lantern!

1H - Alex Pearce - For being super imaginative and creative whilst innovating our story in English. Your new character was amazing!

1L - Ed Shiland Finnigan - For his brilliant approach to exploring during Maths. He uses both concrete and pictorial methods when exploring adding within 20.

2H- Emily Thistlewood- For her creativity using different shapes and patterns on her African mask in Art.

2L - Dexter Davenport for bringing your artistic and inventive flare to both your amazing African mask in Art and designing a vehicle in Engineering club too!

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I'm writing this piece whilst with one of year 4 classes on their residential visit to the Catalyst Museum. It's a fascinating building with such a rich history of Widnes including, as I've just discovered, the old Widnes Docks! Our history is so important to us and something that we can be very proud of! The children this week have continued to enjoy some amazing activities - ones that you will be able to see and read about on this week's Padlet! Have a lovely weekend! Mr. D Paton, Headteacher