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Whole School Attendance

St Andrew - 93.3%

St David - 98.2%

St George - 96.4%

St Patrick - 97.3%

Whole School - 96.3%

Winners - St David

Punctuality Award - Reception, Year 4 & Year 5

Goldfish Monitors (100% attendance and no late marks)

Louis, Evan and Sophia

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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Sycamore Class - KS2 Speech & Language Base

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Sycamore Class have had a fantastic week! The sunshine definitely helped to boost our mood too.

In science, we have been learning about living things and their habitats. The children have been able to engage in some interesting discussions about classification and seasonal changes.

On Wednesday, we visited Norton Priory. We thoroughly enjoyed the 'hands on' learning activities that the staff had organised for us. We learnt all about who the Anglo Saxons were and why they came to Britain.

We also had the opportunity to take part in a PE lesson led by a member of staff from LFC. We learnt some new ball skills and took part in a tag rugby match. It was great fun and we can't wait until our next session!

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Another wonderful week for Oak class! We have had a focus on science this week and our topic is 'light'. We learnt that light travels in a straight line, and conducted some experiments to prove this fact-we used a hosepipe and other items to prove this.

Our writing has been based around Jacques Cousteau-the innovator diver who invented the aqualung, enabling us to breathe underwater and explore the weird and wonderful seascapes below us.

We also had Liverpool FC sports coaches come in to deliver some PE with us last week-and every Thursday this half term too-the children loved learning Tag Rugby and practising the necessary skills needed for that.

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Larch Class enjoying our day at Norton Priory.

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What a lovely week we have enjoyed in Larch Class this week - thankful for our fancy, air-conditioned classroom. The children have continued to work hard and show wonderful engagement, as we race through this short half term.

The children have continued to develop their reading comprehension - notably building on their retrieving skills - as we further explored our country, interrogating the Usborne Atlas of Britain and Ireland. They have also been developing their use of persuasive language, writing letters to the Prime Minister to explain how we are damaging our oceans and what we must do to help.

In Science this week, the children have learned lots about classifying living things based on their characteristics - looking at vertebrates and invertebrates, flowering and non-flowering plants, and designing their own classification keys for leaves and birds.

Oh, we also managed to sneak in a day at Norton Priory on Wednesday, with the children doing some pre-learning in preparation of next term's History topic, 'How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?' by learning about the Romans and Anglo Saxons in Britain.

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We had a wonderful week with our science focus of ‘Growing’. We learned about the stages of human growth and also life cycles of different animals like butterflies, frogs and chickens. We also learned about hygiene and how to stay healthy with exercise and a balanced diet. Our new Pathways book is ‘Toys in Space’ and we discovered different toys left in our classroom with luggage tags on. Where did they come from?

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech & Language Base

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Cedar Class - KS1 Speech & Language Base

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What a fun week of Science we’ve had! Learning all about animals, including humans and their babies and how they grow! We even roped in some older children to help us out!

With the lovely weather, we spent lots of time with water play as well.

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Another great week in Willow class! The children were shocked to find out that someone had been on our playground over the weekend and made a mess in our bin and left rubbish everywhere! They literally could not believe their eyes when they saw the photograph! Then we received a letter of apology from the culprit, Silly Doggy, from our new Pathways story book! We are looking forward to seeing what else Silly Doggy gets up to.

We have enjoyed ourselves playing outside this week and had lots of fun in the sun! We have kept cool in the shade in our water play and enjoyed playing in the sandpit. We have talked lots about keeping safe in the sun and the children have been so sensible.

As part of our Let's Go Outside topic, the children enjoyed a nature hunt with Miss Pope, looking for signs of growing in our school grounds and in the forest. They spotted lots of items on their hunt and drew pictures of what they saw.

In Maths we have been exploring 2D shapes and selecting shapes for a purpose. We played the game 'Which shapes doesn't belong?' to help us to spot the similarities and differences between the shapes.

In our mastering number, we have been exploring how 10 can be composed of two parts. We used the 'fingers up and fingers down' to help us to visualise this. We also explored the composition of 10 on a 10 -frame.

Have a lovely long weekend and we will see you back in school on Tuesday!

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Reminder - School meals must be ordered from home for each day. Parents can order up to two weeks in advance.

www.schoolhub.co.uk

From 1st April 2025 the daily cost of a school meal will be £3.43

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School Uniform

Royal blue V-neck sweatshirt or cardigan

White Shirt (long or short sleeved)

School tie

Light grey trousers/shorts/skirt/pinafore

Grey socks

Optional Summer Dress – Blue gingham with white socks

Black shoes/School Boots (not trainers)

Blue hair bobble/scrunchie or headband.  No decorative headbands or bows.

PE Kit -

For indoor activities:

Pumps (trainers are not suitable for indoor use)

Black sports shorts/skirt

Plain white T-shirt

For outdoor activities:

Trainers

Black tracksuit

Black sweatshirt and jogging bottoms

Football kits are not suitable for either indoor or outdoor PE lessons.

For safety reasons, the only jewellery allowed is stud earrings and watches.  Smart watches are not to be worn. Make-up and nail varnish should not be worn in school.

Additional ties can be purchased from school at a cost of £4.40 for a tie on elastic and £5.00 for a tie on a clip. These can be ordered via the school spider app or from the office.

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20th & 21st May - Film Night

18th June - Art Exhibition

2nd July - Summer Fayre

9th July - Disco's

15th July - Talent Show Final

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As the weather is getting warmer can we remind you that all children need to bring a water bottle into school each day.

On warmer days sun cream will need to be applied at home and children will need to wear a hat.

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Willow Class - Tuesday PE and Wednesday Forest School

Cherry Class - Thursday

Cedar Class - Wednesday and Thursday

Larch Class - Wednesday

Oak Class - Tuesday (Year 6 Swimming) Wednesday and Thursday

Sycamore Class - Wednesday Forest School (Y3/4) and Thursday

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Tuesday 6th May 3.20 - 5.45pm

After School Club Opens - places are limited and must be booked in advance via the school spider app.

Thursday 8th May

VE Day 80 Celebrations - To celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE day children can come to school dressed in red, white and blue on Thursday 8th May. If this is a PE day for your child PE kit can be red, white and blue.

There will also be a special VE day themed picnic lunch, please ordered from your school hub account.

KS2 Cricket Competition - selected children to take part

Tuesday 13th May

Cherry Class - visit to Runcorn fire station community garden

Thursday 15th May

Special Menu - Make me laugh day!

Tuesday 20th May

PTA Film Night (details to follow)

Wednesday 21st May

PTA Film Night (details to follow)

Friday 23rd May

Library staff visit to Willow Class

Last day of Summer Term 1

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On Thursday we will be celebrating VE Day - which stands for Victory in Europe Day, the day near the end of World War Two when fighting against Germany in Europe stopped. We will look back 80 years in history and share with the children the stories of this significant event. To celebrate, the children can come to school dressed in red, white and blue and Miss Wright will lead a special assembly.

Have a lovely week.

Miss Pope

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Star of the week

Willow Class - River

Cherry Class - Robyn

Cedar Class - Theo

Larch Class - Gabby

Oak Class - Konr

Sycamore Class - JJ

Miss Pope - Isabella