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Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 1:43pm
We welcomed back a well-rested Year 5 on Monday following our half term break and it was great to see them all! As always, we started the week by sharing our experiences during the week off and also familiarising with our new shoulder partners and table partners in class.
Please see our Year 5 Curriculum Map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Reminders for this half term:
- Homework has resumed today and children are expected to complete their tasks by Wednesday;
- Spellings have been set from this week and the weekly test will take place next Friday (7th);
- PE days are as follows: Thursday and Friday.
- Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Thank you!
Date: 26th Feb 2025 @ 3:46pm
We hope you all had a lovely half term break. We have got a busy half term coming up with lots of fun!
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. You can also access other apps and websites through our school website under 'Learning at home'.
Reminders for this half term:
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
- World Book Day – Thursday 6th March – dressing up as a book character.
- WOW Services – Wednesday 5th March at 2pm and Wednesday 2nd April – Easter Bonnet Parade in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
- Friday 4th April finish for Easter at 1pm
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Thank you!
Date: 26th Feb 2025 @ 2:14pm
We hope you all had relaxing half term, we are excited and looking forward to another fun filled action packed half term!!! The children are going to continue to enjoy the visits to Forest school as well as learning about ‘The Story of 3’ based around Traditional Tales as our themed focus.
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Reminders for this half term:
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
- World Book Day – Thursday 6th March – dressing up as a book character.
- WOW Services – Wednesday 5th March at 2pm and Wednesday 2nd April – Easter Bonnet Parade in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
- Friday 4th April finish for Easter at 1pm
- Return to Nursery on Tuesday 22nd April
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Date: 26th Feb 2025 @ 10:29am
And just like that, we are back!
We hope you all had a wonderful half term break. We are now looking forward to another busy half-term and it looks like the weather is on our side too!
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. An important section on the Virtual Classroom to make note of is the Virtual Classroom Phonics videos. These videos are extremly helpful for th
Reminders for this half term:
- Next Tuesday, children will be taking part in the Florence Nightingale Workshop.
- PE days are as follows: Wednesday and Friday.
Thank you!
Date: 25th Feb 2025 @ 12:03pm
We are very excited to be back for the second half of our Spring Term.
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Reminders for this half term:
- Spellings will be posted on Google Classroom every Friday and tested in class the following Friday.
- PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Year 4 have now commenced Clarinet lessons. Clarinets should be returned to school every Monday ready for the lesson.
- Year 4 Multiplication Check Parent Briefing will be held in the Year 4 classroom on Tuesday 11th March at 3.30pm.
- Year 4 will be going on their trip to Liverpool Cathedral on Wednesday 12th March.
Thank you!
Date: 24th Feb 2025 @ 2:16pm
Welcome back!
It sounds like all the children had an enjoyable February break. We are now looking forward to our ‘Spring 2’ half-term as hopefully the weather improves and the sun returns!
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning – especially with SATs approaching in May. Please recall that revision packs were also given out at parent-teacher meetings to support learning at home.
Reminders for this half term:
- Homework has resumed today and children are expected to return their work by Wednesday;
- PE days are as follows: Wednesday and Thursday. Please note that Wednesdays will now be Year 6’s swimming session and parents have received an additional letter regarding this on School Spider.
The presentation shared with parents in Autumn regarding SATs will be sent to you via School Spider as well. You will recall that this includes dates, information about each assessment etc.
Thank you!
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 4:48pm
What a action packed half term we have had! We have made some fantastic memories and enjoyed lots of new learning. Here are our highlight;
- We have loved our English lessons, and have worked hard to create some fantastic stories based on the book 'Lost and Found'. We worked hard to develop our handwriting whilst also including adjectives, full stops and capital letters.
- We had a fantastic trip to the Museum of Liverpool for our delayed Titanic Workshop. We loved learning all about the Titanic and life on board during the harrowing sinking.
- We had an incredible visit from Acorn Farm as part of our Geography topic. We were able to ask questions about how animals were looked after on a livestock farm and how they use resources from an arable farm to keep them alive and fed!
- In PE we have been focusing on team work skills and have had great fun working together to complete set tasks.
- In DT we created our own puppets before preforming in front of our friends. Here we had to learn how to design and assembly our puppets using different methods such as pins, staple and glue.
- In Maths we have been focusing on Place Value and Additon and Subtraction to 20. After half term, we will focus on numbers to 50.
Our Virtual Classroom is attached, should you wish to complete any additional home learning over the break.
Reminders for next term:
- PE days are Wednesday and Friday, please come into school in your full PE uniforms.
- Year 1 will be having a 'Florence Nightingale' Workshop on Tuesday 4th March.
- Reading books should be brought to school each Friday to be changed, books cannot be swapped until the book has been returned.
- Please see uniform policy to ensure all children are dressed in correct PE and general uniform every day!
Have a wonderful half-term!
Thank you all from Miss Jones and the Year 1 Team!
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 3:51pm
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It has been a brilliant term in Year 2! We have made more wonderful memories and enjoyed lots of new learning. Here are a few of our highlights:
- We have loved learning all about The Dragon Machine in English. We developed our writing skills and learned how to write our very own stories! This was so exciting and we are extremely proud of how they turned out!
- We were so inspired by our story writing that we created our story characters using lots of junk modelling, this was a great way to see our ideas come to life!
- In Maths, we have focused on money, and multiplication and division. We were very eager to learn about our times tables and are going to continue our 2s next term! We are going to start learning about our 5s and 10s next term too, as we use our knowledge to answer various times table questions.
- Every Monday, we have been lucky enough to learn how to play to recorder in Music, we have loved learning new skills and applying them each week as we challenge ourselves to learn new songs, we cannot wait to continue this next term.
- We focused on Living things and their habitats in Science, which took us on a wonderful trip to Martin Mere, we enjoyed hunting for mini beasts and learning about lots of different habitats.
Our Virtual Classroom is attached, should you wish to complete any additional home learning over the break.
Reminders for next term:
- PE days are Monday and Friday
- Clarinet lessons will continue, every Monday. Please ensure your child has their recorder every Monday for their lesson.
- Reading days will continue to be the same.
- Please see uniform policy to ensure all children are dressed in correct PE and general uniform every day.
Have a wonderful half-term! Thank you all for your on going support.
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 1:56pm
It has been another fabulous half term of learning and fun in Year 3!
Here are some of the highlights:
- We have written amazing stories, based on our text 'Stone Age Boy'.
- Enjoyed a fabulous Stone Age workshop and continued to enjoy learning about life in the Stone Age to Iron Age.
- Learnt how to use the grid method for multiplication and flexible partitioning method for division in maths.
- Participated in a range of fun investigations about light in Science.
- Played dodgeball and outdoor adventure activities in PE alongside our Tennis lessons with Ellen from LFC.
- Created our own prehistoric artwork, using natural materials in Art.
- Starting learning to play the djembe drums.
- Learnt how to say different fruits and likes/ dislikes in Spanish.
- Looked at 'Jesus, the man who saved lives' in RE.
Please look at our curriculum map to see what's coming up after half term. Our Virtual Classroom is attached below for links for home learning.
Reminders for next half term.
- PE days will be Monday and Tuesday.
- New Spelling Log Books will go home on Wednesdays to be brought back the following Monday.
Have a wonderful half term break!
Date: 13th Feb 2025 @ 11:58am
What a fantastic week to end this half term! It has flown by in record time and there is much to be grateful for and to reflect upon.
Here are just some of our highlights:
- Writing: We completed our own myths based on Norse mythology, using our focus text, Arthur and the Golden Rope, as our inspiration;
- Reading: We have continued to read our class novel, Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford, throughout this half term. Our reading comprehension lessons have focused on the lyrics from different songs across various genres, including Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Snow Patrol, Disney and more;
- Maths: Long multiplication and fractions have been our focus, alongside our weekly times tables focused lessons on TT Rockstars;
- RE: The children have been exploring the qualities of a good teacher before relating this to Jesus through his teachings in parables and leading by example;
- Collective Worship: We said goodbye and good luck to Reverend Mark who is moving onto a new job role with Liverpool Cathedral after an amazing 13 years as part of the HolyTrinity/Trinity St. Peter's family. We wish him well.
- PE: Ellen from the LFC Foundation has been delivering tennis sessions to the children and we have completed our swimming sessions at Formby Pool too. We were especially proud of the children for successfully completing their ‘Survival Swimming’ award too;
- Music: Finlay Gordon from Liverpool Cathedral Choir has continued to lead our vocal coaching sessions and we have now completed our final Clarinet lessons with Mrs McCardle;
- Geography: We explored Scandinavia and the various physical and human geographical features of this fascinating and beautiful area of Europe;
- Art: We explored self-portraits by a range of artists, before the children used photographs of themselves for developing their own unique self-portraits using different media;
So that’s that! Another half term passes by and a well-earned rest for this hardworking class of children awaits. Make the most of it everyone and I look forward to seeing you all in a week’s time. Enjoy!
Reminders for next half term:
- There is no set homework or spellings for the half term break. However, the Year 5 Virtual Classroom has been updated and attached to this blog. It includes links to websites and resources. Pupils can find their individual passwords on Google Classroom. Don’t forget the Practice section on Mirodo, where children can choose topics to practise in Maths, Reading, SPaG, or Science.
- PE days for the next half term will be: Thursday and Friday.
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 8:18am
Time flies when you are having fun! We have been busy learning new things and encouraging the children with their independence. The children are good at managing their own coat and zipping it up as well as taking off and putting our own shoes on. Well done!
- This half term the children have particularly enjoyed learning all about Winter and different animals especially penguins. They have enjoyed exploring the artic small world. They have listened to the story of ‘Gruffalo’ and enjoyed retelling the story with the characters.
Other highlights include:
- We have also welcomed some new children to our class; who have settled well and are making new friends.
- Forest school where we have made bird feeders and bird hides for us to spot different birds from. We have also enjoyed talking about spotting the signs of Winter and the changes it brings.
- Painted Winter scenes and pictures of penguins where we enjoyed mixing our own colours for them. We have then enjoyed washing our own mixing palettes and brushes independently.
- Celebrated Chinese New Year the children enjoyed making lanterns, snakes, taking part in Dragon dancing and we enjoyed our own Chinese banquet. We have learnt lots of new facts that we love to share with others.
- We enjoyed a visit from My Dentist Formby as part of Dental Health Month to talk to us about how we look after our teeth and how we can keep them healthy by the food we eat.
Have a lovely half term break.
Reminders for next half term:
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
- WOW Services – Wednesday 5th March at 2pm and Wednesday 2nd April – Easter Bonnet Parade in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
- Friday 4th April finish for Easter at 1pm
- Return to Nursery on Tuesday 22nd April
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 4:18pm
What a fun filled half term we have had in Reception!
- We have had an exciting time learning about space! We’ve explored planets and discovered amazing facts about our solar system. We even learned about Neil Armstrong and his incredible journey to the moon.
- We had a visit from an alien called ‘Beegu’ who crash landed in our classroom. The children were challenged to build a rocket to help him and his Mum get back home.
- We started to explore the change in season in our environment during Forest School. The children loved having fun in the snow!
- To celebrate Chinese New Year, we enjoyed a Chinese banquet together, made Chinese lanterns and took part in a dragon dance.
- In Maths, we have been focussing on the numbers 6,7 and 8. We’ve been practicing doubling and halving, one more one less, combining two groups and we have also been exploring mass and weight. The children have enjoyed weighing objects to see which is heavier or lighter.
- In RE, we have enjoyed learning about some of the great stories that Jesus heard from the Bible including, Daniel and the Lions Den, Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the Whale and Joseph’s Coat. These stories have taught us valuable lessons about faith, courage and kindness.
- We had a special visit from Formby dentist who taught us about how to take care of our teeth. The children learnt about the importance of brushing twice a day and eating healthy foods for strong teeth!
- During National Story Telling week, our Year 6 buddies came down to read us our favourite stories. We love sharing our love for books with our friends.
- In PE, we have been practicing gymnastics, learning how to balance, make poses and use different equipment.
Our Virtual classroom for next half term has been attached to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Reminders for next half term:
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
- WOW Services – Wednesday 5th March at 2pm and Wednesday 2nd April – Easter Bonnet Parade in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
- Friday 4th April finish for Easter at 1pm
- Return to Reception on Tuesday 22nd April
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 9:05am
We now halfway through our final year of primary school!
Despite it being a shorter half-term, we have still managed to pack lots in, including:
• Several new pieces of writing in our author books, along with artwork to complement. We particularly enjoyed personifying Winter as we were able to make connections to previous Y5 learning on Greek myths;
• Learning about Africa for our Geography unit this half term. We gained lots of new knowledge on the different regions and were able to make comparisons between Africa and the UK;
• Lots of practical work in Science for our ‘Electricity’ topic. We even came up with our own questions to investigate, which ensured we thought carefully about the different variables involved;
• Several opportunities to represent the school in sports tournaments, including futsal, dodgeball and table tennis;
• Continuing to support and nurture our Reception buddies.
The children have also sat past SATs papers for Reading, Maths and SPaG. We have had several discussions around these, highlighting that these papers are designed to be sat in May and that there are objectives we haven’t covered or revised yet; this is just an opportunity to see how we can improve on our results from September and December and to identify their own areas of improvement once they receive their scores back. The children have shown excellent focus and determination while sitting these assessments and should be very proud of their efforts; it has been fantastic to see them expressing their pride and sense of achievement when realising how much progress they have already made since the start of the year.
Reminders for next half term:
• There is no set homework for the February holidays – except for learning the new set of spellings for the first week back. However, the Year 6 Virtual Classroom has been updated and attached to this blog, which includes links to websites and resources. Parents should have also received resources at parent-teacher meetings to further support children at home. Also, don’t forget the Practice section on SATs Companion, where children can choose topics to practise in Maths, Reading, SPaG, or Science.
• PE days will continue as follows: Wednesday and Thursday. Please note that Wednesdays will now be Year 6’s swimming session.
Have a great half-term break, everyone!
Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 8:14pm
It has been a fantastic term in Year 4! So many memories and fantastic learning opportunities came our way. Here are a few of our highlights:
- We had the most amazing Tennis lessons with the Liverpool Sports Development Team
- With the fantastic Mrs Whitehead, we have started to cheoreograph our own dance piece to Revolting Children from the Matilda film. We cannot wait to continue with this next term!
- The story 'Escape from Pompeii' had us all intrigued to learn more about volcanoes and inspired our fantastic letter writing.
- Eruptions filled our page, as we illustrated volcanoes in our Author Books to accompany our writing.
- In Maths, we have learnt how to support our calculations with formal written methods and understand the steps needed to find the perimeter of a shape.
- Every Tuesday, we continue to sng our hearts out with Mr Gordon from Liverpool Cathedral.
- Our creativity was called upon by Laurel's Wood to help them design a new forest school area in their grounds. From mud slides to archery, we gave so much inspiration that we cannot wait to see brought to life.
- Electricity was our focus in Science and we have loved learning how to connect electrical components to make simple series circuits.
Our Virtual Classroom for the Spring 2 term is attached, alongside a wealth of resources on our class Google Classroom, should you wish to complete any additional home learning over the festive break.
Reminders for next term:
- PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Clarinet lessons will commence. Please see letter sent on School Spider.
- Spellings will continue to be set every Friday on Google Classroom and tested the following Friday.
- Year 4 Cathedral Trip - Wednesday 12th March. Please see letter sent on School Spider.
Have a wonderful half-term!
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 11:53am
Happy New Year to you all! It has been wonderful to welcome everyone back to our classroom and have started off the Spring Term with the excitement of our amazing Stone Age workshop! The children were fascinated by the artefacts that they could handle and really enjoyed dressing up as a Stone Age person. This experience has given us a thirst to learn more over the next couple of weeks. Thank you to parents for your support and contributions towards this.
Please see our Y3 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Upcoming Y3 events:
- Parent Teacher Meetings – 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th Feb (more information to follow)
- Friday 14th February finish for Half Term
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
General Reminders for this half-term:
- Spellings continue to be written into spelling log books every Wednesday to be learnt at home. Log books should be returned to school each week for the children to record their new spellings to learn.
- Children who are reading on the school's reading book bands should ensure their book is read and returned to school on their reading day.
- PE lessons are Monday and Tuesday with the addition of a session with LFC every Thursday this term. Therefore, children should wear PE kit to school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
- A small, healthy snack should be brought to school if needed.
Thank you!
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 8:17pm
Happy New Year!
It was lovely to welcome back the Year 6 children on Monday and to hear all about their Christmas holidays. It now feels like we have never been away as we have already commenced our next piece of writing and started our Science unit on ‘Electricity’ and carried out several investigations. We have also dazzled our teachers with our mathematical understanding of algebra and dividing fractions in our respective groups.
Please see our Y6 Curriculum Map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term. Please note: some topics may be continuing over from Autumn 2 initially due to time constraints...we were very busy last term!
Our current virtual classroom has been attached to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning - particularly in relation to SATs preparation this time.
Upcoming Y6 events:
• Parent Teacher Meetings: 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th February (more information to follow).
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Reminders for this half-term:
• Maths and English homework for Mr King has resumed on Friday 10th. This should then be returned on or before the following Wednesday (January 15th).
• Spellings have been set from this week and the weekly test will take place next Thursday (16th).
• PE lessons are Wednesday (Athletics) and Thursday (Football with LFC).
Thank you!
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 2:48pm
What a great week we have had back together again after a wonderful Christmas break! We hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and look forward to another fantastic year making memories and learning lots! Year 2 have had a brilliant week, we have started Spring term with a bang, trying extra hard by pushing ourselves and practicing new skills.
Please see our Y2 Curriculum Map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Upcoming Y2 events:
Parent Teacher Meetings: 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th February (more information to follow).
Finish for half term: Friday 14th February.
Year 2 recorder lessons will take place every Monday, please ensure children come into school every Monday with their recorders ready for their lesson.
Our class trip to Martin Mere is on Thursday 16th January 2025.
Year 2 PE days are on Mondays and Fridays.
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 1:02pm
Wishing you all a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2025!
It was great to welcome back the Year 5 children who were recharged and refreshed after an excellent (and lengthy) festive break spent with loved ones. It is fair to say that we made the most of this first school week of 2025 and it was great to be back together as a class team once again.
Please see our Y5 Curriculum Map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Upcoming Y5 events:
- Parent Teacher Meetings: 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th February (more information to follow).
- Final Year 5 swimming lesson: 12th February
- Finish for half term: Friday 14th February.
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Reminders for this half-term:
- Maths and English Homework has resumed and has been set, as usual, via Mirodo on Friday 10th. This should then be returned on or before the following Wednesday (January 15th).
- Spellings have been set from this week and the weekly test will take place next Friday (17th).
- PE lessons are Wednesday (Swimming) and Thursday (school PE).
Thank you!
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 9:53am
A Happy New Year to you all! It has been a delight to welcome Year 4 back into the classroom this week and we sure have had kicked things off with a bang!
Please see our Y4 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Upcoming Y4 events:
- Parent Teacher Meetings – 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th Feb (more information to follow)
- Friday 14th February finish for Half Term
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
General Reminders for this half-term:
- Spellings continue to be written into spelling log books every Wednesday to be learnt at home. Log books should be returned to school each week for the children to record their new spellings to learn.
- Children who are reading on the school's reading book bands should ensure their book is read and returned to school on their reading day.
- PE lessons are Tuesday and Friday with the addition of a session with LFC every Thursday this term. Therefore, children should wear PE kit to school on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
- A small, healthy snack should be brought to school if needed.
Thank you!
Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 2:17pm
Welcome to the new term in Reception! We have an exciting few weeks ahead, filled with learning, exploration, and discovery. As the season changes, we’ll focus on winter and the environmental changes that come with it. We’ll look at the weather, clothing, and how nature adapts during this chilly time of year. We’ll blast off into the universe as we learn about the solar system, space travel, and the history of space exploration, including the incredible story of Neil Armstrong. There will be lots of fun activities to help us explore the stars and planets! We will also be learning about Chinese New Year, exploring the traditions, stories, and celebrations associated with this time. In maths, we will focus on numbers 6–10. We’ll practice making pairs, combining two groups, one more, one less patterns and learning about number bonds. In RE, we will dive into the stories Jesus heard and told, exploring important lessons and messages through storytelling and discussion. In PE, our topic is gymnastics, where we will work on balance, coordination, and flexibility through exciting and energetic activities.
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Reminders for this half term:
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
- WOW Services – Wednesday 5th February at 2pm in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
- Parent Teacher Meetings – 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th Feb (more information to follow)
- Friday 14th February finish for Half Term
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Many thanks,
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 11:33am
We hope you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year, we are full of excitement and looking forward to a fun filled, action packed half term!!! We have also welcomed some new children to our class; who have settled well and are making new friends. The children are going to continue to enjoy the visits to Forest school as well as learning about ‘Winter’ as our themed focus.
Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.
Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.
Reminders for this half term:
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
- WOW Services – Wednesday 5th February at 2pm in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
- Parent Teacher Meetings – 4th , 5th , 11th and 12th Feb (more information to follow)
- Stay and Play Sessions for New starters - Oct to Jan - 12th and 13th Feb (More information to follow)
- Friday 14th February finish for Half Term
Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 9:39am
What a fantastic half term we have had. Full of fun and laughter!
Our highlights include:
- The children have enjoyed listening to the story ‘The Gingerbread man’. The children were able to act out the story in the role play area, make gingerbread men, sequence the story and made a trap to catch the gingerbread men that ran away. What fun we had!
- The children enjoyed playing in the snow, making snowmen and snow angels, laughing and having fun with their friends.
- The children talked about their experiences of bonfire night. The children learnt about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot. Through stories, re-enactments and pictures the children discovered why we light bonfires and light fireworks to mark this event. We also discussed how to stay safe when going to firework displays.
- We talked together about Remembrance Day. Through simple and thoughtful discussions, the children began to learn about why this day was important and why we wear poppies.
- In RE we discussed special people in our community. We had a lovely visit from Dr Ryan and Dr Cosgrove at Formby GP and Lilly from St Peters church who talked to us about their important roles. – post office
- As we moved closer to Christmas we talked about the Nativity story and the birth of Jesus. The children took part in their own Nativity performance as a class for all their loved ones to come to see.
- As a school, we celebrated Kindness week. We joined together with our Year 6 buddies to make woollen hearts with a kind message attached. We then delivered them around the school to spread kindness.
- In our recent maths lessons, Reception have been learning about the numbers 4 and 5. We had lots of fun exploring these numbers through games, discussion and group work. The children enjoyed exploring ‘Anno’s book’ where the children were able to use their counting skills, we went on a shape hunt to look for shapes in the environment with 4 sides and began to look at number bonds to 5.
Please see attached the virtual classroom which identifies the books and themes that we will be focussing on next term.
Thank you so much for all of the lovely cards, gifts and Christmas wishes. We are all extremely grateful! Have a lovely Christmas and New Year and see you all soon.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
- Return to school Monday 6th January 2025
- PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 4:39pm
What a brilliant way to end 2024 and celebrate an incredible term with our wonderful Year 2 class!
We have been so impressed with the achievements of the children, week after week. As the term comes to an end, it’s a great time to reflect on how far they’ve come.
Our highlights this term include:
- Creating our very own Tudor style houses from scratch in History and DT
- Learning all about the Great Fire of London
- Focusing on Shape in Maths
- Learning all about the good news of Christmas in RE
- Watching the incredible Team TSP Firework event
- Completing the Santa Dash
- Having so much fun at the Christmas Extravaganza
- Having a surprise visit from Santa and even his elves!
- Our fantastic and extremely memorable adventures at Laurel's Wood
- Filming for our Kindness Video and carrying out our Kindness Week project, giving back to those less fortunate children in our community in support of Children in Need
- Visiting Liverpool Cathedral for a beautiful advent service
A huge thank you for the gifts and well wishes, we are very grateful!
Our Virtual Classroom for the Spring term is attached, should you wish to complete any additional home learning over the festive break.https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nI0Z6WuHfy1Vg4Ws7WkEVEISLoLu_DFyfbOXgEZBYos/edit#slide=id.p
It has been a wonderful to count down to Christmas with you all, Year 2. You have made December such a magical experience for us all and we cannot wait to welcome you all back in January. We wish you a very happy Christmas and a safe and enjoyable festive period. See you in 2024!
Reminders for next term:
- PE days will continue to be every Monday and Friday
- Recorder lessons will begin on the first Monday back, please ensure children have recorders with them for their lesson
- Children should bring in a small healthy snack
- Children should come into school with correct uniform every day, please see uniform policy for details
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 4:12pm
Another fabulous half term in Year 3 and Christmas is nearly upon us! We have had a wonderful time celebrating together, with the TSP Extravaganza, Santa Dash, Father Christmas in his grotto, Christmas Dinner and Advent Service at Liverpool Cathedral.
Our other highlights from this term include:
- The amazing Firework display, by Team TSP
- Kindness week, where we planted trees from The Woodland Trust and baked scones for Southport Soup Kitchen
- Filming for our Christmas Kindness Video
- Taking part in TSP election week
- Outdoor Classroom Day
- Creating delicious vegetable tarts in DT
- Superb performances from our Rock Steady bands
- Introduction to our History topic of 'The Stone Age to Iron Age'
- Fun science lessons learning about forces and magnets
- Learning Spanish animal nouns through songs, games and actions
Reminders for next term:
- PE days are Monday and Tuesday with the addition of Thursday for this term due to LFC coming in to deliver a session each week. PE kits to be worn Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
- Drumming lessons will begin after Christmas. These will take place during normal lesson times.
- Spellings will continue to be logged every Wednesday and recapped during our speed spell quiz the following Monday
- Our Stone Age workshop is on Wednesday 8th January. Thank you for your support in sending in contributions. Please see the information on Spider if you still need to do so.
From the Year 3 Team, we have thoroughly enjoying working with you this term and are looking forward to the exciting plans for the Spring Term. Thank you so much for the cards, gifts and well wishes. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 4:07pm
..and that's a wrap for 2024!
It certainly has been a wonderful term and this latter half-term has been packed with highlights, plus plenty of festive fun. Here’s a look back at just some of the magical moments we’ve shared:
• Writing: We wrote a diary entry linked to our focus text, ‘Star of Fear, Star of Hope’ by Jo Hoestlandt, as well a Christmas-themed instruction text on how to ‘steal Christmas’ like The Grinch!
• Reading: After finishing ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar, we started a self-help book called ‘Dare To Be You’ by Matthew Syed. Following a thorough discussion and investigation into several story books, we have also chosen ‘Skellig’ by David Almond as our new class novel.
• Maths: Aside from all the competitive games and activities, we have focused primarily on arithmetic objectives in lessons this term. The children should be very pleased with their much-improved scores in SATs arithmetic papers!
• History: We continued our learning about the World Wars, focusing this half-term on how the two wars impacted Formby. Particular highlights included a visit from John from Formby Civic Society, who shared his extensive knowledge with us, and our weekly trips to Formby Luncheon Club to interview its members.
• Kindness Project: We took part in a range of activities that reminded us of how we can be ‘kind to ourselves’- including meditation and mindfulness practice!
• Music: We have now concluded our weekly brass sessions with Mrs Hughes from Sefton Music Services. Thank you to Mrs Hughes for all her support.
• Christmas Carol Service: Some our Year 6 pupils brought Christmas cheer to our local community by supporting St Peter’s Christmas service at St Joseph’s Care Home.
• Supporting the School Community: Many of our pupils have relished the opportunities to support the rest of the school in various ways, including narrating Reception’s Nativity and WOW services, helping to run stalls at The Christmas Fair and in their leader roles such as Kindness Committee and Digital Leaders.
• Festive Fun: We had a great time filming our latest Kindness Video, enjoying Party Day, a Santa Dash and celebrating with a Christmas Extravaganza.
Reminders for next half term:
- There is no set homework for the Christmas holidays – except for revising the last weekly spellings set, which will roll over to January.
- The Year 6 Virtual Classroom has been updated and attached to this blog and it includes links to websites and resources. Pupils can find their individual passwords on last year's Year 5 Google Classroom. Don’t forget the 'Practice' section on SATs Companion, where children can choose topics to practise in Maths, Reading, SPaG, or Science.
- PE days are now as follows: Wednesday and Thursday.
The Year 6 team have thoroughly enjoyed the academic year so far and are looking forward to another great term in January.
Thank you to all those parents who sent in gifts - including the class collection - and well wishes this week. It is never expected, but always appreciated! We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Christmas holiday.
Thank you once again and we will see you all in 2025!