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The children took part in a mindfulness and yoga session this week. They listened brilliantly, relaxing and moving their bodies in different ways.  

The children were so excited about a fire engine visiting our school this week.  The children learned about firefighting and fire engines.  Mrs Naisbett who normally teaches in Year 6 was in nursery and even had a chance to put on a fire fighters outfit!  There were some very happy…

Year 5 spent the day attending a taster day at Holy Family High School.

They took part in a range of lessons: Mathematics, P.E and Cooking.

The children had a brilliant time and enjoyed the experience of what a day might look like at secondary school.

A special thanks to all the staff and…

What an exciting morning we have had in nursery! We are currently learning about ‘People Who Help Us’ and today our local Fire Station in Netherton came to visit us. The firefighters brought the engine and talked to the children about their important role and how they help to keep everyone safe.…

We have been learning about electricity in `year 4. Today’s lesson we created our own simple circuits and discussed the difference between an open and closed circuit, as well as insulators and conductors of electricity. 

Over the past few weeks the children have been watching our caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies. We have talked about the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly - the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. The children have really enjoyed observing the changes and today we had…

Welcome to Receptions ice cream shop! The children had enjoyed some messy play this week, using shaving foam and food colouring to create an ice cream shop. The children have come up with so many flavours and stories. So much fun exploring!

The children visited Aintree Racecourse to take part in a range of workshops.

The workshops focused on: healthy eating, keeping safe on transport, drugs and alcohol awareness and emotional well being.

Year One Designing Crosses

This week, Year One have been learning how Christians around the world make the sign of the cross.  We looked at different crosses and crucifixes and thought about the images and symbols on them before designing our own crosses.

Year 1 Gymnastics 

Today the children have been learning to do handstands, headstands, different shapes and rolls. We had a fantastic PE lesson learning lots of new skills. 

Today we visited Formby Beach and Pinewoods.  We linked our visit to the book The See Saw by Tom Percival.  The children had a little picnic and time to play in the sand.  We spent time walking, talking, climbing, digging, rolling, laughing and singing! There were some very sleepy children on the…

Year 1 Design Technology 

The children enjoyed learning how to thread a needle in design technology today. They used binca to practise a running stitch.