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New reception families

19-10-2023

Lovely to share lunch time with our new Reception families #smithdownextra #smithdowneyfs

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Reception exploring our outdoor area in the sunshine ☀️

19-10-2023

Our new Reception classes are having a lovely time exploring our outdoor area in the sunshine ☀️ @SmithdownPrimR #smithdowneyfs

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Thank you for our harvest collection

19-10-2023

Thank you for our harvest collection. We were overwhelmed at your generosity. Thanks to for supporting our community. #smithdownextra

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Donating food to the Harvest food bank

19-10-2023

These superstars enjoyed donating food to the Harvest food bank #smithdownextra

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Voting for our new School Councillor today

19-10-2023

We loved voting for our new School Councillor today #smithdownextra @IrelandIreland1 @SmithdownPr

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What an experience…

19-10-2023

What an experience! Year 3 went to a stately home to feel what one looked like and felt like. Sudley house was perfect for helping us understand our new book – Seen and not Heard. #smithdownenglish #smithdownextra

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Focusing on the importance of attendance…

19-10-2023

Great start to the week focusing on the importance of attendance and why we need to be in school! Lots of different reasons that help us in different ways. #smithdownextra

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In year 3 today, we practised doing peer to peer massages on each other

19-10-2023

In year 3 today, we practised doing peer to peer massages on each other. They completed many different strokes and we all felt very relaxed. Thank you very much for this @MrsCarpenter30 #smithdownextra

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Lovely singing voices this morning!

19-10-2023

Lovely singing voices this morning! Year 3 have been learning all about our rights. We have discussed about having the right to learn and believe what you believe! #smithdownextra

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Discussing different ways how we can be kind to others

19-10-2023

#smithdownextra #smithdownY3. This morning 3KM have been discussing different ways how we can be kind to others no matter our differences, we had some lovely things to say!

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Having fun in Spanish this morning!

19-10-2023

Having fun in Spanish this morning! #smithdownextra #smithdownyr3 #smithdownspanish

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4KM had a great time developing their ball skills and teamwork skills…

19-10-2023

4KM had a great time developing their ball skills and teamwork skills during our PE lesson with @EITC ⚽️?? #smithdownextra

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Another amazing PE lesson from @EITC all about teamwork!!

19-10-2023

Another amazing PE lesson from @EITC all about teamwork!! The children played different games to help with their teamwork skills⭐️ #smithdownextra

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Well done to our amazing stars of the week⭐️

19-10-2023

Well done to our amazing stars of the week⭐️ keep up the hard work girls!! #smithdownextra

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Our PE lesson today was all about teamwork…

19-10-2023

Our PE lesson today was all about teamwork and how different strategies can help a team win ⭐️ @EITC #smithdownextra

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4KM had a great PE lesson…

19-10-2023

4KM had a great PE lesson with @EITC improving their teamwork and game skills!! #smithdownextra

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Wonderful first session facilitating Cohort 3 ECT’s this afternoon

19-10-2023

Wonderful first session facilitating @InspireTSHubNW @CEL_IOE Cohort 3 ECT’s this afternoon. Great dialogue around supporting disadvantage pupils & inclusivity ?? Well done all!

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4LA exploring conductors & insulators

19-10-2023

4LA exploring conductors & insulators @SmithdownPrimY4 #smithdownsci

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SEND Processes for Parents

07-11-2023

Why not sign up for free online family learning? Friday 10th November 9.30am to 12pm.

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Parent and Toddler

08-11-2023

Thankyou to School Council for delivering a fabulous assembly on kindness and respect.

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Year 3 loved exploring Hinduism and the different elements in the religion.

08-11-2023

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What a day! Year 4 really enjoyed learning about the Hindu culture.

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Using Henri Matisse’s style, painting with scissors, Year 3 created poppies to show their respect for all the people who have lost their lives and our thoughts for their families.

10-11-2023

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Year 2 have made remembrance poppies today

10-11-2023

2GH made some beautiful poppies to help us remember today.

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Remembrance Day 2023

13-11-2023

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Year 4 celebrations for Diwali. We love our Diwali lanterns!

13-11-2023

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Happy Diwali

13-11-2023
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A happy Diwali from 3TS! We made beautiful lanterns to represent the festival of light.

13-11-2023

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Thank you to all our parents who joined us today to help us celebrate World Nursery Rhyme week. We had lots of fun sharing our rhymes and activities with you all.

14-11-2023

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Speke Hall trip

14-11-2023

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RAG trip to Speke Hall

14-11-2023

Reception had a lovely afternoon visiting Speke Hall! We followed the Giant trail and spotted lots of the giant’s clothes high up in the trees! We tiptoed past the sleeping giant, making sure not to wake him! We then walked around the grounds, looking for signs of Autumn.

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Year 4 have had an amazing children in need?!!

17-11-2023

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We had lots of Pudsey fun on Friday whilst raising money for charity.

20-11-2023

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RLMc visit Speke Hall

21-11-2023

Yesterday RLMc had lots of fun visiting Speke Hall. We looked at the changes for Autumn and we even saw a sleeping giant! We visited the giants house, kitchen, music room and even his playground. It was lots of fun!

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Young Scientist Centre

23-11-2023

5NA went to a solar system workshop at UCLAN. We did lots of investigations all about the solar system!

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Wellbeing Champions!

30-11-2023

Our Wellbeing Champions have been working hard to learn strategies to support other children in class and on the playground. They’re doing a fabulous job

 

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Year 4 had some much fun doing their Santa dash??

08-12-2023
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Year 3 and 4 had an amazing time watching a Christmas performance! We all had a good laugh and got involved.

11-12-2023

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ESOL class awards

09-01-2024

Congratulations to our parents who have completed the 12 week Stepping Stones ESOL class. We celebrated with certificates and food.

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Stars of the Week in 4LA

12-01-2024
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Silver Dojo Award – 200 dojos to these SUPERSTARS in 4LA

12-01-2024
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The Wizard of Oz ? Christmas Performance 2023

18-01-2024

A selection of our FABULOUS actors who performed in our Christmas 2023 performance of The Wizard of Oz. We hope you loved watching as much as we loved performing for you all!?

 

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The Wizard of Oz – our ticket designs.

18-01-2024

We thought some of our ticket designs were just far too lovely not to share!

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Year 4KM’s amazing stars of the week??!!!

19-01-2024

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Tesco trip

24-01-2024

To continue learning about chefs, we’re going to become chefs and make our own soup! To prepare for this, we went to Tesco to buy the ingredients we need.

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4KM had an amazing morning learning a Chinese dance and carrying the Chinese dragon???!!!

30-01-2024

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5EHD begin their Chinese New Year Celebrations

30-01-2024

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The Year of the Dragon

31-01-2024

We LOVED our dragon dancing today celebrating Chinese New Year.

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We had a great morning preparing for Chinese New Year!

31-01-2024

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Year 4 had a great afternoon learning how to manage their money??

05-02-2024

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Where do we put our money? Peter from MyBnk came to tell us…

05-02-2024
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1MS loved learning a Chinese dragon dance last week!

07-02-2024

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Year 4 had so much fun at their campfire toasting marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate??!!!

09-02-2024

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Chinese New Year celebrations

21-02-2024

To celebrate the new lunar year, we have been getting crafty in class making representations of dragons using a variety of resources. Look at our fabulous dragons! We also made our own lanterns after learning about the significance of the colour red.

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Maths parental workshop

21-02-2024

Thank you to our parents who came to our Reception maths parental workshop this week! We look at how to support your children with their shape knowledge at home.

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Superstars in Year 3 and 4! Stars of the week for some amazing work and attitude.

23-02-2024

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We rounded off our ‘My Bnk’ sessions with talking about money habits and the importance of saving! We even made our very own money bank.

26-02-2024

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Y6 Lowry Museum Trip

04-03-2024

Since we have been studying L.S. Lowry, we took a trip to The Lowry Museum in Salford and took part in a portrait workshop after viewing some of Lowry’s famous paintings. We had such a fabulous day!

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Court Visit

06-03-2024

We took a trip to the Family and Civil Court to take part in a mock trial and meet some real life judges!

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Happy world book day 2024???!!!

07-03-2024

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Year 4 have been working hard as illustrators this world book day??!!!

07-03-2024

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Year 1 loved celebrating World Book Day!

08-03-2024

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World Book Day 2024

08-03-2024

What an amazing day in 4LA.

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Year 4 had so much fun during their circus skills morning??‍♀️?!!!

08-03-2024

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World book day 2024???!!!

08-03-2024

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More circus skills fun this afternoon??‍♀️?!!!

08-03-2024

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We had an amazing day on world book day! We focused on #Goldilocks and created our own poems and naughty hashtags.

13-03-2024

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The Smithdown Romans!

25-03-2024

What a great day we had in Chester at the Deva Experience! We marched the streets of Chester and learned lots of interesting facts about the Roman Empire.

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Year 2 Outdoor Club

27-03-2024

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We’ve had a great time over the last few weeks in Outdoor Club! We’ve played games, created dens and ended with a campfire. Huge thanks to the children of Year 2 for coming along each Tuesday.

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Check out our finished chairs!

18-04-2024

We made chairs as part of our DT topic on stable structures.

 

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4KM had a great morning working with the Hope university students learning about light and sound??!!

19-04-2024

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Well done to our year 3 and 4 stars of the week⭐️

19-04-2024

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Pizza Time!!!

19-04-2024

Year 3 had a great morning making pizza! They mixed all the ingredients, kneaded the dough and added toppings all by themselves. All whilst looking the part in their chef hats and aprons! I think everyone would agree that the best part was being able to eat it. ?‍???‍?

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Hands Sign Language in Reception

24-04-2024

We have started to learn sign language each week and are doing so well at learning greetings, colours and animals thanks to Hands.

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Great morning with our Everton project! We made our dough from scratch, cut up our own toppings and created wonderful pizzas!

24-04-2024

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RLMc Farm Trip

14-05-2024

RLMc had a great trip to Croxteth farm today. We saw lots of animals including goats from the Three Billy Goats story. We loved brushing the horse and holding the rabbit and Guinea pig. We had a great day outdoors.

 


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Trip to Goodison!

20-05-2024

Year 3 had an amazing trip down at Goodison Park as part of our Everton In The Community project.  We took part in a cooking demonstration and enjoyed the yummy chicken paella we made.

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Reception Parents and Children Visit to Calderstones Park

21-05-2024


We had lots of fun with our families at Calderstones Park. We played ring games, had a picnic, fed the ducks, rolled down a hill, explored the playground and looked at different plants and flowers in the sensory gardens. Huge thanks to all families for coming along.

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Cricket in the Sun

21-05-2024

What a lovely day some of our Year 6 children had today! A great day playing cricket at Sefton Cricket Club and the sun shone just for us.

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4KM had a great afternoon discussing what it means to be loved and creating their own collage about a person special to them❤️

23-05-2024

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100 Star Jumps to complete our daily challenge for Alder Hey.

17-06-2024

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University Trip

18-06-2024

We had a fantastic day at the University of Liverpool on Friday. We took part in workshops related to Maths and Science…. including sitting in mini Planetarium!

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Y5&6 Girls Rugby

18-06-2024

How great was our rugby taster session yesterday at Calderstones !!!!!

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Supporting our metal health by doing something that is fun and makes us laugh.

18-06-2024

Banana Boat song.

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Thank you to Mrs Naylor for our wonderful Music Assembly today 🎶 🎤

19-06-2024

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Year 3 natural resources!

21-06-2024

What a week we have had! Year 3 had a lovely trip to New Brighton to find natural resources so that we could create landscapes in the theme of Frances Hatch. We glued on things we found and used water to extract the pigment out of them to colour paper.

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Girls’ rugby

21-06-2024

Year 3 and 4 girls had a super experience with an introduction into rugby. They had a chance of practising kicking, tackling and their footwork.

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4KM created some amazing posters for refugee week!!

21-06-2024

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Fantastic Family Picnic

21-06-2024

A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.

An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.

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ISing has started and we are so excited!

24-06-2024

We are loving iSing so far

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Year 1 had the best time at the picnic last week. We had lots of fun!

24-06-2024

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Some more pictures from the picnic!

24-06-2024

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Volcanoes!

25-06-2024

We have created our volcanoes and painted them. They look amazing! We are going to erupt them this week and see what happens when an active volcano blows. Watch this space…

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Spaghetti Bolognese time!

25-06-2024

Our first group created their very own authentic traditional bolognese sauce! We have linked our DT unit with our Geography topic of Italy. Super behaviour and sensible cooks.

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Eid Mubarak!

25-06-2024

Happy Eid to all our families celebrating! We had a lovely day and week celebrating with all our children and adults.

 

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ISing 2024

25-06-2024

A few more pictures! More videos to come soon!  We are so proud of Year 2.

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Eid Mubarak!

25-06-2024

We loved celebrating Eid last week.

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2GH on the way into ISing 24

25-06-2024

Look at those smiles! Ready for a day of singing!

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Y6 Residential …. We’re Off!

26-06-2024

On our way to Condover Hall …… 🚌

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1CP had the best time at the farm on Thursday!

28-06-2024

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1MS had the best time at the farm!

28-06-2024

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Singing Assembly!

03-07-2024

I love starting off our Wednesdays with our singing assembly. It puts a smile on all our faces and gets us ready for our work.

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Picnic Time 🧺

03-07-2024

It was so lovely to see you all at our picnic and thank you for all the delicious food. 😋

keep those hearts topped up with love and we hope they help you all as you move onto new classes in September. ❤️

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Sports Day!

04-07-2024

We had a great morning for our sports day! Thank you to all of our families who came to watch!

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A great morning for sports day!

04-07-2024

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Sports day!

04-07-2024

Super morning with our LKS2 sports day! We had a great day for it and we all tried our best with every activity.

 

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Water transportation!

04-07-2024

We used celery to investigate how xylems transport water and nutrients to the rest of the plant. Watch this space and see what we find out!

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Well done to our stars of the week!!!

05-07-2024

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Time to say goodbye 👋

09-07-2024

Thank you for joining us this morning for our celebrations 🎉

We are lucky to have been able to share this year with your children and hope you all come back to say hello.

We finished the day with a party lunch and party games this afternoon. ☺️😊

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Well one to our stars of the week in year 3 and 4⭐️!!!

12-07-2024

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Cheque Presentation

17-07-2024

A massive thank you to all parents and children who donated money to Alder Hey. The children on the school council were very lucky to be invited down to Alder Hey for a cheque presentation.
The money raised is going to help brighten the lives of children and their families, all over the country, who require the help of Alder Hey.

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So very grateful!

18-07-2024

We all feel so very grateful and proud of the children we have helped grow this year! A big thank you to all our families. ❤️

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Painting with scissors

01-09-2024

We used Henri Matisse as our inspiration for our art topic. We used his method of painting with scissors to make our collages.

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Black History Month ‘24

12-09-2024

Some AMAZING entries for the Merseyside Police competition! Children have worked hard creating lovely pieces of work with great messages as well. Well done to everyone who has submitted already. Last day tomorrow (Friday 13th September).

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Competition Time! Y5/6 Dodgeball

19-09-2024

Some of our Y5/6 went out for a Dodgeball competition this week – we didn’t win but we enjoyed ourselves!

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Being an archaeologist!

19-09-2024

Year 3 all had a go at being an archaeologist and excavating some ancient Egyptian artefacts – just like Howard Carter!

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Year 3 Hands

01-10-2024

Year 3 had another great ‘Hands’ practice. We are really enjoying learning new sign language.

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An afternoon of ‘Quidditch’

07-10-2024

Wow…. what a way to end the week !!! Some children in Years 5 & 6 got to try their hands at ‘Quidditch’ today and they absolutely loved it !!!!

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Thank you to everyone who joined us this afternoon in Nursery.

08-10-2024
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Ukulele

09-10-2024

We loved our morning learning the C and F chord.

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Danny Butler Event

11-10-2024

We had the best day doing our sponsored event with Danny Butler. We couldn’t believe his bike skills! Wow!

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Danny Butler!

11-10-2024

Today we had a wonderful visit from Danny Butler. We joined in the activities and even got to see some of his amazing skills.

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Thank you to everyone that joined us this afternoon, it was lovely to see you all in Nursery playing and sharing the space together.

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Lifesavers Bank

11-10-2024

It is great to see so many children saving regularly on our lifesavers bank. Our bank tellers (helped by Miss Caraher and Miss Wilson) are doing a fabulous job.

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Danny Butler Visit

11-10-2024

Thank you to Danny Butler, European champion and 5 times British champion for visiting today. A great workout and a reminder that success comes from hard work.

 

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Lots of exercise today!

11-10-2024

Year 6 had fun and fitness today as part of their fundraising activity with an ex member of Team GB, Danny Butler. Thank you to everyone for your very generous donations.

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Thank You Danny Butler

12-10-2024

Year 2 loved the visit from Danny Butler today. We enjoyed our workout with him too!

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We are city finalists!

12-10-2024

Year 1 we are so proud of you. The boys represented school for the first time and made it all the way to the city finals!

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