Our blogs
Pre-School Video Week 1, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 3:15pm
F2 Weekly Update - Week 1 Video, by Miss Dunlop
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 2:55pm
Pre-School Tasks, by Miss Mclaren
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 2:03pm
Hi Pre-School,
Here are a few more tasks for you to do this week.
This month is National Pet Month, so we thought you might like to:
- Draw a picture of your pet or a pet you would like to own and write the initial sound for your pet next to it.
- Make a pet house using old boxes and decorate it to make it cosy for your pet.
-Create a pictogram for your families favourite pet.
We hope you are all taking care of yourselves and washing your hands for 20 seconds at a time.
Share your work with the schools twitter account.
Take care.
F1 Team x
F2 - Home Learning Activities Week 1, by Miss Ward
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 2:01pm
Hi Everyone,
This week we would like you read the story 'My Granny Went to Market' (Here is a link to a video of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61tyqTntpI). Here are some activties that are linked to the story that we would like you to have a go at:
- Write a list of what you would pack to go on a magic carpet ride.
- Design your own magic carpet with a repeating pattern.
- Find out what a passport is and make your own.
- Make a colourful mask.
Each week we would like you to practise writing writing your full name, the letters of the alphabet and numbers to 20.
We would love for you to share your work with schools twitter page or Facebook Page! Have fun and remember to keep washing your hands!
Miss Ward and Miss Dunlop
Year 3 Home Learning Update 1, by Mrs McAlynn
Date: 2nd Apr 2020 @ 1:34pm
Hello Year 3!
We hope you are all well and have enjoyed using your home learning packs over the past few weeks with your families. Here are a few more activities to keep you busy and learning while you are away from school.
Our text for the Summer Term is The Gruffalo- a story we all know very well! Can you complete the following activities based on the story?
- Create your own mythical character (like the Gruffalo) and draw a labelled diagram. Will your character have terrible tusks? Will it have orange horns?
- When you have created your character write a detailed description, trying to include adjectives, similes and alliteration.
- Can you use materials from your learning pack or around the house (with permission) to create a model or puppet of your character?
We would love to see any of the work you create shared on our school twitter or facebook page!
Daily Tasks
- Keep practising your joined handwriting each day, trying to keep your small letters regular, your ascenders tall and your descenders long.
- This week we would like you to all practise your 3 times table daily. Use the songs and activities on the BBC website to help you with this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382
We hope you are being extra good at home for your family and helping out in any way that you can! We will be in touch soon!
Take care, Mr Woodland and Mrs McAlynn
Year 6 Home Learning Challenge Week 1 , by Miss Houghton
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 2:34pm
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all keeping safe and staying at home.
We have put together some challenges for you to try at home while we are not in school. We have attached a PowerPoint with some website links and instructions.
We would really love if you could share your completed challenges on our school twitter.
Hopefully see you all soon and don't forget to keep washing your hands!!
From All the Year 6 Team
Staff Talents......., by Mrs Harris
Date: 31st Mar 2020 @ 5:32pm
A bit of light relief in these challenging times, there will be more.........we're hoping Mrs McGunigall will get involved soon 😂😂😂
Year Two Weekly Update, by Mr Chamberlain
Date: 31st Mar 2020 @ 2:19pm
Year One Weekly Update, by Mrs Carroll
Date: 31st Mar 2020 @ 10:29am
Hi, Everyone!
This is a message from all of your teachers, just to see how you are getting on. It must seem very strange at the moment when you can't come to school and you can't go out to all the places you like to visit. But you are lucky to be spending time with your family and we hope you are staying well and remembering to do some work each day!
Here are some ideas to keep you busy this week!
- Read the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (if you don't have a copy of the book you can listen to it on YouTube)
- Practise reciting the days of the week and know which day comes before and after any given day
- Write a list of everything the caterpillar ate. Can you use some adjectives to describe them?
- Create your own butterfly using paints, crayons or collage. Put it in your window, with your rainbows, to make people smile as they walk past! Remember to tweet a picture of it!
- This website has lots of good ideas to help you:
- https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/butterfly-crafts-for-kids-4129196
- Have a go at these lego challenges and let us know how you get on!
- https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lego-challenge-cards-11217327
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The Wright Brother's Plane Activity, by Miss Flynn
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 4:52pm
What do you remember about the Wright Brothers?
Why not share any key facts that you remember with your family - I am sure they will be impressed!
You could make a poster to advertise the first flight!?
Then, using an old wooden peg and some lolly sticks, why not create your own model plane!
Miss Flynn 
Giant Snakes and Ladders Game, by Miss Flynn
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 4:36pm
Why not get the whole family involved in a giant game of 'Snakes and Ladders'!?
Try writing the numbers in digits and in words- take care with your spelling!!!
Don't forget to tweet your game and tell us who won!
Miss Flynn 
Dinosaur Landscape Task, by Miss Flynn
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 4:28pm
Like dinosaurs?
Why not line up your toy dinosaurs and create a 'Jurassic Landscape'- you could then google facts about each of the dinosaurs and add your facts to your masterpiece!
Don't forget to add colour to make it look even better!
Miss Flynn 
Elmer the Elephant Task, by Miss Flynn
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 4:02pm
Hi Year 2!
I hope you're all well and keeping busy at home!
Here is a fun task for you to complete at home!
Why not read one of your favourite Elmer the Elephant stories and then create your very own Elmer using an old milk carton and tissue paper?! You will need some glue too - don't forget to check your packs that were sent home from school you should have some in there! (See pictures below!)
Don't forget to tweet or tag our school Facebook page with your finished masterpieces!
Good Luck!
Miss Flynn
Still Smiling, by Mrs Parry
Date: 19th Mar 2020 @ 11:50am
With smiles on our faces, the Year 6 are spending the day writing to the elderly residents of some of our local nursing homes. We know that many of our older generation are having to self isolate and we hate the idea of them feeling alone at this time.
We hope they know we are thinking of them.
Weekly Attendance Winners 13.03.20, by Mrs Walker
Date: 13th Mar 2020 @ 3:42pm
Congratulations to our attendance winners
Infants:
Weekly Prize Winner – Isla-Rae Parker
Junior:
Weekly Prize Winner – Levi Woodward
The class with the best attendance this week was ...... Y1JC, well done to all the children in Mrs Carrol's class.
Well done to all of our 100% attendance children who received a raffle ticket for this weeks draw.
Will you get a raffle ticket next time? You have to be 'IN' it to win it!
F2LW - Church Farm, by Miss Ward
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 8:31am
F2LW had a wonderful time at Church Farm yesterday!
We were introduced to the Farmers and we saw lots of different animals such as, pigs, goats, geese, meerkats and emu's. We went on an exciting tractor ride to go and feed some ponies, alpacas and donkeys. We then went to the Hen House and collected lots of eggs followed by holding some rabbits and guinea pigs. We learnt so much about the farm and are excited to continue our learning in the upcoming weeks.
Church Farm Trip!, by Miss Dunlop
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 10:12pm
What a fantastic day we have had at Church Farm today!
We have fed horses, ponies, alpacas, stroked geese and hens, saw goats, a baby cow, sheep and pigs, collected eggs, held rabbits and guinea pigs, had a tractor ride around the farm and lots more! We have learnt so much and can't wait to continue our learning about the farm over the next 2 weeks!
Chess Champions, by Mrs Parry
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 7:42pm
Year 6 continue to enjoy their weekly chess lessons! All the students are making exceptional progress and the concentration is exemplary......just look at how seriously they take each challenge.
The pupils are now running workshops for parents every Wednesday at 3pm. They love sharing their knowledge with anyone who wishes to learn to play or who simply fancies taking them on. If you are a novice or a champion yourself and would like to come in and join in the fun please sign up on ParentPay.
Weekly Attendance Winners 06.03.20, by Mrs Walker
Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 3:13pm
Congratulations to our attendance winners
Infants:
Weekly Prize Winner - Phoebe Thelwell-Swann
Junior:
Weekly Prize Winner - Heidi Hoyle
The class with the best attendance this week was ...... F2CD, well done to all the children in Miss Dunlop's class.
Well done to all of our 100% attendance children who received a raffle ticket for this weeks draw.
Will you get a raffle ticket next time? You have to be 'IN' it to win it!
Year 6 - Russian Dolls, by Mrs Parry
Date: 9th Mar 2020 @ 12:16pm
During the last half term Year 6 worked hard to create the most beautiful Russian inspired home-furnishings! We hope that all their hard work was appreciated!
We all had to use a great deal of patience as we tackled sewing and learned a skill that we will be able to use in our future.
Year 6 -Becoming Architects, by Mrs Parry
Date: 9th Mar 2020 @ 11:19am
On Friday Year 6 spent an exciting morning creating a prototype for a new Birkenhead Landmark. We studied the features and measurements of iconic landmarks in our capital city and put together a proposal for a replica structure in our own locality.
As architects we needed to use our maths to calculate land areas, surface areas and volume and then we applied our understanding of scale factors to produce blue prints for construction. We had no idea how much maths was involved!
F2 - Edible Garden , by Miss Ward
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 5:16pm
As it was a lovely sunny afternoon, some of the F2 children went outside and helped tidy some of the flower beds and vegetable patches so they are ready for us to plant some fruits, vegetables and flowers. We had lots of fun learning about what plants need to grow and all about the animals that live in the soil. Some of us were very excited when we dug up a worm!
World Book Day 2020, by Miss Welsh
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 3:19pm
Year 5 had an exciting World Book Day! We spent part of the morning with author David Webb. After being inspired we created our own story books. We also enjoyed reading and many other activities including a catwalk, to show off all of the fabulous costumes!
Year One - World Book Day, by Mrs Carroll
Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 2:17pm
Year One have enjoyed an exciting World Book Day! We started off with stories from our families and shared a lovely morning with David Webb, a famous author. We have also enjoyed lots of activities based on books and reading. Thank you to our marvelous parents/carers for making such a great effort with your childrens costumes - they look fabulous!
Year 1 World Book Day 2020, by Mrs Harris
Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 1:53pm
Year One have enjoyed an exciting World Book Day! We started off with stories from our families and shared a lovely morning with David Webb, a famous author. We have also enjoyed lots of activities based on books and reading. Thank you to our marvelous parents/carers for making such a great effort with your childrens costumes - they look fabulous!
