Reception feasted on a huge pile of delicious pancakes at snack time on Pancake Day! After gathering the ingredients and helping to prepare the batter mix. Once cooked, the children chose their favourite topping to add and then tucked in. What a treat!
The children also refined their pancake tossing skills and I think it is safe to say we have some budding chefs on our hands this year – Gordon Ramsay had better watch out
Year 5 and 6 girls were thrilled to be joined by Lydia Sanders, author of the ‘Hysterical Herstories’ on Tuesday 1 March.
Lydia is an author of historical books for children which focus on the stories of ordinary women, who lived extraordinary lives. The Herstories books allow readers to discover a number of notable women from different historical eras including Boudicca, Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, Rosa Parks and Coco Chanel.
The Year 5 and 6 girls were thoroughly inspired by her work and Lydia’s life as an author, they engaged in some brilliant discussion and asked some excellent questions. The girls have have been asked to write their own inspiring stories and poems as part of a competition set by Lydia.
The children and staff in Reception would like to say a big thank you to all family members who came to visit us in school last week.
Our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions are always a highlight of the year and the children took great pleasure in showing their family members around the unit and having a go at some of the many activities the children have available during the sessions. Whether time was spent exploring colour mixing, creating a ladybird, programming the Beebots, cracking the farm animal code or building a raft, a great deal of fun was had by all and it was wonderful to see the children showing such pride in their environment.
Members of the RAF section of our Combined Cadet Force took to the air this weekend.
A total of nine cadets visited RAF Tern Hill in Shropshire to take part in gliding with 632 Volunteer Gliding Squadron.
We are extremely grateful to all at RAF Tern Hill for their training and guidance.
At the end of last half term, our GCSE and A-Level Drama students had the opportunity of working with Frantic Assembly Theatre Company.
Visiting practitioner, Lynzi Nakorn, taught them the physical theatre techniques associated with Frantic, a prescribed practitioner at GCSE and A-Level and students enjoyed creating their own mini-performances using the new techniques and lifts they were taught.
Congratulations to our Rugby First XV Captain Patrick Jones who made his Senior Rugby debut for Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club last weekend.
Patrick played alongside Mr Weare in the team’s victory against Glossop RUFC. We’re hopeful that we’ll see more of our Sixth Formers making their debuts in the near future.
Congratulations to the First XI Hockey team for winning the Merseyside County tournament.
The girls came up against strong opposition from St Edward’s College and Liverpool College but in the end managed to come out on top and claim victory.
Well done also to the Under 16 who came in second place in the Merseyside County Tournament after facing Greenbank and Cowley school.
The children in Reception had a wonderful week welcoming the beginning of the New Lunar Year of the Tiger.
We have discovered many facts about China, recreating the Great Wall in our Construction Area, and used a variety of information sources to find out how the start of each new year is celebrated. The children decided they wanted to experience some of these traditions first hand and so had opportunities to make dragon masks, race their dragon boats, explore writing their name with Chinese symbols, make lanterns, lucky money envelopes and even have a go at some Tai Chi!
Our special celebration day also saw the children trying out some ribbon dancing and tasting some exotic fruits before enjoying a bowl of noodles and a fortune cookie. What a wonderful week! Gong hei fat choy!
Dozens of girls took part in the Foundation Stones project to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Pupils decorated stones to commemorate the Jewish men, women and children killed in the Holocaust and all other victims of Nazi persecution. The project also invites participants to choose to dedicate their stone to those killed in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Building on the Jewish custom of placing a pebble on headstones when visiting a grave, Foundation Stones from across the United Kingdom will become part of the new memorial, each one a commitment to remember and learn from the past.
Further information can be found here.
Congratulations to young climbers Emily and Jacob, who have both been selected for the GB National Development Squad for 2022 in their respective age groups.
For Emily, selection to the GB National Development Squad 2022 is a culmination of four years of competitive climbing, a huge acknowledgement not only of her hard work and dedication but also her achievements to date given her success in regional and national competitions.
Jacob has only been competing over the past two years and his selection for the GB National Development Squad 2022 is a deserved recognition of his success in regional competitions along with his natural enthusiasm and ability with climbing.