Year 1: News items
Children In Need sponsored Bearpee challenge, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 9:47pm
The sponsored Bearpee challenge for Children in Need came to an end this afternoon. It has been lovely to see the team spirit and determination the children have displayed this week. The children have all worked together to achieve our individual class targets of 1,000 Bearpees. Not only did each class manage to achieve their target of 1,000, we managed to smash our whole school target of 7,000 by completing more than double the amount needed.
Our final whole school total was a massive 15,492.
Our individual class totals were as follows:-
Reception 1,080
Year 1 - 1,295
Year 2 - 1,410
Year 3 - 2,419
Year 4 - 4,760
Year 5 - 3,478
Year 6 - 1,050
Well done to all the children for joining in and rising to the sponsored Bearpee challenge. It has been great to see Bearpees happening all around school this week.
Thank you for the sponsor money that has been sent in so far. I look forward to sharing with you the amount of money we have raised, when we get our total next week.
What a lovely way to finish of Anti-bullying Week by celebrating our acts of kindness to help children who are in need!
Well done again children.
Recommended Author Reading Challenge, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 12th Mar 2023 @ 10:13am
Recommended Author
Reading and Writing Challenge
for Spring Term 2
Read a book written by Nathan Bryon and use the story as inspiration for an action.
- Create a poster, leaflet or piece of writing to show what your idea is for how we can do something to make the world a better place for everyone to live in.
- Create a poster, leaflet or piece of writing to show how you are going to be inspired by the beautiful world around you every day.
- Create a poster, leaflet or piece of writing to show what your ten simple rules would be for helping others to think big and promote positive health and emotional well-being.
Closing Date: Wednesday 19th April
Prizes for top 3 entries from KS1 and KS2
Reading Merit awarded for every entry
Infant Christmas Party, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:09am
Christmas Pantomime, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:06am
The children really enjoyed watching our Christmas pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk performed by the company Divergent Drama.
Leading Worship, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 1:53pm
The children did a great job saying their lines and recording a worship on Children in Need for the whole school to watch.
LTT Poetry Festival, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 29th Oct 2022 @ 10:05pm
We have enjoyed taking part in our Trust Poetry Festival this week along with the other schools in the Learning Together Trust. During the week, we enjoyed hearing a range of poems from a variety of authors such as Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne, On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan and Walking with My Iguana by Brian Moses. At the start of the week we watched author Paul Cookson perform some of his poetry in an online video. We then took part in a workshop, led by Paul Cookson, to generate ideas and create our own poem about brothers and sisters following his style of poetry. To finish the week, we looked at the poem The Word Bird by Sally Crabtree and followed her suggestions to make our own word birds, which we filled with some of our favourite words. We then followed another of Sally Crabtree's ideas and made a number of our favourite words out of bird seed to create a simple word poem that could be danced through the sky by the birds. On Friday, it was lovely to join the other schools from the Learning Together Trust via Zoom! to perform our class poems that we had been learning through the week. We performed Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne because it links to our topic of Childhood and one brave member of our class individually performed On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan, after she had learned it by herself at home. We had a great time during poetry week.
Black History Month, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 29th Oct 2022 @ 6:53pm
To celebrate Black History Month, we have been learning about Wangari Maathai and why she is such an important person in history. We enjoyed hearing about her life and her work in worship led by the diocese and in a variety of stories. We completed book reviews to let other people know what the stories were about and how Wangari worked hard to bring the green back to Kenya. Wangari overcame any adversity she faced to encourage people to plant millions of trees and was the first black woman to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to the world. We will continue to use Wangari Maathai as inspiration for how we can all look after God's world as we move into our next RE topic of Creation.
A trip to Whitefield Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 18th Oct 2022 @ 6:29am
The children had a lovely time visiting Whitefield Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester today. We learned lots about how Jewish people worship inside a synagogue and some of the special featres of the synagogue and why they are important. We then learned a little more about the Jewish festival of Sukkot. We were able to handle some of the special artefacts used during the festival such as the lulav and etrog before spending some time inside the synagogue's Sukkah.
Book club, by Mrs Crosier
Date: 10th Oct 2022 @ 7:55pm
We have enjoyed a character workshop during Book Club today. We all chose our favourite book characters and described them using a selection of exciting adjectives.
Some of us volunteered to share the reasons why we chose them as our favourite characters.
Can you guess which books these characters are from ?
TriKidz came to school 7.10.22, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 9th Oct 2022 @ 11:40am
The children had a wonderful time taking part in the TriKidz activities this morning. Not even the weather could dampen their enjoyment as they took part in swimming, cycling and running training. It was fabulous to see them having so much fun being physically active in the fresh air.
New Roles in Year 1, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 27th Sep 2022 @ 5:11pm
The children have been voting for their new School Councillors, Eco Committee members and Literacy Ambassadors. Here are the results.
A gift from Jen Carney, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 28th Sep 2022 @ 4:40am
Our Patron of Reading Jen Carney brought each class a new book as a gift. Our new Literacy Ambassadors for each class were able to thank Jen in person, on behalf of their class, when she came in to meet the new team.
Patron of Reading, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 10th Sep 2022 @ 5:35am
Jen Carney is an author who lives locally and has agreed to be our school's Patron of Reading this year to develop reading for pleasure in school. She introduced herself to the children this morning and visited each class to give them a present of a new book.
Welcome to Year 1, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 10th Sep 2022 @ 5:30am
The children have made a great start to Year 1 this week and are getting used to all our new routines in class.
Some key information for parents.
This term Year 1 will have PE on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
The children's reading books will be changed twice a week on a Monday and a Thursday. Please sign in your child's reading diary each time they read their book at home and ensure they have their book in school on these days. We recommend reading each book they bring home 3 times to help them develop accuracy, fluency and understanding.
Spellings will be sent on each Friday for the children to learn through the week. They will have a spelling test the following Friday.
Each Friday homework tasks will be set for the children to complete online using Purple Mash. Their individual login is stuck inside their reading diary.
The children will also have the book they are reading in school assigned to them as an ebook that they can read to you at home to consolidate the work they are doing in school. This will be available via the Oxford Owl website and their individual login is stuck inside their reading diary.
Over the term the children can complete as many of their 'Pick and Mix' homework activities as they would like to which we display and share in school in our homework gallery.
Myself, Mrs Sanderson or Mrs Farnworth are available each day at the start and end of school should you ever need to speak to us about your child.
We are going to have an exciting year full of fun learning and activities.
Mrs Chidgey
Learning Together Trust Poetry Festival, by Mrs Burger
Date: 4th Sep 2022 @ 8:24pm
During the week beginning 17th October 2022, we will be having a poetry festival involving all schools in our Trust family. This will be a celebration of our ‘Off By Heart,’ Summer Poetry Challenge. The children can learn one poem from a choice of 5. They need to perform it and the poetry choices reflect this.
This is a link to a video by Michael Rosen with some top tips for performing poems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV23xoZRkI
Readathon, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 1:55pm
Our reading challenge for the summer term is a sponsored Readathon to raise money for the charity Read for Good. Read for Good provides a regular supply of brand-new books along with storyteller visits to brighten up the days of children in all of the UK’s main children’s hospitals.
The children have been asked to collect sponsors using the sponsor form they brought home on Friday. Friends and family can sponsor children per book or per minute of reading. Within school, we will be awarding Page Turner Prizes from a choice of brand-new books for the children who raise the most sponsorship money. School will also receive free book vouchers worth 20% of their sponsorship total to buy new books for our class libraries. More information about Read for Good Readathon events can be found at www.readforgood.org. We hope you enjoy taking part in this reading challenge and ask that all sponsor money is brought into school by Monday 18th of July.
Let's get reading!
Easter Story, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 16th Apr 2022 @ 2:00pm
7.4.22
We went back to church this afternoon to share the Easter story with the rest of the school. Each class shared their particular part of the story that they learned about with Fr Graeme on Tuesday. Year 1 did a great job either acting parts of the story out or reading the story to the rest of the school.
World Book Day Shared Read, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 10th Mar 2022 @ 8:47pm
3.3.22
World Book Day
It was lovely to welcome some of our parents and carers into the classroom to share some of the children’s favourite stories from our class library with the children.
Ash Wednesday, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 9th Mar 2022 @ 9:55pm
2.3.22
It was lovely to be part of the Ash Wednesday service in church this morning. It was nice to meet Father Graeme and take part in worship alongside other members of the church community.
Science Week, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 9th Mar 2022 @ 9:50pm
1.3.22
This week we have been celebrating Science Week in school. As part of our work looking at seasonal changes we have been thinking about questions about the weather that we could investigate in school. The children generated lots of questions that we could explore. We decided as a class that we would investigate whether it rains more when it is cold and windy. Once we planned our investigation we set up our measuring equipment outside. We are using a wind sock to measure the wind speed according to the Beaufort Scale, a rain gauge to measure how many millimetres of rain falls and a thermometer so we can record temperature in Cecius. We will take readings from our equipment each day at 2pm and see what we can conclude from our results.
World Book Day, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 20th Feb 2022 @ 9:11pm
To celebrate World Book Day this year, we are going to do a number of different activities. These activities will include dressing up as an adventurous adjective, taking part in a live Zoom! session with a famous author and inviting parents and carers to come into classrooms to share a story with the children before lessons start at 9 o clock. Please find attached the letter with all the full details for the day. If you have any questions about any of the activities, please feel free to ask a member of staff.
Mental Health Week, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 13th Feb 2022 @ 10:13pm
11.2.22
The children all looked amazing wearing their clothes and colours that make them feel happy to celebrate Mental Health Week in school.
Writing Challenge, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 5th Feb 2022 @ 11:45am
4.2.22
Writing competition
We have decided to offer children the chance to take part in a national writing competition launched by READ Foundation. The children can write a non-fiction piece about a time they went on an adventure with a friend or a story about a character who meets and becomes friends with a magical creature. I have attached the letter with all the information you need to enter.
Reading Challenge, by Mrs Chidgey
Date: 23rd Jan 2022 @ 9:34pm
We have launched a new reading challenge for this half term. I hope yo have lots of fun completing all the challenges over the next 6 weeks. Don't forget to bring your completed challenge sheet into school to receive your Reading Callenge Champion certificate.