Our St George's News items
Year 4 Christmas Performance, by Mrs Palmi
Date: 13th Dec 2021 @ 1:14pm
We really enjoyed performing our Christmas story today at St Hilary's church.
The children used their oracy skills brilliantly and their singing was beautiful. It was a fabulous performance!
Thank you for all your support.
4E, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 10th Dec 2021 @ 3:43pm
4E have been stepping back in time to Ancient Greece and exploring the many gods they worshipped. Each group created a presentation about a god of their choice to present to the class.
A day full of festivities in Years 3 and 4, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 10th Dec 2021 @ 2:56pm
Years 3 and 4 had a wonderful time visiting the Explorer Dome at top site this week. They were immersed in stories of winter festivals from around the world. This afternoon, they also took part in a Santa Dash! Here are a few photographs of the events.
6B Festive Fun, by Miss Lewis
Date: 10th Dec 2021 @ 2:00pm
Over the past two days, 6B have had a lot of fun taking part in festive activities.
On Thursday, we completed our Santa Dash (and had a long rest after).
Today, we had the pleasure of visiting the Winter Dome. We listened to stories about the seasons and different celebrations all over the world.
We travelled to Israel and learnt about the winter celebration of Hanukkah and why people use a menorah.
We then took a trip to India, learning about the origins of Diwali and how candles were used to light the way home for Prince Rama and Sita.
After putting on our winter coats we took a trip to Norway to learn about the Winter Solstice Yule.
We learnt so much about light and seasons. It was fascinating to find out about astronomers and supernovas.
Dome visit, by Miss Hughes
Date: 10th Dec 2021 @ 1:07pm
Through a deep dark tunnel, Year 4 found themselves in a dome filled with light and stories to warm up our winter.
We were so lucky to listen to stories about the seasons and different celebrations all over the world.
We travelled to Israel and learnt about the winter celebration of Hanukkah and why people use a menorah.
We then took a trip to India, learning about the origins of Diwali and how candles were used to light the way home for Prince Rama and Sita.
After putting on our winter coats we took a trip to Norway to learn about the Winter Solstice Yule.
We learnt so much about light and seasons. It was fascinating to find out about astronomers and supernovas.
Thank you to Ellie, Ben and Josh
Year 2 Snow Queen Panto Visit, by Mrs Malloy
Date: 8th Dec 2021 @ 5:10pm
Year 2 had a lovely time watching the performance of 'The Snow Queen' in school today. We sang songs, laughed, cheered and joined in with the story...oh yes we did!
4A and 4D visit to the dome., by Mrs Palmi
Date: 8th Dec 2021 @ 5:07pm
We had a wonderful visit in the Explorer Dome today on top site. We were amazed by the cinema-size images, the dry ice clouds, the 4.5 million-year-old meteorite we got to hold and when the dome transformed into a planetarium.
Wow!
Kind-hearted Charlotte's fund-raising success, by Mrs Walters
Date: 8th Dec 2021 @ 1:18pm
Year 2 Winter Dome Experience, by Mrs Malloy
Date: 8th Dec 2021 @ 11:56am
On Monday, Year 2 took part in our whole-school Winter Dome experience at topsite in the sports hall. Here we learnt about some of the different winter festivals celebrated around the world including Hanukkah, Diwali, Yule and our Christmas story today. We were treated to a seasons light show, a star constellations presentation, science experiments with dry ice and we even got to hold a real meteor from outer space! We throughly enjoyed being immersed in the wonder of winter.
The Snow Queen performance in Y1, by Ms C Jones
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 4:29pm
Year One thoroughly enjoyed 'The Snow Queen' performance today. A big thank you to all of the actors for a fantastic show! .JPG)
Winter Dome Comes to St George's, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 8:42am
Children across school have been visiting the Winter Dome at top site. Winter Dome is set up for a magical experience of the night sky and the major religious festivals around the world. Childre have loved the light show and the story telling experience. Thank you to Mrs Malloy for orgainising this.
Show details are:
Foundation Stage - ages 3-4
Crawl into our dome lit with festive lights to discover the magic of the winter seasons and how different people from around the world light up the dark times in December.
Key Stage One - ages 5-7
Immersive yourself in the sights and sounds of winter, alongside a story-telling introduction to mid-winter festivals from around the world - including Diwali, Hanukkah, Yule and the christian Christmas story. What was the mysterious ‘Christmas star’? You may even spot Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer in the winter stars!
Key Stage Two - ages 7-11
Explore the science behind the seasons and discover more about mid-winter festivals from around the world, including Diwali, Hanukkah, Yule and christian Christmas traditions in the UK. What was the enigmatic ‘Christmas star’? Build a comet inside the Dome and discover what else is visible in the night sky over winter.
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Festive Hair Day Winners, by Mrs Walters
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 3:17pm
Congratulations to our Festive Hair Day winners! Everyone looked amazing and it was so hard to choose one winner from each year group!
The final decisions were:
F1 Esme
F2 Brody
Year 1 Kendall
Year 2 Anya
Year 3 Ava
Year 4 Daisy
Year 5 Ava
Year 6 Anabelle
Festive Hair Day at St George's, by Mrs Walters
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 10:21am
Staff and pupils really got into the festive spirit today with some amazing hair designs on display!
Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun and brought in a £1 donation for the PTA.
The winners will be announced later today...
Pupil Power Reaches Wirral Council, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 8:05am
Councillor Ian Lewis visited St George's today to meet Isaac Jones form Year 6 and Mr Cassidy to discuss the council's response to Isaac’s online road safety questionnaire. Isaac’s questionnaire gathered 577 responses. As reported in our newsletter the over whelming majority were supportive of the need to improve road safety on Claremont Road. After the meeting Councillor Lewis visited Claremount Road. The petition is being discussed at council meeting on the 6th of December with planning meetings scheduled with Wirral Road Safety team for January 2022.
We hope to have some positive news in the New Year. Well done to Isaac for leading such a clear and strong campaign.
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Year 4 - Experience Christmas at St Hilary's Church, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 3:55pm
Year 4 had a wonderful time visiting St Hilary's Church to take part in Experience Christmas. They learnt all about the Christmas story which was told by volunteers from the church. Here are lots of photographs!
Year 4 Coding, by Miss Berry
Date: 29th Nov 2021 @ 1:53pm
Year 4 have displayed their coding skills today by using the Scratch programme to animate their names and create an underwater game!
They used loops to enable their sprites to appear and disappear, change colour, rotate and move around their background. They were also able to add sound effects to make an interactive 'Whack-a-Mole' style game.
We look forward to seeing what they are able to create next!
Year 2 Christingle Choir, by Mrs Malloy
Date: 28th Nov 2021 @ 11:06pm
Our Year 2 Choir have worked extremely hard over the past 6 weeks learning 4 Christmas songs and today they got their chance to shine on stage at the St. Hilary's Christingle service. It was wonderful to see so many of our St. George's families coming together and celebrating the beginning of advent whilst watching their children performing so brilliantly. Christmas has officially started!
No Pen Day - Year 1 and 2, by Mrs Horton
Date: 25th Nov 2021 @ 2:08pm
On Wednesday we took part in 'No Pen Day Wednesday'. We used this day to launch the Oracy project that we are taking part in with Voice21 and 14 other Wirral Schools. We started the day with an assembly with Mrs Horton. We played 'Which Emotion?' In this game you have to change the tone of your voice, and use gestures, to demonstrate the emotion that you are feeling when you say a sentence out loud. This helps us to see the importance of our body language and expression when we are speaking.
In our classes, we took part in lots of oracy activities. Even though we did not write anything all day, we still learnt lots. Year 1 used debating skills to discuss whether old toys or new toys were the best. They also used the VR sets and were able to use their oracy skills to describe the old toys that they could see. In year 2 they used green screen to create a film about climate change. They used excellent oracy skills to speak clearly using expression and hand gestures. These films have gone off to be edited but will be showing soon on SeeSaw.
No Pens Wednesday Class 4B, by Mrs Saunders
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 5:23pm
Today has been full of fabulous learning tasks but we have not written a single word in any of our books!
We started by sharing and discussing our AR books then we had to tell somebody else about that book. We had a great ' walk and talk' too.
After that, we created a Conscience Alley to tell Leo, the main character from our class shared text what he should do. Does he follow the family motto to protect all mythical creatures? Does he follow his dream to be a hero by following his quest from the goddess Athena?
We also explored electrical appliances and sorted them into groups. Played maths games and sang songs for our up coming performance. Great work 4B. Well done!
4A No Pen Day, by Mrs Palmi
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 5:18pm
We had a fantastic day today using our oracy skills!
Take a look at our pictures below.
We started the day by investigating conductors and insulators in an electrical circuit. We used the Cognitive strand of the oracy framework to reason ideas and summarise our findings. It was very exciting when we used the energy stick to show that a circuit needs to be complete.
After break we had fun playing times table games. We thought about how we used the Social and Emotional strand of the oracy framework to help us to be a good listener and take turns.
In the afternoon we focussed on the Physical strand to act out a scene from our English text and perform it to the class.
What a fun day!
No Pen Wednesday, by Miss Berry
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 4:59pm
Today was 'No Pen Wednesday' at St George's where the children participated in lessons with a focus on oracy, and absolutely no writing!
The children worked in groups to act out scenes from the mythical book we are reading in literacy, presented book reviews, competed in TTRockstars and Spelling Shed battles and explored circuits in science all using just their oracy skills.
Well done Year 4!
Year 6, by Mr Knowles
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 10:10am
Last Friday, Year 6 were surprised by a Tranmere Rovers player, Jay Spearing, and the Tranmere in the Community team to help celebrate some of the football team's achievements in winning the Tranmere part of the EFL kids cup.
The children were presented with their trophy and got to ask Jay some questions. Our very own Mr Nathan couldn't resist getting a picture too!
Thankyou to Jay and the team for coming in to surprise us!
Here is a link to the story on Tranmere's website :
https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2021/november/tranmere-rovers-midfielder-jay-spearing-surprises-pupils-of-st-georges-primary-school/
A Taste of Greece, by Miss Berry
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 10:42am
For their D.T project this term Year 4 will be designing a healthy Greek dish and what better way to learn about Greek food than to try it.
The children sampled pitta bread, olives, hummus, tzatziki and feta cheese and as you can see there were some very mixed reviews!
We were so impressed with the children's eagerness to try unfamiliar food and there also were lots of new favourites for them!
Yiamas!
Year 4's Wonderful Scientific Models, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 17th Nov 2021 @ 7:13pm
Over the holiday, we set all of Year 4 a challenge to create a scientific model related to the topic of human nutrition, and to take their learning further. We asked them to be as creative as they could be, and I am sure you will agree that they rose to the challenge!
Please check out their wonderful models to learn more about the digestive system and teeth :)
