Our St George's News items
Inspired by top Innovators!, by Mrs Parker
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 6:59pm
Year 5 and 6 have had a great week of science and design-technology for British Science Week this week. The theme for this year was, "Innovation for the Future," and we were lucky enough to have not one, but three, top speakers join us remotely.
On Tuesday, Mr Julian Parker, director of Tayhope Enterprises Ltd and Titan Electricity Ltd joined us to talk about innovation. He explained that innovation is just a good idea that builds on what has come previously. The children were inspired to come up with their own inventions that were really impressive.
On Wednesday, Dr Neale Davies, an innovation champion at Clean Growth - a UK university consortium helping move innovative green technologies into commercialisation - talked about how "Teamwork makes the Dreamwork," using Marvel's "The Avengers" as an analogy. The children then had to come up with a list of people who could help them make their ideas reality.
Finally, today, Mr David Brayne, from Innovate Edge - part of the government's innovation support unit - explained how the jobs of the future will change and that we don't even know what those jobs will be yet. He explained how important critical thinking, the ability to adapt and change and being able to get your ideas across are.
Year 6 Evacuation Day!, by Miss M Jones
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 7:07pm
Year 6 children were evacuated to Chirk on Wednesday following the outbreak of WW2. The children endured a long train journey in the pouring rain, but eventually arrived at their new school. Each child was given a label upon arrival and were introduced to their new teacher. They made carrot cookies, sock puppets, gas mask boxes, and even enjoyed some singing! Luckily, each child secured a new home safe in the countryside.
British Science Week Year 5 and 6, by Miss Hughes
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 7:07pm
Throughout the week, the children in Year 5 and 6 have thoroughly enjoyed participating in British Science Week 2021. The theme this year is 'Innovating for the Future' and the children have been getting creative making their own Rube Goldberg machines.
After getting a little creative motivation from the fabulous music video from OK Go, we constructed and programmed our very own Lego WeDo models to help start our mechanisms. We then got hands on in the Science lab and designed our own chain-reaction machines to help perform a simple task.
If the little scientist in you is curious, here is the link to our inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
We had some setbacks….as well as some near misses with the dominos, but we overcame failure and showed true resilience. We went back to the drawing board and redesigned our chains so that they worked.
We were also lucky enough to have 3 guest speakers throughout the week. They spoke to us about innovation being all around us, how teamwork is crucial for innovation to succeed and STEM careers in the future.
Well done to all the children who took part in Science week, your enthusiasm and original creations were a joy to see!
Year 1 & 2 Science Week, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 2:43pm
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Throughout the week, the children in Year 1 and 2 have thoroughly enjoyed participating in British Science Week 2021. The theme this year is 'Innovating for the Future' and the children have been being innovative and showing their understanding. Innovation is a part of people, materials, animals, nature or anything else in our everyday lives. Innovation is all around us.
We have been investigating and looking at fruit, going on a bug hunt and looking closely at the features of bugs using a microscope, created our own robo-bugs inspired by our bug hunt and the innovativity of robots that are created these days and also researched famous scientists/innovators, writing interesting information about them.
This weekend, we have an exciting poster competition for your child to compete in, continuing our exciting Science themed week. Please login to your child's Seesaw account to see this task and how your child can participate. There will be a prize for the winner in year 1 and the winner in year 2.
Well done to all of the children for participating incredibly well in their first week back together! :)
West Kirby Grammar School's Maths Trophy Winners, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 10th Mar 2021 @ 3:17pm
Huge well done to Isla in Year 5 and Sam in Year 6 for winning West Kirby Grammar School's Maths Competition. They were the overall winners for October, November. The competition is sent monthly to all primary schools in Wirral, Cheshire and North Wales. It is remarkable that St George's has won 3 out of the first 5 prizes.
Well done Sam and Isla, we are very proud of you!
Steve Antony visits F2, Y1 and Y2, by Mrs Horton
Date: 9th Mar 2021 @ 4:04pm
Today we had a visit from Steve Antony who is a fabulous childrens author. Steve was able to Zoom into our classes and read us some of his stories and he gave some classes a lesson on how to create some simple drawings. It was interesting to hear how his ideas for stories often come from his drawings. If anyone would like to buy a signed copy of one of Steve's books they can do so through the following website: https://www.beyond-books.co.uk/collections/steve-antony
If you do order a book from Beyond Books please complete the following form to get your book signed https://forms.gle/No97wXQJQphgaP4GA
A great first day back in 4C!, by Miss Lewis
Date: 8th Mar 2021 @ 5:11pm
We have had a wonderful first day back in 4C! The children have been absolute superstars! Here are some pictures of a fantastic first day...
World Book Day Thursday 4th March 2021 - Year 2, by Mrs Horton
Date: 5th Mar 2021 @ 3:16pm
A big well done to everyone who took part in our World Book Day Competition.
Your models from vegetables have been amazing! They have really brought a smile to our faces and it is going to be so hard to judge the winners!
We have also enjoyed the scenes/story sets from your favourite books. It is clear that such a lot of work has gone into them. We are impressed by your creativity in Year 2.
Winners will be announced in assembly next week.
World Book Day Thursday 4th March 2021 - Year 1, by Mrs Jones
Date: 5th Mar 2021 @ 12:11pm
A Big well done to everyone who took part in our World Book Day Competition.
Your models from vegetables have been amazing! They have really brought a smile to our faces and it is going to be so hard to judge the winners!
We have also enjoyed the scenes/story sets from your favourite books. It is clear that such a lot of work has gone into them. We are impressed by your creativity in Year 1.
Winners will be announced in assembly next week.
Masked Reader - Big Reveal, by Mrs Horton
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 9:10pm
We have had some fun in school, and at home, this week trying to guess who the masked readers are. We have also been delighted to see that our children have been creating their own videos and sending them into school. Some of them are just brilliant; the creativity of our pupils never ceases to amaze us!
You can still listen to all of our masked readers on the World Book Day page:
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/world-book-day-2021/98579
Did you guess our masked readers correctly?
World Book Day Visitor - Freckles, by Mrs Horton
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 2:59pm
The children in Foundation 2 and Year 1 had a lovely vsiit from Freckles today. She read us a story to celebrate World Book day. It was great to see Freckles as many of the children recognise her from childrens parties.
Thank you Freckles for this lovely surprise.
World Book Day Themed Lunch, by Mrs Walters
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 1:44pm
Our catering teams used their imagination today to mark World Book Day, from the 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' themed lunch to Harry Potter inspired decorations and lunch served by one of the 101 dalmations at upper site!
We hope everyone enjoyed their special lunch today. We have lots more planned includong a week of themed lunches to mark St George's Day.
Upper Site Do Jerusalema Dance Craze, by Mr Smith
Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 7:01pm
Massive well done to all our children for their fantastic moves. (This is our short version)
Happy Half-Term
WW2 News Report Videos Created by Year Six #GreenScreen, by Miss Pickering
Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 11:41am
Tangled Web workshop with Dan - Drama activities! Internet Safety Week!, by Miss Pickering
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 2:38pm
Chinese New Year at St George's, by Mrs Walters
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 2:26pm
Children and staff celebrated Chinese New Year today with a special menu organised by our catering team.
The lunch included spring rolls, Chinese chicken and spicy noodles and proved popular with everyone at both sites!
Jerusalema Dance Comes to St George's, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 7:40am
Well done to the staff and children at top iste Dragon Club. People across the worrld have adopted the upbeat tune and socially distanced dance steps of Jerusalema. Cheered everybody up!
You can find out more at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unVoLZClhqw
Well done everybody!
Year 6 programming and coding workshop with Hi Impact!, by Miss Pickering
Date: 10th Feb 2021 @ 1:21pm
Today the Year 6's in school have been creating their own games based on World War 2, using their coding and programming skills on SCRATCH! Huge thank you to Hi Impact for leading on the workshops in school!
Safer Internet Day 2021, by Mrs Price
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 2:03pm
Safer Internet Day is Tuesday 9th February.
During the week all children will be taking part in Safer Internet lessons and assemblies.
At a time where children are spending more time online duirng this is more important than ever.
There are competitions running through the week on the children's learning platforms to encourage the children to get involved.
Children's Mental Health Week 2021, by Mrs Roberts
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 1:53pm
We have been extremely impressed with the work from our home learners once again this week. As part of children's mental heath week, we set them a challenge to express themselves. As you can see, we have some real budding artists! Well done everybody!
South American Adventure Winners, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 12:55pm
Well done to Olivia and Tilly in year 6 who won £15 Amazon vouchers for their amazing submissions in Mr Cassidy’s South American Adventure competition. Children planned an amazing expedition for Mr Cassidy. He was very pleased that they sent him first class. He was amazed at their geographical knowledge and planning. Well done to everybody who took part. Issued 3 runner up prizes.
Their challenge is attached.
Year 3's Daisy - Running Superhero!!, by Miss Cummings
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 4:12pm
Year 3 student Daisy has shown brilliant resilience, determination and kindness over the past couple of weeks. As well as completing all of her school work at home, Daisy has been working super hard to raise money for charity. She has been running to raise money for the charity War Child. So far Daisy has ran a huge 19 miles!!!!
Well done Daisy! We are all so proud of you and are supporting you every step of the way! You are an absolute super star!
If you would like to support Daisy and help her raise money for charity, you can follow the link here to donate: https://peaceband.warchild.org.uk/fundraising/daisys-run-for-war-child
G'day mate! St George's celebrates Australia Day!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 12:15pm
Staff and children at lower site enjoyed lunch Down Under today as we marked Australia Day with a special meal.
Although the day itself is on 26th January the catering team took the opportunity to decorate the Dragon Diner with balloons and some familiar furry friends to keep an eye on the event.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed lunch which included roast lamb and a delicious caramel shortbread.
Y3/4 Virtual Author Visit with Josh Lacey, by Miss Cummings
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 12:04pm
Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful afternoon yesterday. All of the children at home and in school were lucky enough to have the opportunity of a virtual visit with author Josh Lacey! Josh is the author of many popular children’s books. He introduced the children to one of his new books and he even answered some of their questions. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about his books and learning about the process of becoming an author.
If you would like to purchase any of his books please follow the link here: https://www.beyond-books.co.uk/collections/josh-lacey
Here you can watch Miss Lewis reading one of Josh Lacey’s books – The Dragonsitter:
https://www.loom.com/share/d33793fafee945699cb3c0fee64895cb
There are some other links here if you want to find out more about Josh Lacey:
http://joshlacey.com/index.php/the-dragonsitter/
https://wordsforlife.org.uk/virtual-school-library/say-no-to-plastic-with-josh-lacey/
Y6's WW2 Amazing Homework, by Mrs Roberts
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 1:51pm
Over Christmas, we challenged Y6 to complete some homework in preparation for their World War II topic. Here is an outstanding example of some of the work produced. What an amazing effort! We are looking forward to seeing all the other entries too.
