Foundation 2: St George's News items
John Lewis Super Bear competition!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 2:09pm
John Lewis have launched a competition for children to design a new 'super bear.'
In honour of the NHS, they are looking for designs for superhero-themed bears - you can incorporate unique elements through colours, patterns, capes, masks – but please avoid using any recognisable icons in your designs, such as the ‘NHS’ lettering or Superman logos.
The winning teddy will be sold in John Lewis and Waitrose shops later this year, with 100% of the profits going to the NHS.
HOW TO ENTER
Share your superhero teddy bear design with John Lewis by 5pm on 8th May 2020. An adult over the age of 18 should submit a photo of the design in one of the following two ways:
Share your designs by email to: designyoursuperbear@johnlewis.co.uk
or posted through a public Instagram or Twitter account with the hashtag #DesignYourSuperBear
For more information or to download a template you can visit:
https://www.johnlewis.com/content/your-partners-through-it-all/feel-good-friday
VE Day, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:06pm
VE Day
To celebrate VE day, both year 1 and 2 have been busy creating a banner to display outside topsite. We used a stamp to print the flags and handprints to create the doves. See some images below of the children hard at work. Could you create a banner or poster to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE day on the 8th? You can find weekly activities linked to VE day on the 'this week's learning tasks' section on the relevant year group page. Happy VE day! :)
Happy St George's Day Film from Top Site, by Mrs Bowden-Pickstock
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 7:25pm
Staff team have put together a film to wish you Happy ST George's Day.
#stayingstrong
Easter Happiness Posters, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 3:48pm
Easter Happiness Posters
Today the year two children have been busy making Easter posters for the local schools, nurseries, nursing homes etc. Using computers, we copied and pasted images onto a word document and typed out the words 'Happy Easter, From St George's'. We printed these lovely messages off, stuck them onto card and then decorated our posters with Easter pictures that make us feel happy. See our posters below. We hope they make you smile! :)
Showing kindness and thanks, by Mrs Price
Date: 26th Mar 2020 @ 2:47pm
We have been thinking about ways that we can help others and show kindness. We have made cards for a local care home to show we care. Also to show we are thankful for those helping others we have made a banner to say thank you.
Can you make a card or picture to show you care?
Sweet Valentine's Day specials for lunch!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 14th Feb 2020 @ 11:32am
Our fabulous catering teams have marked Valentine's Day with some sweet treats for the children today!
The teams at both sites created heart shaped biscuits and a variety of pink and red puddings to mark the occasion.
Christmas Dinner Day Success, by Mrs Walters
Date: 12th Dec 2019 @ 2:55pm
Children across both sites enjoyed a fabulous festive feast this week for Christmas Dinner Day. Thank you to all the catering and midday staff who organised the lunch so well and all the other staff who became Santa's little helpers!
Festive Hair Day Fun, by Mrs Walters
Date: 29th Nov 2019 @ 1:21pm
Thank you to everyone who brought in donations for the Christmas fair today and joined in the fun of Festive Hair Day.
We saw some amazing creations along with some fabulous hats and hairbands!
Climate Change Protest Success, by Mrs Walters
Date: 29th Nov 2019 @ 4:21pm
Well done to all the children, staff and parents who took part in the school's Climate Change Protest March today. Everyone chanted and waved their placards to make sure Wallasey residents heard what they had to say.
ECO Council star in Wirral Road Safety Campaign, by Mrs Walters
Date: 28th Nov 2019 @ 11:10am
St George's Eco Council have appeared on the Wirral View website celebrating our commitment to encouraging people to walk to school.
https://wirralview.com/news-climate-emergency/st-george-s-join-year-long-walk-school-challenge
Wheely Breakfast Success!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 26th Nov 2019 @ 1:39pm
Thank you to everyone who joined in with our Wheely Beakfast on Friday - it was a great success!
We were very impressed with the number of families walking, scooting and riding to school and lots of parents had taken part by parking further away from school.
Maths and Art Exhibition, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 25th Nov 2019 @ 4:18pm
We held an exhibition this afternoon celebrating the link between maths and art. Early Years created houses using 2D shapes, Year 1 made bracelets using repeating patterns of beads and Year 2 used tracing paper and mirrors to create a symmetrical drawing. In Key Stage 2, the Year 3 pupils used shapes to draw a variety of forms such as people, dogs, elephants and owls. Year 4 created watercolour paintings of overlapping shapes and applied the watercolour skills they had been practising in class. Year 5 presented their nets they had made in DT and Year 6 made tesselating collages! Thank you to everyone who came to support the event! We hope you enjoy the photographs!
Anti-bullying conference , by Mrs Bowden-Pickstock
Date: 11th Nov 2019 @ 3:18pm
Today our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors attended the Wirral Anti-Bullying Conference. We had the opportunity to watch performances and videos, create anti-bullying crafts and activities and take part in a question time.
All our ambassadors were fantastic and shared great ideas.
Looking After Our Teeth, by Cassidy
Date: 7th Nov 2019 @ 7:11pm
Children from nursery to Year 3 brough home their dental hygeine kits today. Children have been learning about how to brush their teeth and have been super busy learning about how to keep their teeth healthy. F1 have been reading all about Peppa Pig's trip to the dentist. Everyone has had a new toothbrush and some toothpaste to take home and practise!
Walk to School with Living Streets, by Mrs Walters
Date: 6th Nov 2019 @ 2:02pm
Living Streets mascot Strider joined our eco council members at lower site yesterday to help promote pupils walking to school.
The children in years 1-6 attended assemblies where they learnt about the benefits of walking to school and at the end of the day the eco council in years 3 and 4 handed out leaflets explaining the dangers of air pollution outside school.
Parents reacted very positively and were happy to talk to the children and staff about the environmantal issues as well as road safety.
Harvesting Creativity , by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 17th Oct 2019 @ 7:11pm
We hope you all enjoyed our 'Harvesting Creativity' event this afternoon. It was wonderful to see children's amazing autumnal creations from EYFS to Year 6. Thank you for all of your generous donations which will support our local food bank!
The PTA also took lots of fabulous photos for their facebook page, some of which can be seen below.
Harvest Festival - F1 and f2 Vegetable Village, by Mrs Walters
Date: 11th Oct 2019 @ 2:56pm
We are hoping families across F1 and F2 will join us in making a vegetable village for our harvest festival celebrations.
We would love to see vegetable creations from our families - this may involve carving into or adding features onto fruits / vegetables - you may choose to make an individual character or a small scene, inspiration could come from your child’s favourite story character, favourite animal or insect – the list is endless. We would encourage the use of inexpensive and hardy vegetables such as potatoes / carrots etc.
We are hoping you will enjoy participating in this creative play with your child and we are very excited to see your imaginative creations!
We ask that all creations are brought into school on Wednesday 16th October so that they can be displayed at upper site for the event on the 17th. Please do not send in items before this day as they cannot be stored.
Year 2 celebrate World Mental Health Day , by Miss Stewart
Date: 10th Oct 2019 @ 2:55pm
The children in Year 2 loved raising money for World Mental Health Day by wearing something yellow and taking photos in our photo booth! The children have benefited from using Zumos throughout the week and will be bringing home their passwords today. We hope they will continue to enjoy the activities at home.
Thank you for your donations!
Tour of Britain 2019, by Mrs Walters
Date: 6th Sep 2019 @ 4:39pm
The Tour of Britain will be travelling through New Brighton and Wallasey next week. For more information about how it will affect St George's please see the attached letter.
Year 2 Seaside Art Gallery, by Mrs Price
Date: 12th Jul 2019 @ 2:33pm
Year 2 have created a wonderful art gallery of all their seaside art work. They have painted with watercolour, created felt work art, created clay fish, sewn felt fish and used tie dye.
Year 6 visit Foundation Stage, by Mrs Taylor
Date: 9th Jul 2019 @ 2:08pm
Year 6 had a fantastic day in Foundation Stage. They planned and delivered their own art activities, performed some songs and read to the children. All pupils thoroughly enjoyed the morning and lots of the children commented that they had new best friends.
Year 2 USAIGC hero, by Mrs Price
Date: 9th Jul 2019 @ 9:23am
Year 2 USAIGC hero.
The USA International Gymnastics Competition was held in Nashville and St George’s have been fortunate to have some past and present pupils taking part, Madison- Mai from year 2 was competing. It was a fabulous experience for her meeting people from many countries and competing against some of the best gymnasts in the world. She returned with gold for her floor routine, two silvers for tumbling and bar, 5th overall for the categories, 10th for floor routine in her next level up. Well done we are so proud of you!
Summer Fair fun!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 6th Jul 2019 @ 5:27pm
Thank you to everyone who supported the summer fair today. We had a brilliant time and the sun shone in the end!
St George’s make history at Vale Park, by Mrs Walters
Date: 5th Jun 2019 @ 12:01pm
Children at St George’s made history today when they took part in a very special time capsule burial.
The time capsule, which included pieces of work and photographs from four Wallasey schools, was buried in the memorial garden (formerly the rose garden) in Vale Park, New Brighton.
Members of St George’s eco council in year 6 joined pupils from Greenleas, SS Peter and Paul’s and New Brighton Primaries for the event on Wednesday.
The capsule will be dug up in 50 years time and we hope some of our children will be there to see it opened!
Half term support across Wallasey, by Mrs Walters
Date: 23rd May 2019 @ 10:45am
Brunch Time and Feeding Birkenhead will be running breakfast and lunch clubs arcoss Wirral during half term with activities, hot meals and taeaway lunch packs.
For more details please see the attached flyers.