Our St George's News items
Year 5 and 6 celebrate #HelloYellow, by Mrs Bowden-Pickstock
Date: 9th Oct 2020 @ 2:26pm
Today, across top site, we have been taking part in #HelloYellow in honour of World Mental Health Day tomorrow. We have discussed different strategies we can use to support and maintain positive mental health and shared ideas across our classes.
Take a look at our photos and fantastic yellow outfits!
2D #HelloYellow, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 9th Oct 2020 @ 3:38pm
Today we all wore something yellow to recognise and raise awareness of World Mental Health Day.
We discussed what mental health is, and how we can help to look after our own mental health, and support our friends with their mental health. We have also been exploring how we can use Zumos to help us share our worries, celebrate what makes us happy and how to use breathing skills to keep us calm.
We hope you like our #HelloYellow photos!
2C #helloyellow, by Mrs Price
Date: 12th Oct 2020 @ 10:47pm
On Friday we all wore something yellow to recognise and raise awareness of World Mental Health Day.
We discussed what mental health is, and how we can help to look after our own mental health, and support our friends with their mental health. We have also been exploring how we can use Zumos to help us share our worries, celebrate what makes us happy and how to use breathing skills to keep us calm.
We hope you like our #HelloYellow photos!
Dragon Club Opening & Closing Times, by Mr Smith
Date: 2nd Oct 2020 @ 8:51pm
Hello 
We would like to inform you of changes to our opening and closing times across all our pods. Breakfast Club will now start at 7:30am for all year groups and close at 5:40pm across them all also. This will be in effect from Monday 5th October.
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Holiday Club Notice
Can we just note that you no longer need to book holiday club in blocks and you can book separate days when required. Holiday Club bookings are still open and will close 9AM on Sunday 25th October.
Have a lovely weekend, Stay safe.
DC 
St George's pupils hit the headlines with spitfire mural, by Mrs Walters
Date: 1st Oct 2020 @ 8:23am
Two of our pupils have been photographed in the Liverpool Echo with the fabulous spitfire mural, which has been painted on the RAFA Club wall opposite lower site.
The photograph and article, which features year 3 pupils Billy and Toby, appeared in the Echo this week.
To view the online article click on the link below:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/spitfire-mural-a-welcome-splash-19024621
Year 3 Homework, by Miss Mulheirn
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 10:06am
Dear Parents/Carers,
We wanted to clarify a few things regarding the new homework system. All homework tasks will be set on Google Classroom. This enables children, parents and teachers to share comments about the tasks. We are aiming to minimise movement of belongings between home and school as much as possible. Therefore, both the spelling and maths books will stay at home. We will ask for these to be brought in once every half term and we will communicate this nearer the time.
We would like children to complete:
Maths - An activity from their maths homework book will be set weekly. The activity will be put on Google Classroom and ideas of how to extend and support will be on there too. Children can use their maths homework jotters to record, and we ask parents to initial and date the task once completed. There is also space at the back of the booklet for weekly comments. TTRockstars is available for the children to use at their leisure.
Reading - The children will bring home a reading book on a Friday and need to return it again on a Monday along with their yellow reading log. They record in their reading log what they have read - they do not need to log on to Accelerated Reader at home.
Spelling - The weekly spellings will be set on Spelling Shed. The children can practise their spellings on Spelling Shed, as well as choosing one activity from the spelling menu to complete in their orange books.
Any other apps or websites the children have access at school can be used as often as they choose.
We have sent step-by-step guides on how to use Google Classroom and Spelling Shed via email. The guide is also attached as a document at the bottom of this post. Please do let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you for your continued support,
The Year 3 Team
Well done to fantastic fundraiser Thomas!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 23rd Sep 2020 @ 10:08am
Congratulations to our year 5 pupil Thomas who has raised an amazing £735 for the Little Princess Trust!
Thomas had been growing his hair for three years so he could donate it to the charity, which makes wigs for children with cancer.
His family and everyone at St George's is very proud of him! If you would like to donate you can still visit the Just Giving page at:
Year 4 Homework Expectations, by Miss Lewis
Date: 21st Sep 2020 @ 4:21pm
Year 4 Homework Expectations
Reading
Each Friday your child will bring their AR reading books and reading logs home. We would like them to bring these back on the Monday. Please encourage your child to read twice over the weekend.
Spelling
In Year 4 we will be setting your child’s homework on Spelling Shed. This will be available under ‘Assignments’. We have also sent home a spelling book for any spellings your child would like to do further work on. These assignments will be set each Friday and available until the Wednesday of the following week.
To log on to Spelling Shed you can either use the QR code on your child’s password sheet or follow this link:
Maths
In maths we have sent home ‘Maths Homework Books’ alongside a jotter. We will post on google classroom weekly with the task we would like your child to complete. Your child can access this via their Google Classroom log on.
We are inviting the children to bring their maths jotters and spelling books in on the last week of term so we can celebrate the wonderful work they have completed at home.
Thank you,
The Year 4 Team
Here We Are - Whole School Book, by Mrs Horton
Date: 31st Aug 2020 @ 4:26pm
Whole School Text - Here We Are
As we return back to school, the teachers have been planning some exciting lessons. Years 1-6 are using 'Here We Are' by Oliver Jeffers as their first text of the year. We will use this book to encourage a sense of community and use it to help us to reflect on the past few months, and also help our whole school look forward to the future in a positive way. We have been very lucky to have a number of these books purchased for us from our Amazon wish list; however, we are still in need of a few more. If anyone would like to help to support our school book collection you can purchase a book from your year group wish list:
Foundation- https://amzn.eu/gR6hFqb
Year 1 and 2 - https://amzn.eu/5Vju8pG
Year 3 and 4 - https://amzn.eu/85Su6IC
Year 5 and 6 - https://amzn.eu/fBhMGbK
Any books purchased will be sent directly into school.
Help us to keep reading at the heart of our curriculum at St George's.
Fabulous food on offer at St George's, by Mrs Walters
Date: 17th Jul 2020 @ 11:18am
Our fantastic catering team have been working hard to make lots of delicious meals for the children this term and transition days were no different.
Although the deli bar is not available there are plenty of sandwiches, rolls, baguettes and wraps to enjoy alongside the hot food options.
Books, Books and More Books!, by Mrs Horton
Date: 8th Jul 2020 @ 2:46pm
A big thank you to everyone who has purchased a book from our Amazon wish list. It has been fantastic to get so many books delivered to school - the teachers can't wait to get reading them with their classes in September. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of our parents and would like to say a huge thank you to you all.
The wish lists can be found by following the links below:
Foundation- https://amzn.eu/gR6hFqb
Year 1 and 2 - https://amzn.eu/5Vju8pG
Year 3 and 4 - https://amzn.eu/85Su6IC
Year 5 and 6 - https://amzn.eu/fBhMGbK
Transition to New Classes, by Mrs Horton
Date: 1st Jul 2020 @ 2:40pm
The teachers have been busy preparing videos and information about the new classes for next year. Please take time to look through the information so that you are prepared for September. The videos and pictures can be used to help the children to become more familiar with their new teachers. You will find these on you child's new year group pages or you can click the links below:
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/year-1---2020-2021/77136
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/year-2---2020-2021/77137
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/year-3---2020-2021/77138
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/year-4---2020-2021/77139
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/year-5--2020-2021/77140
https://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/year-6---2020-2021/77141
Congratulations to a silver Scouting trio!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 3:53pm
Congratulations to three year 5 children who succesfully achieved their Silver Chief Scout award during lockdown.
Amber, Olivia and Sam had to complete 8 other challenge badges which include outdoor, personal, new skills, world, team leader and team work challenges.
They completed their award during lockdown by completing another personal challenge. It was presented to them last night during a Zoom meeting by the District Commissioner for Cubs in Wallasey.
Pod 4 do maths, by Mrs Roberts
Date: 15th Jun 2020 @ 3:08pm
This afternoon, Pod 4 went outside to do some of our maths lesson. We used chalk on the playground to draw large venn diagrams before adding in the multiples of 4 and 6. We decided that both multiplication tables have some common factors. This helped us to solve some tricky questions about fractions when the whole is an unknown. We had great fun!
Summer Reading Challenge, by Mrs Horton
Date: 11th Jun 2020 @ 1:59pm
Every year, hundreds of children across Wirral sign up to complete the 'Summer Reading Challenge'. This year the challenge will continue but will be completely online. The theme this year is funny books, happiness and having a laugh. The children have the opportunity to join the 'Silly Squad', earn rewards, play games and collect badges. They can join for free by following this link: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
There is also a face book page called 'Summer Reading Challenge'. The challenge launched last week and there are lots of videos to get the children interested. https://www.facebook.com/SummerReadingChallengeUK/
This is a great opportunity to enagage and motivate children to read, for those at home or at school. If your child has joined the challenge, please share any achievements by sending a message in to their year group email.
Governor thank you, by Mrs Walters
Date: 9th Jun 2020 @ 10:47am
Our governors have made a short video to say thank you to all the staff for their hard work and support with pupils during these uncertain times.
Year 2 Mad Science Afternoon!, by Mrs Malloy
Date: 3rd Jun 2020 @ 4:13pm
Year 2 had a super science-filled afternoon zomming in with the Mad Science team. We learnt many magic tricks including how to burst a balloon using an orange! Well done all year 2 scientists!
Welcome back to lower site!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 2nd Jun 2020 @ 11:05am
It was great to welcome children back to lower site today. George the Dragon was out at the front of school to say hello to parents and pupils as they arrived. We hope to welcome many more children back over the next few weeks.
1.6.20 - Year 2 Pod staff, by Mrs Price
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 12:03pm
We are excited to see year 2 key worker pupils back.
Here are the teachers and teaching assistants for each new pod.
Year 1 Pod Staff, by Miss Stewart
Date: 1st Jun 2020 @ 1:45pm
Hello Year 1,
We are excited to welcome back the chidren of Keyworkers tomorrow and others on Monday 8th June, from 8.45.
Please take a look at the document attached to see who your new teachers will be.
See you soon!
:)
dancing year 2 team, by Mrs Price
Date: 29th May 2020 @ 7:02pm
Hi year 2.
Have a look at the video Miss Gough Hughes has made to make you all smile. We hope your are having a lovely time in the sun this half term.
Take care
From the year 2 team
Virtual Time Capsule, by Mrs Roberts
Date: 22nd May 2020 @ 9:44am
Over the last 8 weeks, we have been gathering photographs and videos to help us create a virtual time capsule. We feel that although this has been a very unusual time, it is something which will go down in history. As a school, we want to remember this so that ,in years to come, we can learn from it. Thank you again to all parents who sent photographs in of children working from home.
We think this really captures 'A day in the life of St. George's during Covid 19'.
Year 2 memories of lock down, by Mrs Price
Date: 21st May 2020 @ 5:04pm
Year 2 have been recording their memories, both good and trickier ones, in documents while editing their text and adding pictures. What are your memoreis of this time?
Y2 Mad Science Web Class, by Mrs Price
Date: 14th May 2020 @ 9:54am
Year 2 emergency class took part in a Mad Science online class.
They used lots of everyday objects to explore pressure.
Can use a balloon to hold 2 cups?
Can you lift water using an upside down cup?
Can you move a ball without touching it?
St George's Spin Challenge, by Mr Knowles
Date: 14th May 2020 @ 1:54pm
NEWS FLASH!
The PE Team at School wanted to have a little bit of fun, set you a challenge and raise a bit of money for charity.
St George's Spin Challenge involves spinning 10 times and then completing a sporting activity such as shooting into a hoop or trying to hit a ball. After you have done your challenge we have suggested donating to the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust by using our link as I am sure we can agree they are doing wonderful things. With a bit of help from some familiar faces we have put together a video with some of our efforts. See if you can recognise anyone!
Now, we want you to get involved at home and complete our spin challenge. This will also help raise some money if you can for some of our brilliant local NHS causes. Let's see how much we can raise and how creative you can be.
If you are want to take part, please make sure you are safe and with an adult as we don't want any injuries.
You can send in any videos for us to see to spinchallenge@stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk and you can donate by following the link to our justgiving page which is here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stgeorgesspinchallenge .
Good Luck!