Year 1: St George's News items

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.

London Marathon Success, by Mrs Walters

Date: 30th Apr 2019 @ 3:22pm

Congratulations to our very own Mr Knowles who completed the London Marathon at the weekend.

Mr Knowles completed the marathon in four hours and 47 minutes and raised more than £2,325 for Save the Children! Well done from everyone at St George's!

St George's Day Final Arrangements, by Mrs Walters

Date: 17th Apr 2019 @ 3:44pm

Plans for St George’s Day have now been finalised and we hope as many families and friends as possible will join us to celebrate with our parade and field event.

Children are invited to wear red and white for the day and lower site pupils will be walking to upper site before lunch to enjoy a whole school picnic.

This will be provided by school and will include a sandwich, sausage roll, biscuit and drink. If your child would prefer their own packed lunch you are welcome to provide it but please remember no nut products or sweets.

At 1.30pm the children will leave upper site and parade down Sandy Lane and along St George’s Road with their flags, shields and other accessories. At Mayfield Road years 5 and 6 will turn left and head back to upper site while F2 to year 4 continue onto lower site.

School will close early on that day, at 2.30pm, to allow families to go to upper site for a celebration event. The event will finish by 6pm.  We plan on having live music, food, a drinks tent, games, bouncy castles etc.  There will be some charges for games and refreshments.

Dragon Club will operate as normal on this day. We hope to see as many people as possible lining the parade route and joining us at upper site from 2.30pm. 

 

Year 1 Phonics Information Evening for Parents, by Mrs Horton

Date: 17th Apr 2019 @ 10:58am

Thank you to all of the parents who attended the Phonics information Evening; we hope that the imformation was useful. For those parents unable to attend there is a copy of the powerpoint used on the year 1 webpage. If parents have any questions regarding the phonics screening check please speak to you child's class teacher during parents evening. The phonics screening check will take place week beginning 10th June. Please inform school of any planned absence. 

Year 1 web page

 

Lyrics for the St George's Day song , by Pickering

Date: 16th Apr 2019 @ 3:09pm

There was a brave knight long ago,
Long ago, Long ago.
There was a brave knight long ago,
Long ago.

There was a dragon in his cave,
In his cave, in his cave.
There was a dragon in his cave,
Long ago.

St. George went riding on his horse,
On his horse, on his horse.
St. George went riding on his horse
To the cave.

The dragon roared and breathed out fire,
Breathed out fire, breathed out fire.
The dragon roared and breathed out fire,
At St. George.

St. George did stab him with his sword
In his heart, in his heart.
St. George did stab him with his sword,
Long ago.

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George set the princess free at last,
Free at last, free at last,
George set the princess free at last,
Free at last.

So, everybody’s happy now,
Happy now, happy now,
So, everybody’s happy now,
Long ago.

Tag rugby coaching, by Mrs Walters

Date: 29th Mar 2019 @ 12:14pm

Some of  1 and 2 children had a great time at Liscard Primary School today when they took part in tag rugby coaching.

The children joined pupils from four other local schools to learn all about the techniques and skills involved in tag rugby.

They had a great time and their behaviour, as always, was exemplary.

Year 1 and 2 Fundraiser for Nathan Young, by Mrs Horton

Date: 29th Mar 2019 @ 9:21am

The children in Year 1 and 2 are raising money to support our learning hero, Nathan Young. He is raising money so that he can represent Great Britain in the Deaf World Swimming Championships in Brazil. Nathan has been in to speak to the children and gave them a very inspiring talk about his journey. As an ex-pupil of St George's it was fantastic to welcome him back to school. 

Today the children are taking part in a silent lesson and a silent playtime to help them to think about how deaf people can communicate in different ways. Their firstjob of the day was to use whiteboards to communicate their lunch choice. They will also be learning a song in sign language.

Thank you to all children and parents for the kind donations that have been sent into school today. 

You can find out more about Nathan here: 

https://www.gofundme.com/send-nathan-to-brazil

 

 

 

SEND coffee afternoon, by Mrs Walters

Date: 19th Mar 2019 @ 3:32pm

A SEND coffee afternoon will be held on Tuesday 26th March from 2pm to 3pm in the  lower site staff room.

This is aimed at parents/carers of children with special educational needs and will offer the chance to share tips and advice.

It will also allow you to share your ideas to help imporve SEND provision at school and review our SEND Parent Policy and Informatipon Report.

If you would like to join us for tea, bisu=cuits and a chat please let the office know.

Brunch Time - school holidays, by Mrs Walters

Date: 25th Mar 2019 @ 10:08am

For the first 2 weeks in April - school holidays - Brunch Time is offering a hot meal to parents and children and a snack pack for children to take home with them. There will also be activities of arts and crafts for children.

They will take place at:

St Alban's Parish Hall, St Alban's Road, Liscard, 12pm to 1pm

April 2019 - Monday 1st, Thursday 4th, Monday 8th and Thursday 11th.

St Joseph's Church, Wheatland Lane, Seacombe, 12pm to 1pm

April 2019 - Tuesday 2nd, Friday 5th, Tuesday 9th and Friday 12th.

British Science Week - 2019, by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 15th Mar 2019 @ 2:33pm

British Science Week 

This week, St George's have celebrated British Science Week 2019. In doing so, children throughout the school have taken part in various science activities and collaborated with different year groups. Year 1 were very lucky to pair up with Year 6 and so each Year 1 class had 15 Year 6 children come to their class on Thursday afternoon to join them in completing experiements. Each class completed two out of the four following experiements. Slippery slopes - children had to pour different liquids down a slope to test how fast or slow each liquid moved. Floating journey - children had to choose suitable materials to make a boat which would float and last in water. Tunnel engineers - children had to experiment with different materials to make a tunnel in the sand. Make it fly - children had to make helicopters, gliders and planes out of paper and see how far they could make each one fly. All children had a fantastic afternoon with the Year 6 children and said how much they enjoyed the experience. A big thank you to the Year 6 children for coming down to lower site to work with us in Year 1. The children were an excellent support for the younger children and showed excellent respect. Well done Year 1 for your fantastic science knowledge and working so hard.

F1, 6A and 1A Science Spectacular!, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 14th Mar 2019 @ 2:33pm

Year 6 walked down to lower site today for a science afternoon. They have worked with Year 1 and EYFS to build aeroplanes and tunnels. Through experimentation, observation and teamwork they have created some fantastic, aerodynamic masterpieces!

International Women's Day - 2019 , by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 4:33pm

Today, we celebrated international women's day. Children discovered some famous female figures such as Marie Curie, Rosa Parks and Jane Austen. We were very impressed with children's attitudes and positvity in learning about why we celebrate international women's day. We discussed how women's rights have changed over time and how women now have the right to vote, work in various job roles and have equal opporunities on a daily basis. We asked children who could play football, guitar or ride a bike? The children's responses were fantastic, showing an excellent awareness of why we celebrate international women's day and how things have changed over time. The Queen has been Year 1's main focus today, talking about her life, achievements and role as Queen. We will be continuing this learning about Kings, Queens and the Royal family throughout this term. 

World Book Day , by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 8th Mar 2019 @ 4:18pm

World Book Day - 2019

Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed celebrating World Book Day and dressing up as their favourite character from a book. Some of the characters ranged from Willy Wonker, Mr Men characters, Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter. Children found this day very exciting and loved being able to share their book with their friends and teacher. In the afternoon, children from Year 3 came down to our classrooms and shared their books with the Year 1 children and even read their book to them. The Year 1 children loved working with Year 3 and showed fantastic engagement and interest. A big thank you to Year 3 for coming down to see us! Also, we drew a picture of us dressed up, wrote a sentence to describe who we were and completed a wordsearch with words associated to books. All children looked fantastic and had a brilliant day celebrating World Book Day! 

     

 

  

 

World Book Day Celebrations, by Mrs Price

Date: 7th Mar 2019 @ 2:00pm

World Book Day Celebrations

Year 3 came to our year 2 classrooms to share our favourite books. We talked about our best characters and we liked them.We chatted about the funny parts of our books and we even had our own influencial women among the children. What a great time we have had!

High Impact - Year 1, by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 5th Mar 2018 @ 4:13pm

Learning to code 

This week, the whole of year one enjoyed a few hours learning how to code with High Impact. Children used IPADS, moveable robots and board games in order to learn what coding is and how to begin coding technology. We had fun trying out all of the different coding apps on the IPADS and being able to control a robot, using technology. One of the apps involved the children manipulating shapes into different positions to form an image. The IPAD had a special attachement on the top which could see what the children were doing and how they were moving their shapes. Another piece of equipment was called a code-pillar where children would add different attachements to the code-pillar, which would enable it to turn in different directions. The children also thoroughly enjoyed playing a coding board game, where they had to choose the correct card in order to move their turtle to collect their coloured jewel. We look forward to continuing this learning throughout the year and learning more about IPADS and coding. Thank you to High Impact for this fantastic afternoon session and we hope the children all really enjoyed this activity! 

     

    

Mad hair and crazy socks!, by Mrs Walters

Date: 1st Mar 2019 @ 11:41am

Thank you to everyone who came to school with mad hair and crazy socks today - the PTA raised more than £700!

We had some amazing hair creations ranging from unicorns to peacocks with rainbows in between and there were some fantastically crazy socks!

Nursery deadline - spaces still available, by Mrs Walters

Date: 28th Feb 2019 @ 10:00am

Does your child turm three in September 2019/January 2020? There are still spaces available for nursery but the deadline is fast approaching.

Applications need to be in school by 29th March. The forms are available from both school offices or the website: http://www.stgeorges.wirral.sch.uk/page/admissions-to-st-georges-nursery/39515

 

Mental Health Poster Competition, by Mrs Walters

Date: 15th Feb 2019 @ 10:56am

Last week we held a competition to design a poster for Children's Mental Health Week using the slogans ‘It's Ok to Not Be Ok’ and ‘Healthy Inside and Out’ across each unit.

We asked Ian Fennelly, a real artist, to judge the competition. Foundation stage were invited to create a poster as a class and F1 won. The other winners were: Ava in Year 2, Maya in Year 4 and Sienna M in Year 6.

All the winners received a £5 voucher.  Well done to everyone who won and thank you to everyone who entered.

Valentines’ Day, by Mrs Walters

Date: 14th Feb 2019 @ 11:40am

Valentines’ Day came to the St George’s kitchen today with heart shaped biscuits and cakes plus pink meringues and milkshakes at both sites.

Our fabulous catering manager Mrs Molyneux even decorated the Dragon’s Diner at lower site.

Art Day - 1A & 1C, by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 11th Feb 2019 @ 4:27pm

Year 1 Art Day - 1A & 1C

Today both 1A and 1C took part in an art day with a visitng artist, Ian Fennelly. As an introduction to our Royal topic next term, we made a King or Queen sculpture, using the milk bottles you provided. The children thoroughly enjoyed their day and learnt about how to create simple sculptures using a range of resources and materials including: pipe cleaners, beads, masking tape, watery PVA, pom poms and polystyrene balls. The children worked in twos or threes to complete their sculpture and showed excellent teamwork skills throughout the day. We began the day by covering the milk bottle in masking tape and ensuring there were no gaps. We then created a neck and stuck the sculpture onto the base. After that, we used watered down glue to cover the sculpture in coloured tissue paper for the skin. Next, we made eyes, a mouth, jewelerry, hair and a crown to finish our Kings and Queens. Well done to all children in 1A and 1C for concentrating so hard, helping their friends and working so well in their little groups. The Kings and Queens all look fabulous on display in the hall. Please find some pictures of our completed sculptures below. 

 

   

 

 

Year 1 and 2 playleaders, by Mrs Horton

Date: 31st Jan 2019 @ 1:43pm

The playleaders had a working lunch meeting today to discuss what is going well and what they can do to improve playtimes. All of the playleaders have been given special jackets to wear at playtimes so that everyone knows who they are.

Quorn visit for lower site, by Mrs Walters

Date: 16th Jan 2019 @ 1:54pm

Children at lower site were able to enjoy some new vegetarian flavours thanks to a visit from Quorn today.

The children and staff were able to try samples of a pasta dish, a Quorn mince and vegetable meal, fish-less fingers and wraps.

The visit was aimed at encouraging children to try new flavours for future meat free Monday meals and enjoy some plant based food.

Children at upper site will hopefully have a Quorn visit soon.

 

Year 1 and 2 Christmas Assembly, by Mrs Horton

Date: 19th Dec 2018 @ 10:43am

Mr Cassidy delivered a festive Christmas assembly to the children today. He talked to the children about what Christmas means to them and their families, and to the wider community. We celebrated and thanked the children for all the work that they have done this term fundraising, particulary the gifts that have been brought in for the Mission Christmas Toy Appeal. 

We also celebtrated the hard work and enthusiasm that the children have shown towards their learning. At the end of each half term the teachers in each year group choose one child to be given the 'Will Allen Respect Trophy'. This term Oliver in 1A and James in 1B have been selected. Both children display positive attitudes, respect and kindness towards others. They are consistently good role models and put in 100% effort in everything they do. Well done to both children.

Mr Cassidy also gave out awards for the 2 children who have received the most blue and gold awards in each year group. Thses awards went to Lawrence 1A and Riley 2C. Well done!

Of course we also gave out our weekly awards for our 'leraning hereos' who have been trying extra hard this week.

All of the staff in years 1 and 2 would like to wich you all a Happy Christmas.

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