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The children have enjoyed exploring different sounds on our new music wall that the children created together this week. We listened to the sounds the wooden items made when hit and described how they are different to the sounds created by striking metal objects.  

This week we are learning about the work of Andy Goldsworthy known as Nature’s Artist.  Inspired by his work we have been using a variety of natural materials to create faces and patterns.  

The children learnt about the importance of hygiene in order to keep healthy and then they carried out an investigation to show the effect of soap on germs.

The School Council and Eco Council representatives worked with Sam Turner from Sustrans once again, to discuss road safety outside our school.

Sam shared some brilliant news about the underpass under Church Road, which had been cleaned up, repainted and new lighting fitted inside to make it…

Year 1 Smoothies 
 

Jay from Active Sefton came into Year 1 this morning to talk about healthy eating. The children enjoyed tasting the fruit smoothie at the end of the session.  
 

“It tasted yummy.”

Year 1 Orienteering Outdoors
 

Year 1 had a wonderful time outdoors looking for different animals, numbers and letters around the school. 

This morning the children worked with Enrich Education to find the different animal markers around our school. We enjoyed making the various animal noises and talking about where we would find these animals in our environment.

Digital Leaders introduced themselves and shared information about the Childnet Digital Leaders program that they are working with Mr Roach online.

They are going to be working with Merseyside Police Cyber Crime team this year and there will be a big assembly on Tuesday 11th February 2025 for…

The children in nursery have been learning about autumn and have collected lots of autumnal treasures. We have had fun outdoors looking for more signs of autumn, finding mini-beasts, dancing in the wind with our scarves and reading in the sunshine. 

During this term we have been looking at the work of Freidensreich Hundertwasser. 

Using his paintings as our inspiration we designed and painted our own versions of his work.

Today, we completed our unit on drawing by adding some finishing touches to our self portraits inspired by the legendary Frida Kahlo.