Our Frosty Walk

We all wrapped up warm when we went out on a winter walk. We heard the frost crunch under our feet and watched it melt on our warm hands.

Learning is fun!

We are enjoying learning to read, write and count in lots of different ways.

Chinese New Year

We have been finding out more about the Chinese culture. We all used chopsticks to eat a Chinese banquet and enjoyed watching the lion dancers.

Our Summer Trip

We had a fabulous day yesterday with the rangers from Stadt Moers park. We made dens, tree trolls and wooden necklaces. We even made a campfire, roasted marshmallows and made popcorn! Well done Reception you were all amazing!

Caterpillars

Our Reception children are very curious as they watch their caterpillars make a chrysalis. We can’t wait to see the butterflies emerge soon!

CAFOD in Lent

One of our Reception children has been exceptionally kind. During Lent he has asked everyone he knows to put money in his own special collection box at home. He brought this into school today overflowing with coins and notes. Well done and thank you.

Valentine’s Day learning

Chinese New Year

We enjoyed learning about other cultures during Chinese New Year. We watched the lion dancers, read information books and ate a Chinese banquet with chopsticks.

Poppy Service

Autumn Walk

We all enjoyed looking for signs of Autumn today. We learned that some trees are evergreen and some are deciduous – we found out that means they drop their leaves at this time of year! We enjoyed watching sycamore leaves spin and Mr Newstead showed us an apple tree.

Number bonds

We have been learning about number bonds and the part/part whole model.

The Bog Baby

The Bog Baby went missing from the year 1 classroom he had lots of adventures around the school. Some were caught on camera!

Year 1 have been learning about the primary colours and how we mix these colours to make secondary colours.

African Art mask designs

DT – Perfect Pizzas

The children in Year 2 have created their own healthy pizzas against the given design criteria.

Computing Data

Today the children have worked with Gary Melia from Knowsley CLCs to complete problems using a range of data. The children have used their maths skills in a cross curricular manner to create tally charts, bar charts and answer questions based upon these.

Science – Everyday Materials

The children in Year 2 have been working scientifically to find the best material to make Traction Man’s suit from. We wanted to see which material was waterproof and did not absorb liquids.

Christmas Cards

The children in Year 2 made Christmas cards using different folding techniques.

DT – Christmas Decorations

The children in Year 2 followed a design criteria to design, make and evaluate their own Christmas decorations.

Geography Projects:

The Year 2 children have been learning about the seven continents and five oceans of the world. Here are some of the children’s projects that they completed at home with their loved ones.

Year 2 – Dance

The children in Year 2 performed  a dance inspired by the class read ‘WILD’.

Science

We have been working scientifically to identify plants and animals that live in micro-habitats.

Maths

We have been using base ten to identify the number of tens and ones within a given number.

Music – Composition

We have improvised and composed a musical piece to accompany an animation.

Computing – Super Sci – Fi

The children have worked with Gary from Knowsley CLC to create aliens and write sentences about them using the app Brushes.

Art – Self Portraits

The children in have drawn self portraits of themselves using 2B art pencils. They have experimented with line, texture and shape to produce their final piece.

Visit from the archaeologist John Hill

Year 3 enjoyed the visit from the archaeologist John Hill and enjoyed handling real prehistoric artefacts.

Year 3 really enjoyed their visit to the synagogue

Year 3 investigating if the tallest person has the longest shadow

Year 3 have been investigating if the tallest person has the longest shadow. We came to the conclusion that the tallest person did have the longest shadow however the length of the shadow changed based on how straight each child was standing.

Gymnastics club

The children, who have taken part in the gymnastics club all year, performed their sequence to the whole school today. They showed confidence, control and the ability to work as a team. Everybody was very impressed.

Science

Science – light

The children in year 3 have been working scientifically to investigate light and draw conclusions based upon their findings.

Art – portraits

Art – Pop Art

In Art, the children have been learning about the artist Andy Warhol. They have explored pop art and researched information on his life. The children enjoyed experimenting with Warhol’s  blotching technique during art lessons and they created their own celebrity portraits using  pop art as their inspiration .

Library Trip

During our trip to the library, the children were provided with an interesting tour. They explored the children’s books section and were given the opportunity to read a variety of genres with their friends. Children were shown how they could  become members of the library if they wished and if they were members, the opportunities that they would receive! This was a fantastic trip!

Inflatable obstacle course

We really enjoyed the inflatable obstacle course- there were lots of smiling faces all around!

Lego Rover Robots

Today, Key Stage 2 children have been lucky enough to have the Lego Rover Robots visiting from the University of Liverpool. The Rover Robots are replicas of the Rover Robots used on Mars. Lego Rovers is a fun, engaging activity for schools, which teaches simple programming concepts. Children get to navigate their own space rover, see the effect of the time delay between the Earth, the moon and Mars, and experiment with the effect of different rules and automation options. The children loved this activity, as you can see from the photographs.

Model Image exhibition

Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Sudley House to see the Model Image exhibition (based on a Liverpool model, Jane Duncan). They learned all about her life, the history of the Holt’s family and general local history of Liverpool also. This linked to our Famous Fashions and Local History topic, with more work being done this term around this. Please visit our blog to find out more http://sjcpsh.creativeblogs.net/.

The Man Who Walked Between The Towers

Children really enjoyed studying the book ‘The Man Who Walked Between The Towers’. Children were able to put themselves into the position of Philippe Petit and the reasons for completing such a high risk stunt. They ‘walked the line’ in an activity that enabled each child to explore and infer Philippe’s emotions and thoughts, and then wrote a description from Philippe’s perspective. The extensive topic ended with a newspaper report about the event, focusing on relative clause and parenthesis use.

Science

Year 5 children investigated forces in their most recent science topic. Children can explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity, they have recognised that levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect and the children were able to identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces. The topic ended with a scientific investigation, exploring the effect of water resistance, which the children really enjoyed and gained a lot of scientific understanding from.

School Shakespeare Festival

Children in Year 5 and 6 performed ‘A Midsummers Night’s Dream’ at Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park on Friday 23rd November. We are extremely proud of the children and their performance.

Visiting Huyton Library

Year 5 visited Huyton Library this morning to explore some of the books and authors on offer. Children learned about the logging systems within the library and used the subject index for non-fiction books. We would encourage all children to regularly visit the library, to further inspire reading at home and to also take advantage of the services and clubs they have on offer.

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Vegetable soup

Following our harvest assembly the children in Y6 made a delicious vegetable soup.

School Shakespeare Festival

Children in Year 5 and 6 performed ‘A Midsummers Night’s Dream’ at Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park on Friday 23rd November. We are extremely proud of the children and their performance.

WW1

In history, Y6 have been learning about WW1.

A WW1 soldier put us through our paces at a training camp before we explored a range of historical sources.

Harvest assembly

Following our harvest assembly the children in Y6 made a delicious vegetable soup.