Happy New Year!

As the time draws closer to taking down the Christmas decorations and tree for another year, as promised, here are the details for recycling your real Christmas trees.

You can book a slot for your tree to be collected on the 11th and 12th of January by Trinity Hospice volunteers at;

https://just-helping.org.uk/find-a-collection/trinity-hospice-blackppol/

Or alternately, you can drop your tree off at the following collection points:

• Coastguard Station, North Beach

• Marine Bowling Club Car Park, Fairhaven Lake

• Lowther Gardens, Lythum

• Rawstorne Sports Centre, Feckleton

By recycling your tree, you will be helping in the conservation of the Sand Dunes, a beautiful piece of coastline that deserves to be saved.

If you would like to help with the conservation project, all you need to do is pop down to North Beach car park from Tuesday 4th February to Thursday 6th February, 10am- 3pm.

We would like to thank you for your continued support in looking after our precious world and wish you all the very best for 2020.

The Eco Team

'The beauty of Christmas is not in the presents but in the His presence' Matthew 1:23

What a magical week we have had in Year 3! Amid all this weeks festivities we have still continued with our learning, Maths has continued with our reasoning in addition and subtraction and we have now finished our Arctic Geography topic. This week the children have wrote some wonderful reports on Polar Bears, using all of their skills and language features from their non-chronological report learning in English.

The children have worked so hard this term and we are very pleased with the progress they are making. Today we have given the children their new ZPD codes for their reading books and all of them made sure they had a reading book to read over Christmas. All children have made good progress in their reading, but this must continue, so please over the Christmas period read frequently together and discuss the text, it helps more with their learning than anything else. We have gifted each child with a new bookmark before they left, with the quote ‘a book is a gift that you can open again and again’- how true this is!

Miss Hornby spoke to the children today in assembly about the need in wearing the correct school uniform that is in line with the school’s uniform policy- please see the website homepage for Miss Hornby’s blog.

We started the week off beautifully with our Christmas Carol Concert, where the children sang their hearts out and stood so smartly, we were all so proud of them- I am sure you will all agree that both performances were magical. On Wednesday, we then danced our socks off and had lots of fun at the Junior Christmas Party! Here are some of the pictures we took on the day!

Have a wonderful, relaxing and holy Christmas!

The awards this week go to …

Mason Thank you for being such a focused Cooper Crab, concentrating in class, managing your distractions much better and developing your resilience.

Jess what an enthusiastic Bobby Bee you are! You have clearly loved our Geography topic and it has show in your work- well done!

Important information:

Year 3 parents day will be slightly different to the rest of the school- it will be held on Wednesday 29th January, booking appointments will live first week back.

Christmas is here!

What an amazing week it has been! From singing their hearts out on Tuesday to rocking their socks off on Wednesday it has been a week of joy!

We have also been busy reading our new novel, The Butterfly Lion. Children have written more persuasive letters and have dived into it with their usual gusto! We have now got off to a good start with our column addition too!

All that is left is to wish you a happy and holy Christmas. Your children are such a pleasure to teach and are all on Santa’s good list as far as I am concerned! Merry Christmas!

God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Miss Atkinson, Mrs Mather and Mrs Kennedy

Wishing you all a happy and Holy Christmas, filled with magical moments with your family.

As the week has drawn to a close, the dining hall has been filed with an air of excitement and yet a sense of calmness and reflection. Christmas songs have played in the background as the children have dined. Yesterday, the children were joined by members of staff to have a delicious Christmas dinner. Thank you Jaqui, Sharon and Francis for providing such a wonderful feast!

A huge thank you must also go out to the Year 6 children, who have helped so graciously throughout the term, inside and out. It has truly been appreciated. Thank you to you all.

The Autumn term has certainly flown by and it has been a privilege to be able to witness some magical moments as the children have relaxed during the lunch time period. We have been fortunate to capture some of these moments on camera……..

Thank you children for such a wonderful term!

We look forward to sharing more magical moments with you in the new year.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

God BlesS

The Lunchtime Team

'It is the most wonderful time of the year.'

I think you will all agree that Tuesday’s concert at church was so magical and a real thought-provoking evening for us all. We were so unbelievably proud of the children; the way they spoke and the way they sung was just beautiful - it really started Christmas for me.

Thank you to all of the children for their hard work this term - there is still lots to come after Christmas, but they are more than ready! Make sure that you relax and have some lovely family time this Christmas. Send me some photographs of the children watching classic films with their hot chocolate and popcorn!

The children chose their star learners for this term. Someone who has impressed them with their progress, their kindness or their leadership skills. Well done to Troy, Mati, Evie L and Pedro…your classmates think you are deserving of this award.

Have a wonderfully festive and holy Christmas.

"This is Christmas: Not the presents, not the carols, but the humble heart that receives the wondrous gift of Christ."

Miss Neves and I would like to say a huge thank you for your wonderful support throughout our first term in school. Your generosity towards our fundraising has blown us away! With the money raised from our Christmas cards we have managed to buy a water pump for a family and also a protective net. Thank you so much!

We have ended the term on such a high, from watching our junior friends in their Christmas concert, to enjoying our first Christmas party day. Today, the children watched as their teachers put on the annual Christmas panto…. Snow White. The children seemed to love it, especially getting up for a boogie!

Certificates

Enthusiastic Bobby bee Tommy for... always being so enthusiastic! You are absolutely delightful Tommy, you are full with excitement  towards learning and when taking part in new activities. This enthusiasm spreads to those around you who become excited too. You have made so many wonderful relationships in school and this is partly down to your happy nature and caring self. Well done!

Cooperative Roger robin Daisy for.. Always caring for others. Each day in school you go out of your way to help those around. You always volunteer to help when you see someone struggling which is just beautiful to watch. You have also gained a greater awareness of the wider world, and you show such concern and empathy when you hear about people or issues that need help. Well done Daisy!

During the Christmas holidays we do not give specific homework tasks. This is the most special time of the year, time which should be spent together, as a family, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

We wish you all a very happy and Holy Christmas and we are very much looking forward to seeing you all, on Monday 6th January, to hear all about your celebrations.

Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley

Wishing you a Happy and Holy Christmas

We have reached the end of the Autumn term already! It has been the most wonderful time, full of fun, learning and friendships. We thank everyone for their continued support of everything we do at nursery and look forward to continuing our journey together in 2020.

The nursery team would like to wish everyone a very Happy and Holy Christmas, we will see you in the New Year!

Year 5 Homework over Christmas

There is no formal homework over the festive period- please enjoy time with family.

I only ask you to read, read and read a little more. Come back ready to tackle that reading target! I will have to set these higher as we are really embracing books in Year 5!!!

Have fun!!!

Keeping safe this Christmas

Please keep everyone safe this Christmas. Click here to find out more.

With a song in your heart...

Today our choir visited Stella Matutina Residential Home to perform a medley of favourite Christmas songs. They raised their voices to entertain and brought real moments of nostalgia for the residents. Before and following the performance they chatted and shared stories amidst laughter and smiles. It really was lovely to see generations coming together.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It has been a lovely week here in Year 4. Congratulations to all children on their Flute concert performance - you did brilliantly! It got the week off to a great start! We have been thinking about the Trinity this week and recognising that this is why Christmas is so important - because it is the incarnation of God made flesh in the form of baby Jesus. We also enjoyed the Key Stage 1 nativity.

Today we finished Charlotte’s Web - our novel. Children felt very emotional as we have got to know and love the characters so much! Earlier in the week, children wrote newspaper reports to explain about the ‘miracle’ which had occurred in the barn. They then wrote a persuasive letter, urging Mr Zuckerman not to kill Wilbur at Christmas time. They have also written a new episode to help save Wilbur’s life. The good news of course is that Wilbur’s life was saved, but the bad news was that the amazing Charlotte passed away. We will next be writing an obituary to remember Charlotte on behalf of her best friend, Wilbur. This novel has helped us explore what friendship means and learn about both love and loss. Books truly make us into kinder individuals, because they help us see things through the eyes of others and feel compassion for them. As soon as we had finished, one child immediately asked what our next class novel would be!

In maths, we have begun the column addition method which children are taking to very well. We have also had two church practices this week for our up and coming performance - you are in for a treat!

This week was our last swimming until the new year (we will swim on the first week back) Children had great fun doing relay races and playing water polo!

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, Penny received a Bobby Bee certificate for believing in herself and listening to teacher feedback. Harry received a Cooper Crab certificate for super focus.

We had 4 swimming stars - James and Harvey for being very pro-active in water polo and Penny and Lily L for some super goals!

Notices

Monday pm - Choir at Stellamatina

Tuesday - Key Stage 2 Christmas performances at 2pm and 6.30pm in church (arrive 10 minutes early at night please) Everyone is welcome for this tuneful reflection on the birth of Christ, where the theme is Fraternity.

Wednesday, Key Stage 2 Christmas party. Wear Christmas/party clothes. Bring one treat/snack eg chocolate bar or packet of crisps and a nice drink - not fizzy.

Thursday - Christmas dinner day.

Friday - we break up at 2pm.

Phew - a busy week! Have a restful weekend, although if you are anything like me you will be rushing around getting those last minute Christmas things sorted!

God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Mather and Miss Atkinson