Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Let's Sing

  Sat 21 Mar 2015
  Congratulations to Year 5 who took part in Let's Sing on Tuesday. They were absolutely fantastic and made us all really proud with their wonderful singing and enthusiasm. The conductor Keith Orrell had high praise for Miss Quinn and her class, especially for how well prepared they were. There is a taste of their wonderful performance on the Y5 class page. 

  

• Behaviour Day

  Tue 17 Mar 2015

  Last week we had a special day to look at behaviour across school. We interviewed children, spent time looking at the playground and visited classes.

  In interview children said that they enjoyed playing on the playground, especially skipping, basketball, football and dancing. They said that most behaviour was good, although sometimes the boys could be a bit rough in their play. The older children talked about how children's reactions to problems on the playground sometimes cause a problem, however having a place for time out to calm down really helps. Children feel safe in school and trust adults to sort out any problems they are having or fall outs with friends. Lunchtime and playtime behaviour was very good. The lunchtime games really help pupils to have fun and learn team work.

   

  Class lessons:
  Year 6 showed excellent behaviour and were confidently involved in their lesson on grammar. We've set a target of being more organised in having equipment ready at the beginning of a lesson.

   

  Year 5 concentrated very well on their learning and were keen to know how to improve. It was lovely to see our value of trust being demonstrated by pupils working together. We've set a target for some pupils not to shout out answers in their enthusiasm.

   

  Year 4 worked really well and were taking a lot of care with their presentation. We've set a target for everyone to sit carefully on their chairs.

   

  Year 3's behaviour was immaculate, really well done. The children were very confident in asking for help to make their work even better.

   

  Year 2 were very busy and their lesson was full of enjoyment. Children were really focused and keen to share their learning. We've set a target for everyone to concentrate hard on completing their tasks.

   

  Year 1 were very grown up working in small groups and it was pleasing to see some children taking a lead. Every child was busy.

   

  Reception class listened really well to one another and spoke confidently. It was lovely to see the adults helping children who are more shy to join in.

• Junk Jam

  Mon 16 Mar 2015

  On Monday our Year 6 worked with Junk Jam to create a Stomp style piece of music. They used junk materials to create a musical piece based around environmental issues.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu15Ou-jKM0

  

• Abacus Maths

  Wed 11 Mar 2015
  Well done to the following children who are our Abacus home stars - you've all worked really hard and completed lots of maths.
  Year 1 - Keira,  Samuel, Daniel, Benjamin, Rio, Nathan, Roxanne, Scarlett, Luca R, Harry T
  Year 2 - Andrew, Luke, Grace, Daniel J, Connor, Molly, Callie, Sam
  Year 3- Aidan, Lewis, Mia, Amanda, Harrison
  Year 4 - Kit, Sara, Sonny, Liam, Honey, Olivia, Dean
  Year 5 - James, Isobel, Katy Mc
  Year 6 - Lucy, Xander, Danny, Adi, Dan 

• World Book Day

  Fri 06 Mar 2015

  On Thursday and Friday we celebrated World Book Day together. Pupils worked in houses to explore books related to their royal houses.
  Hanover explored tales by the Brothers Grimm, with the infants enjoying Cinderella and a ball.
  Tudor read Witch on a Broom and the juniors learnt about the Pendle witches.
  Stuart explored tales of giants and built their own models.
  Windsor read stories about dragons and made up puppet plays.

  Everyone enjoyed taking part in drama, art, design, reading and writing activities. At the end of the day we made one big whole school display. Thanks to Mr Lawrenson for planning the theme.

• Astley Street road closure

  Fri 06 Mar 2015
  We have had confirmation from Greater Manchester transport that Astley Street will be closed from Monday 30th March to Monday 20th April. There will still be pedestrian access. The diversion route will be via Hough Lane.

• Lacrosse at Leigh Sports Village

  Thu 05 Mar 2015
  Congratulations to our lacrosse teams who took part in the Wigan Sainsbury's games at Leigh Sports Village today. Everyone played really well and we were complimented our great sporting attitude and fair play. Well done to Team A who won all their games and earned gold medals in first place. This team now go through the North West regional finals in Manchester.

• Christian Values Art

  Wed 04 Mar 2015

  Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Values art contest. The standard was really high and the judges had a hard time choosing the winners. Well done to:

  Mrs Wallace - Reverence

  Olivia Smith and Mandy Zinyemba - Compassion

  Maximus Fielding - Thankfulness

  Jasmine Higson - Forgiveness

  Dan Short, Daniel Harris and Adi Sacaj - Peace

  Daniel Johnson and Eva Williams - Friendship

  Charlotte Poole - Community

  Aimee Gregory - Trust

  Dahlia Jackson - Wisdom