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Enterprise , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 1st Feb 2017 @ 4:40pm

Today, the children played a business enterprise game about profits, loss and running a business. 

The winners of this game were: Ava, Chloe, Nathan, Kara and Emily.  Well done 😬. 

They will be competing in the interschool enterprise game challenge on Wednesday 8th August. 

SEAL certificate winners , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 1st Feb 2017 @ 8:27am

Well done to Chloe Nuttall and Sophie Ruscoe in P5. 

Chloe was nominated by her peers for always treating everyone fairly.

Sophie was nominated by her peers for helping someone feel included. 

This is fantastic girls, you should be proud of yourselves! 

World Religion Day, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 23rd Jan 2017 @ 7:52am

Last week, Year 5 have looked at different world religions. Using compasses, the children recreated Islamic Art by creating a repeating pattern. The children found it difficult at first but persvered until they had some beautiful art work. Once completed, we will display in the windows, where it will best reflect the light.

British Values, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 19th Jan 2017 @ 5:11pm

In Year 5 this week, we have been discussing values, looking at our own values and British Values. The five main British Values are: 

• Democracy
• The rule of law
• Individual liberty
• Mutual respect
• Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.

We then thought about how those values are represented within Queen's Park School. We have very interesting ideas. We will use our thoughts to create a class display. Photographs to follow upon completion.  

World Religion Day, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 19th Jan 2017 @ 4:58pm

This week Year 5 have looked at different world religions. Using compasses, the children recreated Islamic Art by creating a repeating pattern. The children found it difficult at first but persvered until they had some beautiful art work. Once completed, we will display in the windows, where it will best reflect the light.

Anthony Walker Foundation, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 5:07pm

Tom, from the Anthony Walker Foundation, delivered an assembly and class workshop today. The children watched a video that portrayed the effects of racism on families. Year 5  then had a frank and open discussion about the video and how it made them feel. The children commented about what we could do as a school to have a positive impact and ensure hate crime never has a place in our school. 

NSPCC, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 16th Jan 2017 @ 4:19pm

Today, Carol and Anne from the NSPCC delivered a whole school assembly.

The children in year 5 were lucky enough to undertake an NSPCC workshop. They were taught that all children have the right to speak out and stay safe. Within our workshop the children discussed possible worries and who they could talk to if they were worried, including childline. 

A very informative session for all of the children. 

Drama with Natalie from The Liverpool Empire, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 12th Jan 2017 @ 4:49pm

P5 have had a marvellous Arts fortnight. The children have been lucky enough to participate in drama, singing and dance workshops with Natalie and Hayley from the Liverpool Empire. 

The children loved the drama workshop today. First, the children were shown how to warm up their bodies and voices. Then, In groups the children had to create their own advert to sell the people in their group and perform it to the rest of the class. 

Well done P5!

Arts Celebration, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 10th Jan 2017 @ 5:20pm

P5 experienced two fantastic sessions with the professionals from the Empire. The children made realistic lion masks for props for the Lion King. As you can see from the images below, the children demonstrated great team work within their groups and were extremely helpful to other members of the class.

Hayley choreographed a dance for P5 relating to Hairspray, the musical. Six children were then lucky enough to be chosen for individual parts for the Friday finale.

Thank you to th Liverpool Empire for the creative ideas that our children have experienced today.  

Year 5 singing with the Empire , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 9th Jan 2017 @ 4:01pm

Alan, from the Empire Theatre in Liverpool, came to teach the year 5 children today. He played the keyboard and taught them how to do vocal warm ups and breathing exercises. They learned that the sound they make comes from their diaphragm. The children were taught lyrics from a song and were guided when to join in. On Friday they will perform in a whole school end of Arts Celebration finale. 

Arts Fortnight Day 1, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 4th Jan 2017 @ 4:56pm

As an introduction to our Arts Fortnight Year 5 began by learning to play the ukulele. 

Mr Garner from the School's Music Service came into Year 5 to teach the children how to play the ukulele. They were taught about the parts of the  instrument and where their play and eat positions were. First, they were shown how to strum and then how to read musical notation. The classes played to Pagoda and then my Dog has Fleas.  Eventually the children progressed to playing chords and playing to a backing track. They were taught how to play chords and that the strings were C,G,E and A.

Year 5 have had a great time appreciating the musical aspects of our Arts Fortnight and playing the ukulele.  

As part of the Arts Fortnight, the children are looking at musicals. Year 5 have loved the musical elements of Annie and have spent the afternoon singing in groups and performing scenes from this musical. 

Arts Fortnight Day 1, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 4th Jan 2017 @ 4:56pm

As an introduction to our Arts Fortnight Year 5 began by learning to play the ukulele. 

Mr Garner from the School's Music Service came into Year 5 to teach the children how to play the ukulele. They were taught about the parts of the  instrument and where their play and eat positions were. First, they were shown how to strum and then how to read musical notation. The classes played to Pagoda and then my Dog has Fleas.  Eventually the children progressed to playing chords and playing to a backing track. They were taught how to play chords and that the strings were C,G,E and A.

Year 5 have had a great time appreciating the musical aspects of our Arts Fortnight and playing the ukulele.  

As part of the Arts Fortnight, the children are looking at musicals. Year 5 have loved the musical elements of Annie and have spent the afternoon singing in groups and performing scenes from this musical. 

Google expeditions , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 21st Dec 2016 @ 11:46am

Queen's Park were lucky enough to have a special visitor in school (not Santa) it was Alex from Google Expeditions. The children were immersed in a 3D world using the special viewers. The children visited the Solar System and swam with sharks. All the children really loved this experience and we hope to use this in class after the new year. 

Thanks Google Education. 

Christmas reading with Ian Thomas (school governor) , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 21st Dec 2016 @ 11:38am

Mr Thomas (our school governor) gave up some of his time on Tuesday to read P5 two chapters from the Christmasaurus. The children have absolutely loved this book and they said they would recommend it to everyone, children and adults. 

SEAL certificate winners, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 15th Dec 2016 @ 3:51pm

Chloe Nutall has been nominated by her peers for showing that she can understand other people's feelings. 

Evie Desmond has been nominated by her peers for showing she is a good friend.

You should be extremely proud of yourselves girls. 

Achievements in P5, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 9th Dec 2016 @ 4:46pm

Ian Frodsham was chosen (out of the whole of the U.K) for his design to be displayed as the month of October in the calandar. Well done, Ian 😃

Ellie-May was nominated for the Love trophy for being reliable with her monitoring job and for always being kind. 

How wondeful, Ellie 😊

Christmasaurus, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 5th Dec 2016 @ 10:15am

Year 5 had a really enjoyable session watching Puffin Virtually Live to introduce our Christmas novel; The Christmasaurus By Tom Fletcher. They discovered how the elves look after the reindeers and how to draw the Christmasaurus. We ended the session by singing along with Tom and the other schools.  

Christmas is on the way.

Willowbrook fundraising event , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 1st Dec 2016 @ 5:58pm

Today year 5 had a visit from Pam Williams and Diane Humphreys who work for Willowbrook Hospice.

The children discovered facts about the hospice such as: how many patients can be looked after there, how much money the hospice needs per year, which is an incredible 4 million pounds, what the staff and volunteers have to do in order to raise that amount of money because they only recieve 1 million per year from the government and how many charity shops they have located around St Helens and Knowsley. 

The children must plan a fundraising event in order to raise as much money as possible to support Willowbrook hospice. 

The children are very excited and would like us to pass on the message about our events to support the hospice, which will be taking place after Christmas. Details to follow. 

Year 5 Handball, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 25th Nov 2016 @ 12:53pm

Mr Ward gave Year 5 the opportunity to take part in a Year 5 Handball Tournament. The children had a great morning in their teams. The winners overall were Jamaica with 26 points due to their excellent passing skills. Well done, great teamwork. 

The joint runners-up were Spain and France with 24 points.

All the children had a super time and their skills really improved during the session, especially team work and tactics.

Catalyst Museum Sleep-over , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 16th Nov 2016 @ 3:45pm

P5 had a lovely sleep-over at the Catalyst Museum. The children were so excited for the workshops and the sleep-over. They were over the moon with their key chains and loved seeing the plastic change texture, size and shape. 

Thank you Mrs Ashton, Mr Curran and Mrs Baskett who gave up their own time away from their families to support your children. 

The children also enjoyed the mannequin challenge, started by Mr Curran. 

Take a look at our pictures. 

Chamber of Commerce, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 14th Nov 2016 @ 8:18am

Last week, year 5 had the Chamber of Commerce in showing them how to run a business. The children were really inspired by Natalie's presentation and they cannot wait to start their own project. 

Diwali, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 1:39pm

The children in Year 5 acted out the story of Rama and Sita to begin our Diwali celebration. The children loved getting into role as part of our 'whoosh' story. 

We loved Vaughn as the ten headed demon, Ravanna. 

Black History Week, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 3rd Nov 2016 @ 4:41pm

This week as part of Black History week, the children have discussed why it is important to teach Black History and to learn about people who played a part in Black History. On Tuesday, the children learned about the history of jazz. Wednesday, they looked at songs sung by Aretha Franklin and Louis Armstrong and commented on how the lyrics could be used to combat racism. Thursday, the children explored The Bare Necessities song and thought about basic human rights. 

P5's learning log projects , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 3rd Nov 2016 @ 3:40pm

The children from P5 have shared their learning log projects today to kick start or Earth and Space topic in Science.

Well done to all the children who completed the project over the half term. You have all worked extremely hard! 

Take a look at our fabulous projects. 

SEAL winners, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 18th Oct 2016 @ 10:28am

Well done Chloe Nuttall and Olivia Lievesely. 

Chloe was nominated by her peers for looking after others in a caring way. 

Olivia was nominated by her peers for being creative in her work.