Queen's Park CE/URC : Blog items
Breakfast with Santa, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 11th Dec 2015 @ 3:59pm
Year 5 have had a wonderful morning meeting Santa. The children all enjoyed breakfast with Santa, it was lovely to see the children getting in the festive mood. Staff and children had a wonderful time and everyone was really feeling the Christmas spirit.
Elf mischief, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 9th Dec 2015 @ 2:33pm
The elves, in Y5, have been up to lots of mischief and have kept the children entertained. They have disorganised the pencil pots, been sticking 'selfies' around the classroom and turning up the most unexpected places.
On Monday there was great concern as the children discovered that the elves had lost their magic because they had been touched by human hands. After reasearching some Christmas films, the children decided to fill the elves with Christmas Spirit by creating a Christmas grotto and sending messages that they believe in elves to help the magic return. Thankfully, on Tuesday morning, the magic had been restored to the elves and little envelopes of Christmas jokes were left as a thank you by the elves. 
More mischief, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 2nd Dec 2015 @ 5:43pm
Mrs Atherton and Miss Stubbs cannot believe how naughty the elves have been in school today. The children have been really excited keep trying to catch the elves up to their naughty antics. The children of Year 5 cannot wait to see what they will get up to next.
Two unexpected visitors in Year 5 , by Miss Stubbs
Date: 1st Dec 2015 @ 9:05pm
Year 5 have had two unexpected visitors.
The elves have been given names in each class: Zoomer and Edgar.
The children welcomed the elves and are trying hard to be good as they know they are under the watchful eye of the elves who will be reporting back to Santa. However, there were unexpected events this afternoon as the elves seem to be up to mischief. Year 5 are going to keep a watchful eye on any further events.
Year 5's French pen pals, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 1st Dec 2015 @ 8:46pm
Year 5 were so excited to discover that they have a French pen pal. They have had a super start to the festive season by writing a Christmas card to their pen pal.
Joyeux noel.
Year 5's French pen pals, by Miss Stubbs
Date: 1st Dec 2015 @ 8:45pm
Year 5 were so excited to discover that they have a French pen pal. They have had a super start to the festive season by writing a Christmas card to their pen pal.
Joyeux noel.
Year 5 Rugby Tournament., by Mrs Atherton
Date: 20th Oct 2015 @ 7:12pm
Year 5 had a wonderful afternoon at their rugby tournament. The children took part in lots of activities and worked on team work and fair play. Mr Ward was very impressed with the behaviour of Year 5 and how they developed their skills when working together.
Well done P5 and Q5.
Photographs to follow.
Crucial Crew, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 20th Oct 2015 @ 7:03pm
The Year 5 children have been a credit to the school today attending the Crucial Crew event at Langtree Park. Miss Stubbs and Mrs Atherton would like to express how very proud we were of their behaviour. 
Below is a brief overview of their day, please ask your children what they have learned in their workshops.
Crucial Crew 20th October, 2015
Year 5 attended six workshops at Crucial Crew, these were:
- Road safety.
- E-safety.
- Accidents in the home.
- Fire safety.
- Train safety.
- The Ranger service.
In the road safety session, the children attended a ‘RTA’ (road traffic accident), they had to investigate what had happened and infer the possible causes of the accident. They then decided what steps could be taken to avoid this type of accident happening again.
For E-Safety, the children watched a video that highlighted the dangers of the internet, they then discussed how they could stay safe on line and what to do if they ever felt unsafe.
The children were also made aware of how to identify hazards that could cause accidents in the home. They were taught how to make an emergency call and what numbers to call for emergency and non-emergency (999 and 101). Hoax calls were explained as a waste of time and resources.
The Fire Department showed a ‘mock-up’ video of a boy being injured on Bonfire night, this was based on a true story. They then discussed the dangers of fireworks and the children were made aware of STOP, DROP and ROLL if clothing catches fire.
The British Transport Police explained the best ways to cross rail tracks, such as bridges or subways, the group used the models to spot dangers around train tracks. At a railway station, the importance of staying behind the yellow line was explained. Photographs that showed damage from stone throwing were given to the children to make them think of consequences of actions.
The Ranger Service explained all the services that the Rangers provide and gave the children an awareness of hazards that may arise in local parks, such as: not swimming in ponds or lakes, fires, strangers, needles or syringes, broken glass and litter and climbing trees.
Raising Aspirations at Queen's Park , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 5th Jul 2015 @ 10:06pm
This year, Y5 and Y6 at Queen's Park have been working with St Helens Chamber on a business enterprise scheme. The final session was held today. We had a 'Careers Carousel' in the hall. Over 15 different companys/jobs were represented from Nursing to Ice-Skating to Asda. The children prepared questions to ask the different companys. This gave our children a real flavour of the world of work and hopefully inspire some of them to look further into a particular career.
Another first for Queen's Park! One of our core values is aspiration and I really feel that this activity enable our children to at least start to think about work and how important it is to choose the right career.
Thank you to Natale from the St Helens Chamber who helped to organsie and Mrs Platt from school who is as ever, always on hand to help!
Police Visit Y5, by Mrs Kellett
Date: 2nd Jul 2015 @ 7:59pm
On Thursday, we were visited by the Community Police to talk to the children all about keeping themselve safe around the community and on the internet. I was amazed by how much the children knew about the internet and it really made me aware of how vulnerable our children are in the new world of technology. Please keep tabs on your child's use of the internet. It is so important!
Lockerbie Manor , by Mrs Platt
Date: 29th Jun 2015 @ 4:24pm
Ian Ward, a representative from Lockerbie Manor visited school this morning. He presented information about next year's Y6 residential trip.
Children have been given information letters this evening to share with parents and carers.
Maths Winners, by Mrs Kellett
Date: 24th Jun 2015 @ 10:16pm
Today, four of our year five boys went to St John Vianney to take part in a 'Maths Challenge' day. They took part in lots of different maths activities against 9 other schools. I was delighted to find out when I picked them up that they had actually won the whole competition! A fantastic achievement. Well done boys.
iPads , by Mrs Kellett
Date: 4th Jun 2015 @ 9:36pm
I had the pleasure this morning of dropping in to some lessons to see what great work was going on in the classrooms. I saw lots of great maths work and some good discussions about improving our writing. I went into y5 and they had our new bank of iPads out. They were learning to write algorithms (commands) to move figures in a game. I was so impressed with the children's ability and the confidence with using the new technology to further their learning.
Well done Mrs Atherton and Y5
Year 5 Viking Day, by Mr Helsby
Date: 20th Apr 2015 @ 4:55pm
Today we spent the day with a real life Viking! We even dressed up as Vikings! He told us all about where they came from and how they lived their lives. He also gave us a spear and a shield and shown us how to march into battle! We are now definitely Viking experts. We had great fun and will not forget our amazing experience.
