Queen's Park CE/URC : Blog items
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.
Crucial Crew, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 16th Oct 2016 @ 3:36pm
This week, Year 5 had a great afternoon at Langtree Park. They met different professionals involved in Emergency Services within St. Helens.
There were 6 different workshops throughout the afternoon.
Road safety
In this workshop he children had to investigate an accident scene, they had to work out:
- What had happened
- What were the possible injuries.?
- How could they prevent this type of accident form happening again?
We appear to have a wealth of medical knowledge in Year 5 as they were able to diagnose everything from head injuries to broken bones.
Merseyside Police
In this session the children were asked:
What is an emergency?
When do you ring 999?
What is the non-emergency number?
Which would you ring given the scenarios they were presented with.
There were also able to role paly an emergency call and the children also discussed hoax calls.
We discovered that 999 is a free number that can be dialled even if a telephone has no credit.
The Ranger Service
The Rangers presented dangers that could be in and around public play areas.
Using the pictures, the children spotted dangers.
They discussed rubbish including glass and syringes that may be laying around. The children were taught when an adult is the most appropriate course of action.
The Rangers also explained that motorbikes not allowed in parks and that fires in parks can cause destruction and death to animals in the area.
Stranger danger was highlighted, the children were told to stay with friends, tell an adult were they are and don’t wander off alone in secluded areas.
Home safety
Dangers around the home were explained in this session. The children had to spot the hazards.
Ask your child which is the most dangerous room in the home:
- The bathroom
- The kitchen
- The living room
Bonfire night fire safety
Staying safe on bonfire night was the key message in this workshop. The children viewed a re-enactment of an actual event that occurred in Merseyside where a teenager was badly injured.
Important things to remember were that others might put you in danger.
Stay well back from fires and bonfire night.
Stop, drop and roll if clothes catch fire.
British transport police
The Transport Police explained the dangers of playing on the railway lines or flying kites near electrified over-head lines.
Safety on the trains and train stations was made clear to the children, including staying behind the yellow line until the train comes to a standstill.
The children were a credit to our school as their behaviour was excellent and their questions and answers showed real thought and consideration. Well done Year 5, you made us proud.
Science , by Miss Stubbs
Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 1:22pm
The children have had a really interesting morning investigating thermal insulators and conductors. We created a fair test to check which material was the best thermal insulator from a range of materials.
Ask your child which was the best thermal insulator; foil, bubble wrap, foam and fake fur.
A super science morning.
Year 5's German dance , by Miss Stubbs
Date: 10th Oct 2016 @ 8:20am
Year 5 had a great time learning different German dances with Emma.
Class dojo, by Mrs Atherton
Date: 9th Oct 2016 @ 4:56pm
This week, in year 5, we have begun using Classdojo. Your child should have brought home a password for you to log onto the app. We will be using this instead of team points so that you can have instant feedback once your child has been awarded a dojo. Dojos can also be deducted for unsuitable behaviour. If you have any questions please feel free to ask a member of the Year 5 staff at the gate in the morning or at hometime.
Which materials will dissolve in cold water? , by Miss Stubbs
Date: 30th Sep 2016 @ 12:46pm
This morning, p5 have loved being apart of a science experiment. The children have been investigating whether sand, salt, sugar, powered coffee and flour will dissolve in cold water.
Our results showed that only powdered coffee and sugar dissolved.
Take a look at our investigation.
