All of our school blogs

Skype call to Australia. , by Mrs Atherton

Date: 14th Jan 2016 @ 4:06pm

Mrs Taylor organised a special event for Year 5 as part of their Arts Fortnight focus on Australia, she arranged for a teacher in Australia to receive a Skype call from us. After a couple of technical hiccups and issues with their 11 hour time difference, the connection was  finally established, then the children were able to ask questions about Australia and the Stolen Generation. Mr Jackson was a very informative and entertaining visitor to our class. The children loved it, as did the staff. 

The Stolen Generation is a topic that has amazed and shocked the classes, ask them at home to tell you about this part of Australian History. 

I would like to personally thank Mrs Taylor for her enthusiasm setting this event up and Miss Hughes for organising the Skype account (teamwork is a wonderful thing). 

Arts Fortnight, by Miss Hughes

Date: 14th Jan 2016 @ 2:01pm

Hi everyone!

Just to introduce myself, I thought I would post my very first blog!

My name is Miss Hughes and I am Q3's new class teacher. I have had a wonderful two weeks settling in and my lovely class have made me feel very welcome. It has been an exciting two weeks at Queen's Park and we have been getting up to lots of fantastic activities.

We have been learning all about India in Year 3. We have experienced Indian Bollywood dancing, created some beautiful pieces of Indian art work and have even written our own songs and tasted lots of delicious Indian food.

Don't forget - there is a meet and greet on Friday 15th January from 9:00 - 9:30 for all parents/families in my class. Please come and say hello, I really look forward to meeting you all :)

Here are some of us having lots of fun learning how to play the ukulele:

SHARE Family Numeracy, by Miss Hope

Date: 14th Jan 2016 @ 6:46am

Our latest Share Family Numeracy course began this week. Parents from Year 1 and Year 2 have signed up to a ten week course. During the morning they are working with Cat Clucas, an adult tutor, on their own maths skills and with Miss Hope on how to help their child with maths. In the afternoon we are joined by the children for a fun joint maths session where the grown ups help the children and the children show off their hard work. This week we learnt about place value. 

Aboriginal Art session, by Miss Ellis

Date: 11th Jan 2016 @ 1:43pm

Arts fortnight just keeps getting better!!

Year six spent a fantastic hour with our visiting artist, Andi, creating amazing prints inspired by aboriginal art. We've already started creating our own paintings in class, but this was a chance to get some excellent guidance from an artist! 

Junior Masterchef , by Miss Ellis

Date: 8th Jan 2016 @ 2:10pm

 P6 enjoy some food technology with the Masterchef Chef all done with an Australian twist 🍍🍒🍇🍓

Ukulele Magic, by Miss Ellis

Date: 6th Jan 2016 @ 12:05pm

Year six find their inner George Formby as they become ukulele experts. Rock on!!😎🎭🎼🎸

Panto time...oh no it isn't!, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 5th Jan 2016 @ 5:05pm

The whole school enjoyed a wonderful afternoon watching Dick Whittington. The children were enthralled with a mix of comedy, current chart songs and singing. The staff were so pleased with the behaviour of all the children, even the cast commented that they had been a wonderful audience.

Well done Queen's Park. 

Christmas lunch, by Mrs Platt

Date: 10th Dec 2015 @ 3:34pm

Children and staff enjoyed Christmas lunch in school today. 

Elf on the shelf, by Mr Everett

Date: 9th Dec 2015 @ 5:13pm

Just to let you know what's going on in Q4 with that pesky little elf. Our children have made up names for our elf and made acrostic poems out of them. We had 'Twinkletoes', 'Starfire', 'Stardust', JingleJewels' to name but a few. Ask your child what an acrostic poem is? Hopefully they'll be able to tell you all about them. Later this week our 'Big Write' is going to be a story about them going back with the elf to see all the weird and wonderful things in Santa's workshop. I'll be looking for some great describing words and time connectives to go in your paragraphs. Have a chat with your child about what they could describe. Don't forget to include all the amazing sights, sounds and smells that you may experience if you went to his workshop. Let's just hope Santa's not had his bowl of sprouts! 

Family worship at The United Reform Church, by Mrs Platt

Date: 6th Dec 2015 @ 4:31pm

Children, governors and staff of Queen's Park gathered this morning to join in the special Christmas Tree Service led by Rev Gary McGowan.

Christmas Fair 2015, by Mrs Platt

Date: 4th Dec 2015 @ 9:36pm

Christmas Fair 2015, by Mrs Platt

Date: 4th Dec 2015 @ 10:58am

Preparations are well under way for this afternoon's Christmas Fair! 

Please come along and join in the festive fun. 

Christmas Tree Festival at the U.R.C. , by Mrs Platt

Date: 2nd Dec 2015 @ 4:01pm

A group of children worked creatively to make decorations for the Christmas Tree at The U.R.C.

We will be taking some children to the service on Sunday, 6th December at 10.30am - why don't you join us and get in the Christmas spirit! 

Squash PE lesson., by Mr Everett

Date: 2nd Dec 2015 @ 2:31pm

Children practising their squash skills this afternoon.

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.

Colour theme hampers, by Mrs Platt

Date: 1st Dec 2015 @ 1:05pm

These are the hampers that the classes have put together in preparation for the Christmas Fair...

Raffle tickets are on sale from the main office. 

Advent, by Mrs Platt

Date: 1st Dec 2015 @ 12:28pm

Yesterday we started to think about Advent during our whole school worship time. 

Children are being asked to contribute prayers to our prayer tree which will be displayed and shared in assemblies. 

Breakfast with Santa , by Mrs Platt

Date: 27th Nov 2015 @ 4:00pm

PTFA will be hosting a 'breakfast with Santa' event in school on Friday 11th December. 

This should be a lovely opportunity for all the children to gather together to enjoy a breakfast with Santa in the school hall whilst listening to Christmas music. 

This will happen during school normal school hours and there will be no charge to parents / carers. We will be taking lots of photographs and blogging them for you to enjoy!  

Elf on the shelf , by Mrs Platt

Date: 27th Nov 2015 @ 3:48pm

Over the next two weeks, every class in school will be visited by their own Elf on the Shelf. The Elf will be getting up to lots of mischief to inspire writing. The block of work will end with a celebration day on 11th December. Each child is invited to come dressed as an elf. If you haven't got an elf costume, anything Christmas themed will be fine! 

Please ask your child to tell you what the Elf has been up to every day over the next two weeks! 

Fantastic news about attendance!, by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Nov 2015 @ 3:11pm

With your help, we have been working hard on attendance this year and we are delighted to say it's the highest it's been since 2004! Again, we will putting all the children with 100% attendance, this term (September to December), into a draw to win a bike. 

This data shows how our attendance has improved.... 

2015 = 96.2% 

2014 = 95%

2013 = 94.2%

2012 = 95.1%

2011 = 94.8%

2010 = 94.4%

2009 = 93.8% 

2008 = 93.6%

2007 = 93.5%

2006 = 93.5%

2005 = 91.5%

2004 = 94.2%

(All data taken from November point each academic year.)

Raffle tickets for class hampers , by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Nov 2015 @ 2:39pm

The PTFA would like to thank all parents and carers for their generous donations of colour themed hamper items. The children will now be working creatively this week to produce a hamper within each class. 

Raffle tickets for these hampers will then be on sale from the school office from next Friday (27th November 2015) at a cost of £1 per strip. The class which manages to sell the most raffle tickets will then win a prize for their class! 

The PTFA are currently working on a newsletter which will outline and finalise all of the arrangements for this year's Christmas Fayre - this will be sent out next week. 

Whole school worship , by Mrs Platt

Date: 19th Nov 2015 @ 9:49pm

The children enjoyed whole school worship today which was based around one of our school values - love. The children watched a current TV advert and discussed how they could show acts of kindness and love themselves. As Christmas is fast approaching they started to learn a Christmas song and used sign language to accompany their singing. 

Colour hampers for Christmas Fair , by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Nov 2015 @ 3:23pm

Message from Queen's Park PTFA:

Friday 20th November 2015 is a non-uniform day in exchange for items for our class colour hampers. 

Classes have been allocated the following colours:

PR = Silver

QR = Gold

P1 = White

Q1 = Blue

P2 = Red

Q2 = Silver

P3 = Pink

Q3 = Gold

P4 = Blue

Q4 = White

P5 = Red

Q5 = Silver

P6 = Gold

Q6 = Pink

Many thanks for your continued support 

Queen's Park goes to Italy , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 30th Sep 2015 @ 8:42pm

On Tuesday we celebrated European Languages day, our theme this year was Italy so the children and teachers dressed in the colours of the Italian flag. 

Our day included learning Italian phrases, learning Italian numbers and carrying out research about Italy.

To conclude, we would like to thank Mrs Taylor and all our Italian speaking visitors for sharing their knowledge and answering our questions about the country, language and their experiences. It was a very valuable experience and we gained a lot from it.