Queen's Park Primary School: All of our school blogs

Flipping great play time in Y6, by Mrs Platt

Date: 28th Feb 2017 @ 10:30am

Year 6 took part in a pancake flipping challenge this break time.

The winners so far are:

Isobel - 17 flips

Aanu - 16 flips

Cymon - 15 flips

Little Lyrics, by Mrs Platt

Date: 28th Feb 2017 @ 9:18am

Here is the face of today's radio star...Ellie Beaumont Smith!

If you didn't guess today's lyric, it was 'Everybody's talking' by The Beautiful South.

Pancake problems - our solutions , by Mrs Platt

Date: 28th Feb 2017 @ 9:12am

Year 6 used a systematic approach to solve today's pancake problem.

Here are our solutions...

Pancake problems , by Mrs Platt

Date: 27th Feb 2017 @ 9:12pm

Year 6 will be working through this maths problem tomorrow. How would you attempt the task?

Billy wants to have 2 sauces on his pancakes. Use the information below to investigate the different combinations of 2 sauces he could have:

A Pancake House offers 6 pancake sauces:

• Vanilla

• Strawberry

• Chocolate

• Toffee

• Lemon

• Maple

We'll blog our solutions tomorrow morning.

Wish FM 'Little Lyrics', by Mrs Platt

Date: 27th Feb 2017 @ 3:13pm

Here is the face of today's radio star...Adam Driscoll!

If you didn't guess today's lyric, it was 'Love you better' by Shawn Mendes.

St Helens Rotary Club , by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Feb 2017 @ 1:40pm

Dr Colin Ince led today's whole school assembly. He spoke to the children about this year's Easter shoe box appeal. Further information will be presented on this week's newsletter and how you can support this very worthwhile cause.

Wish FM superstars 🎤👏🏻👍🏻, by Miss Ellis

Date: 20th Feb 2017 @ 1:36pm

Year six have taken part in a recording session this morning for local radio station,Wish FM.

You will be able to hear all the children welcoming the listeners to Chris' breakfast show with a rousing cheer of 'Morning Chris'!!

Also keep an ear open for Adam, Archie, Ellie B, Kiera and Jared who will be reading lyrics for the little lyric competition each morning at 8.05am

Such clear speaking voices from our fabulous pupils 🎤📻🎙

Little Lyrics with Wish FM , by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Feb 2017 @ 1:34pm

Today, we have local radio station - Wish FM, recording a feature for next week's show. A group of Y6 children recorded 'little lyrics' with DJ Chris Milow.

The feature will be on next week's radio show from 8am - please tune in and play along!

This morning's Year 6 maths challenge, by Mrs Platt

Date: 8th Feb 2017 @ 6:34am

Here are Year 6's morning maths challenges - Would you rather have...?

Solutions to follow later 😊

Here are our solutions..., by Mrs Platt

Date: 6th Feb 2017 @ 10:26am

Morning maths challenge, by Mrs Platt

Date: 6th Feb 2017 @ 8:44am

Mrs Platt's maths group are about to be presented with this challenge. We're going to attempt to solve the problem using a bar model. Which method would you use?

Using the bar model in maths , by Mrs Platt

Date: 3rd Feb 2017 @ 4:02pm

Here are their responses...

Using the bar model in maths , by Mrs Platt

Date: 3rd Feb 2017 @ 4:00pm

Year 6 used the bar model to work through this maths task. How would you attempt it?

Creative ways to compare fractions, decimals and percentages , by Mrs Platt

Date: 3rd Feb 2017 @ 3:55pm

Some children in Y6 made fraction fortune tellers today. They used them to help find conversions between fractions, decimals and percentages.

French rapping in P1, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 3rd Feb 2017 @ 12:26pm

We reinforced our learning of classroom objects in French by dancing and rapping. Lucas had the backpack and Ryan and Heidi made very cool rappers!

AN AMAZING DAY OUT, by Miss Hope

Date: 2nd Feb 2017 @ 11:15pm

What an amazing day out some of our children had. A group of KS2 children visited Liverpool Empire to attend the launch event for Warhorse, we were the only primary school invited to this special event.

After travelling by bus and train the children were welcomed by Natalie, the Creative learning manager. We were able to eat our lunch in the Piano Bar, which had fantastic views of Liverpool.

After lunch we were taken onto the stage, where we were introduced to Joey the horse from the play Warhorse. The horse puppet was amazing, it was operated by 3 puppeteers. The children were given front row seats and were able to stroke Joey.

We listened to the puppeteers and were able to ask questions about Joey.

At the end of the presentation Natalie gave us a tour of the auditorium and let us sit in the best seats in the house.

All too soon it was time to go back to the station and catch our train back to St Helens.

The children all agreed this had been the best school trip ever.

All day long our children were complemented by people we met on the bus, on the train, in the theatre and at the bus stop. Their manners and behaviour was outstanding, every compliment made Miss Hope’s heart swell with pride.

An awe inspiring day out for us all- with lots of new experiences. This is what memories are made of.

Fencing education , by Miss Hughes

Date: 2nd Feb 2017 @ 9:22am

Katie from fencing education has been in this morning to speak to Queen's Park children about Fencing club which is starting in a couple of weeks. Some very brave children volunteered to demonstrate how to fence in front of the whole school! They did a great job 👍🏼 Letters will be going out to all classes this week.

Doorways to Learning , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 31st Jan 2017 @ 9:06pm

I spent this morning in and out of classrooms. I saw some great maths work in year four - I was so impressed with their use of bar models to work out fractions of amounts. I was given a fantastic explanation on how to use the word 'splintering' from Q3. Year six were busy writing reports and calculating decimals. The school is looking fantastic at the moment. Each class has worked on their 'doorway to learning', The displays are fantastic and really show the broad and balanced curriculum we offer at Queen's Park. It really was a proud headteacher moment!

Holocaust Memorial workshop, by Miss Ellis

Date: 26th Jan 2017 @ 10:37am

Earlier this week P6 walked to Peter Street library to participate in a workshop run by the library services, commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day (Friday 27th January). It was a very difficult and mature subject for the children to engage in but they thought carefully and responded appropriately. It was clear from their answers how much they had learnt from our World War Two topic. Well done P6 👍🏻

Holocaust Memorial Day , by Miss Hughes

Date: 24th Jan 2017 @ 7:04pm

Year 6 went to the library today to extend their learning about the holocaust. The children have been studying World War 2 and we finished our topic with a visit to the library to commemorate the lives lost. Year 6 were very sensible, engaged and respectful and approached their workshop sensitively and inquisitively. We are very proud of you!

Never fear, Q6 are here! British Red Cross first aid training, by Miss Hughes

Date: 24th Jan 2017 @ 6:58pm

Q6 had a great time on their first aid training. Thank you to Carmel from the British Red Cross for providing our children with such valuable life skills AND potential life saving skills!

Bananagrams 🍌 , by Miss Ellis

Date: 20th Jan 2017 @ 12:04pm

We have been furiously revising root words, prefixes and suffixes this morning. Ideal preparation for a round of bananagrams before lunch. Who said SATS can't be fun!!

La ville, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 18th Jan 2017 @ 8:20pm

Wow! I was so impressed with the triaramas produced by P4 today. The children explored new vocabulary using their bilingual dictionaries and designed their own town made up of masculine only or feminine only buildings. This proved a fascinating challenge which the children enjoyed rising to. I let them add other details of any gender so long as they stuck to masculine or feminine for the buildings. Look at our photos to see who successfully met the challenge...