All of our school blogs

MacMillan Coffee Morning , by Mrs Platt

Date: 8th Nov 2016 @ 5:57am

We have received a certificate from the Macmillan team saying thank you for supporting the coffee morning. We raised £376.24 for a great cause! 

Comparing Schools, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 4th Nov 2016 @ 5:13pm

We've just had a lovely afternoon in P3. I was introducing the children to the new Etwinning project we are taking part in with our partner schools in France and Italy by showing them photos of San Giorgio Catania (the school in Sicily) when we had a lovely coincidence! Anna and Ellie from Y6 brought me a copy of The Jolly Postman (il postino) in Italian! I can't wait to look at it properly. We had a super discussion comparing the Italian school with Queen's Park. We then decided what would interest our partner schools about our school and took photos near the office, in the playground and by the international displays. These will be posted on Etwinning as part of the project. We finished the afternoon by looking at photos of St Brigid's in Australia.

International Partner Schools, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 9:08pm

We have two lots of international news to share. Firstly a parcel arrived from our friends in Velles, France. The children have written in English to describe themselves and they have also given us a challenge to complete French crossword puzzles. What a great idea!

Secondly, St Brigids in Tasmania have sent us photos of their school so that we can compare it with Queen's Park. We are waiting for photos of our French and Italian partner schools to arrive too-how exciting!

Key Strings🎼🎸🎻🎷, by Miss Ellis

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 3:45pm

The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit from the Key Strings duo this week. Inspirational stories about the roots of black music gave us something else to think about during our work on black musicians.

Bonfire night safety, by Mrs Platt

Date: 2nd Nov 2016 @ 6:10am

Tuesday's assembly was spent looking at the story of Guy Fawkes and around why Bonfire Night is still celebrated. 

During the assembly, we talked about The Firework Code and how to enjoy but keep safe on Bonfire Night. 

Farewell to Sue, our lollipop lady , by Mrs Platt

Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 10:42am

On Thursday, we said goodbye and thank you to our school lollipop lady Sue. 

We held a special farewell assembly for Sue to show our appreciation and to wish her well in her retirement. Sue has built many friendships with our families and staff and will certainly be missed. 

Sue's colleagues from St Helens Council also presented Sue with a special award for her long service during the assembly. 

We all wish Sue a very happy retirement and hope she enioys her time with her family and her first grandchild. 

Good luck Miss Riley! , by Mrs Platt

Date: 23rd Oct 2016 @ 10:15am

We said goodbye to Miss Riley for a short time, while she leaves us to enjoy her maternity leave. 

We look forward to Miss Riley visiting us and meeting her new arrival.

We all send lots of love and best wishes to Miss Riley and Simon. 

School governors' meeting, by Mrs Platt

Date: 20th Oct 2016 @ 6:25am

Bertie and Jessica, our child governors, presented information to the board of school governors last night. 

They talked articulately and confidently about areas which our school governors had asked them to research. These areas included: finding children's opinions on school meals, provisions in the playground and ideas for PTFA events. 

They answered a range of other questions and have been set new tasks by our governors, which they will present information about at the next governors' meeting. 

Well done Bertie and Jessica - you did a fantastic job!

Book fair , by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Oct 2016 @ 6:22pm

The book fair has arrived in school today! 

The fair will be open for you to visit for all of this week from 8.30 to 8.55 in a morning and from 3.00 to 3.45 each evening. The book fair is set up in the main entrance. 

The book fair will also be open for all of parents' evening on Thursday and will be displayed in the main hall on this evening. 

Harvest , by Mrs Platt

Date: 17th Oct 2016 @ 9:35am

Reverend Peter led a very thought provoking assembly for us this morning, allowing us to have some time to think about the importance of Harvest.

He talked about 'Golden Wonder' - ask your child about this tonight and about what Golden Wonder moment they have had today. 

On Wednesday, our Y1 classes will be leading our school Harvest assembly. If possible, could children please being an item for our Harvest collection, which this year will be forwarded on to a local food bank? Items such as tins or packets are ideal for this collection. 

Visit to Langtree Park, by Mrs Platt

Date: 13th Oct 2016 @ 4:15pm

Two of our Year 4 boys were chosen to attend a workshop at Langtree Park. They had a great time taking part in team work activities. Thank you to Cowley Language College for organising this event. 

Un deux trois, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 9:45pm

Today P3 enjoyed learning how to count in French by performing an action for each number. We then went on to stick the French words for the numbers in order and generate sums using the numbers. On s'amusait bien! 

Enjoying the Autumnal sunshine , by Mrs Platt

Date: 11th Oct 2016 @ 4:57pm

Key Stage 2 children enjoyed taking part in the range of activities on offer this play time....football, dancing, writing, play clapping games, tyre park and much more! 

Democracy Day, by Miss Hughes

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 5:52pm

Isobel Musker and Mackenzie Smith had a fab day on Wednesday. They represented our school wonderfully at St Helens town hall. They took part in a debate with representatives from other St. Helens schools. They debated about Healh and Wellbeing, Crime, Safety and Learning & Leisure. Both Isobel & Mackenzie spoke confidently! Well done you two. 

SCIENCE IN YEAR 3, by Mrs Roberts

Date: 7th Oct 2016 @ 12:57pm

Recently in Q3 we have been learning about ROCKS!

We have looked at their characteristics and even conducted some of our own investigations to explore them further!

We have used key words including; permeable, sedimentary, igneous, mass and particles.

We look forward to learning more next week!

Mrs Roberts

Chamber of commerce visit to Gulliver's World , by Mrs Platt

Date: 6th Oct 2016 @ 11:57am

A selection of Year 6 children visited Gulliver's World this morning as part of their innovation project with St Helens Chamber of Commerce. They now have to feed back to the rest of their year group about how they feel their development projects should be led. 

Here is a selection of photos from their park visit...

Times Tables workshop for junior parents , by Mrs Platt

Date: 5th Oct 2016 @ 8:50pm

Thank you to all of the junior parents who attended today's times tables workshop. We explored some fun ways to engage children in learning the times tables up to 12x12. 

The session will be repeated in November for any parents / carers who couldn't attend today's session. 

Magical Maths , by Mrs Platt

Date: 5th Oct 2016 @ 8:44pm

Our magical maths sessions started today. The children had a fun time exploring numbers. Next week, they're going to be maths detectives! 

AMAZING VISIT TO LANGTREE PARK WITH Q4! :-) , by Mrs Roberts

Date: 5th Oct 2016 @ 11:05am

Star badge assembly , by Mrs Platt

Date: 30th Sep 2016 @ 5:09pm

Today, we celebrated lots of different achievements and awards during our star badge assembly. 

Well done to all of our award winners!

Macmillan Coffee Morning , by Mrs Platt

Date: 30th Sep 2016 @ 5:07pm

Thank you to everyone who came along to support our coffee morning today. We raised £376! 

Today's raffle prize winners are: Abigail Corns, Eddie Scott, Jack Brown, Dominic Clague and Ellie Beaumont Smith.

Daisy Smith correctly guessed the dog's name...Max!

Grace Dillon's guess of how may dots were on the cake was the nearset - Grace won £9!

Jack Brown also correctly guessed the weight of the cake - 2lb 4oz

Congratulations to all of our winners! 

Macmillan coffee morning , by Mrs Platt

Date: 30th Sep 2016 @ 9:52am

Macmillan coffee morning is being enjoyed by all. Thank you for your continued support. 

Macmillan Coffee Morning , by Mrs Platt

Date: 30th Sep 2016 @ 6:48am

We will be holding our annual fund raising event this morning for the Macmillan charity. Please come along and support the event. Pictures and a fund raising update will follow later on today. 

Y6 and parent booster sessions , by Mrs Platt

Date: 28th Sep 2016 @ 10:29pm

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended tonight's Maths Y6 booster session!

We explored the 7 x tables and looked at the strategies that we use when attempting short and long multiplication questions.

See you all next week when we move on to division! 

European Day of Languages, by Miss Hughes

Date: 28th Sep 2016 @ 8:56pm

Eine Sprache ist niemals genug (which means "One language is never enough") and Mrs Taylor and the staff and children of Queen's Park couldn't agree more! A love of language is something that is embedded into our curriculum and we are very lucky to have Mrs Taylor and her infectious enthusiasm and passion for languages. 

We loved our German focus this year and what a fantastic, fun-filled day we had in Year 6! 

Our day kicked off with an assembly led by Mrs Taylor. We were particularly impressed with Mr Warner, Mrs Connor and Ms Moss' Tongue Twister Challenge! Who would have thought we had such incredible linguists working at Queen's Park?

We then had an amazing dance session with Miss Emma where we learnt the Waltz. I forgot I was in the school hall for a moment and genuinely believed I was on Strictly. Q6 were out of this world! 

We then spent some time researching Germany and the German culture. We found out some great facts from - German Nobel prize winners to famous German companies. We were keen to find out about German foods before we enjoyed our German sausages for lunch.

After lunch we went to Cowley for the afternoon. We had a Skype chat with a school in Hanover. Charlie and Owen were brave enough to show off their German dance moves! The children at the school taught us lots of German words and phrases. We came back to Queen's Park feeling confident with counting to 20 in German and knowing the German alphabet. Q6 will be more than ready to begin their German lessons when they go to Cowley next year.

So much learning and so much fun. Auf wiedersehen! :)

Here are some pictures of us enjoying the Waltz.