Our St George's News items

F2 Books for Bedtime event., by Miss Birch

Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 9:13am

 

“Being read to provides comfort for children, improving their concentration and focus. Being read to gives children knowledge to understand and talk about the world around them. When children understand what is being read this helps them understand how words, phrases and sentences are put together.” Gov.uk Help for Early Years Providers. 

At St Georges reading is at the heart of our curriculum and all of our children have access to a range of high quality literature. We read a decodable book once a day in our phonic sessions and take one home each Friday alongside a story book for our grown ups to read to us. This week we have enjoyed our 'Books for Bedtime' event when we learnt all about the importance of reading. We come into school in the evening wearing our pyjamas and got cosy under the twinkling fairy lights. We then enjoyed listening to storys with props, puppets and masks. We even have a yummy hot chocolate and biscuit.

 

 

F2 Trip to Imagine That!, by Miss Jones

Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 10:05am

"When children begin to understand their personal experiences, through interaction with adults and other children, they begin to make sense of  the world" Gov.uk Help for Early Providers.

As part of our ongoing commitment to personal experiences at St Georges, Foundation 2 embarked on a trip to 'Imagine That' in Liverpool. The children engaged in a wide range of activities; taking on different roles in the role play village, painting fridge magnets in the Art room and creating their own snow and slime in the Science Area! The children had so much fun with their class friends and our parent volunteers.

Year 4 Art, by Miss Mulheirn

Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 9:44am

Year 4 have loved exploring how artists use paper as a sculpting material. They have researched the work of Peter Callesen, Lauren Clay and Mia Pearlman, who all sculpt paper in different ways. They have also learnt various paper sculpting techniques such as fringing, pleating and curling. By the end of our unit of work, the pupils will be creating portraits sculpted with paper. They have started to explore how the techniques they have learnt may be used to create different facial features. Here are lots of photographs!

Buddhist Visitor to year 4, by Miss Willacy

Date: 25th Jan 2024 @ 4:27pm

The children in year 4 have been learning all about the Buddhist religion and exploring who the Buddha was and his importance, the four noble truths and what is meant by the term enlightenment. Today, the year 4 children were thrilled to be visited by the Buddhists from the Kailash Buddhist Centre. The children loved to hear about the daily life of a Buddhist and exploring pictures of Buddhist temples around the world. The children enjoyed a meditating session at the end.

Mr Singh visits Y3, by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 24th Jan 2024 @ 1:45pm

Year 3 were very lucky to have a visit from Mr Singh who came into school to help us learn all about Sikhism which we have been learning about in RE. We had an assembly altogether then completed some workshops were we learned all about the 5 K's. 

Panto fun for year 6 pupils!, by Mrs Walters

Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 12:00pm

Congratulations to year 6 pupils Bethany and Hollie who appeared in this years Nova Award Winning Crysanthamum's Pantomime - Aladdin!

They are pictured here with Wishie Washie, played by John Sprung-Murphy, a former employee with St George’s Dragon Club!

Christmas in Year 1 and 2, by Mrs Horton

Date: 22nd Dec 2023 @ 1:16pm

Year 1 and 2 have had a great time celebrating Christmas. Year 2 visited the church to learn about Christingle and made their own Christingles. The choir also attended the Christingle family service. Following on from that, we had the special perfomances of 'Baubles' our Christmas nativity. What a wonderful performance the children put on. To top it off this week we have had a visit from Santa, Christmas movie afternoon, a Santa dash, Christmas dinner and a Christmas party. It really has been a fantastic end to 2023!

Y3/4 Ten-pin Bowling Competition, by Mr Thomas

Date: 22nd Dec 2023 @ 10:22am

Well done to the team of children from Years 3 and 4, who recently represented St George's in a ten-pin bowling competition with other Wirral schools. 

 The children demonstrated a fantastic attitude and were great ambassadors for our school!

Santa Dash Success!, by Mr Thomas

Date: 22nd Dec 2023 @ 10:04am

A heartfelt thank you to  everyone for making all of our Santa Dashes a spectacular success!

Across the school, we raised a fantastic £570 for the Tiny Stars appeal. This contribution ensures vital care for newborns and their families. This embodies our school community's compassion.

Thank you to all children and families for your donations.  

Merry Christmas 2023 Compilation, by Mr Cassidy

Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 3:56pm

A huge thank you to everybody who made Christmas such as success.   Images below capture a fraction of what we have been upto.

Every single team contributed to the organisation and atmosphere around the school.  It was ajoy to share Christmas with our families.

In numbers Christmas 2023 was:

  • 18 concerts and performances
  • 38 Christmas events
  • Over 650 Christmas dinners
  • 910 party afternoon refreshments
  • 910 cinema afternoon refreshments
  • 670 grotto visits
  • £500 raised for Tiny Stars appeal and amazing donations for Charles Thompson mission.
  • Parcels for 57 vulnerable children and families.

 

Upper SIte Concerts, by Mr Cassidy

Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 3:28pm

Storms couldn't prevent our children from shining today.   Four Year 6 violin and singing concerts were followed by Year 5 wowing our families with a hastily reorganised indoor carol cncert.

Everybody left feeling festive and in awe of the children's talents.   It was lovely to have our families in school celebrating christmas with us.

Special thanks to Mrs Richards and all the staff for their encouragment and teaching.

Christmas Grotto 🎄🎅🏼, by Miss Berry

Date: 20th Dec 2023 @ 4:58pm

This week, the children have had a magical time visiting Father Christmas 🎅🏼 in our enchanting grotto! They enjoyed a hot chocolate and gingerbread biscuit as they listened to a story 📖 and got to tell him what they wanted for Christmas 🎄

All the children were on the 'Nice List' ✅ and some even spotted elves on the roof of the grotto! 

 

 

Festive Fun with Christmas Dinner!, by Mrs Walters

Date: 20th Dec 2023 @ 3:53pm

A huge thank you to our amazing catering team who served hundreds of Christmas lunches to staff and pupils today at lower site!

Tomorrow they do it all again at upper site!

 

Year three Santa grotto, by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 18th Dec 2023 @ 11:52am

Year three had a great time visiting Santa at the grotto today. The children shared what presents they are hoping for and listened to Santa read them a short story. The children had a drink of hot chocolate and a biscuit. Thank you Santa! 

Year 4 - Progress in Ukulele, by Mrs Palmi

Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 4:09pm

This term, year 4 have been working so hard to learn to play the ukulele. At the beginning of the term, we were starting from scratch and now we can play along to a range of songs - and even sing along!

We are so proud of the progress they have made so far and can't wait to perform for you in our showcase next half-term.

Photo editing Year 4 🎞️, by Miss Hughes

Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 10:40am

What a fantastic time we have had this half term with our photo editing unit ! 📸 

From cropping and rotating to saturating and combining we have really put our editing skills to the test. 
We cannot wait to put these skills to good use and who knows, there could be a future advertisement or magazine out there with one of our names on. 👀

 

 

Year 1/2 Stem Club Autumn Term, by Mrs Rycroft

Date: 12th Dec 2023 @ 4:29pm

Children in Year 1 and 2 have been taking part in an afterschool STEM club as part of the Crest Award scheme. The purpose of the scheme is to inspire primary school children to explore the world around using short hands on activities. The children have had the opportunity to run their own experiments, ask lots of questions, carry out investigations and most importantly have fun with STEM.

Investigations have included; brilliant bubbles, sneaky shadows, making sand timers, testing waterproof materials, being safe in the dark, choosing the best material for catching sneezes and programming robots. The children will all receive a Crest Award certificate and badge to recognise their participation in the club.

Year 4 Making a Healthy Lunch, by Mrs Palmi

Date: 8th Dec 2023 @ 4:29pm

This week we had a fabulous time learning the skills needed to make a healthy soup before we have a go at designing our own version.

We studied the ingredients and method of the recipe, learned how to peel and chop safely and got to taste our final product - it was delicious! We can't wait to start writing our own recipes for our own creations!

Experience Christmas at St Hilary's, by Miss Gough-Hughes

Date: 5th Dec 2023 @ 7:58pm

Year three have had the opportunity to visit St Hilary's church this week to 'Experience Christmas'. They visited different stations which told the Christmas story including: the preparation, the announcement, promises, the journey, the message and finally the gift. At each station, the children took part in different activities to help them recall the story, such as writing/drawing gift ideas for Mary and Joseph and acting out Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem by donkey. We finished the experience off with a biscuit and juice. A big thank you to St Hilary's church! 

Santa Dash- Saturday 2nd December, by Mr Thomas

Date: 4th Dec 2023 @ 12:39pm

Santa Dash- Saturday 2nd December

This weekend, we held our Santa Dash at Topsite. The event was a great success and helped to raise awareness of the important work that the Tiny Starts Appeal does.We are delighted to announce that our school community raised an incredible £200 for Wirral University Teaching Hospitals Tiny Stars Neonatal Appeal through this festive fitness event. 

The Tiny Stars Appeal supports the neonatal unit at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals, and you can read more about the charity by clicking here. 

We are also excited to announce that all children will be involved in a  small santa dash over the next few weeks with their class.  This is a fun and festive event that will help to raise even more money for the Tiny Stars Appeal. and we will be asking children to bring in a donation on the day of their event.

Keep an eye out for communication from your child's class teacher for more information.

Thank you for your support!

Year 2 Christmas Choir at St Hilary's Church, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov

Date: 4th Dec 2023 @ 11:03am

On Sunday evening, Mrs Malloy, Mrs Eaton and Mrs Cameron-Ivanov were joined by the year 2 Christmas Choir at St Hilary's to perform at the annual Christingle service to mark the start of advent. 

The children were joined by parents, carers and other family members for the service. It was wonderful to see so many families join us. 

The choir sang beautifully, all their rehearsals and learning of the words at home was clear to see. Well done to the year 2 Christmas Choir! You helped make the Christingle service magical!

Year 4 - DT, by Miss Mulheirn

Date: 1st Dec 2023 @ 7:54am

This term, the children will design, make and evaluate a healthy dish. To start their project, they analysed existing products. The teachers created four delicious soups for the children to trial. The pupils analysed their appearance, texture, smell and taste before voting for their favourite soup to recreate next week.

Year 5 Boys' Football Team Success, by Mr Cassidy

Date: 26th Nov 2023 @ 10:34am

We were really proud of our Year 5 football team this week.

 

8 Year 5 boys took part in a Wirral Schools football tournament at Activity for All on Tuesday.  They were the runners up.
 
Mrs Gibson was incredibly proud of the team.  Their performance demonstrated commendable qualities such as respect, teamwork and sportsmanship.
 
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Year 4 - Art, by Miss Mulheirn

Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 4:32pm

The Year 4 pupils were challenged to create a watercolour painting in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe. Here are their amazing final pieces of artwork for you to enjoy! 

Loving reading at St George's, by Mrs Walters

Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 4:12pm

We had lots of bookworms at the Scholastic Book Fair this week!

Families joined us after school each day to buy books and stationary items and the event was a great success.

Thank you to the staff who helped on the nights and to all the parents and carers who came along.

Happy reading!

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