Year 2: St George's News items
2B & 2C's trip to Birkenhead Park, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 29th Mar 2023 @ 9:54am
2B & 2C had an excellent time at Birkenhead Park, despite the incredibly wet weather we had. During the day, we met the park ranger Hannah, who gave us some maps and taught us how to use these to make our way to different locations around the park. We had to try to spot where the different photographs were taken, during our orienteering experience. We also got to visit the onsite forest school with our forest school leader Miss Nall. We had great fun in the forest, searching for minibeasts in their microhabitat, explaining what conditions these microhabitats had, building our own microhabitat and even doing some pond dipping. The highlight of our forest school visit was sliding around in the mud and getting very dirty due to the bad weather. A big thank you to the parents who helped us on our trip, despite the rain!
2A and 2D Trip to Birkenhead Park, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 27th Mar 2023 @ 4:03pm
We have had an excellent day out at Birkenhead Park. Our day invloved lots of exciting activities, inclduing time in forest school where we hunted for mini-beasts, made micro-habitats and even did some pond dipping! We also completed an orienteering course where we followed a map around the park to see if we could spot where certain photographs had been taken.
We hope you enjoy looking through our photographs.
Year 2 - British Science Week, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 3:49pm
The year two's have had a great week celebrating science week. They have enjoyed using the iPad's to research food chains and read science books to help them sort images of animal food chains. Additionally, they have loved finding out about different scientists and drawing a scientist, recognizing that anybody can be a scientist. One of the best parts, was our science ambassadors bravely stepping up in front of their class, to teach the other children about different innovations throughout the year. Well done science ambassadors!
Year 1 and 2 Oracy Showcase - Human Rights, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 14th Mar 2023 @ 10:53am
Over the last couple of weeks, year 1 and 2 have been learning about Human Rights. We know that these are rights that everyone has, just for being human.
Each year group chose a human right to focus on. Year 1 did "Everyone has the right to a job", and wrote poems called "When I Grow Up", a line in their poems said "I'll work and learn until it's my turn, to find the right job for me"
Year 2 did "Everyone has the right to rest and leisure". Their poems had the title "If I were in charge of the World" and listed all the things we'd like to get rid of, and all the games and leisure we would like to have more of.
Within our classes, we put together a poem based on our chosen right, we then rehearsed and performed them in our classes and had a vote for the group that demonstrated the best oracy skills. We focused on physical oracy: taking clearly, gesture and posture, speed and volume of talk and expression in our voices.
The chosen groups from each class then performed their poem in front of all of year 1 and 2 in the hall for our Oracy Showcase. We invited some year 3 children to come and judge our showcase, and they gave each group excellent feedback based on our oracy framework.
Each group worked really hard on their performance and we could tell they had been practising.
The winning class for year 2 was 2A, and the winning class for year 1 was 1C. They will be taking part in a school wide oracy showcase, with children from F2 to 6, and will perform their poems at our local church.
Spring Term OGDEN Trust Newsletter, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 14th Feb 2023 @ 8:27am
This term's OGDEN Triust newsletter can be read by clicking on the attached document. We are delighted to be leading such a stong, dynamic partnership to promote Science ediucation in Wirral schools.
Football fun with an England legend, by Mrs Walters
Date: 14th Feb 2023 @ 11:29am
Pantomime Success!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 10th Jan 2023 @ 11:09am
Congratulations to three of our fabulous upper site pupils who took part in the very successful Chrysanthemums' Pantomime at the Floral Pavilion last week.
Bethany (Year 5) Madison (Year 6) and Hollie (Year 5) were part of seven amazing performances of Red Riding Hood. Well done to them all!
Christmas lunch day, by Mrs Walters
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 12:32pm
Children and staff across school enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch on Thursday thanks to our fabulous Catering Team!
The Return of the Christmas Fair!, by Mr Nathan
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 9:09pm
A lot has changed since St George's last Christmas Fair.
Covid was barely a word. Liverpool hadn't won their 20th league title yet. Australian soap, Neighbours, was still a thing.
A covering of snow meant that the Christmas Fair possessed that authentic winter feel. It was incredible to witness so many members of our community at the fair, enjoying the Christmas spirit by joining in games, activities, getting faces painted, listening to our wonderful choir, purchasing items from our numerous stalls and indulging in hot food and refreshments. We also had a visit from Santa and his elves - amazing!
A genuine and heartfelt thank you to our school community for attending our Christmas Fair. Much gratitude must be given for the efforts of our PTA, volunteers and school staff. They all contributed to ensuring that our first Christmas Fair for three years was an overwhelming success.
Year 2 Visit Wallasey Village United Reformed Church, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 3:41pm
This week, year 2 have visited one of our local churches to learn all about the significance of Christingle.
To begin, the children discussed and recapped the Christmas story and the key characters from it. All of the children then got to make their very own Christingle before learning about what each part of it represents. Next we sang some beautiful hymns and finally we lit our Christingle and had a short prayer.
The children got to bring their Christingle back to class, as well as a lovely Christmas gift bag from the church.
A huge thank you to Jeff and everyone at WVURC for making our visit so enjoyable and very interesting!
Year 2 Choir at St Hilary, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 27th Nov 2022 @ 5:52pm
The year 2 choir have had a fantastic evening singing at St Hilary's for the Christingle Service. We sang 4 beautiful songs, and even did Makaton sign language to Silent Night. It was wonderful to see the smiles on everyone's faces as the children took to the stage.
During the service, children also followed a star which led them to passages from The Bible which revealed parts of the nativity story. We also discovered the meaning behind the Christingle and how it symbolises Christ as the light of the world. Finally, all of the children received their own Christingle and we lit them, dimmed the lights and sang a hymn. It was beautiful.
Thank you to all at St Hilary's, especially Alan and Caroline.
What a wonderful way to start our festive celebrations!
Well done Year 2 Choir!
Year 1 and 2 Reading Ambassadors Visit Bear Hunt Books, by Mrs Horton
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 4:19pm
What a lovely afternoon year 1 and 2 reading ambassadors have had! Last week they had a meeting in their classes to discover which books the children like to read. They created a list of books to try and find at the book shop. It was great fun finding their books and they picked some extras up too. We also found some lovely Christmas story books for the children to enjoy over the Christmas period.
Michelle, from Bear Hunt Books, was very helpful. After the children had selected all of their books she made them a lovely cup of hot chocolate and read them a stroy.
The children loved taking their new books back to share with the children in school.
Science Fair in the news!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 10:09am
The super succcessful science fair has made it onto a few local websites recently.
Community news site - https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/wallasey-schools-join-together-in-science-fair-success/
Ogden Trust website - https://www.ogdentrust.com/about-us/news/super-science-fair/
News site - Wirral - https://newswirral.co.uk/st-georges-school-science-fair/
The Tiger Who Came to Tea, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 6th Nov 2022 @ 4:21pm
We have had a wonderful afternoon at the Floral Pavilion watching a brilliant performance of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, based on the book by Judith Kerr.
We love the story and it was magical to see it brought to life. We all joined in with different parts of the show, a song and even some tiger aerobics!
2022 Boys' Football Team Win Wirral Sports Team of the Year, by Mr Cassidy
Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 2:54pm
They may have left St George's but the awards still keep on coming. Well done to the 2022 Year 6 boys’ football team who won the Wirral Sports Team of the Year award last night at Hulme Hall. What a prestigious achievement. Huge thank you to Mrs Gibson for supporting the boys and their families.
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Hello Yellow in Year 1, by Mrs Stewart
Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 11:02am
On Monday Year 1 celebrated World Mental Health Day with the help of #helloyellow.
The children were invited to wear something yellow and we took part in different activities throughout the day to promote taking care of our own mental health and wellbeing. Here are some photos of our lovely day. There are more photographs on our Seesaw app.
Thank you for your kind donations to HelloYellow!
Sisters take on a steep challenge for charity, by Mrs Walters
Date: 11th Oct 2022 @ 3:58pm
Two of our amazing children have taken on a major challenge by running up one of the steepest hills in Wallasey 100 times to raise money for charity!
Penny and Lois Conroy have raised more than £450 so far by running up Portland Street and only have 15 runs left to make it to the 100 mark!
All the money raised is for a charity set up by a family friend with bowel cancer and they hope to hit their £500 target soon.
Their friend, Danny De Brabander was diagnosed with stage 4 Bowel Cancer but has set up a charity, Team DDB, to help other people with cancer and has raised almost £100,000.
If you would like to donate some money to their challenge you can visit their Crowdfunder website at:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/penny-lois-100-hill-runs-up-portland-street
For more information about Team DDB and the remarkable work they carry out please visit Team.DDB on Facebook.
Hello Yellow - Year 2, by Miss Gough-Hughes
Date: 10th Oct 2022 @ 4:17pm
Today, the year two children had lots of fun celebrating hello yellow for World Mental Health Day. We've had lots of discussions today about why we are celebrating the day and how it's important to understand our own mental health. The children enjoyed creating positive affirmation cards for their friends, telling some jokes and making others smile throughout the day.
Please see Seesaw for an optional home learning task if you'd like to complete more activities at home.
Well done year two!
Foyle Foundation Funding Success!, by Mrs Taylor
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 12:34pm
Last week, we were fortunate enough to secure a £10,000 grant from the Foyle Foundation for new books for school. We are thrilled to have been selected and have already made big plans with some of our Reading Ambassadors as to how to spend it. These plans include new texts for class and unit libraries, trips to bookshops for our Reading Ambassadors and opportunities for outdoor reading spaces to enjoy at break and lunch times. Keep an eye out for our newest and most exciting texts over the next few months.
We would just like to emphasise our gratitude to the Foyle Foundation for this fantastic opportunity - it really will make a difference to our children.
Books of Condolence for the Royal Family, by Mrs Walters
Date: 28th Sep 2022 @ 1:33pm
Our children and staff have been working hard to create beautiful books of condolence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.
Pupils from Foundation 1 to year 6 have written notes and drawn or coloured in pictures to add to the books.
These will now be sent to Buckingham Palace, in London, to be placed in the Royal Archives.
Below are pictures of the books and a small selection of the pieces inside.
National Fitness Day in Year 2, by Mrs Horton
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 12:27pm
Year 2 took part in 10 at 10 - 10 minutes of exercise at 10 o'clock. Some volunteers from 2D led the session by demonstrating some different exercises. We had lots of fun and felt energised for our learning.
St George's Receives a Royal Thank You!, by Mrs Walters
Date: 2nd Sep 2022 @ 11:22am
We were thrilled to receive a royal thank you letter this week!
The Queen's Lady in Waiting wrote from Balmoral Castle on behalf of Her Majesty to thank our pupils for sending letters to her for her Platinum Jubilee.
We also received a thank you card with photos of the Queen and a message from Buckingham Palace.
You can see the letter and pictures below.
Community Garden August Workshop, by Mrs Cameron-Ivanov
Date: 5th Aug 2022 @ 1:57pm
We have had a lovely morning working in our Will Allen Community Garden. Thankfully, the weather brightened up and we were able to complete plenty of jobs, including weeding, checking for signs of pests, picking and harvesting our fruit and veg, and the best bit, getting to sample what we had grown.
We enjoyed a delicious brunch, where we sampled some homemade stewed rhubarb, apple conserve and mixed berry compote, as well as strawberries and raspberries.
Our most successful crops this year have been rhubarb, apples, lettuce, parsley and green beans. All the families who joined us were able to take home what we had grown, and we can't wait to see what tasty meals they make with them.
Year 2 memories, by Mrs Price
Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 12:44am
Year 2 Memories.
We have had a awonderful time in year 2 with so many highlights. It has been difficult to choose a few of our favourites. The children are preparing for their year 3 classes and it has been super to reflect on all the children have achieved in this year. Well done children!
Here are the links below that we have shared on Seesaw of our favourite memories.
What are your favourite memories?
2A link 2A Memories
2B link2B Memories
2C link 2C Memories
Chester Cathedral Choir Success, by Mrs Walters
Date: 13th Jul 2022 @ 12:37pm
Well done to all the children who took part in after school club linked to Chester Cathedral Choir. They were amazing!
We are so proud of all the children's hard work and commitment to the club. This performance is after only five sessions and the singing is wonderful.
Videos of their practice sessions and final performance are below.