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Rights-Respecting visit

Date: 23rd Oct 2026 @ 4:35pm

Our Rights-Respecting Ambassadors took the harvest donations to the local Food Bank this week. They also had their photograph taken with our new GOLD banner!

Y3 Autumn I working walls

Date: 23rd Oct 2026 @ 2:49pm

Take a look at our working walls for Autumn I. 

Spooktacular Fun in Foundation Stage!

Date: 23rd Oct 2026 @ 1:43pm

What a fantastic Halloween-themed week we've had in Foundation Stage! πŸŽƒ
The children have been busy exploring pumpkins, creating pumpkin prints, mixing magical potions and making colourful bubble-print cauldrons! 🫧πŸ§ͺ
We've had lots of fun guessing "What's in the Spooky Bag?", using our senses and developing our language skills. We've also enjoyed plenty of spooky stories, songs and rhymes, as well as using our Tales Toolkit to create some imaginative stories of our own! πŸ“šβœ¨
There were some fabulous Halloween costumes on show, and a real highlight of the week was our Halloween Silent Disco! 🎧πŸͺ© The children loved showing off their spooky dance moves!
A wonderful week full of creativity, imagination, laughter and lots of spooky fun! πŸ§‘πŸ–€
Happy Halloween from everyone in Foundation Stage!πŸŽƒπŸ‘»πŸ•ΈοΈ

European Day of Languages competition

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 4:10pm

Well done to all the children who entered Miss. Mee's European Day of Languages poster competition. It was really tricky to pick one as everyone had tried so hard! Our winners were chosen for their bright and colorful designs and how they had celebrated the unity of languages. Their posters will now be sent into the national competition

Harvest Festival

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 11:50am

Thank you for your generous donations sent in for our Harvest Festival. Our RRS Ambassadors will be taking them to the Food Bank on Tuesday.
Reverend Chris also delivered an assembly on Monday about having enough food to share so that no one should be hungry.

 

Y3 Science - Dirt Puddings

Date: 13th Oct 2026 @ 6:54pm

Today, Year 3 made dirt puddings to help them to learn and remember the different layers of the soil and Earth.  

Red sauce = the mantle, inner core and outer core. 

Biscuit = the Earth's crust 

Apple pieces = bedrock 

Chocolate mousse = subsoil 

Crushed oreos = topsoil 

A delicious way to bring our science learning to life!

 

 

Early Years Open Day

Date: 9th Oct 2026 @ 11:55am

We are holding another open event - please share with anyone you know who has a child due to start school in September 2027.

Y5 and 6 Football Tournament

Date: 9th Oct 2026 @ 11:53am

Well done to the Y5 and Y6 footballers who played for our school
team at a tournament yesterday. They represented the school very
well and Mrs Bradbury said that they received comments from
others on how polite they were

Hello Yellow Day

Date: 9th Oct 2026 @ 11:51am

Thank you to everyone who has supported our Hello Yellow Day today.
So far we have raised £65 for Young Minds. You can still donate
suing the following link: https://fundraise.youngminds.org.uk/
fundraisers/joroberts/hello-yellow
For more information about how the charity offers support please
helloyellow/
 
Our assembly on Thurrsday was all about showing kindness and helping feel that they belong. 

Phonics Workshop

Date: 8th Oct 2026 @ 3:00pm

A big thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our phonics workshop.
We hope you found the session useful and enjoyed learning more about how we teach phonics using ‘FFT Success for All Phonics’, as well as ways you can support your child's reading journey at home.
Working together makes such a difference to the children's confidence and progress.

Nursery Pizza Chefs

Date: 8th Oct 2026 @ 2:56pm

πŸ• Little Pizza Chefs! πŸ‘©‍πŸ³πŸ‘¨‍🍳

Our Nursery children had lots of fun making their own pepperoni muffin pizzas! πŸ• They carefully spread the tomato sauce, sprinkled on the cheese and added their toppings.

We developed our fine motor skills, followed instructions and practised using lots of new vocabulary. The children were very proud of their delicious creations! πŸ˜‹πŸ‘

 

The Super Stone Age - Y3

Date: 4th Oct 2026 @ 11:55am

Year 3 imagined that they had been transported back to the Stone Age.  They took on the role of hunter-gathers and explored the school grounds to find things that they could use to help them survive.  They collected stones, mud, twigs and leaves and used them to make their own paints and make marks like the stone age people used to do to decorate their caves. 

Which Food Will You Choose?

Date: 1st Oct 2026 @ 2:56pm

🍎πŸ₯• Which Food Will You Choose? πŸ₯¦πŸ“
Nursery have loved exploring our story ‘Which Food Will You Choose?’ this week! We have been identifying foods from clues, enjoying our shop role-play, creating our favourite food plates and getting messy printing with fruit and vegetables! πŸ›’πŸ½οΈπŸŽ¨
Lots of fantastic talking, listening and learning through play! ⭐

Year 6's Leavers Party Day

Date: 29th Sep 2026 @ 4:36pm

Take a look at our photos from our fantasic Year 6 Leavers.

Good Luck at High School!

Growth Mindset

Date: 29th Sep 2026 @ 4:28pm

We have been learning how to develop a growth mindset. We have been taking part in different activities to test our skills - especially perserverance!

Tales Toolkit

Date: 29th Sep 2026 @ 4:06pm

In Nursery, we love using Tales Toolkit to help us become confident storytellers! Tales Toolkit uses simple story symbols to help children understand the different parts of a story – the character, setting, problem and solution. We enjoy using objects, pictures and our imaginations to create and tell our own stories together. We also draw the different parts of our stories, helping us to develop our vocabulary, speaking and listening skills, creativity and early mark-making.

School Crossing Patrol Campaign

Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 2:01pm

Our School Crossing Patrol, Stephen was supported on the crossing this week by children and families, members of the police and council as part of the 'Stop means Stop' campaign':

 

https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26564993.st-helens-drivers-reminded-stop-means-stop-crossings/

School Library

Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 1:48pm

Our Reading Ambassadors will now be running our School Library! Children can choose to change their book each week or keep it for a week.

Our new school colours

Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 4:06pm

We are really pleased with our new colour scheme across school. Everyone looks so smart in their purple and black active uniforms! We have also had lots of positive feedback from the children about our new indoor sensory circuits.

OPAL

Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 4:04pm

Our OPAL lunch times are off to a great start! 

Mrs. Houghton's Bench

Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 4:02pm

The sun was shining on Monday when members of Mrs. Houghton's family and friends joined us at school. Her husband cut the ribbon on the beautiful quiet area we now have on the playground dedicated to our much loved teacher and friend.
This area will be a place for our children - and staff - to sit, to read, to enjoy the surroundings and to remember Jayne - the heart of our school.

Our First Few Weeks in Nursery

Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 3:04pm

 

Our Nursery children have made a fantastic start to the new school year! They are settling in really well, becoming familiar with our routines and beginning to form lovely friendships. The children have been busy exploring all the different areas of Nursery, discovering their favourite places to play, learn and create. It has been wonderful to see so many happy faces as they grow in confidence and independence each day. We are very proud of them all!

 

Acorn Farm Visit

Date: 8th Jul 2026 @ 3:06pm

This morning, we had a very exciting visit to Nursery from Acorn Farm. Hariette and Phil brought 2 goats, 2 guinea pigs, 2 chickens, a white rat and a fluffy rabbit...not forgetting a naughty sheep called Bobby (who escaped from the playground and went off to join the whole school Zumba on the big field! )The children were very kind and gentle as they held, stroked and even fed the animals. We are very proud of them all and their impeccable behaviour throughout the experience!

YEAR 6 PGL

Date: 19th Jun 2026 @ 5:27pm

Take a look at what our year 6 children got up to at PGL. They had the time of their lives. 

Y4 RAINFOREST TRIP

Date: 7th May 2026 @ 3:05pm

Year 4 had a fabulous time at the Southport Eco Centre exploring their learning of rainforests around the world. There were interactive quizzes, a computer challenge, a giant game of 'Snakes and Lianas' and an immersive suite which brought the rainforest to life. We were so impressed with their knowledge and they were fantastic ambassadors for our school.

Eco Schools Logo
Green Flag Award Logo
UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award
Arts Council: Artsmark Silver Award
Three Sixty Degree Safe: Accredited Safer Online
Music Mark
School Games Platinum 2025/26-2026/27
SEL Model School
IQM Inclusive School Award
Young Carers in Schools 2025-2028
Opal Programme in Progress

Lyme Community Primary, Lyme St, Newton-le-Willows WA12 9HD