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Equality and Diversity assembly
Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:56pm
Children from our Student Council and Rights-Respecting group dellivered an assembly to KS1 and 2 this week on equality and diversity. They talked to their peers about the Women's Euros and the Commonwealth Games - both being held in the UK this time - and how both competitions are a celebration of inclusion and aiming high to achieve our dreams.
Student Voice Showcase: Governing Body Presentation
Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:53pm
Members of our Student Council, Eco Team and Rights-Respecting Ambassadors presented at the final Governing Body meeting of the year this week to talk about what they have achieved over the past 2 years. They were praised by the Chair of the meeting, Mrs Cottrell!
The Eco Team's final job of the year!
Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:21pm
Members of our Eco Team carried out the final litter pick of the year last week. They also picked lots of blackcurrants off the bushes and used them to make fruit crumbles to take home.
We are very proud of how our fruit trees are looking in the planters this summer and look forward to picking the apples and pears in the autumn.
Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:13pm
Members of our Student Council and Rights-Respecting team have met several times over the last couple of weeks to work on a special project: to write a child-friendly version of our Equality Policy. They have thought about the protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act and created images and examples to teach all age groups across school about inclusion and discrimination. As we are a UNICEF Rights-Respecting school, the pupils have included the relevant rights of the child to the examples in the policy. This will be published to share with stakeholders in September.
Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:08pm
Y1 thought about 'what makes them sparkle' for RSE Day this year. They enjoyed talking about what makes them special and unique.
Date: 13th Jul 2022 @ 3:00pm
As part of their sessions on 'Why Work?', run by the St Helens Chamber of Cmmerce, the children had the fantastic opporrtunity to meet some business people from the local area. The business people discussed their different careers and how they got to do what they do. They gave our children food for thought about where they may see their future careers. The chldren, in turn, engaged well and asked some very ineteresting questions.
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 12:46pm
This week, Year 1 will be taking part in 'Songfest' at St Helens Town Hall.
Some of us have made musical instruments (at home) so we can take them to the town hall when we go.
We are all looking forward to the trip and to playing our musical instruments.
Science Show - KS1 and Foundation Stage
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 10:47am
This morning, KS1 and Foundation Stage have enjoyed watching the Science Show.
They participated in a range of activities - all linked to 'working scientifically'.
It was fun !
Date: 8th Jul 2022 @ 2:05pm
This was our last Forest School session of the year. The children have had lots of fun exploring the forest through the different seasons and making different things each week. We'd like to say a big THANK YOU to Mr Brooks for leading our learning in Forest School.
Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 2:09pm
Year 2 have been learning about plants in science. They have planted and been looking after their own broad bean plants. The children can say what plants need to stay healthy and can say why plants are unhealthy.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 4:44pm
Today, Year 1 have been creating their own snail sculptures.
First of all, we looked at images of different snails – then, we discussed the patterns on their shells. We used our sketching skills to create our own design – using lines, curls and circles.
After that, we used moulding clay to create our snail sculpture – using etching tools to create a pattern.
It was fun!
Date: 2nd Jul 2022 @ 7:26pm
We had a fantastic night away at Kingswood Colomendy with some of our Year 2 children. They took part in lots of exciting activities: the 3G Giant Swing, Aeroball, Orienteering, Crate Stack and the Scrapheap Challenge- some of the children's rockets travelled over 400 metres! We also used materials in the environment to create animal art work- there were some very imaginative ideas! All of the children were fabulous and such excellent ambassadors for our school.
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 1:27pm
This week in Forest School the children made their own Dreamcatchers. A Dreamcatcher is a protective talisman that is used to protect people from nightmares and bad dreams. The charm was usually used for young children and hung above their cots or beds.
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 12:49pm
This week has been Arts Week in school.
In Year 1, we have been studying landscapes – by a range of artists including Van Gogh’s ‘Fishing Boats on the Beach’. Then we have created our own beach landscapes – using a variety skills including:-
* Sketching
* Collaging
* Painting with watercolours
* Colour mixing – with black and white – to make darker or lighter tones.
We know that you have to create a horizon line when creating a landscape picture.
Year 1 worked hard on their art activities this week and they have created some great masterpieces.
Well done Year 1!
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 12:15pm
In Year 2 we researched the French artist Henri Matisse. We explored colour and shape to create our own pieces of art work in his style. Our colourful work is on display in our classroom.
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 12:04pm
Celebrating Differences - Everyone Can Sparkle! is the theme for RSE Day this year. In Year 2 we watched a live assembly and spoke about what made us sparkle and what makes us unique. We made 'sparkly' flags to celebrate our differences and created a class paper chain too!
Date: 29th Jun 2022 @ 4:40pm
At our Starbooks cafe this week Year 5 were given the title of a book - I ATE SUNSHINE FOR BREAKFAST. They predicted what the book might be about and everyone expected the book to be a fiction text. However the book was an information text - a celebration of plants around the world.
'I Ate Sunshine For Breakfast' is the winner of the Garden Media Guild Awards.
The children read extracts of the text to find out key facts about plants and nature. They used collage materials to present some of the fascinating facts from the book in an artistic way. The hot chocolate and cookies went down a treat too!
Date: 28th Jun 2022 @ 2:13pm
In PICTURE NEWS we watched a video about the 'Monk Skin Tone Scale' which is being used to help the Google search engine be more inclusive of different skin tones. Crayola have created coloured pencils and crayons to reflect a wide range of skin tones and we used these to create our own self-portarits.
Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 9:36am
Date: 24th Jun 2022 @ 11:51am
Year 2 are learning how to play the cornet with Mr Chadwick.
Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 4:59pm
At Starbooks this afternoon Year 4 enjoyed talking about the pictures in the wordless story 'FLOTSAM' by David Wiesner. Flotsam is a book about a young boy who stumbles across a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera as he is collecting flotsam that has been washed ashore.
We looked at the pictures to music and discussed what was happening in them. Using a page of the story as inspiration of our artwork we created fish collages using recycled materials. We use plastic bags, bottle tops and cotton buds - things that sometimes end up in our seas and oceans.
Date: 21st Jun 2022 @ 4:10pm
This afternoon, Year 2 enjoyed listening to the final few chapters of our class novel 'FRED Wizard in Training'. Then they designed and created their own magic wands. Finally, they enjoyed a treat of a hot drink and a cookie. It was fun!
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 4:04pm
Today, Y1 have enjoyed play Boccia and Ultimate Frisbee - as part of their learning in Sports Week.
They enjoyed both of the activities!
Sports Week 2022 - RACE FOR LIFE!
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 3:51pm
SPORTS WEEK 2022
This week has been Lyme's sports week!
During the week, the children were exposed to a few sports that they may not have chance to play outside of school. One of the sports the children played was Ultimate (Ultimate Frisbee). The children loved the fast pace of the game and how they have to work as a team to get the frisbee over the line! Another sport was Orienteering. This sport was the polar opposite to ultimate frisbee. Children had to use maps to navigate around the school grounds and find a number of markers. When they found a marker, they would stamp the special pattern onto their sheet. When all of the markers had been found, the children returned to their teacher. Lastly, KS1 were introduced to Boccia. This is a game similar to bowls. However, it is played sitting down. This game is played in the paralympics at an international level. The children enjoyed the game and loved trying to get their balls as close as they could to the marker.
On Monday, Year 6 played at a football tournament were top goal scorers in the entire tournament. Unfortunately, they were knocked out on penalties in the semi-finals. This doesn't reflect how one-sided the semi-final actually was. Lyme hit the post and bar several times but again, unfortunately, luck wasn't on their side. I would like to congratulate Year 6 on their effort during the tournament and in particularly their behaviour which was fantastic throughout.
On Wednesday, we had a visit from Tara Jones and Katie Mottershead who both play for Saints women's team. Tara is also an England international and is in the squad again to play France tomorrow (on Skysports Arena, 18th June at 5.30pm). Tara and Katie were inspiring and a lot of the children were lucky enough to get their picture taken with the pair.
Lastly, the whole school took part in the race for life today. Each pupil has trained all week to perform this race and they should all be so proud. Every child that completed the race received a medal for their hard work.
Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic sport's week. We hope you enjoyed it!
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 3:35pm
Year 3 have had a great week during sports week. We have had a go at playing ultimate frisbee and orienteering as well as running or walking a daily mile every day.
