School life blog

Caroline and Penny the dog (who was rescued after being tied up on Morecambe prom) joined our Friday Family Worship last week to collect donations from our recent dress up as an animal day. After learning that Rosie the reading dog was a rescue pup, the school council were determined to raise as…

Thank you to the SCOT4ALL team who helped decorate the Christmas tree with the lovely decorations the children made on Friday last week. Also, a big thanks to the Long, Tall Plumber, who made sure our very big tree stood up straight and safely.

Sarah led the NISCU puppet Worship on Monday afternoon. They told us about Emmanuel - God with us and sang some great songs. Thank you NISCU.

Well done to all the girls who braved the cold on Thursday and represented the school in the tournament. All of the girls did amazingly well by supporting each other and showing fantastic sportsmanship. 
We are very proud of you of you all. 

We found out about sound waves and how they travel today in our Mad Science Assembly. It was fun, exciting and at times hot, hot, hot. After Christmas we are hoping to run a Mad Science Club in school on a Friday. Look out for the flyer for this if your child is interested. 

We had the electrical buzzers in fencing this week.

Today, the 11th November, we all stopped and gathered in the hall at 11 o’clock to remember the people who have died in wars both in the past and in ongoing conflicts. Following our two minutes of silence, Year 6 recited three verses of the poem “For the Fallen”, which they have been learning in…

The Worship Team helped deliver the donations from our Harvest Festival today with Dr Long. They took some food to Father’s House, Skerton and found out about how the church help those in need. They then went to drop donations at The Olive Branch and found out how food parcels are made up and…

Our newly formed Eco group for the year went out this afternoon with Mrs Ventress to help our local councillor Abi Mills and a group of volunteers. There task was to clear some of the litter and leaves which have been collecting on the streets around school.

This afternoon, Jane and Marcus from New Life Church in Lancaster came to lead our Key Stage 2 worship. They helped us to think more about our Christian value of justice. One of the challenges was to see who could scoop up some sweets onto a plate the quickest. The only problem was, each person…

What a day! The children have had an experience I'm not sure they will ever forget! Rock Kidz helped us think about how amazing we all are because we are all different. YASBA - You're Awesome So Be Awesome!

Today we said goodbye to our wonderful Year 6 class. Yesterday they enjoyed sharing their memories and achievements during our Leavers’ Service in St. Paul’s church. Several children also received awards (see this week’s newsletter for details). It was lovely to welcome back last year’s recipients…