PSHE

Marking Internet Safety Day in Reception Class

We listened to a story about Smartie the penguin and learnt a song to help keep us safe online.

Supporting our mental health in Reception class

Our School Council led an informative assembly to mark Children’s Mental Health week

This year’s theme is ‘This is my place’. We talked about supporting each other to feel like we belong. We also took part in a whole school mindfulness session.

Plastic Clever Schools assembly in Y6

Unfortunately, Y6 couldn’t make the whole school plastics assembly due to other commitments but the wonderful Y6 Eco Council representatives stepped in and delivered the assembly for us in class. They did a wonderful job!

Tracking the music

Y6 love to take a brain-break by tracking the tempo and pitch of classical music using their fingers.

Peace Collective 3

Today the children had to communicate effectively with one another in their community. They had to organise themselves into different line orders without touching the floor!

Making our vote count

During Parliament week, in our RE lesson we each voted on which artwork from around the world we liked the best. The most popular artwork went up on our display.

Voting on artwork from around the world of when Jesus was born

Today we looked at artwork from many different countries showing when Jesus was born. We spoke about what we liked about each and then moved onto a P4C activity to make our votes. The winning artwork was Egypt and is now up on our class display.

Peace Collective lesson 2

Today the theme was community. The children had to describe their home country to persuade others to live there. Lots of children said they plan to move or change country when they are older!

Peace Collective

Today we welcomed Ciara and Louise from the Peace Collective into our class. We learned lots about anger and our emotions and what it feels like when we lose control.

Anthony Walker Foundation

Year 5 took part in a fantastic work shop delivered by the Anthony Walker Foundation. We are an anti-racist school!

Anti-bullying week activities in Nursery class

On Wednesday, we all wore odd socks to celebrate how wonderful it is to be different. We listened to the story of Elmer, which helped us talk about uniqueness and why our differences should be valued and celebrated. The children also enjoyed designing their own odd-sock pictures.

Anti-Bullying Week

To mark Anti-Bullying Week, the Y6 House Captains and Junior Leaders led the whole school in an assembly.

Odd socks day in Y6

Everyone is unique and we all let our light shine in different ways. Today we wore odd socks to mark anti -bullying week and to remind us to treat everyone with respect.

A visit from our PCSO

Our local PCSO came to visit Y5 and Y6 to talk about how we should behave in our community for the Common Good. We covered topics such as antisocial behavior and firework safety.

The Beatles Museum

What makes a good friend?

in Reception class we have been taking about what makes a good friend. We came up with a class agreement and signed it by adding our thumb print.

We then talked about how important it was to be caring and sharing when playing together.

If someone is feeling under the weather we are kind and caring.

Black history art.

Year 5 created fantastic art work in the style of American artist Alma Thomas.

Meet a Judge Visit

Members of Junior leadership team, School Council & Rights Respecting ambassadors attended a visit to the Liverpool Civil and Family Court to take part in a mock robbery trail. They were all given roles to play and even took part in a question and answer session with 3 serving judges from the Crown, Family and Employment courts. 

Reception’s visit from our local community police officer.

Fairtrade Fortnight

Our new Eco Council have had a busy first half term organising Fairtrade Fortnight. They delivered a whole school assembly on current Fairtrade issues & organised fundraising by selling raffles tickets for our annual Fairtrade hamper. The money raised will support global Fairtrade initiatives to ensure farmers get a fair deal for their goods.

Fairtrade colouring

Fairtrade circle time

As a class we discussed fairtrade and why it is important. We then had a debate on how much money should be given to each role for it to be fair. It was very interesting!

Reception’s Friendship Rainbow

Trip to Gillmoss Recycling Discovery Centre

Representatives from our Eco Council and School council had a fascinating and fun filled visit to Gillmoss Recycling Discovery centre. We learnt so much about the importance of recycling correctly as well as visiting the factory to see recycling in action!

Visit from Asylum Link

Today we had a very informative visit from Noor (Asylum Link Merseyside) who delivered a whole school assembly and class workshops to teach us about what means to be a refuge or asylum seeker aswell as the fabulous work they do to support families in Liverpool.

Celebrating and sharing love this Valentines day.

Today we talked people we love, sang and listened to songs about love and made some rose perfume and collage hearts to give to those we love in our families.

Children’s Mental Health Week assembly

Today our School Council led an assembly on Children’s Mental Health. We learnt about the importance of identifying our feelings to help us grow, as well as lots of strategies to support our own mental health every day.

Our visit from the Chinese dragons!

Today we had a fantastic, uplifting visit from Liverpool Hung Gar Kung Fu Club. They brought their Chinese dragons, lions, drums a symbols into school to give us a truly breathtaking performance. We learnt all about the history and tradition of the Chinese lion dance and even took part in one of the performances.

Chinese New Year Cultural Celebration

We love board games!

Y6 love playing card and board games during wet play. There were some fierce Uno games being played and some chess champions in the making!

PSHE. We have been looking at different types of bullying. We had a whole class discussion and then the children showed this in small groups.

Debating which season is more fun

Gudwara Visit

P4C

I aspire to be Fire Fighter!

Parliament Week

Our Rights Respecting focus group delivered an informative and interactive whole school assembly today focusing on the British Value ‘Rule of Law’. This led nicely into the official launch of Parliament Week.

No pens day

Today as part of no pens day Y6 took part in a debate asking if money on space travel should be spent on people on Earth instead? There were lots of strong arguments on both sides. Well done Y6!

Fire service visit

Aspirations day

Aspiration day!

Today we have thought about what and who we aspire to be in Y6. We aspire to be: teachers, footballers, goalkeepers, doctors, an entrepreneur, a NASA scientist and a paleontologist!

Thinking about sugar

Y6 took part in a live session today led by the school health team, they were very engaged and shocked at what they learned! They explored how much hidden sugar is in food and drinks. They then learned how to be sugar detectives.

Reception Class: Making vegetable soup!

We carefully followed a set of instructions to make our very own healthy vegetable soup for snack. It tasted absolutely delicious!

People who help us: Firefighters

We had a surprise visit from the firefighters today! We had such fun squinting the hose, having a close look at the fire engine inside and learning all about their important uniform.

Students of the Future Roadshow

We were excited to welcome two students from Liverpool University to our class this week. They spoke to us about the courses they study and what it is like to go to university. Lots of us were inspired to go to university in the future!

Anti Bullying Week Assembly

Today our Junior Leaders planned and delivered whole school assembly to mark Anti Bullying Week. They then invited each class to come out and share what they’d been doing to mark the event.

Odd socks day!

Today we are wearing our odd socks to mark Anti Bullying week. We are reminded that we are all unique and different and we should celebrate this by always being kind to one another.

Remembrance day in Reception Class

Imperial War Museum North

Today we visited the IWM North. We were really excited to revisit our learning on WW1 and we added to our knowledge of WW2. We learned about the effects of war and the value of peace. We also got to take part in a two minute silence at 11am to mark Armistice Day.

Lest we forget

Year 5 led a beautiful remembrance prayer and liturgy. This included a visit from friend of St Clare’s, Pipe Major James Axon who performed a wonderful lament (Flowers of the Forest).

Today the Eco Council led an assembly to launch the ‘Cut Your Carbon’ campaign.

Reception dentist visit

We had a fun filled but informative visit from the dental team today. They taught us about the importance of brushing our teeth twice a day and keeping away from too much bad sugar. We were given a huge sticker for good listening and a toothbrush and toothpaste to take home!

Reception and Year 6 buddies

Y6 visited reception today to get to know their buddies. They had a lovely time playing and making new friends.

Meet a Judge visit

Our Junior Leadership team and School Council members from Y5 and Y6 took part in an exciting opportunity at the Liverpool Civil and Family Court today.

They were invited to a question and answer session with 3 judges currently serving in the North West. Including a Crown court criminal judge, a family judge and an employment judge. It was fascinating to find out about their roles. We then took part in a ‘mock trial’ looking at a case of cyberbullying. We were all given a role to play and even got to dress up in robes and wigs worn by judges and barristers in court.

Air Ambulance visit to Reception

Reception Class Role Play – People who help us in our community.

Stewardship

NSPCC workshop

Year 5 took part in an extremely engaging workshop delivered by the NSPCC.

Reception – Creating new colours by holding hands with our friends

Reception Class – Exploring our New School

NSPCC Workshop

Prayer and liturgy in Reception Class – Being thankful for our differences

Busy First Week

Year 4 have had a busy first week, we developed our own class charter, we picked articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child that we thought we needed in our class. We created pictures of a famous Liverpool landmark using a variety of techniques (can you guess where it is?), consolidated our knowledge of 4-digit numbers using manipulatives, learned what partitive nouns are and found out that ‘Being different is the best thing ever!’ What a week!

Pre Loved Uniform Sale

This week the School Council and Eco Council worked together to plan and deliver a pre loved uniform sale. It was a great success and very well supported by our school community, raising much needed funds which will allow us to continue our projects next school year. Thank you to everyone who supported us!

Food For Thought

Year 4 enjoyed a session with Food for Thought. They made vegetable stir fry with noodles, chopping, cooking, mixing and of course eating their incredible dishes. They really enjoyed learning about how to cook safely and how to make a balanced dish

Making healthy fruit kebabs in Reception

Earth day

Year 5 held a meaningful collective worship all about how we are the stewards of creation. We should follow the advice of Sofia the Sloth.

Parliament week

Year 5 carried out a parliamentary style debate on whether school uniform should be phased out. A number of children changed their minds and went against the party whip. Keeping school uniform won the vote. Democracy in action.

Rock Kidz Day

We invited the wonderful Rock Kidz into school for a fun filled PSHE day to let our hair down, get our rock gear on and focus on our mental health. This year’s focus was Perseverance and Resilience. We all had a ball whilst remembering to always keep in mind today’s key phrase… ‘YOU’RE AWESOME SO BE AWESOME!’

We invited the wonderful Rock Kidz into school for a fun filled PSHE day to let our hair down, get our rock gear on and focus on our mental health. This year’s focus was Perseverance and Resilience. We all had a ball whilst remembering to always keep in mind, today’s key phrase… ‘YOU’RE AWSOME SO BE AWSOME!’

Safe places to walk and cross

Year 5 took part in a walk through the local community asking for safer places to cross and walk.

Health and fitness week.

Year 5 made a healthy Greek dip as part of learning about healthy eating

Road Safety Walk

As part of our Whole School Road Safety Week, each class went on a Road Safety Walk around our local area to raise awareness in our community and share some important road safety messages.

To raise awareness of Road Safety during our Whole School Road Safety Week, each class took part in a walk in our local area to highlight some important safety messages to our local community.

Making sense of money

Year 4 had a visit from My bnk today showing us different bank accounts and what to use to buy goods. Are you a spender or a saver?

Delicious dips

As part of Health and Fitness week Year 4 created their own flavour of humous by adding different ingredients. They chopped a variety of vegetables and used them for dipping. Not a dish was .left!

Making healthy snacks

Y6 have tried houmous this week. They then made their own flavoured houmous.

Fruit smoothie

Year 2 made healthy fruit smoothies for health and fitness week.

Fruit kebabs

In year 1 for health and fitness week we made delicious fruit kebabs.

What do we want?… safer roads… when do we want it?… NOW!

Y6 made lots of noise on their Brake walk to raise awareness of road safety issues in our local area.

Supermover spelling

As part of our daily spelling lesson, we use “Supermovers”. It’s a fun way to learn spelling rules and exercise at the same time. Year 4 love it!

Health and fitness week

Nursery and Reception had lots of fun taking part in the daily mile. We completed three laps of jogging, walking and jumping. It was tiring but very fun. We are looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow!

Fruit tasting in nursery

Nursery class enjoyed tasting lots of delicious fruits this morning including strawberries, grapes, apples and blueberries. The most popular fruit in nursery is strawberries! Yum yum!

UK Parliament Week

This week, Y6 have created manifestos and voted in a polling booth for the next Y6 prime minister.

Stop Plastic Pollution! Persuasive letters to the PM

Earth Day

Earth Day 2024

Celebrating Earth day in Reception class

Eco council visit to the ‘Eco Centre’ in Southport to take part in the ‘Clean Air Crew’ initiative.

Crucial Crew

Year 6 took part in a Crucial Crew event this week. They learned about: mental health; online safety; gas safety; the dangers of electricity; being safe on buses and near train lines and how to get help in an emergency.

Clean teeth experiment in Reception class!

Fair Trade fortnight

We have been learning about the importance of giving farmers a fair price for their produce, such as coffee, cocoa and bananas. The fair trade symbol lets us know that farmers have been given a fair price, look for this symbol when shopping. Catholic Social Teaching about Solidarity teaches us that by using these products we are standing together as one with our global family.

At the end of our Fair trade fortnight, we had a raffle to win a hamper filled with Frair Trade goodies. As you can see the children were very pleased with their prizes.

Sorting healthy and unhealthy foods in Reception class

Spreading positive messages throughout school

Following our Mental Health Week, our School Council decided to spread some positive messages throughout the school. These can be read on a daily basis by children, staff and visitors to give them a positive boost to their day.

PSHE

Today we discussed during circle time things we put on our body and how they can make use feel.

Meet a Judge visit

Representatives from our School Council, Rights Respecting Schools team and our House/Vice captains attended a trip to the Liverpool Civil and Family Court where they got the opportunity to interview 2 working judges and take part in a mock trial.

Nursery class enjoyed a visit from Acorn Farm

Nursery class had an exciting morning. We helped Farmer Gregg and Farmer Marie feed the animals their breakfast. We also stroked the animals and some children felt brave enough to hold a rat. Well done everyone.

A visit from Acorn Farm!

Mindfulness week.

Year 5 enjoyed learning about the Palm House and creating wonderful bird houses.

Children’s Mental Health Week 2024

Key Stage 1 have been busy for Children’s Mental Health Week by taking part in peer massage, Cosmic yoga, mindfulness colouring and dance.

Children’s Mental Health Week – Y6

Year 6 have enjoyed lots of activities this week to help us prioritise our mental health. We thoroughly enjoyed our peer massage session with Jessie and we took part in an active session in the hall; playing games to connect with our peers.

Peer Massage and Mindfulness with Jessie from Mind Happy

To launch Children’s Mental Health Week, Jessie from Mind Happy delivered a day of peer massage and mindfulness with each class. This gave us all some really useful strategies to look after our mental health every day, both at school and at home.

Send me a selfie

In Y6, we have been learning about keeping ourselves safe online. We had visitors from the Ariel Trust who did some drama activities with us to help us to explore the dangers and risks of sending selfies online.

Anti Bullying – role play

Reacting to bullying and the implications of being a bystander.

PSHE in Y3 P4C session

Today we carried out a P4C (Philosophy for Children) session on bullying to share and discuss our thoughts and opinions.

PSHE – No Outsiders

Celebrating our differences. Everyone is welcome in our class!