Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School: Our blogs

Mini Vinnies - 17 October 2023, by Mrs Harris

Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 9:34pm

Tonight in Mini Vinnies, we have made posters to promote our fundraising event on Friday.

On Friday, the children are invited to a school disco, wear own clothes, and crazy hair day! Please place donations in the red tubs at each entrance 👍👍👍

Thank you!!

Winter PE kit, by Miss Hanton-Wise

Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 8:44am

As the weather is getting increasingly colder, it is important your child is dressed appropriately for PE.

Please ensure your child has their winter PE kit in school next half term.

Our school winter P.E. kit consists of a plain white t-shirt, navy or black trousers and jumper and black pumps / trainers.

Sports Stars of the Week, by Miss Hanton-Wise

Date: 16th Oct 2023 @ 9:06am

We have two weeks worth of Sports Stars this week!

Well done to...

Skyla (Y6) - who has received her Silver award at Gymnastics and after only 2 WEEKS has been invited to be apart of the Competition Squad!

Michael (Y4) - for Player of the Week for his rugby team (he even played against boys a lot older)!

Harper-Leigh (Y2) for receiving an award for good listening and lovely gymnastics!

Jaxson (Y1) - for Player of the Week for his rugby team!

Toby (Y1) - for Player of the Week at his Thai Boxing Club!

Jack (Y1) - for great listening and playing well in his football club!

Louie (F2) - for his great listening and trying really hard at rugby!

Toby (F2) - for Student of the Week at his Thai Boxing Club!

If you have any exciting sporting news please send it to us!

We will upload our Sports Stars at the end of each week, so keep an eye out!

Well done and thank you,

Miss Wise

Year 4 Residential October 2023, by Mrs Harris

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 9:34pm

Year 4 Residential at Tattenhall

Day 1

After a smooth coach ride we arrived at Tattenhall. We toured the accommodation and made our beds!

The children settled for lunch and then explored the outdoor area before starting our activities. Mr Nelson’s class started with Bushcraft and woodland Survival and Miss William’s class braved the low ropes, zip wire and tree climb!!

We went for dinner and followed that with a campfire (s’mores and toasted marshmallows 😜😜). We changed into our pyjamas and had a film night with our snacks…ready for another busy day tomorrow!

Sponsored Balancing!, by Mrs Schultz

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 8:56pm

Year 1 had a great day yesterday with several balancing activities throughout the day. We balanced on one leg, we balanced an egg on a spoon, we balanced carefully on the balancing beams and finally we balanced a bean bag on our heads. It was very tricky! We had lots of wobbles, lots of concentration faces and lots of tongues sticking out (apparently that helps with the concentration!) The children were amazing and did not give up. Some children even managed to balance on one leg for three whole minutes! Dig deep everyone and give what you can. We look forward to seeing the sponsorship money rolling in. Thanks, as always for your continued support.

Yesterday 5 #schoolchallenge Danceathon, by Mrs Harris

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 7:19pm

Year 5 #SchoolsChallenge Event

Lots of movers and shakers in the room for the big danceathon 💃🕺💃🕺

F2B #SchoolsChallenge Event, by Mrs Harris

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 7:12pm

F2 #SchoolsChallenge Event 🐻🧸🐻🧸

F2 have cuddled their teddies and enjoyed listening to stories - The Amazing Spider-Man, Don’t Hog the Hedge, The Tiger who Came to Tea and many more! We made our own hedgehogs out of play-doh, created hedgehog houses using natural materials we’d collected and introduced our teddies to our friends. We have had a lovely day!

Year 4 Residential October 2023, by Mrs Harris

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 4:31pm

Year 4 Residential

Sooooo, arrival, lunch and.......tidying up after ourselves!!

Activity photos to follow soon 👏👏👏

Year 3 #schoolschallenge Cake Sale Day 2, by Mrs Harris

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 1:55pm

Year 3 #schoolschallenge Cake Sale Day 2

Year 3 Cake Sale Day 2, by Mrs Harris

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 1:43pm

Year 3 Cake sale day 2!

F1 and F2 were able to buy cakes in their classrooms 🧁🎂🧁🎂

Our cake sellers were very professional throughout 😊

#SchoolsChallenge #cashforkids #RadioCity

F2 - God's Planet Retreat Day, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 9:53pm

F2 - God's Planet Retreat Day

We had lots of fun being planet heroes on Friday. We learnt about looking after God's earth. We created salt dough patterns using natural resources.

We created octopus using plastic bags and created badges to be planet heroes 🌎❤️

F2 Reading to Teddy - Schools C, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 9:26pm

F2 #SchoolsChallenge Reading to Teddy 🧸 ❤️

Our F2 children really enjoyed bringing their cuddly toys in today. Some of our class teddies were also chosen as reading buddies.

We had lots of fun not only reading lots of stories, but also reading stories to our teddies. We can't wait to see how much money we have all raised 😊

F1 2s and 2s/3s - Schools Challenge, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 8:53pm

F1 2s and 2s/3s - Mrs Jones and Miss Massie's classes

There was so much dancing and tambourine shaking today!!!!

Children were SO excited for their sponsored event today 💃🕺

#schoolschallenge

Year 6 - Sponsored Puzzle Day!!, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 8:07pm

More from Year 6, who took part in their sponsored games and puzzle event for Radio City 96.7 Cash for Kids #SchoolsChallenge. The children really enjoyed the afternoon and it all got very competitive- especially the game of Monopoly!

Year 2 LW - Sponsored Star Jumps, by Miss Ward

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 5:01pm

Year 2 had a brilliant afternoon participating in how many star jumps we could complete in 2 minutes. We completed 122 star jumps - well done Year 2! Thank you to everyone who sponsored us!

Year 6 - Schools Challenge Sponsored Event, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 3:50pm

Year 6 have had a competitive afternoon of board games and puzzles for their #schoolschallenge fundraiser - Well done Year 6!!!!!

Year 3 - Cake Bake Sale........day 1!!!, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 3:09pm

Day 1 of Year 3’s bake sale for the #schoolschallenge sponsored event

#SchoolsChallenge Update, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 11:49am

#SchoolsChallenge Update

We are now at the half way point in our school fundraising challenge and the support we have been receiving from our school and local community is outstanding. We are unable to share with you our total figure raised so far as this is kept top secret at Cash for Kids HQ. The big reveal is being held on Monday 06 November at 12.30pm, we can not wait to share our total with you all.

We now have only 12 days left to raise as much as we can for our school and to be in with a chance of winning one of the top prizes. This is what we have coming up ….

The BIG Raffle

There is still time to be in with a chance of winning one of our amazing prizes, please ensure your tickets are back in school no later than Monday 16 October. If you have not received raffle tickets or require more please call into the main school office. The draw will be held at a whole school assembly on Wednesday 18 October 2023.

Inter Class Sponsored Event

Children in all year groups will be participating in their Inter Class Sponsored Events today!!!!!!!

* F1 - 'Singing and Music'. The children will have lots of fun at our singalong and danceathon event.

* F2 - 'Bring your Favourite Teddy to F2'. How many stories can Teddy listen to?

* Y1 - 'Balancing Activities'. Can our Y1’s balance along a beam? What about balancing a bean bag on your head too?

* Y2 - 'How Many Sweets in the Jar', 'Guess Teddy's Name' and 'Star Jumps'

Children in all year groups can bring in 20p and guess the name of the teddy or how many sweets in the jar.

* Y3 - 'Cake Sale and Art Task'.

We are asking parents of Year 3 to donate cakes. Children in other years can bring in 50p/£1 to purchase a cake throughout the day

* Y4 - 'Football Events'. How many keepie up’s can our Y4’s do? How many goals can you score against Mr Ball?

* Y5 - 'Sponsored Dance'. How many new dances can our Y5 learn?

* Y6 - 'Sponsored Puzzles'. Are you puzzled? Our Y6 will be! How many puzzles can they complete today?

Sponsor forms have been sent home with your child or alternatively donations can be made via our online link: https://www.cashforkidsgive.co.uk/.../our-lady-st.../

If you are collecting sponsors in cash please ensure your sponsor form is completed in full so that Radio City Cash for Kids can collect any gift aid portion of your donations.

All sponsor forms and cash raised should be returned to school no later than Monday 16 October.

The Final Event

Our final BIG event will be on Friday, 20 October. Friday Fun Day will once again be an own clothes day (no football kits) and crazy hair day too!

The fun doesn’t stop there, the children will all enjoy a year group DISCO during the day. We will have our donation buckets out for the final time and our online donations will remain live until 23rd October for that final push to raise as much as we can for our school

Our BIG Thank You

Thank you to each and everyone who has supported us during the Schools Challenge.

Not only have we received amazing cash donations from our parents we have also received donations and vouchers from the following local business and we still have more to come: Yankies Sweets and Treats, Laura's Hair and Beauty, Everton Football Club, hairkraft male grooming, West Wallasey Car Hire, Houlihans Variety Club, The Hair Shop Claughton and KFC

F1 3s - Mrs Fisher's Class - Schools Challenge Sponsored Event, by Mrs Harris

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 11:07am

We've started our morning with a dance 'clap along if you're happy!'

Children are all excited for a sponsored event today

Planet Heroes!, by Mrs Schultz

Date: 9th Oct 2023 @ 6:14pm

As part of the RE retreat last Friday 6th October, the children in Year 1 made a pledge to become a Planet Hero. They each made a badge to take home and attended a theatre workshop and production. In class, they learned all about the plastic that ends up in our oceans and how it affects the wildlife and ocean creatures. They used old plastic bags to make jellyfish. They worked really well in their teams and it was lovely to hear them talk through their designs and ideas. Then we talked about the wonders of nature and how beautiful God's world is. The children used natural materials to make art. Most of our children made faces using the conkers, pine cones, leaves and flowers. What a lovely day it was, we can't wait for them to share the news and recruit more Planet Heroes!

Year 6 Poetry Day, by Mrs Harris

Date: 9th Oct 2023 @ 4:37pm

Year 6 Poetry Day - Drama with Mrs Nunnery

We looked at the poem 'The Day War Came' and put together some short performances using narrative and freeze frames ✨️

Year 3K - God’s Planet, by Mrs Harris

Date: 6th Oct 2023 @ 10:30pm

Today, Year 3RK enjoyed taking part the RE retreat day – ‘God’s Planet’. The children spent the day thinking about God’s wonderful creation – our planet! The children enjoyed engaging in a range of activities such as learning new songs, listening to the creation story and making their own ‘God’s Creation’ salt dough craft. We also learnt about how we can become a ‘Planet Hero’ and play our part in protecting God’s special creation.

What a lovely way to celebrate the wonderful things God gifted to us!

Year 3M God's Planet, by Mrs Harris

Date: 6th Oct 2023 @ 10:06pm

Mrs McGunigall’s Year 3 class had such a fantastic day full of fun and creation with the theme of looking after our planet earth which God created. We brought in lots of recyclable materials (which we will definitely be using in the upcoming weeks), and resources from nature walks. We thought about what we collected to help create our own ‘God’s Creations’ dough plaque. We also had fun making Our Planet badges with our ‘pledges’ to help keep our earth protected ❤️ 🌎