As our new starters settle into school and routines are embedded once again, it is lovely to stand back and watch our school at work and play.

This week, I have spent time doing just that in our canteen – ‘The Hub’.

I can’t explain how proud we are of our facilities at Prescot Primary – and the food that is served. Our children have a large, bright space in which to eat with their friends. Our teaching staff regularly eat alongside the children, enjoying the food and a little catch-up on the day’s or weekend’s events. It is a relaxed, social time that we all appreciate.

Our meals are freshly prepared, with a wide variety of hot and cold, nutritious meals that offer a great deal of choice. We all have our favourites and word soon spreads around school as to what is cooking in the kitchen today! My favourite? Pulled pork served with rice, sweetcorn and apple coleslaw. I can’t resist it!

 

 

It was wonderful to welcome so many parents and children to our exhibition showcasing our vibrant curriculum! Planned in line with our Family Consultation meetings, the showcase was intended to give the school community a chance to see what our curriculum offers.

With help from our brilliant pupil leaders – including House Teams, Digital Leaders and Sports Leaders – we were able to demonstrate a variety of activities from across the school.

Here is a list of what was on offer:

• Sporting challenges lead by Mrs Watts – the plank, hula hooping and football ‘kick-ups’;
• Science activities including ‘build-a-skeleton’, label a heart, floating & sinking and ‘create a new animal’;
• News about our educational visits and visitors to school;
• Maths activities using Numicon and Cuisenaire rods;
• Grammar activities – how well do you know your grammatical terminology?
• A display of Y5 art with a chance to sketch British bugs;
• A focus on how we use our iPads;
• A chance to take part in a parental survey, lead by our Digital Leaders,
• Examples of ‘writing across the ages’ from our two-year olds to Y6;
• A list of questions to ponder, aiming to encourage more philosophical thinking as part of our SMSC curriculum;
• A chance to listen to our pupil safeguards explain how we keep safe in school and out.

We had lots of positive feedback from our visitors – especially about how confidently our older children spoke to adults and how proud they were of their school.

It’s good to share!

This week, we have enjoyed the company of Simon and Jonathan from Rock Kidz. This initiative aims to share strong PSHE messages with children through the medium of ‘Rock’.

The children from KS2 began each morning with an hour of singing, learning 4 main songs all with positive themes. On Thursday morning, Rock Kidz recorded a CD of our children singing their new rock songs and on Thursday evening, a concert was held at The Prescot School.

This concert was so well-supported by parents, carers and friends and the children performed their songs so well. It was an exciting, enjoyable experience for all with a really important message.