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Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 12:09pm
This week in PE with Mr Ward we have been focusing on our balancing skills. We have been using bean bags and balls to balance when still and moving. To make things even harder we then walked along the bench!
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 12:06pm
This week we have had a special visit from the Halton Dental Service. They told us all about how to clean our teeth properly and what foods to avoid. The children loved practicing cleaning their teeth and sorting foods. We then got to take home a brand new tooth brush and tooth paste, the children couldn’t wait to brush their teeth at home!
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 12:03pm
Wow! What a lovely surprise we had over night. The children were amazed by the snow and ice in the EYFS area. In small groups we went outside to discover. The children loved going down the hill and making snow balls.
“Brrrr! It was cold out there” – Ivy
“I’m making a snowman” – Aoife
“Ahhhh it’s chilly” – Pixie
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 12:00pm
This term we have loved exploring in our very own Party Shop, inspired by our English book, 'Festivals'
The children have been selling cards, wrapping paper, plates and part accessories.
They have been learning about religious and special festivals around the world too.
"You can buy Christmas cards here" - Troy
"I am selling birthday candles" - Junior
"Don't forget your wrapping paper" - Ruby
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 9:55am
Year 5 have had an amazing day, they have had a connect 4 tournament, played pass the parcel, musical statues, had a good sing a long to Christmas songs eating their party food and much, much more! The final surprise was a visit from Santa and his little helper!
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 10:27am
Y5CG have worked really hard and creatively on their Christmas cards. They planned their card design and then created them by using a wide range of different resources. They included a mechanism to make features of their cards move and will then evaluate their finished product.
Y3 - DT - Gingerbread stained glass biscuits and packaging
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 8:38am
This half term's DT project involved us evaluating some stained glass window biscuits. We thought about which designs looked best and then designed our own, choosing the outside shape, inside shape and the colour of sweet in the middle.
Then we had an afternoon of rolling, cutting and baking.
At the same time, we designed and constructed a package for our biscuit, something that would keep it safe and also make it more appealing to give to someone, we thought about eye catching colours and messages.
Then we packaged up our biscuits ready to take home and gift them!
"I have never rolled dough before, it was a lot harder and I had to keep squishing it and then rolling again to make it soft" - Skylar
"Our biscuits didn't all fit in our boxes because they had got bigger in the oven!" - Emily
Y5 - Visit to A Christmas Carol performance at Norton Priory
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 1:02pm
Year 5 had a wonderful morning watching a performance of 'A Christmas Carol' at Norton Priory. The children interacted with the performers excellently and had such a fun time.
Extra Curricular - Mini Vinnies Visit to Madeline McKenna Care Home
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 8:20am
The children sang carols and gave out the cards and ornaments they had made for the residents there.
Everyone had a lovely time and the children were given a selection box from the residents and staff.
The Mini Vinnies want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Y6 Visit to Walker Art Gallery
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 11:33am
Year 6 enjoyed their trip to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
We travelled on the train to Liverpool and then walked to the art gallery.
We loved looking at all of the amazing art in the gallery with our resident art expert - Mrs Sheppard.
We found out lots about the famous pieces of art including Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII.
Y6 Christmas Crafts with Prayer Partners
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 11:25am
Year 6 worked with their prayer partners in Reception to make Christmas Cards and other Christmas crafts.
It was great fun and we loved seeing our prayer partners - helping them with all of the fun activities.
We can't wait to see them again!
Y5 & Y6 - End of Autumn 1 Celebration Activities
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 11:15am
To celebrate all of our hard work and good behaviour in the first half term, we enjoyed a day of fun activities.
The activities included painting, clay modelling and reading for pleasure.
We had a really nice day and had some lovely artwork to take home with us at the end of the day.
Whole School - Christmas Pantomime - The Emperor's New Clothes
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 9:28am
We all had an amazing morning laughing and joining in with our annual pantomine from Altru Drama
Y5 Parent Celebration of the Word - The Jesse Tree
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 9:21am
Year 5 held a beautiful Celebration of the Word in church for family members and others in our local community. The focus was the story of the Jesse Tree.
Y5 Visit to the Community Centre
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 2:28pm
On Tuesday 10th December Year 5 were invited to Upton Community Centre to sing hymns and carols to some members of the community. Year 5 sang beautifully. Whilst there, they handed out Christams cards to the local residnets and even had a visit from Father Christmas.
KS1 Child led worship - The first week of Advent
Date: 10th Dec 2024 @ 9:29am
Year 1 guided us through a special and exciting worship about the beginning of Advent.
They enjoyed selecting and placing relevant items on the focus table, including an Advent calendar.
We used the colour purple, which Christians use during this important season.
"We are all getting ready for Jesus' Birthday" - Oliver
"I am excited for Jesus' Birthday" - Dexter
"Today the message in Advent worship is about hope" - Jonas
"It made me a bit sad because some people don't really have hope" Harry
"I liked closing our eyes today to think" - Grace
Together, we thought about how we could bring hope to others. We prayed for them together.
Whole School - Baptism Friday 22nd November 2024
Date: 1st Dec 2024 @ 12:46pm
The families of Tommy, Billy, Teddy, Ezra and Zach joined the whole school as we came together for an amazing celebration in the school hall.
Father Mark Moran welcomed brothers Tommy, Billy and Teddy with a special Catholic blessing.
Ezra and Zach were then baptised as we all watched on, what an amazing experience to be part of!
Congratulations to all of the boys and their families - we hope you enjoyed your special celebration, including the cake afterwards!
Thank you for sharing such a proud and important day with your St Basil's family.
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 12
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:07pm
The children have had another busy week in the rainbow unit. This week we have been using the mirrors to look at ourselves. Some children have been pointing to their nose and eyes and other children have been pulling their tongues out.
The children have also enjoyed being in our creative area and doing some hand painting this week. We heard lots of giggles from the paintbrush tickling their hands and the children created some lovely pictures which we will share later on in the term.
Throughout the week we have introduced the children to their social stories with pictures of their families, they have all fleetingly engaged with this throughout the week. If you haven’t already sent any pictures of your close family members, could you please do so by sending them via dojo message to your child’s class teacher.
We are all very excited for our first school trip next week. Please could you send into school a pair of wellies for the children so that they can wear these when we are on our trip!
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The SEND team
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 11
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:04pm
This week we have taken part in a lot of intensive interaction with the children. A lot of our children have the target of fleetingly notice an adult is there and we feel the children are becoming more aware of us in their play but we are now wanting them to be so comfortable, that they allow us to join in with them!
The children LOVED the snow this week! They put their coats and wellies on and played in the snow! The children loved the snow, picking it up feeling it in her hands and stamping in it!
The children all took part in a sensory circuit in the hall, they manoeuvred themselves safely on the equipment, jumping and landing safely. This is something we will continue in school.
Have a lovely weekend and stay safe in this frost!
The SEND Team
Y5 Dental nurse Visit - Dental Hygiene Week
Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 10:53am
Year 5 enjoyed their visit from the dental health nurses. The children took part in lots of fun activities and learned so much more about their dental health.
Date: 23rd Nov 2024 @ 9:31am
Year 1 are loving their Hockey lessons this half term and are making great progress.
They have been learning how to handle and use their hockey stick safely (like a dog on a lead!)
Their skills in using the hockey stick to control a ball effectively, are improving with each lesson.
This week we loved playing a version of Hungry Hippos to compete against other teams to retrieve balls from the middle.
Y5 - Parent Collective Worship - Life Choices
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 10:07am
On Wednesday 20th November Year 5 delievered a Collective Worship to parents all about Life Choices. The children sang hymns, said prayers and created a receipe for a good friendship. We have had some lovely feedback from the parents. Thank you for coming.
Whole School - Anti-Bullying Drama Performance
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:50pm
Altru Drama came into school to perform a play on the theme of bullying.
In the play, Lucy was being bullied by Izzy because she was different. Izzy eventually realised that what she was doing was wrong and she changed the way she was behaving towards Lucy.
The performance showed us that it is ok to be different and that everyone should be treated with respect.
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 10
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:47pm
We have had a lovely week in the Rainbow Unit. The children have all settled back into our school routine and have very quickly remembered what our objects of reference mean for our different areas which is great.
This week, we have followed the children’s interests and after some of them had shown a key interest in some dressing up costumes, we have looked at different people who can help us. The children have had an opportunity to dress up in a hi-vis vest and explore some tools. Some have completed a puzzle, matching the different body parts of the people who help us.
We have also been exploring Lego this week which has been a big hit! We built some towers of all the different colours and then made the number blocks out of the Lego pieces. We have also seen lots of requesting for different nursery rhymes on the screen and even some dancing along with the songs!
We hope you all liked the children’s school photos, we thought they were all amazing!
Please remember to send through some photos of the children’s immediate families.
Hope you have a lovely weekend,
The SEND team
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 8:16am
This week we have been reflecting and learning about remembrance day.
The children have done some potato printing to make their own poppies as a sign of respect.
They have learnt more about Festivals around the world.
