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Y1 - Collective Worship on Care for Our Common home

Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 10:08pm

Children from 1DD helped to plan and deliver Collective Worship today for Key Stage One.

They thought about which music to use, what to have on our focus table and the reading and prayers we would share.

We reminded everybody about the letter that Pope Francis wrote to ask for help to care for his creation. This letter is called Laudato Si.

At the end of our Worship, we asked the children and grown ups to think about how they can each help to care for the earth and each other.

"I like doing the sign of the cross." - Clay

"I love gathering and singing." - Harper

"We should have put the Pope's picture on the table too." Meredith

"I feel happy about it." - Zach

"It made me feel calm." - Polly

Y1 - First Music Lesson

Date: 11th Sep 2024 @ 8:17am

Year 1 enjoyed their first Music and Movement lesson.

Whole School Friday Worship - Catholic Social Teaching

Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 9:10am

Today we celebrated our first Friday Gospel Collective Worship with Mrs Sheppard. 

It was all about Catholic Social Teaching

Y1 - P4C - Can Children Look After the World?

Date: 5th Sep 2024 @ 2:35pm

The children started the year by thinking about our world in preparation for exploring creation during our RE lessons. We looked at our stimulus and devloped our own question 'Can children look after the world?'. Some of our responses were:

Sometimes it’s not safe to.

Yes, because the world will be good if they do.

No because they are too small.

Yes, because everyone can keep everyone safe.

Yes, because it is everyone’s job.

Whole School - Sports day

Date: 8th Jul 2024 @ 2:54pm

Finally, we have had some luck with the weather and we have been able to get all of the children out to enjoy an afternoon competing in their houses. All of the children really hard and displayed great sportsmanship qualities. Below is a list of the events the children took part in;

KS1

KS2

 

Balance ball

Shot putt

 

Javelin

Javelin

 

Target throw

Slalom run

 

Hurdles

Hurdles

 

50m sprint

100m sprint

 

Assault course

Assault coursde

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

     
     

Whole School - St Basil's Marketplace

Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 10:56am

We all had a chance on Friday afternoon to visit our annual St Basil's Marketplace

Throughout the week, we have been creating, budgeting and presenting our items in year groups to sell.

There are activities to try our luck at, such as sweets in the jar, guess the name of the teddy and coordinate treasure maps

We also have a chance to play some carnival games to win prizes, including hook a duck, tombola, penalty shoot outs and a coconut shy.

This year our MartketPlace has raised ... 

Environment Council - Wonky Garden Visit

Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 4:56pm

The Environment Council took a visit to the Wonky Garden in Widnes.

This is a community garden who have transformed disused land into a space for all to enjoy nature.

We went along with Mrs Sheppard to gather some ideas for our own school grounds work.

We had the chance to harvest some potatoes, which we brought back and cooked with butter and herbs!

The volunteers also gave us some pumpkin plants to plant in our EYFS area. We will keep these nurtured ready for harvesting in Autumn.

Y1 - Athletics

Date: 22nd Jun 2024 @ 10:38pm

Year 1 were absolutely fantastic practicing their sports day events in athletics. They competed in the javelin, assault course, bean bag toss, hurdles and balance ball.

Whole School - Fun Run

Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 7:40am

Everyone in school took part in our annual Fun Run to raise contributions for PTA school projects.

Unfortunately due to the weather this year we could not take part all together on our field.

Instead each class took their turn to complete laps of our playground track in Fancy Dress.

We counted our laps in 10 minutes.

"I always look forward to the Fun Run. This year I brought my dinosaur costume but still managed to do 15 laps!" - Josh Y4

"I really enjoy dressing up every year and doing the laps with my friends. We always end up on the same because we run side by side" - Holly Y5

"I'm sad that this was my last Fun Run in St Basil's. I managed to do 26 laps this time" - Alma Y6

Whole School - Archbishop Malcolm McMahon visit during Peace Week (January 2024)

Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 2:31pm

On Wednesday 17th January, we were joined by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon and other guests from the Archdiocese of Liverpool, along with Father Mark Moran and our school governors.

We enjoyed some very special events as part of our 'Year of Peace' (2023-24).

The children particpated in prayer spaces with activities that included painting peace pebbles, origami boats for our peace river, hanging peace doves and creating prayers in our prayer garden.

Time was spent reflecting on how peace begins with us and how we can help be bring peace in pur relationships.

Other great activities around school included a Peace Dance, Music to celebrate peace and learning sign language for the song 'Peace perfect peace'.

We were also joined by Peace Pathways who worked with each year group on how to solve problems when there is a conflict.

Y1 - Beeston Castle Visit

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 2:11pm

Year 1 visited Beeston Castle after learning all about castles in their History topic. 

Y1 Mental Health Awareness Week (to be merged)

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 2:09pm

The children watched a performance of 'What's up Alfie' during mental health awareness week. 

Y1 - Music Summer 1

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 2:07pm

Year 1 exploring pitch in music. 

Y1 - Football

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 2:06pm

Year 1 practised their football skills in PE.

KS1 - Easter Bonnet Parade

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 2:00pm

The children participated in an Easter Bonnet Parade. 

Y1 CAFOD Big Lent Walk (To be Merged)

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:45pm

The CAFOD Big Lent Walk. The children participated in the CAFOD Big Lent Walk to raise money for others in need. They completed different routes learning facts along the way and delivering fish to the net. 

Y1 Chester Zoo Trip (To be Merged)

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:44pm

Chester Zoo. After learning all about different animals in science the children visited the zoo to see them. 

Y1 - World Book Day (To be Merged)

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:33pm

World Book Day. The children dressed up as a character from a book and completed reading activities with their grown ups in class. 

Y1 - Parent Collective Worship - Galilee to Jerusalem

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:29pm

Collective Worship. The children participated in a collective worship with their families about our RE topic Galilee to Jerusalem. 

NSPCC Numbers Day (To be Merged)

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:28pm

NSPCC Numbers Day. The children completed different maths activities in class with their grown ups. They dressed as a number to raise money for the NSPCC. 

Y1 Peace Days (To be Merged)

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:25pm

Peace Days. The children participated in 2 Peace Days and completed lots of different activities. They explored what peace is through many different ways including art, music and dance. 

Y1 & Y2 - Christmas Production - 'Christmas with the Aliens'

Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 1:24pm

Christmas Play. The children performed 'Christmas with the Aliens' for their grown ups. 

Whole School - Christmas Jumper Day Coffee Morning

Date: 10th Jun 2024 @ 11:20am

As part of our Advent Charity event for Nugent Care, each year group learns a Christmas poem and performs a Christmas song during our Jumper Day Coffee Morning.

Whole School - 2p Challenge

Date: 10th Jun 2024 @ 11:09am

Every year, we raise funds for our PTA by taking part in the 2p Challenge.

Over a month, we collect as many 2ps as we can at home.

Then on the challenge day, we bring them in to school and create lines on the playground. 

We measure them and decide which year were the winners.

 

This year's winners were ... Year 4

EYFS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
16m 17m 20m 16m 43m 27m 32m

EYFS, Y1, Y2, Y3 & Y4 - Chester Zoo Visit

Date: 10th Jun 2024 @ 11:00am

We all spent the day visiting Chester Zoo as part of our work in Science 

 

Year 3 & 4 - Our Science topic was all about grouping animals. As we explored the zoo we looked out for mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and invertebrates. We were very lucky to see so many animals in the good weather.

"My favourite animals were the penguins, they were so funny to watch" - Anthony Y4

"I really loved seeing the Andean Bear eat fruit from the top of the tree" - Maisie Y4

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Hough Green Road, Hough Green, Widnes, WA8 4SZ

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