Year 6: Gallery
Year 6 Trip to Advent Service at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 4:25pm
Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited to attend the Advent Service at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
It was a fantastic afternoon and was lots of fun. The advent service was told through song and we even got to take gifts for those less fortunate than ourselves. The gifts were taken up during the service to be distributed by Nugent Care.
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 4:11pm
Year 6 loved their DT lesson cooking vegetable stir fry which they had been researching and planning in the previous weeks.
All of the children had a go at preparing the food and cooking it.
Some children even discovered some new foods which they now like.
Although we didn't all like everything, the food was very tasty and we all tried it.
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
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.
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.
Whole School - Road Safety Awareness
Date: 23rd Oct 2024 @ 8:21am
This week we met as a school to talk about Road Safety Week. This year it will take place from the 17th to the 23rd of November.
We thought about who our road safety heroes were. We decided they were people who would:
- Work really hard to overcome difficulty
- Do something really well
- Be really brave
We learnt that everyone who helps make journeys safer and healthier or helps care for someone after a crash is a road safety hero.
We talked about the different road safety heroes:
- School crossing patrols
- Roads policing officers
- Road designers and highway engineers
- Fire and rescue services
- Ambulance services
- Medical staff in hospitals
The Y5 road safety officers will be holding a poster competition in November to make people aware of road safety dangers and how to cross safely.
Whole School: Blessing of Mary in memory of Christine Wilson
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 12:28pm
On Wednesday 16th October we gathered as a school family to remember Christine Wilson with Father Peter Ross.
Christine was a much loved and valued member of St Basil's and a former Chair of Governors.
We also welcomed Jim Wilson and members of their family, as well as some close friends.
Father Peter led us in prayer and dedicated our new statue of Mary to the memory of Christine, significant particularly during this special month of October.
The children shared in the our liturgy with readings and prayers, as well as with their absolutely beautiful singing.
The occasion was a heartfelt tribute which warmed all of our hearts and provided a lasting memory to treasure.
Whole school - Harvest Cereal Challenge for Widnes Foodbank
Date: 19th Oct 2024 @ 2:44pm
On Friday the 18th of October, we had a great morning completing our Cereal rally challenge.
After collecting boxes of cereal over the last month, each child came with their class to place a box in line ready for 'the big push!'
We were joined by Vicky from the Foodbank and Pip Turner from Asda who organised a donation on their behalf.
We also received a donation from Tesco in Widnes too, which helped boost our boxes to around 230 in total.
The children joined in with a countdown and watching the boxes being knocked over, followed by big cheers at the end!
Thank you to everybody who donated and to all of our children for particpating and showing their solidarity with others.
Comments from the children across school included:
"It was great fun and we got to help people too!"
"I hope people in Widnes won't be hungry now."
"The Foodbank is a brilliant thing."
"I can't wait to do more to help other people."
"I hope the people who get our cereal love eating it."
Date: 9th Oct 2024 @ 12:03pm
As part of CAFOD Family Fast Day, pupils in KS2 were given the opportunity to join our CAFOD Simple Lunch.
Instead of their usual school dinner, these KS2 pupils chose to have a simple lunch of soup, bread and fruit, to show Solidarity and respect Human Dignity two of our Catholic Social Teaching principles. This showed how we can think of others who are less fortunate than ourselves and only have our fair share.
Y6 - Parent Collective Worship - Justice
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 1:30pm
Year 6 led a Collective Worship on our school theme for the year which is justice.
We explored the theme of justice and explained the meaning of this and how we can be just in our lives.
We explored the theme of justice through song, drama, prayer and scripture.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 1:11pm
In Year 6, have been enjoying our lessons in PE this half term.
We have been learning how to play table tennis and have been improving our skills every week.
We even read about the history of the sport and found out that people used to play with cigar box lids and champagne corks when the game was first played.
Whole School - Sign Language Awareness Week
Date: 30th Sep 2024 @ 5:03pm
We celebrated Sign Language Awareness week by inviting Father Mark into school to teach us some sign language.
We spoke about why Sign Language is important so that everyone is treated fairly and justly, linking to our Year of Justice and the Catholic Social Teaching principle of Human Dignity.
Father Mark wrote a prayer with our help that we will use throughout our Year of Justice and we learnt the signs for fair, hunger, thirst and rights.
We also then followed this up by learning how to spell our own names in British Sign Language, taking home a sheet to share this with our families.
"My name was really hard to sign because I have a double letter" - William
"I really enjoyed working with Father Mark, I'm excited to hear the final prayer" - Penelope
Date: 29th Sep 2024 @ 9:39pm
We visited Crosby Beach to look at coastal erosion.
We used sand, rocks and other bits we could find to make our own sea defences. We then tested these out.
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 7:55am
On a Wednesday we bring a book to share during Book Lunch, we share the book with our partners and discuss the authors, characters or themes.
This year, Year 6 are beginning to interview pupils in each class about their favourite book, which we will play out on the hall screen for everyone to share.
Whole School - Visit from Imran Kotwal for Islam week
Date: 22nd Sep 2024 @ 1:40pm
On Friday 2oth September, Imran Kotwal visited school to help us with our learning about the religion of Islam.
As a Muslim, Imran shared some important items with us and talked about how they are used in daily life, particularly with prayer.
We saw prayer mats and photographs of different mosques, as well as sweet smelling oil which can be used as part of the cleaning ritual before prayer.
Imran also told us about the prophet Muhammad, a key person for Muslims.
This is what some of the children felt about the visit in Year 1 and 2.
"It was really good to know about it all."
"I liked finding out new stuff."
"The best bit was watching how Imran prayed."
"I know that praying is very important to lots of people."
"Religions are sometimes not all the same."
"Everyone is special themselves."
Whole School Assembly - Widnes Foodbank Cereal Challenge
Date: 22nd Sep 2024 @ 1:16pm
This week we launched our Harvest campaign to support the Foodbank here in Widnes.
We held a special assembly and remembered what we have already managed to achieve as a school in helping those in need.
Photos of last year's visit to the Foodbank by the RE Ambassadors were a great reminder, as well as the visit from Margaret and Eileen, two of their volunteers.
To continue our promise to try and 'live in solidarity' with others, we will be collecting donations of cereal over the next month.
On Friday 18th October, we will hold our 'Cereal domino rally' with all of the boxes that are donated.
Date: 10th Sep 2024 @ 3:07pm
Year 6 have been learning about observational drawing. We have been drawing fruit, focussing on the details and shadows.
We learnt how to start with the rough shape of the fruit and then add the detail.
We also learnt how important it is to look and then draw and keep doing this throughout the process.
Date: 10th Sep 2024 @ 2:46pm
Year 6 have been coding in computing today. We have started our topic by revisiting the code which we used in Year 5.
We have learnt how to add a timer and a score as well as creating an alert.
We are looking forward to completing our first task in next week's 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
Whole School - End of Year Awards
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 2:24pm
We celebrated the end of the school year all together.
In particular we gave awards and trophies to some of our Year 6 leavers.
Every single one of them has been brilliant it was so hard to choose
Stars of the Year:
Progress Awards:
Citizen of the Year:
We also honoured our school leaders throughout the year groups who have been play leaders, peer mediators, reading buddies, RE ambassadors, class and environment forum representatives and house captains.
We also gave certificates to everyone who has taken part in an afterschool or lunchtime club.
We gave out our next round of Read to Succeed prizes to those children in Year 5 and 6 who have read consistently at home this term
Those children who had been present in every single day of the year received some prizes, and everyone who had been in school on time every day this term went into a raffle for some larger prizes.
Finally we gave out everyone's Golden Certificates, to those who have followed the school rules consistently this term.
Y6 - End of Year Performance - Shakespeare Rocks!
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 2:11pm
Our Year 6 End of Year Performance this year was Shakespeare Rocks!
