Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Children in Need Day

  Tue 12 Nov 2019

  Mr Caygill and the Year 6 children are busy organising fun and games for Children in Need Day on Friday 15th November. 

  They are planning:-

  Non uniform day (50p donation)

  Cake sale (they would be very grateful for any donations of cakes to sell, please bring them to school on Friday morning)

  Various games at morning playtime (10p - 30p charge)

   

  Please send children to school with a small amount of change on Friday to join in planned activities.

  

• PTFA Christmas Fair

  Tue 12 Nov 2019
  The PTFA Christmas Fair is on Thursday 5th December from 6pm - 8pm. If you are able to help in anyway please speak to the PTFA or a member of staff. We look forward to seeing everyone on the 5th December.

  

• Italian Blog - Final Day

  Sun 10 Nov 2019 Jack

  Day 6 Italian Job – By Jack Wilson

  After a lot of goodbyes to our foreign friends – we also sneaked a few hugs in- we got into our beds for the last time. We got a good night sleep, definitely Zak who had to get woken up AGAIN but this time by Mrs Hearn. When we had got up we packed for our journey home, we went down for our yummy breakfast and sat opposite the only other country left who were Romania. I had a weird combination of sausage and cake and managed to not make it a hat-rick of spilling my drink because of Zak’s cunning plan of using a saucer but the girls didn’t need to because they were smart (for once) and didn’t spill it in the first place. After playing a few games of Mafia – and Ruby mastering the string game and teaching others - we went to brush our teeth and then went shopping to buy a few souvenirs with some of us buying pasta to take home. For dinner we had pizzas for only the second time. On our way back from the shops we saw an ordinary dog but Hannah acted like it was a unicorn, but it was really cute. We got on the taxi for the 3 hour journey to the airport where we would buy some sweets and chocolate for the flight and for family members. When we got on the plane Mrs Johnston got a shock when the air steward said the flight was going to Dublin; he was joking. Now we’re safe on the plane for our journey back to Manchester.

  We hope you have enjoyed looking at our photo, reading our blogs.

  We all can’t wait to give our family and friends huge hugs and tell them about our Italian adventures.

  

• Italy Blog - Day Five

  Fri 08 Nov 2019 Mrs H and Mrs J

  Italian Job Day 5 

  Our day of collaboration, evaluation and celebration started with a little lay in, followed by breakfast. After a quick run through of our presentation we set off on our last journey to school.  It was lovely to see the sky was blue and the sun shining too.  When we arrived at school we where greeted by a group of teachers eager to share their craft skills. We started with a Christmas decoration which was simple.  However, the next activity of frog origami met some confusion from the children and teachers.  A quick break before learning about healthy eating and the benefits of each country’s local cuisine.  We livened up the group by performing our 1,2,3,4,5 a day song.  Next on the agenda was pasta making with the grandmothers of school children.   Zak got stuck in learning how to mix and make the pasta whilst the rest of us learnt how to shape different types of pasta, which was quite therapeutic. The parents of the school were involved again in making us a delicious pasta lunch with local cheese and salami.  The afternoon was packed with fun and laughter as we tried to join in with tradition dance moves.  Jack especially enjoyed the freestyle Turkish dance moves (see the video clips).  Finally, we were presented with gifts from our Italian hosts and said our goodbyes before heading back to the ice cream shop for the last time.  Our children have been a credit to the school with exceptional listening and behaviour.  They have immersed themselves in new experiences made friendshipsand life long memories.    

  

• Italian Blog - Day Four

  Thu 07 Nov 2019 Zak

  Day 4 Italian Blog by Zak 

  After some vigorous shaking by Mrs Johnston at 05.45 I woke up.  Mrs Johnston told me I had 5 minutes to get ready.  I rapidly got dressed, brushed my teeth and accidently head butted the door.  We got to the coach on time however the Bulgarians were 40 minutes late which delayed our journey.  We were hungry and tired so some had a little snooze on the way.   Eventually we arrived at the Royal Palace of Caserta near Naples.   There were 120 rooms and only 40 of them were bedrooms.  We went on a guided tour around the palace looking at real gold and the Bodyguards room had walls made of gypsum plaster.  We learnt about the Kings that lived there and saw the damaged marble pillars from a bomb that fell on the Palace during WW2.   Mrs Hearn and Mrs Johnston got a history lesson from Jack as he proved them both wrong about their knowledge of Napoleon.  Whilst having a picnic in the garden we were attacked by flying ants.  After lunch Mrs Hearn and Mrs Johnston took us for a tiring walk through the Palace gardens.  We saw fish and some lizards bathing in the sun. Mrs Hearn was challenged to a race with Eyup from Turkey and Christina from Portugal but Turkey was cheating.   It was nice and sunny and we were hot and sweaty so thought we deserved another ice-cream!! On the way back,the cool bus driver put on some rad beats (Hannah and Ruby were fast asleep at this time). Tonight’s tea was alright, it was lasagne then steak and chips and pudding was more ice-cream. Now we are going to play Uno and go to sleep. Ciao for now.

  

• Italian Blog - Day 3

  Wed 06 Nov 2019 Hannah

  Day 3 – Italian Blog By Hannah

  With a busy day ahead, we strode downstairs with a tired face and floppy arms to get breakfast. Zak beat his world record of 7 croissants. Straight after breakfast we had to set off on our next adventure to Monte Saint Angelo and Manfredonia. It was a long journey but worth it, where we visited the Sanctuary San Michele Archangel and witnessed Mass. Following this some of us went to spend a penny, but this cost 50 cents; Mrs Tinkler was outraged. We had a short time to buy some gifts for our family. Then all of a sudden Ruby almost fell over because it was very slippery. A few minutes later Jack almost slid onto his back. We also saw a lot of churches around; Italy is a very religious country. It started to rain on and off all day and was a little cold but it didn’t stop us from having more ice cream. By the way the ice cream is 100% better than England’s.!We also visited a Monastery where 3 Monks live but we didn’t see them. On our way to the Monastery we saw mountain cows with huge horns, they use their milk to make their local cheese. We saw the Adriatic sea for the first time in the town of Manfredonia. Then on a road crossing we recreated one of the Beatles album covers. Finally back to the hotel for a game of Uno with our Romanian friends before an early night as we’ve got a very early start tomorrow (6am)!

  

• Italy Blog - Day Two

  Tue 05 Nov 2019 Jack

  Day 2 Italian Blog – Written by Jack

  After a good night’s sleep, we were up and ready for 7:30. We had our first ever breakfast in Italy with Zak being a pig by eating 6 croissant and a bowl of coco pops. And then set off on our walk to school with Mrs Hearn (Maria) Anna Maria and Maria. When we arrived at the school we were in for a very warm welcome with every country singing their national anthem making our two teachers very emotional. After some flawless traditional Italian dancing performed by the older students we set off on our historic tour of the city centre. We played some Italian games in the streets but the games were very much like ours. They played hop-scotch, tug of war, soldier soldier and the penny game. Soldier soldier is when you get into two teams holding hands and one team shouts ‘country country we want your soldier’ to the other team and someone from that team runs to break your hand chain. On the way back to the school we sampled some luxurious Italian ice cream. We then had dinner- after visiting classes in the primary school- we tried a variety of new foods including Quince, Pomegranate, Chestnuts and other local foods. After that we got a bus to the Stem cell Research Institute and were shown around where the public aren’t normally allowed to go.   We have made lots new friends and looking forward to tomorrow’s adventures.  

  

• Italian Blog Day One

  Mon 04 Nov 2019 Ruby

   

  We met at the school very early all feeling tired, we waited for the taxi to take us on the latest Erasmus trip. When the taxi got to the school, we all put our bags in the boot and set off to the airport. In the taxi we were all falling asleep except from Hannah, she was very excited and was way too giddy the whole drive! When we arrived at the airport we were all whining that our legs were sore from sitting down too long. After we got to the airport we went through security and it was all fine there (some had to get another check).  After some yummy breakfast we boarded the plane and it was quite busy. We finally set off into the air and the view was spectacular. After all of our ears went funny we roughly landed and it was raining so we got on a bus to the next airport and went through security there. Then we all waited for the taxi to take us to the hotel we were staying in which was 3 hours long. After we got to the hotel we got our keys and started unpacking then we went for a walk and we had a lovely Italian ice cream. On the way to the hotel Zak and Jack were very noisy and didn’t stop talking so we all had to live with that 3 hours! When we went on a walk and took lots of pictures, the bell rang on the church so it scared us all and made us jump. Whilst waiting for dinner the other children arrived.  We are looking forward to going to the school tomorrow.  

  

• Aldi's Kit for Schools

  Mon 04 Nov 2019
  We are still collecting Aldi Kit for Schools stickers for the next few days to fill a poster, if you have any please can you bring them into school asap.

  

• Spain Blog - Day 5

  Fri 01 Nov 2019 Mrs Tyson

  Today we’ve been making the most of our final day in Ronda, we’ve spent our day visiting Granada and the Alhambra. The Alhambra was first designed as a form of military fortification but eventually developed into the royal residence and court of Granada.

  We began our day rather later than earlier in the week as our explorers are becoming increasingly difficult to extract from their beds. However, it wasn’t long before we were on the coach on our way to Granada. The coach trips today have been the children’s only screen time all week and they tell us they haven’t missed it. They watched a film in each direction, as well as playing traditional games from the time of the Spanish civil war.

  Upon our arrival in Granada we walked around La Alhambra, which was breathtakingly beautiful. We then visited a traditional marquetry workshop. After this, we had lunch (during which J challenged himself to try a banana and enjoyed it), explored central Granada and experienced the joy of a tipping public toilet (much to Mrs Tyson’s dismay). Our children then made their final souvenir purchases before heading up what felt like the world’s longest hill for spectacular views of the city and the Alhambra walls -which were well worth the walk. 

  Once we landed back at our accommodation, we enjoyed some free time, followed by dinner and a leaving party thrown by our hosts featuring biscuits, sweets and Olympic standard musical chairs. We’ve had a wonderful week and are very grateful to Auxi and the rest of the team from C.D.P. Fernando De Los Rios for their hospitality and the fabulous activities they put together for us.

  Quotes of the week (can you spot the theme?);

  • So much bread!
  • Do you have any bag biscuits?
  • Chocolate doors

   

  In the morning we’ll be packing and heading back to the airport, we’re going to miss all of our friends from the mobility but hope that we can bring home many of the things we’ve learnt and share them with the rest of our school and community.  We look forward to our next Erasmus+ experience and can’t wait to hear from the team heading to Italy next week!