Events at Leamington Community Primary

There are lots of different activities and exciting things happening at Leamington Community Primary. Here are a few links to different things that have took place so far:

• Visit to the Library

  Year 5 pupils had a visit to the library in Liverpool city centre. They took part in story telling which Im sure they will use it in their literacy lessons. Click here to find out more!

• Healthy Schools Bus

  Year 6 pupils were taken onto the Healthy Schools Bus, provided by Everton Football Club. They looked at how to keep themselves healthy through exercise and healthy eating. Click here to find out more.

• Skipping workshop

  All children in key stage 2 have taken part in a skipping workshop where they were taught different skills and techniques of skipping.Click here for more information.Lets keep this up! Skipping ropes are available at reception.

• Reading Week
  

  This week our school has taken part in reading book week. All children have been completing different activities throughout this week. Activities completed are book reviews, designing blurbs and book covers.All children and staff took part in fancy dress this week and all outfits were fantastic and took a lot of time and effort so thank you all very much. Click here to read all about it.

• Operation Christmas Child

• In our school this term we have been trying to raise awareness of what the Samaritan's Purse charity do every year. They meet the critical needs of victims of war, poverty, famine, disease and natural disaster. As a school we collected 133 boxes, which is fantastic! Click here to read all about it.

• Anti-bullying week

• As a school we have been focusing on anti-bullying, mainly looking at cyber bullying and what chidlren should do if this was to ever happen. Click here to read all about it!

• Year 6 visit the National Waterways museum

• Year 6 recently went on a trip to the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port. Here they enjoyed lots of actvities that realted to their World War II topic that they have been covering this term. Click here to read more!

• Dancing at St John Bosco

• Our exrta curricular dance group took part in a dance even at St John Bosco. Here children had worked hard to perform a routine together. They were amazing and were a credit to our school. Click here to read more!

• Year 3 visit the museum

• Year 3 went to Liverpool World Museum on Monday 30th November. They had a fantastic time and were great representatives of our school. They visited the Ancient Egyptian exhibition to help them with their study of Ancient Egyptians. Click here to read more!

• Tudor day with year 5

• Our year 5 have recently completed a day, living like the Tudors. They celebrated through song and dance. They also had the opportunity to dig in to a mighty Tudor feast. All our children enjoyed the activity and had lots of fun! . Click here to read more!

• Egyptain day with year 3

• To celebrate their Ancient Egyptian topic, Year 3 held an Egyptian day. All of the pupils and staff dressed as Ancient Egyptians (or mummies!) and had a day of Egyptian themed activities, finished with an Egyptian feast. Click here to read more!

• We are Writers

• During the last half term as a whole school we have collaborated in writing poetry about all different topics. They were all entered in to a book. This was then sold at the book fair. A big thank you to Mrs Evans and Mrs Brimage for making this possible. Click here for more information.

• Christmas at Leamington

• At Leamington we have been completing lots and lots of Christmas activities. Click here to have a look!

• Chef James visits year 3

• On Thursday 14th January, Year 3 had a visit from Chef James. He came to school and spent the morning with Year 3. They had lots of fun! They learned about healthy eating, the different tastes and about using all our senses to taste food properly. Click here to have a look!

• Captain Carrot - Field Agent

• On Wednesday, we had a visit from Captain Carrot who was a field agent looking at the importance of eating healthily and getting the right vitamins and minerals in our bodies. He told us about how eating 5 a day and drinking plenty of water is really vital for a healthy life. Click here to read more.

• Year 6 tag rugby

• Year 6 children had a session of tag rugby. Children were taught new skills on how to hold the rugby ball, how the ball can be passed and completed different challenges to help them become a great tag rugby player. Click here for more information.

• Year 5 radio

• Year 5 have been working on a ten week radio project. This takes place at Croxteth Primary School each week. They have been working on jingles, interviews and using the radio equipment. Children have really enjoyed this experience thus inproving confidence in many different areas. This has built relationships between pupils from both Croxteth and Norris Green. Click here for more information.

• Year 6 Your Choice Conference

• Year 6 attended a Your Choice conference at Bosco CLC. They took part in several activities such as Who wants to be a millionaire, drama, web detectives and on the bus. Children had the opportuntiy to meet Police men and women, both from the Mersey tunnels and on horses. Click here for more information.

• Fairtrade Week

• At Leamington we looked at the way in which we could become a fairtrade school. We looked at what products were available to us, how we can purchase these products. Children discovered the working conditions of where these products such as bananas and coffee come from and now understand the importance of using fairtrade products. Children got to take part in lots of different activites. More information to come.

• A visit from the Lord Mayor

• We have had a visit from the Lord Mayor. He had a tour of our school with Mrs Egerton Jones and a group of children. We were then lucky enough to ask him questions about his role as Lord Mayor and how he became Lord Mayor.

• Celebrating St George's Day

• On 23rd April 2010, we celebrated our patron saints day by wearing the colours of the flag, white and red. All children enjoyed the day and discovered the story behind this day. Click here to find out the story of St George.

• A Christening in year 3

• Year 3 had a special visit from Revd Helen Edwards this week. They have been learning about baptism and Helen kindly came into school to show the Year 3 children what happens in a baptism by baptising two of their dolls! They had lots of fun and would like to say a big 'Thank You' to Helen! Click here to see more.

• Year 3 visit Formby

• Year 3 went on a fantastic trip to Formby Nature Reserve recently. They had been studying 'Rocks and Soils' for Science so went to collect soil and rock samples. Click here to find out more. Click here for more information

• Greek day in year 3

• Children in year 3 celebrated the end of their topic on the Greeks, with a day dedicated to just that. They had a feast of Greek food and danced to traditional Greek music. All chidlren and teachers had a fabulous day. Click here for more information.