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• NSPCC Number Day 2017

  Fri 03 Feb 2017

  We held our NSPCC Number Day in school on Friday 3rd February 2017.

   

  This was Maths-themed across the school with a focus on using Maths across the curriculum. In Year 5, children practised mental maths in French! C'est CALCUL  MENTAL!

   

  Year 6 worked with Dot-art artist, Eimer Kavanagh on a Maths through Art project - the outcomes are fantastic!

   

  Year 4 and 5 were well challenged to do a range of Maths puzzles and logic problems with Paul Godding from the 7puzzle company.

   

  Children also came to school in a Maths theme for a donation to NSPCC.  - This included numbers, patterns, shape, symmetry, lines and angles.  We are proud to say we raised £349.48 - thank you all so much for generous donations!

   

  What a fantastic day it was! Maths EVERYWHERE!

   

   

  

• Online Safety Assembly

  Thu 02 Feb 2017
  Paul Trigg, from MGL, came in this morning to talk to all year groups about keeping safe on the internet.  The younger children heard about Smartie the penguin and how he needed help from his mummy and daddy when an advert popped up onto his tablet.  The older children were talking about their digital footprint and how anything put on the internet can never be fully deleted! The assemblies were very informative.  Ask your child to tell you about it.  We are following this up with a parents' coffee morning on Thursday 30th March, where Paul can give you more tips and information on how to keep your child safe on the internet. 

• Chinese New Year 2017

  Sun 29 Jan 2017

  Chinese New Year celebrations 2017

  Year of the Rooster

   

  A fantastic day was enjoyed across our school for Chinese New Year. We welcomed lots of visitors to enrich learning of Chinese culture and we celebrated Chinese New Year in style!

   

  The day started with a fantastic dance solo performance from Pei Tong from Movema Dance. This was followed by a set of dance workshops for Year 3 and Year 6 across the day.

   

  Li Wei from China Pearl joined Year 4 and 5 for a day of calligraphy, using inks and rice paper. Li also talked to the children about growing up in China and the importance of being together as a family at new year. Celebrations last 15 days, she told us!

   

  Gill Orrett taught RS and RC a brilliant dragon dance which was watched by the Year 1 classes.

   

  Finally, we were pleased to welcome students from the Confucius Institute at Liverpool University, who worked with EYFS and Year 2 classes on Chinese writing, language activities and origami.

   

  See our Gallery for photographs of the day.

  

• Bullybusters

  Wed 25 Jan 2017

  We had a visit from Bullybusters on 24th January 2017.  All children came to the hall in groups to hear stories about being kind to others.  The message is 'We are all different but we all have feelings.  If you are worried about something that is happening to you, or someone else, you need to tell someone, preferably an adult.'

  Natalie is coming to do workshops with Y5 on 13th February as a follow up.

• Paralympic gold medalist visitor!

  Thu 15 Dec 2016

  We were SO excited to have Lora Turnham visit us during December, to show us the gold medal she won in the Rio 2016 Paralympic games as a para-cyclist.

   

  Lora, an ex-pupil of Mosspits, suffers from a hereditary sight loss condition which also affects her two brothers and her mother. When she was just five years old she lost her sight leaving her with only light perception and she relies on her guide dog Libby, to get around.

   

  Lora gave a fantastic talk to all of our pupils and truly inspired the staff and children with the underlying message of how you should never give up on what you believe in and work hard to achieve your dreams.

   

  Here are Lora's achievements in 2016 alone:

   

  UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Montichiari (Italy)
  Bronze, Pursuit (with Corrine Hall)

  UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup, Ostend (Belgium)
  Silver, Road race (with Corinne Hall)
  Silver, Time trial (with Corinne Hall)

  Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  Gold, Pursuit (with Corrine Hall)
  Bronze, Time trial (with Corrine Hall)

  
  Read more at https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Lora_Turnham#mKcdAMoQwmTRkjFD.99

   

  We hope that she can keep in touch and return to school at a later date!

  
   

• Switch-off Fortnight

  Mon 07 Nov 2016

  This year (between the 14th and 27th November) many schools across the country will be taking part in ‘Switch Off Fortnight’, the national energy saving campaign.

   

  We will be sending members of the geography club to deliver 'switch off' monitor badges for 2 children in each class. They will be responsible for ensuring lights, smartboards, laptops, computers, switches etc are all switched off or on power-saving mode when not in use.

   

  Switch off monitors will get an energy saving log so they can complete a survey of the school and go on an energy saving mission to find out where and when devices are wasting energy. Classes will also monitor and analyse the data from this in Maths lessons.

   

  We'll have certificates of achievement to give out if children actively taking part in the campaign and we are giving out some stickers to promote the campaign. 

   

  Could you take part at home? Tweet us and let us know what you are doing at @mkellygeography 

   

  Thanks and Happy Switch Off!

   

  The Geography Club.

  

• New Y1 and Y2 Magical Maths Club!

  Thu 20 Oct 2016

  After the success of the first club at Mosspits, Professor Poopenshtinken, the mathematical genius, came back to visit us this week. 

   

  He amazed us again with his incredible brainpower. He led an assembly for our children where he challenged Mrs Owens (who was also helped by Dylan and Isobel) to a Maths Race to prove he is the greatest mathematician ever. The Professor used giant magical number rods and stunned Mrs Owens by adding four 3 digit numbers in his head more quickly than she could using a calculator. We thought the Professor had got one wrong but he somehow managed to add up four 3 digit numbers on the back of the rods that he hadn't even seen! The children were mesmerised! He told all the children that he could teach them to do the same tricks using only the power of numbers.

   

  The Professor's friends will be coming back to school after half term (on Wednesdays starting 2nd November) to run super fun Magical Maths Clubs. This club is for Y1 and Y2 children and it will run for 6 consecutive weeks. 

   

  This club has all NEW games, tricks and puzzles. C

   

  all 01744 776110 or visit www.magicalmathsclub.com/haltonsthelensandwarrington to book.

   

  Places usually go quickly so book now to avoid disappointment.

• Health and Wellbeing Week 2016

  Mon 20 Jun 2016

  June 20th - 24th 2016

   

  Health and Well-being week is back! Our children have been taking part in activities encouraging healthy lifestyles and physical and mental well-being. We have organised a range of enrichment activities across school for different age groups including hockey, performing arts, hula-hooping, kurling, cricket, metafit, street dance, tennis and an assembly based on safety in water.

   

  As part of the week, we held a Disability Awareness Day on the Monday. We were joined by representatives from MENCAP and had coaches/parents sharing their experiences and skills in wheelchair basketball and blind cricket. Many children took part in asthma awareness workshops and dance/kurling activities with a focus on disability and how it shouldn't stop people accessing sports, fitness and health.

   

  Find out more here, as Educate Magazine came in to do a feature on us:

   

  http://www.educatemagazine.com/inspirational-start-to-mosspits-health-week/ 

   

  Children can wear sports clothing and footwear for the entire week; this does not necessarily need to be school PE kit.

   

  Class activities will promote healthy choices such as looking at balanced diets, anti-smoking and being sun-safe and well-being activities such as peer massage, philosophy for children, anti-bullying, e-safety, stranger danger and team building.

   

  On Friday 24th June, we will finish off with our exciting competition, Dress a Fruit/Vegetable, which was a huge success last year. All children are invited to participate. Those who wish to take part will need to bring their dressed vegetable in on the morning of Friday 24thJune. Please name your dressed vegetable (make it as funny as you like!) and ensure labels have your child’s name and class on it too. The entries last year were exceptional! (See letters section for pictures).

   

  A special thank you also to our school Parents’ Association for contributing funds towards bringing in some of the specialist providers and to parents who have volunteered their time to deliver activities.

   

  Many thanks,

  Miss L. Warn

  (P.E coordinator)

  @Mosspits_PE

• Fundraising for British Heart Foundation

  Sun 19 Jun 2016

   

  British Heart Foundation ~ Jump Rope/Ultimate Dodgeball Fundraising

   

  Health and Well-being Week

  20th–24th June 2016

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  As part of our Health and Wellbeing week, children will have the opportunity to take part in a British Heart Foundation fundraising event:

   

  Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will take part in ‘Jump Rope for Heart’, a fun skipping initiative;

   

  Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 will take part in an ‘Ultimate Dodgeball’event.

   

  A copy of the sponsorship form has been sent home with your child. Please consider sponsoring your child for this event, and where possible, reach out to extended family and friends too. 80% of the money raised will go directly to the charity, who use their funds to fight against heart disease through research, prevention and care. 20% of the money raised will come directly to school.

   

  Please ensure all sponsorship money has been handed to the office by Friday 1st July in a sealed envelope, labelled British Heart Foundation.

   

  We’re really looking forward to this event and are pleased that we are able to support British Heart Foundation in the process.

   

  Many thanks,

  Miss Warn

   

  Health and Wellbeing week lead

  @Mosspits_PE

• Liverpool Counts Quality Mark

  Wed 15 Jun 2016 Miss Lisney
  Mosspits has achieved silver in the Liverpool Counts Quality Mark! Well done to all the children, staff and governors for your contribution towards the award.