This week’s certificates were awarded to children for looking after our school environment responsibly: Class 3: Beatrice and Beatrice Class 4: Joshua and Harry Class 5: Poppy and Hallie Class 6: Millie and Elsa Class 7: Theo and Lottie Class 8: Emily and Alfie Class 9: Lily and Benjamin Class 10: Sophie and Isaac Class 11: Ruby and Toby Class 12: Isabelle and Joanne Class 13: Abigail and Phoebe Class 14: Gabriella, Ibrahim and Virginia

House Point Winners – Hope

This Week’s Highlights!

Reception enjoyed practising their part in the nativity Class 3 and 4 loved learning about Edith Cavell in history Class 5 enjoyed multiplication in maths Class 6 loved the Daily Mile (all newly cleaned!) Class 7 found Stone Age cave paintings fun Class 8 enjoyed doing exams Class 9 loved watching Open the Book Class 10 found the digestive system in science very fun Class 11 loved RE, building shelters Class 12 went to Hope University and found that fun Class 13 and 14 loved their geography field trip to the Albert Dock

Childwall CE Primary School

Newsletter

Issue 12 Sunday 1st December 2019

Welcome to our latest newsletter. Prayer for Advent: Almighty God, as your kingdom dawns, turn us from the darkness of sin to the light of holiness, that we may be ready to meet you in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen “And the child grew and became strong; He was full of wisdom and God’s blessings were upon Him.” (Luke 2:40)

Well done to children from all

four houses who have

worked so hard to earn house

points this week.

Boys' Broadgreen League Match The boys played their Broadgreen League match against Mosspits at Heron Eccles this week. Despite having lots of first half chances, we found ourselves losing the game 2-0. However, another great comeback from the boys saw us snatch a point at the last minute. Well done boys; still unbeaten in the league this year!

Y5&6 Sportshall Athletics Our Year 5&6 Sportshall Athletics team took part in Heat 5 at Toxteth Firefit Hub with 11 teams taking part in total. The boys and girls were fantastic in their track and field events and it was evident that our team was well prepared. With the top two schools progressing to the City Final in January, the children were excited for the announcement of the results. We were thrilled to find out we had finished in 1st place!! Congratulations, everyone; good luck in the City Finals.

Year 5 R.E.- Shelter Building We used enormous cardboard boxes to build shelters. This was a lesson we will remember; it was incredible to know what it feels like to be homeless and to be cold and wet in the park or on the street. This shouldn’t happen to anyone and we should help heal this like a sore cut on a knee. Reflecting on this is important because we should be thankful for what we have and we are all so fortunate compared to so many others. By Danielle, Year 5

Year 6 Geography & History Field Trip This Tuesday and Wednesday, Year 6 went to the Docks to learn more about how Liverpool is a port and to learn more about World War Two. To find out this information, we went to the Maritime Museum, where we found out the answers to our questions. In the Maritime Museum, we also found out about the Titanic and how the disaster happened. We saw photographs, videos and more about Liverpool’s history. Our Docks are very important because in World War Two, America and Canada sent crops and a variety of equipment to the docks, some of this was cotton and sugar. Did you know that all the buildings around the docks were used to store cotton that had been shipped in from other countries? This is part of the cotton trade. How the cotton trade works is we take the wool, cotton and more and we send them off all over England. This job as a cotton trader earned you load of money, which leads to a big house for all the family. We also learnt that when tourists come to Liverpool they will come to the Docks. We also had pictures from the Docks when they were working. As part of our geography field trip, we had to recognise the buildings now and write down the differences and similarities. After we wrote them down, we had to draw a rough map of what we remember of the Docks. We all found this trip very interesting and it was an amazing experience.

by Ruby and Millie

Community Links PTFA

Over the past few weeks the PTFA have been collecting prizes for our first ever Christmas raffle.

The list below details the prizes that we have had donated and by whom. (Apologies if we have missed anything off the list, we are still updating it).

Max Spielman - Frame and photo

Wilkinsons - £20 voucher

Area 51 - 2 free games of laser quest

Area 51 - 2 free games of laser quest

Daisy London - Gold chakra bracelet

David Lloyd - 14 day free pass

TJ Hughes - 2 x santa Christmas ornaments

Paul Cliff - Free MOT

The entertainer - £15 voucher

TJHughes - Peppa pig tea set

Sadie Krishnathasan - 1.5L bottle of rose wine

TJ Hughes - Peppa pig piano

Claire Taylor (class 2) - Crochet snuggle blanket

Daisy London - Gold chakra bracelet

Goals speke - Free weekend pitch hire

Rose Lane Chris’s Chippy - 2 x fish and chips

Crew - Free haircut

TJ Hughes - Boy and girl ornament ball lights

Starbucks - Gift card

Sainsbury's - Music quiz, candles, biscuits and chocolates

Daisy London - Gold chakra bracelet

Calissa - Afternoon tea for 2

Tasha Kendrick (class 4) - Box of cup cakes

Waterstones - £10 voucher

TJ Hughes - peppa pig house

SGB - £40 hair cut voucher

Claire McNamara (class 2/5) - Liverpool shirt (adult)

Olson & Olson - Shampoo and hair cut voucher

Tasha Kendrick (class 4 ) - Chocolate hamper

The list will be updated as new prizes are donated. We will shortly be selling tickets during school pickups and dropoffs at the cost of £1 per strip, but in the meantime the following people have books if you would like to buy any tickets:

Dave Holland

Julie Redfern

Fiona Grant

Sadie Krishnathasan

Rhia Preston

Tasha Kendrick Thank you in advance for your support.

Easy Fundraising The PTFA have an Easy Fundraising site which parents/carers are able to use in order for the school to benefit from any online purchases you may make, therefore please donate to: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/childwallschptfa/

Food Bank Christmas Appeal! Thank you to those who have already sent in selection boxes or other ‘luxury Christmas items’ for us to donate to food bank at St Gabriel’s Church, Toxteth. We will be taking our ‘gifts’ on Tuesday morning (3

rd) so there is still time if you

would like to donate; it really does make a difference for families in Liverpool this Christmas. We thank you for your generosity and compassion. (“Love your neighbour as yourself” Mark 12:31)

Thrive in 5 – Parents’ Workshop Feedback from parents who attended this workshop was extremely positive; we are, as always, very grateful to Christina who has had such a positive impact on children, staff and parents in our school, guiding us in the 5 key concepts of ‘Thrive in 5’ – Find the Positive; Take Personal Responsibility; Have a Positive Impact; Be Resilient; Dream Big.

November Eco Challenges Thank you to Mary from All Saints, Childwall who has shared this month’s Eco Challenges with us. It’s important to remember that each of us can make a difference to our environment in our actions and choices and each of us has a responsibility as stewards of God’s Creation.

1. If you have a small amount of shopping to do and the shop is less than a mile away, consider walking instead of jumping straight into the car.

2. Check out the City Council Gillmoss and Old Swan recycling centres. They take all sorts of stuff including printer ink cartridges, light bulbs and tubes, old mobile phones, Tetrapaks and old tools.

3. Think ahead. When you're doing your Christmas shopping try to avoid cards and wrappings which have glitter, foil, a plasticised surface or ribbon. They can't be easily recycled.

Still lower than usual whole-school attendance this week (96.4%) as a number of children continue to recover from various illnesses. Let’s hope that everyone is feeling better and we can all push forwards over the next few weeks of exciting activities and learning surrounding Advent, and looking forward to Christmas.

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Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

Class 7

Class 8

Class 9

Class 10

Class 11

Class 12

Class 13

Class 14

96% 99.3% 99.3% 98% 99.7% 98.3% 93.1% 98.6% 88.4% 95% 91.3% 97.7% 97.1% 97.5%

Our menu for next week is: Monday – Sausages or Quorn Sausages with Mashed Potatoes & Spaghetti Tuesday – Chicken Wrap or Vegetable Rice with Herb Diced Potatoes & Salad Wednesday – Roast Dinner or Macaroni Cheese with Roast Potatoes & Vegetables Thursday – Lasagne or Vegetable Lasagne with Garlic Bread & Salad Friday – Fishy Friday or Stuffed Jackets with Chips & Beans Every Day: If children prefer, we also have a selection of sandwiches, hot baguettes, pasta pots, wraps and jacket potatoes available daily. The salad trolley and sliced bread are also available each day, in addition to the selected meal. Children are very welcome to try a small amount of ‘something new’ alongside what they have chosen to try to encourage them to be ‘more adventurous’ in their food choices. Desserts this week include ice cream roll, fruit sponge, ginger and carrot cake, shortbread biscuit, ice cream, yoghurt and fresh fruit.

A reminder of the options for school dinners: 1. Packed Lunch for Junior Children 2. Packed Lunch with Fishy Friday for Junior Children 3. School Dinner Once you have selected an option, this will need to remain the option for the remainder of the half term. This ensures that our kitchen staff are able to order and prepare the correct number of school meals. The cost of a school dinner is £2.00 per day and must be paid for weekly in advance. All infant children receive a Universal Free School Meal.

Tuesday 3

rd December Reception 2020 Open Day 2pm-3pm

Thursday 5th

December Action for Children Concert – Anglican Cathedral – choir

Friday 6th December EYFS Nativity for parents/families 2pm – Refreshments afterwards

Tuesday 10th December Breakfast with Santa EYFS 8am

Wednesday 11th

December Breakfast with Santa Year 1 8am

Thursday 12th December Breakfast with Santa Year 2 8am

Thursday 12th December Year 1 and 2 Nativity 2.30pm

Friday 13th December Year 1 and 2 Nativity 2.30pm

Monday 16th

December KS2 Christmas Service – All Saints Church 6pm

Tuesday 17th December Year 6 Choir – Carol Service at Woolton Golf Club 7pm

Wednesday 18th

December PTFA Christmas Discos Year 3 & 4 (5-6.30pm); Year 5 & 6 (6.45 – 8.15pm)

Wednesday 18th

December Christmas Dinner in school

Wednesday 18th

December EYFS and KS1 Party (pm)

Any new dates added will have *new* to make them easily identifiable; we hope this helps.

Thursday 19th December KS2 Parties (pm)

Thursday 19th December B tales Christmas Production

Friday 20th December Finish for Christmas 1.30pm