Miss Carr and Mrs Sutton's Class: News items
Safer Internet Day in the Junior Department
Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 7:48pm
Today the children in our school supported Safer Internet Day. The day started with an assembly by Mrs Needham who taught the KS2 department about what it means to consent to something and how we should ask permission before doing something online.
After, the digital leaders acted out some drama scenes which showed some incorrect behaviours online. The children then made suggestions about what should have happened.
All the children received their own St Vincent’s orange wristband to remind them of the messages from the day!
Each child also made a pledge about how they are going to behave online. You can see these displayed on the classroom windows.
Other activities the children completed were: a safer internet survey, an online choices quiz, drawing the internet activity and data jargon buster.
The Year 5 & 6 children had a fantastic workshop this afternoon by Ian Richardson from Intqual Pro. He taught the children about how to behave online, how to keep a safe password and just how many devices are connected to the internet including pillows and toasters!!! The session was ended with an interactive quiz and prizes. Well done to the winners and thank you to Ian Richardson and Barry Searle from Intqual Pro.
The day ended with the Digital leaders all receiving a GOLD note to thank them for all their effort and hard work over the last few weeks in preparation for today!
We hope all the children have enjoyed the day and learned lots about consent and correct behaviours when online.
Good luck to all the children in completing their ‘What would you do?’ homework.
Online Safety Assembly from Google
Date: 12th Dec 2018 @ 8:25pm
Today the children in the junior department had a fantastic, interactive assembly by Google. They talked about their new scheme called ‘Be Internet Legends’. This teaches the children all about how to stay safe online through five key areas:
Sharp - Think before you share
Alert - Check it’s for real
Secure - Protect your stuff
Kind - Respect each other
Brave - When in doubt, discuss
The children were reminded about how to play the game ‘Interland’ where they can visit different worlds and learn how to stay safe online.
Well done to all the children, you all joined in really well!
Mrs Needham
Key Stage Two - Discovery news, quiz and 100 years since the end of World War One
Date: 1st Nov 2018 @ 7:13pm
See this week's news!
Now see if you can answer the questions in the quiz by clicking on Discovery
Date: 16th Jul 2018 @ 3:57pm
Our class continued our studies into historic Altrincham and we really enjoyed our school trip to the Dunham Massey estate. We experienced life as an employee of the estate, saw how they generated power and took part in a reconstruction of a poaching trial.
Date: 18th Jun 2018 @ 5:15pm
Year 3 and 4 were such good spirits on their sports day.
Date: 25th May 2018 @ 3:52pm
We travelled back in time and experience life for a Victorian child. We practiced our copper script handwriting, our times tables and even did PE with Master Kerigan. We then listened to and examined the historic buildings of Altrincham and heard about their daily lives.
Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 7:45pm
The Juniors all had lots of fun today at their Singathon. We sang a range of songs from ‘If you’re happy and you know it’ to ‘Sing’ (by Gary Barlow). Everyone sang their hearts out and we managed to sing 25 songs!!!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 3:09pm
We had lots of fun writing stories for Mr Nicholls class in Yr2 and exploring the different types of books. We dressed up as our favourite character and read lots of different types of books.
Mr Kerigan’s class know how to stay safe online
Date: 7th Feb 2018 @ 10:32am
Mr Kerigan’s class created songs and raps about staying safe online.
Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 4:19pm
The Year 6 digital leaders presented a fantastic assembly this morning to Year 3 & 4 about how to stay safe online. They performed 2 different scenarios and questioned the children about what they learned from each play.
Well done Year 6 Digital Leaders!!!
Date: 26th Jan 2018 @ 11:52am
Today, we had lots of fun and learning when we made electrical circuits. We used batteries, bulbs, crocodile clips and wires. We saw they only worked when we made a complete circuit or loop.
Date: 18th Jan 2018 @ 11:44am
In Design Technology, we have been looking at the importance of a healthy diet. We have looked at nutritional information and different food groups. In class today, we had lots of fun making our final sandwich and then eating them.
St Ambrose Language Ambassadors
Date: 17th Dec 2017 @ 8:46pm
Year 4 were visited by 8 Language Ambassadors from St Ambrose College.
Four of the boys taught the children Spanish focusing on general information about Spain and the famous festival ‘La Tomatina’. The children learned about how the tomato fight starts, what to wear and where the festival takes place. They really enjoyed their first Spanish lesson. Gracias chicos!
The other four boys taught the children French focusing on the topic of animals. They learned how to say different animal names and played lots of fun games. The boys were impressed with how much French the Year 4 children know. Merci beaucoup aux garçons d’Ambrose.
Well done for all your hard work and participation Year 4.
Mrs Needham
Date: 12th Dec 2017 @ 9:04pm
Many children performed in a music concert to showcase just how much they have learned over the term. We were all blown away by the talent. Well done to all who took part!
Date: 6th Dec 2017 @ 8:39am
Year 4 have been having lots of fun in computing over the last few weeks. We have been using a program called Scratch to develop our coding skills. They were given the task of programming a cat to move around the track. They came up with many creative ways of moving the cat. Well done Year 4!
Date: 3rd Oct 2017 @ 10:04am
Year 4 have been having great fun learning Gaelic Football. We have learnt how to pass the ball and the zones we can score from. The games have been great fun too!
Date: 3rd Oct 2017 @ 10:08am
George and Aleena have led the class in our pupil led collective worship. They both read scripture from the Old Testament and ran reflective and respectful activities linked to it.
The Elephant Thief - Author, Jane Kerr, comes to visit St Vincent's!
Date: 29th Jun 2017 @ 4:28pm
The Year 4, 5 & 6 children were delighted to get the opportunity to meet a real life author yesterday. Jane Kerr, a previous parent at the school, has written a top selling children's book about the exciting journey of a boy and an elephant travelling from Edinburgh to Manchester. As well as hearing the astonishing true story behind the plot of the book they were able to pick up some fantastic writing tips!
We even found out that one of our family's at the school are ancestors of the keeper, Lorenzo Lawrence, who was the real life companion to the elephant, Maharaja, back in 1872. Emma and Jane can be seen below having a special photo taken together to mark the unbelievable connection.
If Jane's visit captured the imagination of your child, 'The Elephant Thief' can still be purchased through school using ParentPay. She has also very kindly offered to visit again before the end of term to sign any copies bought from school or elsewhere.
Jane's visit has certainly inspired some of our children as they have already started writing the first chapter of their own books! Keep going, who knows what the future holds for our talented young authors!
Date: 9th May 2017 @ 2:56pm
On Monday, we were given the opportunity to meet Premier League referee Anthony Taylor at Altrincham Community Hall.
Anthony has been named as this years FA Cup Final referee and not only did we get to ask him lots of questions, he also brought the actual FA Cup Final Trophy with him!
As you can see it was a great experience for everyone and Anthony give everyone a real insight into life as a referee.
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 3:41pm
The winner of our competition was Daniel J from Year 6. Congratulations to Ava, Olivia and Martha who ran this fantastic competition and who raised £80 for Help For Heroes. Well done to all!
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:51am
As part of Science Week, we undertook lots of different experiments, including alka-aeltzer rockets, dyed flowers, posters cornflour goo and lots of other fun things.