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School Baptism Friday 22nd November 2024
Date: 1st Dec 2024 @ 12:46pm
The families of Tommy, Billy, Teddy, Ezra and Zach joined the whole school as we came together for an amazing celebration in the school hall.
Father Mark Moran welcomed brothers Tommy, Billy and Teddy with a special Catholic blessing.
Ezra and Zach were then baptised as we all watched on, what an amazing experience to be part of!
Congratulations to all of the boys and their families - we hope you enjoyed your special celebration, including the cake afterwards!
Thank you for sharing such a proud and important day with your St Basil's family.
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 12
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:07pm
The children have had another busy week in the rainbow unit. This week we have been using the mirrors to look at ourselves. Some children have been pointing to their nose and eyes and other children have been pulling their tongues out.
The children have also enjoyed being in our creative area and doing some hand painting this week. We heard lots of giggles from the paintbrush tickling their hands and the children created some lovely pictures which we will share later on in the term.
Throughout the week we have introduced the children to their social stories with pictures of their families, they have all fleetingly engaged with this throughout the week. If you haven’t already sent any pictures of your close family members, could you please do so by sending them via dojo message to your child’s class teacher.
We are all very excited for our first school trip next week. Please could you send into school a pair of wellies for the children so that they can wear these when we are on our trip!
Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The SEND team
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 11
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:04pm
This week we have taken part in a lot of intensive interaction with the children. A lot of our children have the target of fleetingly notice an adult is there and we feel the children are becoming more aware of us in their play but we are now wanting them to be so comfortable, that they allow us to join in with them!
The children LOVED the snow this week! They put their coats and wellies on and played in the snow! The children loved the snow, picking it up feeling it in her hands and stamping in it!
The children all took part in a sensory circuit in the hall, they manoeuvred themselves safely on the equipment, jumping and landing safely. This is something we will continue in school.
Have a lovely weekend and stay safe in this frost!
The SEND Team
Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 10:53am
Year 5 enjoyed their visit from the dental health nurses. The children took part in lots of fun activities and learned so much more about their dental health.
Date: 23rd Nov 2024 @ 9:31am
Year 1 are loving their Hockey lessons this half term and are making great progress.
They have been learning how to handle and use their hockey stick safely (like a dog on a lead!)
Their skills in using the hockey stick to control a ball effectively, are improving with each lesson.
This week we loved playing a version of Hungry Hippos to compete against other teams to retrieve balls from the middle.
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 10:07am
On Wednesday 20th November Year 5 delievered a Collective Worship to parents all about Life Choices. The children sang hymns, said prayers and created a receipe for a good friendship. We have had some lovely feedback from the parents. Thank you for coming.
Anti-Bullying Drama Performance
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:50pm
Altru Drama came into school to perform a play on the theme of bullying.
In the play, Lucy was being bullied by Izzy because she was different. Izzy eventually realised that what she was doing was wrong and she changed the way she was behaving towards Lucy.
The performance showed us that it is ok to be different and that everyone should be treated with respect.
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 10
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:47pm
We have had a lovely week in the Rainbow Unit. The children have all settled back into our school routine and have very quickly remembered what our objects of reference mean for our different areas which is great.
This week, we have followed the children’s interests and after some of them had shown a key interest in some dressing up costumes, we have looked at different people who can help us. The children have had an opportunity to dress up in a hi-vis vest and explore some tools. Some have completed a puzzle, matching the different body parts of the people who help us.
We have also been exploring Lego this week which has been a big hit! We built some towers of all the different colours and then made the number blocks out of the Lego pieces. We have also seen lots of requesting for different nursery rhymes on the screen and even some dancing along with the songs!
We hope you all liked the children’s school photos, we thought they were all amazing!
Please remember to send through some photos of the children’s immediate families.
Hope you have a lovely weekend,
The SEND team
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 8:16am
This week we have been reflecting and learning about remembrance day.
The children have done some potato printing to make their own poppies as a sign of respect.
They have learnt more about Festivals around the world.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:34pm
Year 3 delivered a collective worship about our Year of Prayer to LKS2 and talked about the importance of taking time out of our days to pray.
Y4 Remembrance Collective Worship
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:30pm
On Wednesday 13th November, Year 4 delivered a special collective worship about Remembrance to Year 3 and our adults.
We listened to the words of Matthew 5.1-12 and thought about how we could create a more peaceful world. We talked about the importance of Remembrance and how we remember others in the month of November. We sang songs including "We will remember them, Peace Perfect Peace and Imagine." The children created some art work to match a poem, created a role play to show Remembrance and choreographed a dance to the song "Imagine."
Parent feedback
"This collective worship was very moving"
"It was lovely to have time to stop and think"
"The children all read beautifully and sang very well"
"My favourite part was the songs."
Pupil voice:
"I enjoyed singing the songs."
"I liked taking part in the dance"
Y3 & Y4 Trip to Manchester Synagogue and Jewish Museum
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 2:23pm
Year 3 and 4 had an excellent trip to Manchester Synagogue where they were able to explore the Synagogue and museum, look and hold Jewish artefacts and even make their own Challah bread. We had an excellent time and enjoyed developing our learning about Judaism.
Pupil voice:
"I really enjoyed making the Challah bread, I thought it was really fun but hard to get the plait right first time."
"I enjoyed looking in the museum and drawing the different objects."
"My favourite part was all of it!"
Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 2:58pm
Year 1 have made a human pictogram to show how they travel to school.
'Most people come to school in the car.' Meredith
We then made a pictogram on 2Count to show our favourite fruits.
'Most people like strawberries.' Polly
'Only 1 person picked kiwi and it was me!' Ezra
'The least favourite fruit was pear.' Delilah
EYFS - Bonfire Night and Diawli
Date: 11th Nov 2024 @ 4:18pm
What a busy week we have had!
Our new text is called 'Festivals'. It has some beautiful illustrations and we have loved learning about festivals from around the world. We now have a role play party shop, thank you for all your donations!
One of the festivals we have been learning about is Diwali, the festival of light. We have enjoyed learning about the story and making our own diya lamps. We listened to some Diwali dance music too!
We have also been looking at Bonfire Night and fire safety. The children have made chalk firework pictures and talked about their experiences with Bonfire Night.
In RE we have learnt about the Annunication story and how Mary was chosen by God. The children have loved retelling the story with the knitted nativity set.
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 9
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:41pm
Welcome back to Autumn 2!
This week we have been concentrating on settling back into school life! The children have coped very well and have settled back into our timetable very well! I think they are tired today!
The children have enjoyed playing with the pumpkin from last half term. They have remembered us decorating it and some children have done this independently this week!
The children have enjoyed playing with the play doh! Using the tools and rolling it into sausages! Amazing fine motor skills!
The children have loved ordering the numbers, counting and playing with the cubes! They have also enjoyed sharing the pram and the baby dolls.
In your child’s bag, you will find the overview for Autumn 2 and we will send this electronically on another post 😊
Have a lovely weekend!
The SEND Team
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 8:21am
Year 3 had their first hockey lesson today and learned how to grip the stick correctly. The lesson focussed on safety when using the sticks, controlling the ball and they even had the chance to practice shooting at a target.
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 1:59pm
Today Y5CG explored the effects of gravity on objects. In groups they measured the mass (g) of an object on the scales and compared them to measurement of weight (N) from the Newton scales that represent the strength of the gravitational pull.
Y1 RE Creation themed learning activities
Date: 1st Nov 2024 @ 4:08pm
Throughout the first half term of Year 1, the children have loved different activities which linked to our R.E. branch about Creation.
In our enhanced provision area, they have had the opportunity to choose some fun and practical tasks to reinforce the teaching inputs in class.
We have made 'Our Father' prayer chains which the children can't wait to take home once they are down from our display!
In another activity, we searched for and cut out magazine pictures which show things which God has created. These were then stuck onto a large Earth outline.
Many children have enjoyed using playdough to complete missing parts of images from the Creation story and using the words from the Bible story as they did so.
One of the most popular tasks was learning how to care more for our 'common home' by recycling.
The children cut out and sorted items into the correct recycling bins, along with promises that they want to help more with this in real life too!
We are really proud of all of their hard work this half term and the great progress in their understanding of their crucial role in our world
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 8
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:13pm
Final week of half term this week! I cannot believe the children have been at St Basil's for a whole half term!
It has been an incredible 8 weeks with your children, we have really got to know them really well and they have settled into school life amazingly which we are incredibly proud of!
This week we have finished our new beginnings topic by exploring fruit! The children explored apples, oranges, lemons, melon and pineapple! The children especially enjoyed feeling the textures of the pineapple, they were very intrigued by the spikes and the leaves! 🍍
The children have enjoyed exploring the foam mirrors, pulling faces at themselves and even trying on new items of clothing in front of them! The children have explored the trolley and babies more this week and the children have enjoyed picking up the babies, carrying them around and playing with their soft eyelashes.
We have decorated our every own Rainbow Unit pumpkin! 🎃
We hope you have a lovely half term off- please don't forget to send us some photographs via Class Dojo of the children with their familiar people. Don't forget to tell us who they are!
Thank you so much for your ongoing support and allowing us the joy of looking after your children!
The SEND Team
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 7
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:11pm
We have had a busy week in the Rainbow unit this week.
We have introduced the children to lots of new sensory toys throughout the week.
These have included some light spinners, some sensory rollers, some smudge tiles and some sensory gel filled numbers. All of the children have enjoyed exploring these and have even tried using the rollers on the adults and each other.
All of the children have enjoyed taking part in water play in our outside area. We used beakers and funnels to pour the water onto the boats. The adults outside repeated the words 'pour' and 'splash!
In the blue class, the children have been playing with a doll and a shopping trolley, kindly brought in by Mrs Coleman. All of the children have been putting items from around the classroom into the trolley and pushing it around. We have also been using a shape sorter and experimenting which shapes fit in the holes.
In the yellow class, we have been taking part in some parallel play which has been lovely to see. All of the children had their own vehicle and were all pushing it around the track and walking around the work unit at the same time. We also had a special visit from Mrs Sheppard were some of the children enjoyed listening to a story.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week at parents evening.
The SEND team.
Rainbow Unit- Autumn Term Week 6
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:08pm
This week we have had a busy week; the children have enjoyed being outside on the playground playing with the Pre-School and Reception children! The children have showed that they have enjoyed this a lot by the fact they didn’t want to come back inside!
The children have enjoyed playing with the numicon pieces, making patterns with them and putting them in order. They have also enjoyed solving puzzles such as jigsaws and shape sorting. The children have also enjoyed more cause and effect toys this week, showing anticipation when playing with them.
We hope you have a lovely weekend, and we are looking forward to seeing you all next week for parents evening.
The SEND Team
Whole School - Road Safety Awareness
Date: 23rd Oct 2024 @ 8:21am
This week we met as a school to talk about Road Safety Week. This year it will take place from the 17th to the 23rd of November.
We thought about who our road safety heroes were. We decided they were people who would:
- Work really hard to overcome difficulty
- Do something really well
- Be really brave
We learnt that everyone who helps make journeys safer and healthier or helps care for someone after a crash is a road safety hero.
We talked about the different road safety heroes:
- School crossing patrols
- Roads policing officers
- Road designers and highway engineers
- Fire and rescue services
- Ambulance services
- Medical staff in hospitals
The Y5 road safety officers will be holding a poster competition in November to make people aware of road safety dangers and how to cross safely.
EYFS and Y6 - Meeting our Prayer Partners
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 4:07pm
Reception were very excited to meet their Year 6 Prayer Partners! The children in Year 6 spent some time down in EYFS getting to know their prayer partners and exploring the EYFS area.
Our Prayer Partners help us to recognise and apreciate the religious and spiritual dimentions of life.
Together, we will love, learn and succeed following Jesus.
''Lukie is my Prayer Partner and also my cousin!'' - Tommy
''My Prayer Partner will help me in Reception.'' - Isla
EYFS and Y6 - Welcome Collective Worship
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 3:56pm
Welcome Collective Worship - St Basil’s Foundation Stage with Year 6 prayer partners.
The children in Year 6 and Reception gathered together to celebrate the children in Reception now being apart of the St Basil's family. Each child in Reception received a prayer book to take home.
''Mrs Sheppard gave me a very special prayer book!'' - Ivy
''Our Prayer Partners are so special to us, they will help us at St Basil's.'' - Troy
Y1 Harvest Collective Worship for KS1
Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 12:53pm
KS1 enjoyed a special worship led by a group of children from Year 1 on the theme of Harvest.
We heard an amazing story from the Bible in which Jesus and his disciples were able to feed 5000 people using only five loaves and two fish.
The children shared the CAFOD characters of Shrist the Sun bear and DJ the dolphin to show how we can also help to feed hungry people here in Widnes.
We asked if anybody was able to bring in boxes of cereal for the Foodbank. Doing this shows we are living in solidarity, just like Shristi the bear.
We are also helping to make sure that everyone has their fair share, which DJ says is called Distributive Justice.
Here is what some children thought and said after our Worship:
'I liked praying' - Ella
'I'm bringing a cereal box in so I can help' - Kit
'I loved that story about the food' - Roman
'It made me want to pray' - Delilah
