It has certainly been a busy week in school with lots going on! Year 5 Alder class enjoyed an exciting STEM Day at Stanley High School and Flourish class had a fantastic visit to Greenbank High School to watch their production of Shrek the Musical.
Across the school, classes have also taken part in activities to mark Safer Internet Day and Children’s Mental Health Week, helping our pupils to understand how to stay safe online and look after their wellbeing.
A huge thank you to our School Council for their organisation and creativity in preparing for Thursday’s Cake & Craft Sale The crafts they made were fantastic, and we are so grateful to everyone who donated cakes and came along to support the event. We were delighted with the turnout and incredibly proud of the community spirit shown, together we raised a wonderful amount for our chosen charities.
Good luck to our Melody Makers who are performing at Co-op Live tonight as part of Young Voices. We all loved hearing your sneak peek performance on the stage before school on Thursday. We know you will represent our school brilliantly.
Well done as well to our talented performers who took part in the Meols Cop Dance Festival, the show was absolutely brilliant
Have a wonderful half term break, we look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready for another exciting term ahead.
Attendance
This week’s attendance champions are:
Parent’s EveningWednesday 25 February 2026 Tulips Year 3
for 100% attendance!
The year group with the highest attendance this week is:
Well done everybody!
Our Spring Term Parent’s Evening will take place on Wednesday 25 February 2026 and will be held face to face in school.
Appointments are with your child’s class teacher and will focus on academic progress and engagement in learning.
School will close at 2.00pm, with appointments starting from 2.30pm.
Appointment booking opened on Wednesday 4 February via Arbor and will close at 4.00pm on Tuesday 24 February.
A separate letter has been sent to parents with further information, including access arrangements, room locations, additional appointments and wraparound care. Please contact the school office if you require support with booking.
Love My CommunityA BIG THANKYOU
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our School Council Cake and Craft Sale. We are so grateful for all the generous donations and enthusiastic support from our wonderful school community.
Special thanks go to our fantastic School Council, who worked so hard organising the event and creating beautiful craft items to sell. Your dedication and teamwork truly made the day such a success.
A big well done as well to our wonderful Melody Makers, who sang beautifully on the playground in the morning and helped raise additional donations to add to the total. You brought such joy and community spirit to the start of our day! Thank you to all our children, staff, parents and carers for donating and buying cakes, crafts and supporting Mufti Day, your kindness and generosity made a real difference.
We are incredibly proud to share that together we raised an amazing:
£1014 for three very special charities: Alice's WonderDance
Bebe's Hive
Elsie's Story
It truly was an all-round wonderful couple of days, full of kindness, generosity and community spirit. We are so proud of our school community! Thank you again to everyone who helped make it such a success.
Meols Cop Dance Festival
RSPB Big School Birdwatch
Thank you to all who came on the RSPB birdwatch. We had 35 adults and children who braved the rain to help the RSPB understand how birds are doing in the UK. Our biggest find was a maximum 11 black-headed gulls at one time, followed by wood pigeons at 7. We also saw some robins, crows, blue tits, magpies and blackbirds.
Well done to all the incredible runners who took part in the Mad Dog 10K and Crazy Pups Race last weekend in support of Alice’s WonderDance!
Your energy, determination and community spirit made it such a special event. Thanks to your amazing efforts, the JustGiving page now stands at an incredible £11,887 and is still open for donations.
If you’d like to support, please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/page/sar ah-grahamlang-3? utm medium=FR&utm source=CL
This year, each year group will be exploring a different traditional tale.
Throughout the day, children will dive into the story, get to know the characters, and take part in a variety of activities inspired by their tale.
Children will receive a World Book Day £1 token prior to Thursday 5 March which they can swap for any of the World Book Day £1 books or get £1 off a full price title any full price book or audiobook (as long as the book or audiobook costs at least £2.99) at participating booksellers. More information can be found on the small print on the tokens. th
Children are invited to come dressed as a character from the story their class is studying, as a character from a different book, or even in their pyjamas for a cosy reading day!
Please note no face paint and or coloured hairspray.
Snowdrops: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Buttercups: The Three Little Pigs
Reception: The Gingerbread Man
Year 1: Hansel and Gretel
Year 2 & Flourish: Little Red Riding Hood
Year 3: Jack and the Beanstalk
Year 4: Puss in Boots
Year 5: The Three Little Pigs (The Wolf’s Perspective)
Year 6: Jack and the Beanstalk Hero or Thief?
Beach Clean
We would like to invite you to a Beach Clean on Saturday 28 March 2026 from 9.30am till around 11.00am. th
We will be meeting at the RSPB carpark (Marine Drive, opposite Marshside Road). The RSPB will be allowing us free parking to attend the beach clean. There may be limited carparking so it is suggested you car share with another family or get dropped off.
All equipment will be provided such as litter pickers, gloves and bin bags etc so all you need is yourselves and suitable footwear and clothing.
If you are interest, please could you fill out this interest form (It is just for numbers only).
During the year there may be times when we would like to broaden the children’s environmental experiences related to topic work by organising local visits e.g The local park, local shops, library, places of worship and swimming baths etc.
Please log into the Arbor App, view your consents and click on the Local Visit button to provide consent for your child/children.
** I give permission for my child to leave the school premises, under supervision, in order to make occasional visits to the local environment
Thank you
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Challenge
1 Prize st VIP Splash World Pass (for a family of 5)
2 Prize nd £20 voucher for RS Fine Chocolate
Parents/Guardians:
3 Prize rd £15 voucher for Vue Cinema
Each child from reception to year 6 will receive a tube of Smarties and children in Nursery will receive a tub of Jelly Tots. Then over the February half term, the children should be encouraged to complete activities to earn 20p pieces or mixed coins to fill up their tubes/tubs! And when the tube is brought back to school, they’ll be entered into a raffle to earn a prize!
Tubes/tubs will be sent home on Friday 13 February th Tubes/tubs must be returned to class no later that Friday 27 February th
Dates for your Diary
Date Event
Monday 16 - Friday 20 February 2026 th th Half Term Week
Wednesday 25 February 2026 th Parent’s Evening (School closes at 2pm)
Thursday 26 February 2026 th Year 3&4 Gymnastics Competition
Tuesday 3 March 2026 rd Year 2 EFC Football
Thursday 5th March 2026 World Book Day (Date correction)
Friday 6th March 2026 Y5&6 Sports Hall Athletics
9th- 13th March 2026 National Science Week
Tuesday 10th March 2026 PTA Meeting (7pm in The Lodge)
Wednesday 11 March 2026 th Year 5 Visit to Stanley- Joesph the Musical
Monday 16th March 2026
Tuesday 17th March 2026
Year 3 (Elm) Educational Visit to Martin Mere Wetland Settlers
Year 3 (Fir) Educational Visit to Martin Mere Wetland Settlers
Wednesday 18 March 2026 th Reception Educational Visit to Windmill Farm
Monday 23 March 2026 rd
Monday 23 March 2026 rd
Year 3 (Oak) Educational Visit to Martin Mere Wetland Settlers
Year 5 ‘The Past Presents’ Greek Day (In School)
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Swimming Gala
Tuesday 24 March 2026 th
Year 5 ‘The Past Presents’ Greek Day (In School)
Dates for your Diary
Date Event
Monday 23rd March 2026
Friday 27 March 2026 th
Monday 13 April 2026 th
Thursday 7 May 2026 th
Year 1 EFC Football
School closes at 1:30pm for the Easter Holidays!
Back to school, rise and shine, school starts at ten to nine!
Buttercups Nursery Educational Visit to Martin Mere
Friday 8 May 2026 th Class Photographs
Monday 25th- Friday 29th May 2026 Half Term Week
Friday 17th July 2026
End of Term- School closes at 1:30pm for Summer Holidays
Monday 20th July 2026 INSET Day
Any text in red is a new addition to the calendar
Monday 16th to Friday 20th February 2025 – Half-Term Holiday
Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April 2026 – Easter Holiday
CLOSED – Friday 3rd & Monday 6th April 2026 (Good Friday and Easter Monday Bank Holidays)
CLOSED – Monday 4th May 2026 (Early May Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Monday 25th May 2026 (Spring Bank Holiday)
Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th May 2026 – Half-Term Holiday
Monday 20th July 2026 – INSET Day
Tuesday 21st July to Friday 28th August 2026 – Summer Holidays
CLOSED – Monday 31st August 2026 (Summer Bank Holiday)
Nursery Snowdrops (open 51 weeks of the year)- closure dates 2026
CLOSED – Friday 3rd & Monday 6th April 2026 (Good Friday and Easter Monday Bank Holidays)
CLOSED – Monday 4th May 2026 (Early May Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Monday 25th May 2026 (Spring Bank Holiday)
CLOSED – Monday 31st August 2026 (Summer Bank Holiday)
2026/27 Term Dates
Tuesday 1 September 2026 st INSET Day
Wednesday 2 September 2026 nd INSET Day
Thursday 3 September 2026 rd
Back to school, rise and shine, school starts at ten to nine!
Friday 23 October 2026 rd INSET Day
Monday 26 - Friday 30 October 2026 th th Half Term Week
Monday 2 November 2026 nd
Friday 18 December 2026 th
Back to school, rise and shine, school starts at ten to nine!
End of Term- School closes at 1:30pm for Christmas Holidays
Monday 4 January 2027 th INSET Day
Tuesday 5 January 2027 th
Back to school, rise and shine, school starts at ten to nine!
Monday 15 - Friday 19 February 2027 th th Half Term Week
Thursday 25 March th End of Term for Easter Holidays
Friday 26th March- Friday 9th April 2027 Easter Holidays
Monday 12 April 2027 th
Back to school, rise and shine, school starts at ten to nine!
Monday 3 May 2027 rd Bank Holiday
Monday 31 May- Friday 4 June 2027 st th Half Term Week
Tuesday 20th July 2027
End of Term- School closes at 1:30pm for Summer Holidays
