We are proud to announce our latest award for using restorative pathways to deal with behaviour in a way that works positively and helps to build the ongoing relationship needed for children to learn and grow. #SucceedTogether

On Wednesday, 4 of our Key Stage musicians, Libby, Elizabeth, Ben and Nora spent the day at Co-op’s Musician of the Year Semi-Finals Competition for Staffordshire, Stoke and the Wirral.

They took to the stage at The Mitchell Memorial Arts Centre in Hanley, rehearing and performing in the evening competition. There were 21 acts from both primary and secondary Co-op schools, with a range of singers, pianists, drummers and bands competing.

Ben, Elizabeth and Libby all performed their piano pieces with no music, so confidently and with such flare. Nora sang and played the piano beautifully.

They were enthusiastically supported by lots of their friends and family.

We are all so very proud of their resilience, musical talents and hard work!

There are two other semi-final competitions in the next few weeks in Manchester and Leeds, so we wait to hear if any of our musicians make it through to the Grand Final. Fingers crossed for a Friarswood Finalist!

Congratulations again to our Fab Four for making it through to the Semi-Finals from 270 entrants!
#DoWhatMattersMost #BeYourselfAlways

What a brilliant trip for Year 1! Visiting Peak Wildlife Park to see real penguins is the perfect way to bring their learning to life.

It is great that Patrick was there to give a talk. Hearing all those interesting facts straight from an expert will make it so much fun for the children to write their own information pages. They will have plenty of exciting things to share!

Meeting the wallabies sounds like a wonderful extra treat. Getting to stroke them and see how friendly they are is a special, hands-on memory the children will definitely treasure.

Writing about a trip they loved is a perfect way to practice their writing skills.

Thursday 5th of March was World Book Day. A day to celebrate reading and the enjoyment a good book can bring. This year we dressed up ready for an adventure, as many stories can take us on. The children had a great day dressing up and taking part in activities throughout the school day. We had literacy scavenger hunts, extreme reading, designing new front covers for their favourite book and plenty more! A great day had by all. #DoWhatMattersMost #BeYourselfAlways 

On Wednesday, the winners from our school in this year's GoIT competition to create an idea to help the environment had the opportunity to take their idea and compete with other primary schools in our trust, which were held in Manchester. The boys who represented us this year were so clear and confident when presenting to the other school and to 4 judges. They answered questions from the judges and seemed to really enjoy the whole experience. Their idea was to clean up the canal water with an app to join and a robot which would be programmed to go on missions.  It was a wonderful, well-thought out plan. We are so proud to say that although the judges chose another idea to take the overall win, we took second place as runner up. Well done to our Year 6 team! #SucceedTogether #DoWhatMattersMost