Media Club Christmas Edition Party...

Media Club celebrate the launch of their second edition of the all new Primary Peek in style with Canapés and Bubbles.


First we prepared the newspapers for delivery...

Then we counted them out and delivered them to each class...

Then we celebrated our hard work with a few bottles of bubbly and some canapés...

SECOND EDITION RELEASED

Check out the second edition of the Primary Peek...

Teacher Profile - Miss K Cooper

Miss K Cooper

Year 4 Teacher

What is your position in the Academy?

I am the  year 4 teacher, and I run a dance club after school with Mrs Ford.

When were you born?

I was born a long time ago in 19 eighty-something!

When did you start your career at Bolton St Catherine’s Academy?

I started my career in this school in 2007 when it was called Top o’ th’ Brow.

What are your favourite three vegetables?

I like  peas and broccoli but my most favourite is cooked Carrots.

What are you favourite three fruits?

Apples, grapes and strawberries. My most favourite though is apple crumble and ice-cream or

custard.

What is your favourite food?

I really love spaghetti Bolognaise with garlic bread.

What is your favourite colour?

My favourite colour is purple because it makes me feel happy.

What is your greatest fear?

SPIDERS!! Because they are small and hairy.

GLORY GIRLS

Bolton St Catherine’s Academy girls’ football team were victorious and triumphant and won the Caldwell cup.

On Thursday 22nd October, six girls were  selected to represent Bolton St Catherine’s Academy Primary site against other Bolton Primary Schools.

Amongst those competing for glory were Blackshaw Primary School. Bolton St Catherine’s girls gave them a real run for their money and secured an 8-1 victory.

The girls; Bianca, Courtney, Katie, Tandy, Rebekka and Maya each scored at least one goal each and only let one goal through from the opposition.

Mr Watson, who took the girls to the competition commented on the excellent team work the girls showed and the amazing sportsmanship displayed at the end of the match. Every member of the team went up to the opposition to shake their hands.

At the end of the game medals were given out and Bolton St Catherine’s Academy won it’s first ever trophy. The cup is called the Caldwell cup, named after the Head teacher of Top o’ th’ Brow Primary School, who is now a Vice Principal within the Academy.

Mr Watson said, “We are really proud of our girls winning this trophy. You can see it for yourself in the entrance of school in our brand new trophy cabinet”.

We interviewed Bianca and asked her what she thought of the way the other team performed. She said, “They played really well, but not as good as we did!”.

Well done to the girls’ football team - keep up the good work and good luck for the rest of the season.

YEAR 5 TAKE A TRIP THROUGH TIME

Since the 3rd September 1939, there has not been a single day where the world has been at peace!

This has been the central idea for year 5’s unit of inquiry this half term. Year 5 have been inquiring about the conflicts that have occurred around the world since 1939. They have been looking at the concepts of peace and conflict. We spoke to  Jordan in year 5, “Peace is calm and relaxing and conflict is war, fighting and destruction!”.

Year 5 have been gathering facts and reflecting on research to create booklets containing information about the wars of the past and the present. They have a big poster up in their classroom saying “Peace” and “Conflict”. The year 5 students drew images of what peace and conflict meant to them and stuck them up on the banner.

As part of their unit of inquiry, year 5 went on an amazing trip to Manchester. We interviewed Elysse and Tomiwa about their trip. “We went to the Imperial War Museum North, which was built next to Manchester United’s football ground.”

“We went into a really large hall, which had real tanks and bombs and spitfires hanging from the ceiling. Then we watched a film in which people involved in war talked about their experiences. We heard sirens, bombs exploding and saw big flashes.”

You can see more on the website www.iwm.org.uk

SCHOOL COUNCIL

School Council has been running for almost a full term now. What have they been doing within the new Academy?

This year school council is being run by Mr Hill and Mrs Renshaw. At the start of this year members of Key Stage 2 voted within their classes for a boy and girl to represent their views. In year 3 the representatives are Brandon and Amy, for year 4 there is Louise and Reece. Year 5 have Bethany and Tomiwa . Year 6 is represented by Bianca and Matthew.

So far this year, the school council, which meets weekly on a Tuesday morning, have raised money for charity at the Halloween Disco. They made their own witches brew with gooey sweets and slimy worms, they also made monster hands of popcorn.

The School Council also held interviews for the UCan centre (featured above) to decide who would be best to take part in the take-over Friday. They had lots of interviews to do and asked each applicant really good questions.

Last week the School Council ran a lucky dip at the  Christmas disco. They have spent weeks wrapping up goodies from “BodyShop” and put together nice gift sets for people to win in the lucky dip. All the money raised will be going to a charity in the new year. If you have any ideas about a local charity that would benefit from the money raised then please speak to your school council rep.

Check out the school council display outside the hall for updates and messages from your reps.

STUDENTS TAKEOVER

11 Million Takeover Day was held on Friday 13th November. Students from Bolton St Catherine’s Academy took part.


Students from Key Stage 2 applied to take over a number of roles within the Academy and local community for the day.


Tomiwa, Milly, Ryan and Jade were successful in their applications to takeover at the UCan centre. They were interviewed and selected by School Council and were given duties to perform in the office. They answered the phone, dealt with problems and helped to design new advertising posters. Ryan said, “I really enjoyed the day and it gave me a good idea of what it is like to work in an office.” Milly said that she really enjoyed it and would love to do it again!
Meanwhile, students took over lessons up and down the school and even took charge of the celebration assembly.


Saffron, Elysse and Martina took over the assembly and led the celebrations.
Miss Cooper, Mr Hill and Mrs Watson gave students in their classes the opportunity to take over their lessons. Check out the work that year 6 made whilst Katie and Nicole led the art lesson - it’s on display outside their classroom. What would you want to take-over at school? Add your comments to the article on the blog.