In Assembly this morning Tom and Ian, from the near by building site, came in to tell us about how dangerous a building site could be.

As well as telling us they showed us (with an apple) why it is important to wear safety clothing and a hard hat. We got to feel how heavy some of the equipment on the site was and also go to try on some of the safety clothing.

They also set a competition for us to design a poster to help warn of the dangers on a building site.

The cross country team ran in the final Kirkby race of the season this week and completed the event in spectacular style. After a closely fought battle, the girls team finished in a fabulous second place after the 4 races. The boys have had an excellent season, leading the points from the very start.. They maintained their lead this week, and are now the Kirkby boys cross country champions.

The points for all of this season’s boy’s and girl’s races were totalled to find the overall school winner. Both our girls and boys have run consistently well this year and they were clear winners when the points were added. The team were crowned Kirkby cross country champions 2017.

We are so proud of the commitment and dedication shown by all of the children who have taken part. Also, a massive thank you to all parents, families and friends who have supported and encouraged the children at every race and in all weathers!

Finally, special congratulations must go to Josh Davidson who ran his last cross country race for Ravenscroft last week, completing the race a long way ahead of the other runners to win yet another gold medal. Having won all of this season’s races, Josh was awarded a special medal to recognise him being the Kirkby champion. This is the third consecutive year that Josh has won this title, having never been beaten in any Kirkby or Knowsley competitions. An outstanding achievement and I wish him continued sporting success as he prepares to move to secondary school.

The High 5 netball team competed in the Knowsley event, facing tough competition from 15 schools from across the borough. Having won all of their matches in the heats, they went onto what must have been the longest semi-final in history! With no sign of a winner after 30 minutes the match went to golden goal- again with no goal being scored. The only option left was to have a ‘penalty shootout’ which took us into the final having won 1-0 with a goal by Chloe.

Th final was a similar affair, going to extra time and then to golden goal. Despite having the majority of the play, the goal would not come and we were eventually beaten 1-0 during the golden goal period.

Outstanding performances from:

Chloe  (captain), Stevie Lee, Aimee, Lilymay, Casey Magee, Ben, McKenzie.

Here are the photographs from World book day. A big thank you to all who supported our money raising for the N.S.P.C.C.

Congratulations to Lukasz in year 1 and Rachael in year 4 who won the best costume prizes!

Our Foundation unit used green screen technology to add backgrounds to their characters!

We had a special visitor today in school which our head boy and girl and our deputy Head boy and girl got to meet. Wanting to learn more about Rebecca Adlington our children asked her lots of questions and then wrote up a transcript of their conversation.

Q: We asked Rebecca how fast she could swim a 25m pool.

A: She can swim it in about 12-13 seconds.

Q: We also asked her how many medals she had won.

A: She won about 2 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.

Q: I asked her even though you compete against other people in the Olympics, do you become friends with them?

A: She said that she makes a lot of friends and most of her friends come from Australia and America because she can’t speak to the people from countries like Russia or China as she doesn’t know how to speak their language. She also said that the boys don’t make as many friends as the girls because they’re more ambitious and competitive.

Q:  We asked when she first started to swim.

A: She said she started at age 3 and began to compete at age 9.

Q: We asked her how she felt before the race she was competing in.

A: She said that she felt like she was going to pass out so she lay on the floor in case she did.

Having achieved a very impressive second place in the Kirkby indoor athletics competition, our team went on to the Knowsley finals at Kirkby high school this week. As always, the children took part with enthusiasm and commitment, cheering each other on in every race and celebrating every event.

Having achieved a very impressive second place in the Kirkby indoor athletics competition, our team went on to the Knowsley finals at Kirkby high school this week. As always, the children took part with enthusiasm and commitment, cheering each other on in every race and celebrating every event.

Unfortunately, some of our team pulled out of the competition at the last minute and despite every effort to find replacements, we had to go with an incomplete squad. This meant that our points no longer counted and instead we were considered a ‘guest team’.

Special thanks must go to Charlie and Alfie who enthusiastically joined the team at the very last minute and to Josh who dashed back from Liverpool Academy to run his races with impressive style before then returning to football training. Great commitment!

A huge well done to all of the children who took part, carrying on despite their disappointment and to the many parents and friends who boosted spirits by cheering them on in every event.

A very special letter arrived at school today, a letter from Her Majesty the Queen!

The letter was a thank you for the cards that Year Six, Mrs Cochrane and Mrs Mather sent last Year for the Queen’s birthday.

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