Acre View Primary School

Today, following on from careers week, two local police officers came to visit Acre View. Each class had the chance to explore the police car, activate the sirens, try on police uniforms, and ask plenty of questions about their work. The children were incredibly welcoming and respectful, and they all had a fantastic time during this special morning. A big thank you to PC Caroline and PC Tony for taking the time to visit our school!🙂

This morning our KS2 children were lucky to have a visit from Olympic Bronze medallist and Dancing on Ice champion Beth Tweddle.
Beth came in to talk to Owl and Eagle class about the benefits of regular exercise and even taught them a few moves.
We are looking forward to adding gymnastics to our already jam packed PE curriculum in the upcoming term!

Good morning,

As we continue to support our community, I wanted to share some helpful local resources available for families. Below are a few websites that may offer assistance and guidance:

https://liverpool.gov.uk/referrals/childrens-social-care-referrals/access-family-help-support/family-help-hubs/

https://www.knowsleyinfo.co.uk/knowsley-early-help/parenting-family-support

https://www.sefton.gov.uk/childrens-services/early-help/family-hubs/families/families-support-for-all/

https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/3533/Family-Hubs

Please don't hesitate to contact school if you need further information or assistance. We're here to help.

Helen Smith
Home School Liaison Officer

Family Hubs - St Helens Borough Council Our Family Hubs are for families with babies, children and young people from birth until they reach the age of 19 (or up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities).

*Careers Week*
This morning, a scientist called Chris came in to discuss careers in STEM. Chris brought in many different experiments for the children to help him with, including making their own rockets! Everyone has had a wonderful week and we hope to continue to grow the children's imaginations and career aspirations!

*Careers Week*
On Wednesday, Community Multi Sports Coaching came in to show us different exercises, ball games and gymnastics and talk about the many different schools they travel around as their job. Ray explained to the children how sporting activities can become amazing jobs, and also lots of daily fun!

*Careers Week*
Next we had local gardener, Shaun Williams, come in to school and help the children to identify the trees in our garden and also plant new seedings for around the play area.

It has been Careers Week this week at Acre View, and we have had so many wonderful professionals in to show our children the amazing careers they can have when they are older.
On Monday we had hi-impact come in to spend time with us, equipped with green screen technology, who placed the children in their dream careers. We saw police officers, librarians, army cadets, vets and many more interesting careers!

Good morning,

Our next coffee morning date will be next Thursday 27th March at 9.30am.

We will have the clinical team on hand for advice on speech and language, occupational therapy and the role of the assistant psychologist in school.

We hope to see you there for a friendly chat with other parents and freshly baked pastries.

Thank you.

We're pleased to share upcoming dates for our free webinar and face to face SEN training, aimed at schools and professionals. Register a place via the website https://www.wkrs.co.uk/communitysendtraining Sefton Council

Happy World Book Day!
The students and staff are dressed to impress today, either as a book character or just ready for a bedtime story. To celebrate, each class will spend time sharing their favourite book and enjoying story time with their friends, as well as playing literacy games and quizzes.

It was pancake day yesterday and Acre View celebrated in style with plenty of pancakes for lunch and also in class.
We loved the tasty new recipes Kingfisher class flipped up!

Spring is in the air and Robin Class have been enjoying the sunshine by planting wildflowers. The class spent time learning about the seeds and the best way for them to grow.
After planting, the tubs were relocated to the front reception, for everyone to enjoy in the upcoming warmer months.
🪻We cannot wait to watch our small seeds bloom and flourish🌷

After a restful week off, it has been wonderful to see so many smiling faces this morning.
We have a busy term planned, starting with us celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 6th March 2025.
On this day, children are invited to bring their favourite story to school to read with their class, and are welcome to come that day dressed as their favourite character from a story.
This could be a bedtime story that you share, you could even come to school in your pyjamas!
Of course, if children want to wear their uniform that day, that is also fine.
For anymore information, please contact the office.

Yesterday, Acre View had a wonderful visit from Billy and Andy, who came with their musical bag of tricks to help us celebrate Music Day in school. They visited each class throughout the day, wowing everyone with instrumental fruit, musical bouncing balls and tuneful colour boards.
The halls were definitely alive with the sound of music!

This morning, Starling class went on their much awaited trip to Acorn Farm, where they were able to feed sheep, goats and chickens. They were even lucky enough to hold a 10 day old piglet. They finished off their trip with a quick visit to the farm playground, before heading back for lunch.
A thoroughly enjoyable trip for everyone!

Wren class embarked on their first school trip yesterday, to The Sensory Hive. This local centre offers services in occupational therapy, sensory integration and education and the children had an amazing morning. This will be a weekly event for Wren class and everyone is already looking forward to heading back!

Children from Wren and Robin class were learning all about movement in their dance lesson with Glenn today. Using a colourful ribbon, they swayed, skipped and swished around the hall.

Xin nian kuai le!
Yesterday Yan came to visit our school to help the children celebrate Chinese New Year. Together they tasted new foods, tried their hand at calligraphy and even enjoyed some dragon dancing.
A wonderful New Year celebration!