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We had an amazing day at Smithills and througoughly enjoyed our experience.  The children's behaviour was faultless and they were a credit to their parents and the school!  I would also like to thank all the adult volunteers who gave up their time to accompany us on this trip.  Without their…

To end an exciting week in Willow Class, we had a visit from a parent; Mrs Duffy, who is a Criminology lecture at a local University. She came in to talk to children about her job and discussed Crime Scene Investigation; in particular fingerprints. Children then printed their fingerprint on a…

On Thursday KS1 visited Smithill's Open Farm as part of their science curriculum. The children had a fantastic time learning about all the different animals. They took part part in lots of activites; handling the animals, feeding the animals, donkey rides, watching the cows being milked and even…

Crime and Punishment Talk

This afternoon, Mrs Duffy came to talk to us about her job as a criminology lecturer. Criminology is the study of crime: where they will assess offenders; study prisons and how they can improve rehabilitation; work with youth offenders and complete crime scene analysis…

This afternoon, Mrs Duffy came in to talk to us about her job as a criminology lecturer. Criminology is the study of crime: where they will assess offenders; study prisons and how they can improve rehabilitation; work with youth offenders and complete crime scene analysis - which we were very…

Today we have been looking at Roman crime and punishment.  We found out that they often asked for help from their gods.

If a criminal had not been caught, a curse tablet would be written asking the gods to place a curse on the person who had committed the crime.

Some of the children made…

I had a wonderful day out on Thursday with the children in KS1 and Reception at Smithills Farm.

It was lovely to see all the animals, be able to feed them and to find out all about them.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and were a credit to us.

As you will see from the photographs…

Yesterday Year 3 went out into the community to pick up litter. All the children and volunteers worked hard to tidy up our local area. Thank you to all our parent volunteers who came along to help. We collected an enormous 53kg of rubbish! Well done.

This week we have been learning about the environment through a PSHE scheme called ‘Go-Givers’. We talked about how we affect the environment with our day to day lives. Over the next few weeks we will be learning more about how we can have a positive impact on the…

Last week Year 3 went on a brilliant trip to the Maritime Museum in Liverpool. We had a workshop in the morning where children acted out a Titanic story about a bear called Polar, well done to Tillie and Joshua for their starring roles! We then got the opportunity to walk around the…

The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing their favourite books and wearing their slippers in school to celebrate World Book Day. The author David Webb was in school to tell us some of his stories and share his books with us. The children listened and took part really well.

This morning Year 5 went in to the local community to do some litter picking.  We managed to collect over 30kg of rubbish.

Thank you very much to all the adults who came to help.