Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Guinea pigs' new home!
Mon 26 Jan 2015Rosie and Nibbles would like to say a big thank you to Amelia in Y4, who bought them this fantastic new home after visiting a pet fair! Both guinea pigs spent the morning snuggled up inside there together!
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Dinosaur Egg Arrives!!
Mon 26 Jan 2015Delivery from The Natural History Museum!
Today the children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 started work on their joint dinosaur topic and received an exciting delivery! Mrs Penney interrupted assembly to announce that a large box had been delivered, along with a letter addressed to the children.
The letter was from The Natural History Museum, explaining that they had heard about our dinosaur topic and that they were sending us a recently discovered dinosaur egg! We have to look after the egg very well, as it has to be sent back to them in one month, so that they can carry out further tests on it!
Watch this space...
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e-Safety Workshop for Parents
Fri 23 Jan 2015e-Safety Workshop for Parents
On Tuesday 10th February we are holding an e-Safety Workshop for the parents of all children in school. The workshop will take place in the school hall between 6.30pm - 7.30pm and will be run by experts in e-Safety, from the Lancashire Team.
The aims of the workshop are:
· To ensure parents are aware of the potential dangers of children using the internet.
· To suggest ways in which parents can help to protect their children whilst they are online.
Please come along and join in!
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MacMillan Coffee Morning
Fri 23 Jan 2015MacMillan Coffee Morning
This morning, we hosted a huge coffee morning in aid of MacMillan Caner Care, organised by Mrs Green and the school council.
We received an enormous amount of cake! A big thank you to everyone who donated cakes and came along to enjoy a cuppa!
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MacMillan Coffee Morning
Fri 16 Jan 2015MacMillan Coffee Morning
We will be holding a Coffee Morning in aid of MacMillan Cancer Care on Friday 23rd January between 9am-10.30am in the school hall.
Each class will visit the hall to enjoy a drink and a cake or biscuit, for a contribution of £1.00.
Children in Reception will be having a tea party in their class.
Parents and grandparents are welcome to join us for a cuppa and a cake for £2.00 each.
Donations of cakes, biscuits and raffle prizes gratefully received. Please send any donations to the hall on the day.
Thank you.
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Thanks from the Foodbank
Fri 16 Jan 2015Thanks from the Foodbank
On Wednesday, Mrs Price and two members of Year 4 went along to Morecambe Bay Foodbank, where they were invited to take part in a presentation all about the work of the Foodbank.
The children were presented with a certificate and a huge tin of chocolates to share with the rest of Year 4, to thank them for all their hard work, fund raising and kindness.
We had a guided tour of the Foodbank and learnt all about the fabulous work the volunteers do. They are now regularly feeding 3000 local people, including 1000 children.
We hope you will continue to support Year 4's efforts by donating an item of food on our first 'Foodbank Friday' on Friday 6th February.
We also met with journalists from The Visitor and The Bay Radio. Follow the link below to see our photo on their website!!
http://www.thebay.co.uk/news/local-news/morecambe-bay-foodbank-praises-support-of-local-community/
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Foodbank Fridays
Thu 08 Jan 2015Foodbank Fridays
Last term, in the run up to Christmas, we made a huge contribution to the local foodbank. Many of the items donated were brought into school by children and our Year 4 children also raised lots of money during Enterprise Week, which they chose to spend on food to donate.
As this cause has become so important to the children, we have decided to continue to collect for them.
We have a box in the entrance hall, which you can donate any items of non-perishable foods to at any time. We will also be holding an official 'Foodbank Friday' on the first Friday of each month, during which we will be inviting volunteers from the foodbank into school to collect our donations. We hope you will help us continue to support such a wealthy cause!
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Happy Christmas!
Fri 19 Dec 2014Christmas Celebrations!
Today we celebrated Christmas and the end of term with a fabulous festive sing-a-long (and a performance from a crazy snowman and some strange dancers!) and a wonderful Christmas lunch!
Thank you to our cook and all her helpers in the kitchen today - it was yummy!
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Singing at Eric Morecambe House
Fri 19 Dec 2014Key Stage One Singing Club
On Wednesday, our Key Stage 1 singing club took at trip to Eric Morecambe House, to sing some of their favourite Christmas songs for the residents. We all had a great time - thank you Mrs Jones!
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Year 4's Shopping Trip!
Thu 18 Dec 2014Enterprise Winnings
After discussion, the children in year 4 have decided to donate their winnings to the Morecambe Food Bank. The kindness of our children never ceases to amaze me!
The children have created a food list and nominated three children from 4D (Jamie, Matty and Lucy), and three children from 4H (Ashton, Sara-Jane and Will) to go shopping to Asda with our £210 pounds and buy the food for the charity. In the words of the children 'They need it more than we do, especially at Christmas!' How lovely!
Yesterday, the chosen children, accompanied by Miss Devey, Mr Harding and Mrs Price set off to Asda, where they were met by volunteers from the Foodbank, the store manager and Emma Finch, who works at Asda managing their community liaisons.
The manager was keen to hear all about their enterprise work and how they had made such huge profits! He even offered each one of them a job for the future!!!
We then set off around the store, armed with our list and some special trolleys decorated with balloons!
It took almost two hours to spend our money, check it all out and pack it up ready for dispatch to the Foodbank. Later on, we received this fabulous email from Annette, the Foodbank co-ordinator:
To all the staff and pupils at Torrisholme Primary School
Thank you all very much for all your hard work, making crafts and collecting donations and money for the foodbank.
Your shopping trip today to Asda collected 400 kgs of food, toiletries and children's treats for us. That is over a quarter of a tonne,
400kgs of food in parcels would make at least 850 meals.
It was a pleasure to meet some of you this last week and we loved being invited to come shopping with you.
Keep up the good work
Annette and JaneWe are so proud of our wonderful children for their efforts!
