Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Holiday Adventures!

  Tue 27 Mar 2018

  Holiday Adventures!

  Whether it's taking part in our reading challenge, one of our list of holiday challenges or a visit to somewhere exciting, we love hearing about what our families have been up to during the school holidays...

  

• School Uniform Appeal

  Fri 23 Mar 2018

  School Uniform Appeal

  Well done to the School Council for organising the collection of school uniform for the Foodbank's School Uniform Appeal and thank you to everyone who has sent in a donation. The Foodbank's volunteer's called by with their van and filled it up!! 

  

• Holiday Challenge

  Thu 22 Mar 2018

  Holiday Challenge

  Our children have worked really hard this term and many have succumbed to the horrible germs that have been floating around. Over the holidays, we would like you to have a good rest and lots of fun! 

  See how many of our challenges you can do and send your photographs in to Mrs Price deputyhead@torrisholme.lancs.sch.uk

   

  • Hide your pebble
  • Find a painted pebble
  • Play a board game
  • Watch a film
  • Go on an adventure playground
  • Ride a bike/scooter/horse!
  • Help to prepare a meal
  • Help with a job in the house
  • Hand write a letter to someone special and post it
  • Have a sort out and give something to someone less fortunate
  • Walk a journey you would usually take by car
  • Plant something to grow 
  • Talk to an older relative about your family history
  • Pick up someone else's litter
  • Go without 'gadgets' for three days
  • Skim a stone
  • Try a new food
  • Bake a cake for someone
  • Learn a magic trick
  • Learn to recognise a star constellation
  • Wear your favourite dressing up outfit all day
  • Go for a picnic
  • Learn to ride your bike without stabilizers
  • Visit the beach to build a sandcastle or search a rockpool 
  • Build a junk model

• Sports Relief Superstars!

  Thu 22 Mar 2018

  Sport Relief Superstars

  These two kind-hearted Year 6 boys have been at school each morning this week at 8am, playing table tennis for an hour before school to raise money for Sport Relief! Well done, boys!

  

• Pupil Parliament Visit London

  Thu 08 Mar 2018

  Pupil Parliament Visit London

  Yesterday, Mrs Price and two members of the School Council spent the day in London with a group of schools from the local area. We had a great day visiting the Houses of Parliament, where we got to sit in the House of Lords and take part in a debate to discuss a possible new law, and sightseeing. We took in Downing Street, Horse Guard's Parade, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace, where we saw Prince Charles whizzing by with all his escorts!

  The children were a credit to the school and we are very proud of them.

  

• Sponsored Non-Stop Read!

  Fri 02 Mar 2018

  Sponsored Non-Stop Read

  And we're off...! 4H were first up this morning and started their first installment from their class book at exactly 9.00am, following a very enthusiastic countdown! The 'baton book' has been doing the rounds visiting each class, assembly and even the school office! Not a minute has passed without a story being shared!

  

• Amazing Author Appeal!

  Fri 23 Feb 2018

  Amazing Authors' Appeal!

  As part of our World Book Day celebrations next week, we will be launching some reading incentives to help our quest to encourage a love of reading. For our older children, we will also be striving to encourage a variety of reading material.

  For children in Years 4, 5 and 6, we will be introducing a challenge which encourages them to read widely from books written by a selection of amazing authors.

  In order for this to be successful, we will be opening a special section in our school library which will contain a host of books written by these specially chosen authors.

  The list of authors can be found below. We would like to gather together as many books written by these authors as possible. Any donations of either second hand or new books written by these authors would be gratefully received.

  We have had some special labels printed to stick into the front of any books sent in, to show which family donated them. 

  Many thanks for your support

   

  Jacqueline Wilson             Joan Aiken

  Eoin Colfer                          CS Lewis

  Anne Fine                           Joan Aiken

  Roald Dahl                         Terry Pratchett

  JK Rowling                         Louis Sachar

  Dick King-Smith               Patrick Ness

  Jill Murphy                        Lewis Carroll

  Michael Morpurgo            Lemony Snicket

            Jeremy Strong                    Lincoln Pierce

  Suzanne Collins                 Jeff Kinney

  Eva Ibbotson                      Rick Riordan

  Frank Cottrell Boyce         Ted Hughes

  Morris Gleitzman               E Nesbit

  David Almond                    Philip Pullman

             Nina Bawden                     Leon Garfield

  Michelle Magorian            Michael Rosen

  JRR Tolkein                        RL Stevenson

  Mary Norton                       David Walliams

  Clive King                            Robert Swindells

  Hergé                                   Enid Blyton

  Lynne Reid Banks              Matt Haig

• Science Boffins

  Mon 19 Feb 2018

  Science Boffins Kick Off Science Week!

  Today we had a visit from the 'Science Boffins' who got our Science Week off to a super sonic start! We had assemblies with some amazing experiments and then smaller workshops with year groups learning about the 'plasma ball' and creating 'playful polymers'! Ask your children to find out more!

  

• Foodbank Collection

  Fri 09 Feb 2018

  Foodbank Collection

  Thank you to everyone who sent in donations for our collection to help support the foodbank over the school holidays. Once again, we were able to fill their van due to the generosity of our families. The foodbank later phoned to say our donation weighed in at a quarter of a tonne! Wow!

  6S collected the most food this time and will receive a treat from Mrs Penney after half term!

  

• Parents' Poetry Competition!

  Tue 16 Jan 2018

  Winners Chosen By Year 5!

  Thank you to all the dedicated parents who entered our parents' poetry competition! We had some fantastic entries, most of which appeared to have been composed late on a Friday or Saturday night! Thank you for entering into the spirit of things 

  Judging the entries was so difficult, that I delegated the task to the fabulous poets in Year 5. The clear winners were Simon Crossley and Lisa Clarke, who have both won a special, grown up prize! Well done to them both! Certificates to follow to all entrants.

  If you haven't read the entries, you can find them on the school blog, on Mrs Price's page - they are well worth a read!