Santa's Surprise Shop

A big thank you to all the helpers that volunteered to help out in Santa's Surprise Shop over the last couple of days. The children loved their shopping experience and I'm sure lots of grown ups will be very pleased with their gifts!

Christmas Fair Crafts and Gifts

The children have been very busy today, creating all sorts of crafts and gifts to sell at tomorrow's Christmas Fair.

In Reception, the children were mixing magic reindeer dust! There were some beautiful, glittery decorations coming together in Year 1. Year 2 were whipping up a mouth-watering selection of treats including marshmallow snowmen and sweetie selections. Year 3's finger paintings were drying out, ready to be transformed into cornucopias which will be filled with sweets. Year 4 were busy decorating their 'jingle jars', ready to fill with goodies! In Year 5 and Year 6, the children have been sewing tree decorations worthy of any garden centre!! 

We hope to see you at the fair tomorrow night, where we can sell our wares! You can find each year group's stalls in their classrooms from 3pm.

Reception Teachers Collect Quality Award

Further to being judged ‘Outstanding’ at our recent inspection, the Early Years team have continued to develop the provision offered to our youngest children.

In the autumn term 2016, the school enrolled on the Lancashire Quality Award for Early Years called ‘Step Into Quality.’

Over the last 12 months, Mrs Kippax and Mrs Robinson have led the Reception team in reflecting on existing practice and how this could be enhanced to ensure the very best outcomes for all our children.

Today is the culmination of all the hard work and Mrs Kippax and Mrs Robinson have been presented with their award (Mrs Penney was like a proud parent taking the photo!).

Congratulations to all the staff in our reception classes, you give the children a great start at Torrisholme School.

Foodbank Friday

For the next two weeks, we are collecting for Morecambe Bay Foodbank's Christmas Appeal. Each class has a box in their classroom and the school councillors will be in charge of organising any donations. Please see the picture below for items they are collecting. All donations are very gratefully received. 

The Big Book Swap!

Today's 'book swap' was a huge success! Ms Thomas and her band of Year 6 helpers were overwhelmed with a fantastic array of books for children of all ages which they arranged beautifully, ready to open their doors to the rest of the school.

Each class visited and every single child chose a book that is new to them to take home and enjoy. We were also lucky enough to gain some lovely books as additions to our reading areas and library. 

Thank you so much to all the families that sent in books. 

This Weeks' Shining Stars

1S - Ryan

1B - Jessica

2D - Brandon

2S - Ruby

3W - Holly

3M - Alexander

4M - Charlie

4H - Theo

5T - Beau

5B - Evie

6T - George

6S - Philip