Northern is an amazing place for our children to learn. In our latest news section we will share with you the latest events taking place across the school. More detailed information can be found on your child's class website page.

• Year 5 and Year 6 Tag Rugby Competition!

  Wed 06 Jul 2022

  Today 2 teams travelled to Marl Pits to represent Northern in the Tag Rugby Competition. Mrs Holt has kindly given up her time to train the children and despite having a very short time slot to not only learn the rules of the games but learn the tactics and skills needed to compete! They did fantastically well and came 2nd overall so well done Northern! Super team work!

  

• Sports Day 2022.

  Wed 06 Jul 2022

  Today our children took part in Sports Day here at Northern. It was fantastic to see all the children competing and being cheered on by their parents. A massive thank you to the Year 6 children for setting up and organising the events - you did a great job! Go Team Northern! 

  

• Year 5 Music Concert.

  Tue 05 Jul 2022

  Today our children performed for their parents. This was a celebration of the year's learning of their saxophones and clarinets. They performed musical pieces accompanied by singing a selection of songs. The children did fantastically well and we were all very proud of them. Special thanks to Mrs Faulkner for teaching the children these skills all year

  

• Football Cup Match!

  Mon 04 Jul 2022

  Today after school, our amazing Year 5 and Year 6 football team took part in the semi-finals of the inter-school cup. They played amazingly well but sadly the ball just didn't reach its target. The boys did themselves proud and we are extremely proud of them too! Thanks to Mr Ford for giving up his time and helping Miss Collins and Mr Hindle out. Well done boys - onwards and upwards!

• Hothersall 2022!

  Mon 04 Jul 2022

  This weekend our Year 6 children have been on their residential trip to Hothersall Lodge. They all had an amazing time and learnt lots of new skills and had great fun. It was a memorable trip for them which will stay with both staff and children forever! Please check out all of the pictures on the Year 6 class page!

  

• Northern newspaper

  Fri 01 Jul 2022 Mrs Ewens

  On Monday our Northern News will be available to buy.  Newspaper club have worked so hard producing this over the last term and it really is an excellent read!

   

   

  

• Letter to the Ukraine!

  Thu 30 Jun 2022

  As we are all too aware, the crisis in Ukraine is one that has touched everyone. As a school, we have shown our support in many ways, fundraisers and assemblies in school to show our support for the people and children of Ukraine. We were approached by Mason Hayhurst's Uncle and asked if all the children here at Northern would be happy to write a letter to the children in Ukraine. Obviously the children all shouted a rapturous YES and the children worked hard on letters to help cheer the children up, let them know we were thinking of them but most importantly to give them something to make them realise that they are not alone! Many thanks to all the children and staff for making this moment of magic happen!

• Cross Country Qualifier!

  Thu 23 Jun 2022

  Today two of our students, Hannah (Y5) and Oliver (Y6) represented Northern in the Lancashire Cross Country Race. Both children beat off over 150 children to make it to this stage and both did exceptionally well in a very tough and competitive race! Well done Hannah and Oliver - we are all super proud!

  

• North West Sustainability Conference!

  Thu 23 Jun 2022

  Northern's Eco-Committee today attended the North West Sustainability conference at Ewood Park. The children took part in many different activities which raised awareness of caring for the environment, ways in which to recycle, reducing climate change and promoting sustainable living. Well done!

  

• Being a parent of a neuro-divergent child.

  Thu 23 Jun 2022 Mrs Ewens

  Parent Blog – Adventurous, Determined, Hyper-Focused, Dreamer Katie Ridge, Mum of Eddie (9) and Ada (6), has written a blog on embracing the ups and downs of the ADHD journey as the parent of a neuro-divergent child.

   

  Parent Blog - Adventurous Determined Hyper-focused Dreamer (or as some might call it… ADHD!)
  My son was nicknamed by his nursery from the age of 18 months as the ‘whirlwind’. As first time parents we embraced this as an accurate description of our hyperactive, speedy, widely emotional little boy and rode the rollercoaster of extreme ups and downs believing it was normal for parenting to be this challenging… It wasn’t until he started school and found it enormously difficult socially and emotionally to interact with the class and display appropriate behaviours that we started to see that maybe his behaviours weren’t ‘normal’.
  Sadly we didn’t gain a full understanding of how we needed to manage him until he was diagnosed with ADHD in March 2020, at 7 years old, after 4 years of referrals to a number of different services, positive parenting classes, calls to the head teachers office for reprimands over behaviour, threats of being banned from wrap around childcare, violent outbursts, anger, aggression and limited support. All of this contributed to the decline of my mental health as anxiety, paranoia and stress slowly amplified as I doubted my parental abilities more and more.
  His diagnosis was a welcome relief and opened the door for us to get the support we desperately needed as a family to understand what he was going through and that he is not just a ‘naughty child’ as he is so often judged to be.
  I have learnt so much in the last 2 years and this learning has opened my eyes to the world of neurodiversity as a whole. My son’s ADHD is a part of him, he may need adjustments putting in place to support him in life, but in response to this he brings so much more to the table. He is intelligent, inquisitive, can hyper focus intensely on things that interest him, is highly passionate and has a strong sense of justice. He is a loyal and fiercely supportive friend, highly competitive and has a knowledge bank of facts at his disposal. I have been fighting for his equality and inclusion all his life (without actually realising it!). His ADHD is classed as a disability, but it's not the ADHD that ‘disables’ him… it is society creating a box that he does not fit in. He is starting to understand his ADHD and is proud to be an Adventurous Determined Hyper-focused Dreamer ❤️. The more awareness we can raise about this will hopefully create a future where neuro-divergent people can thrive as they are.
  As a parent of a child with ADHD my days are usually intense, very loud, involve lots (and lots…and lots…) of repeated instructions and require lots (and lots… and lots) of patience. They are full of surprises, I learn something new every day (usually a random interesting fact that he has read or heard somewhere and will remember for life), the ups and downs are very much still there but they are understood and are managed. Every day is different, there are lots of unknowns and last minute dashes to school to do the pick up early due to one incident or another, lots of meetings in the head-teachers office and catch ups with the SENDCo (Special Education Needs & Disabilities Coordinator) Mrs Stott who has been an absolute god send throughout all of this, the care she has for all of her SEND children is out of this world.
  I am openly writing this blog to reach out to the school community; to break down the judgement and misconceptions that come with ADHD; to make the uphill battle for parents of neuro-divergents less of a struggle; to ensure every child, regardless of their diversity, is treated fairly and equally. My ask of the Northern School community is to please be more understanding… you never know what a particular person or family are going through, what differences they may be dealing with. Before going to that place of judgement shift your mind set, stay neutral, be curious and ask yourself ‘what else could be true’ in that situation?
  Had I not been on this journey I would not be the person I am today. Prior to our journey of neuro-diverse parenthood, I was the person judging parents with the 'naughty' child having a meltdown in the supermarket. I was the person who thought ADHD wasn't real and was an excuse for bad behaviour and I was the person that thought a SENDCo only got involved at school when parents weren't doing something right - all of which I am truly ashamed to admit. My son has made me a better person, I have grown and developed so much and look at the world and the people in it completely differently because of him, of which I am truly grateful. I am more compassionate, more understanding and more open to people's unique needs. It's just a shame it takes lived experience to change our view of the world.
  For anyone going through something similar, don’t be afraid to speak out, fight for your child’s differences and most importantly give yourself a break, be kind to yourself!