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.

• Manchester Actors Perfomance

  Fri 22 Jun 2018
  Today our Year 4, 5 and 6 children were treated to live theatre right in front of their very eyes! Two actors from the Manchester Actors Company came in and re-told Greek myths to the children. The actors were amazing and the children were fixated on the stories that were coming to life right before them! We learnt all about Pegasus, Perseus, Odysseus, Theseus, Narcissus and King Midas. The children gave a rapturous applause when it was over and it was all they could talk about when they returned to class. The actors also complimented the children on how spectacular their behaviour was and commended how they listened so intently. Well done!

  

• Football Competition

  Mon 18 Jun 2018
  Today our football team went to Helmshore Primary school and played 2 matches. They played their hearts out but sadly were defeated in both. They showed great resilience and team spirit in both games and Miss Collins was very proud of them. Well done boys!

• Vision Assembly

  Mon 18 Jun 2018
  Today at Northern, the children were very lucky to have an assembly delivered to them by Vision. The children learnt all about what peace was and how it is important for everyone to understand why we need to live in peace. The puppets then showed the children how to sing Peace is like a River and perform the actions that went with the lyrics. Well done to you all.

  

• PTA Summer Disco

  Thu 14 Jun 2018
  Tonight the school was brought to life by our very own PTA Summer Disco. The DJ played fantastic music and the children wowed the parents, staff and their peers with their amazing dance moves. We had dance offs between the boys and girls and Miss Nuttall and Mrs Melvin led the KS1 children through the old party classic 'The Music Man'. Everyone who came had a great time and we raised lots of money for our PTA! Massive thanks to the PTA members who organised everything!

  

• Year 2 Trip

  Thu 14 Jun 2018
  Today our Year 2 class went to Farmer Ted's in Ormskirk for their end of school trip. This linked all of their learning from their Farm Shop topic and then the trip provided the opportunity to apply a context to their learning. The children took part in pony grooming, meet the Guinea Pigs, a Ferret workshop which included a Ferret race! They also had a tractor ride and looked at a variety of birds! This sounds like a fun-packed day and the children came back smiling and shattered all at the same time! Well done Year 2 on your impeccable behaviour throughout your trip!

  

• Reading Detectives

  Wed 13 Jun 2018
  Today children from Year 4 invited their parents and grandparents into school to take part in a Reading Detectives workshop organised by Mrs Dixon and Mrs Rothwell. The children had to find clues, solve them and piece the evidence together in order to solve the crime. They used our very own Year 6 children to play the parts of the villains and suspects! The parents gave fantastic feedback and the winning family was the Parker family so massive congratulations to them! Another successful event held for parents to work alongside their child. Thank you to those that managed to attend.

• Northern Rocks

  Fri 08 Jun 2018
  Today at Northern, we have been designing and completing our rocks that the children can then take home and hide around Bacup and Weir. This is an initiative run alongside Weir Pride and the children have thoroughly enjoyed spending time taking part in this activity. 

  

• Burnley Football Club

  Thu 07 Jun 2018
  This term, Year 5 will be having sessions delivered by Burnley Football Club linking Science and PE. The children spent time in class learning about health and nutrition and then the second session is spent completing PE games and activities such as Fitness Cluedo. There will be weekly updates on Year 5's class page.

  

• Family Learning Science Session

  Thu 07 Jun 2018
  Today, parents and children could work together on understanding how structures work in Science and what is needed to make a strong one. They also learnt about the properties of materials and built their own structure using coloured spaghetti and marshmallows. The children came back into class and told the rest of the children what they had been doing and it was supported well by parents. A big thank you to those who were able to give up their time and attend.

  

• Faith Centre Visit

  Wed 06 Jun 2018
  Today in school, Year 2, 4, 5 and 6 were visited by Mr Anwar and Ruth from Lancashire Faith Service. They came into school to talk to the children about the Islam religion and teach the children all about what is important in the religion and how to be a good Muslim. They brought lots of objects for the children to look at and see first-hand what relics of the religion look like. They then taught the children Arabic and the children got to have a go at writing their names. A wonderful time was had by all and the children were able to gain good insight into the Islamic religion.