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.

• Christianity Workshop

  Fri 23 Mar 2018
  Today our children took part in a Christianity workshop. We learnt all about Easter as well as other important historical information about Christianity. We took part in a quiz at the end to see how much we had learnt and Peter was most impressed with every classes behaviour and existing knowledge. Well done Northern!

  

• Easter Performance

  Tue 20 Mar 2018
  Parents and children have been extremely lucky this week to have seen our hall brought to life by our Year 3 and 4 children with the performance of 'The Chocolate Shop'. We watched as the eggs and the chicks argued about who came first, we saw the chocolate maker become disheartened with all of the arguing only for them to resolve their issues and come out working together at the end of the play. We have some super star actors here at Northern. Well done to Years 3 and 4!

  

• Pinocchio

  Wed 07 Mar 2018
  Today the children at Northern were treated to a very enjoyable performance of Pinocchio. They saw puppets come to life, the deep dark forest and the inside of a whale's stomach. The children thoroughly enjoyed the performance by two very talented actors and some of our own children actually took part in one of the scenes. A massive thank you to Story Magic for bringing the story of Pinocchio to life in front of our eyes.

  

• Dog Safety Assembly

  Mon 26 Feb 2018

  Today, we had a special visitor at Northern Primary School.

  Billy Boo and his owner Julia held a special assembly in aid of the Blue Cross for Pets.

  Julia explained to all the children how we can be safe with dogs.

  We looked at different pictures of dogs and assessed their behaviour and stance; we learnt how dogs can look 'red', 'amber' or 'green'.

  Red - This was a 'go away' stance and we learnt that is best not to approach these dogs.

  Amber - This was a 'be careful' dog and we learnt that these dogs are unsure and it is best to keep away.

  Green - This was a 'I'm happy' dog and we learnt that after approaching the dog's owner, we could say hello to this dog.

   

  Some very lucky children then got to have a cuddle with Billy Boo.

   

  To find out more about Blue Cross for Pets please visit: www.bluecross.org.uk

  
  
   

  

• Woolly Weir Wildlife Project

  Thu 08 Feb 2018

  Weir Pride have received funding to work with members of the local community and also with pupils at Northern Primary School to create a wildlife menagerie for Weir Park.

   

  The children are attending a Knitting Club on a Thursday lunchtime when they are being supported in learning: how to knit, how to make pompoms and how to create french knitting.

   

  Keep your eyes on Weir Park to see all of the woolly wildlife creations taking pride of place.

   

  If you would like to get involved at the Doals Centre then contact Weir Pride.

  

• Playground Peace Police

  Thu 08 Feb 2018

  On Wednesday 31st January, the School Council along with Mrs Egan and Mrs Ormrod (Vice Chair Governors) interviewed pupils in Year 3, 5 and 6 for the role of a new position called Playground Peace Police. The children have worked with their classes to develop this new role which will be performed by children at play times to help to keep play times happy and peaceful.  The Council created a job description (see below) and invited candidates for interviews just as would be done for a 'real job'.  Both the School Council and the children being interviewed behaved in a very professional and mature manner and they should be proud of how they conducted themselves.  The Council had a tough decision choosing which children they would recommend for the teachers to approve for the roles but we think we have a very good group of children ready to take on their role after half term.  Well done to everyone involved!  Pictures of the Playground Peace Police will be up on the website soon!

  Playground Peace Police Job Description

  We need 4 Playground Peace Police for ‘infant play’ and 4 Playground Peace Police for ‘junior play’.  Both teams will share the responsibility of lunch break for their appropriate year groups.

  If you are in Years 3, 5 or 6 and are interested in becoming one of our Playground Peace Police, here are the things that the children at Northern Primary would like you to help them with;

  • Oversee games to make sure they are being played fairly and not being spoiled by others
  • Help to sort out small arguments
  • Look out for accidents and ‘be the first on the scene’
  • Monitor the football and basketball areas to ensure fair play
  • Keep an eye out for sad/upset children or children who are alone and try to help them if they need it
  • Watch out for mean words and bullying
  • Look out for emotional outbursts and report to the adults on duty as soon as possible
  • Help the adults on duty by reporting anything that you cannot sort out quickly and easily.

  We also believe that the Playground Peace Police should make sure that they;

  • Do not take sides
  • Do not just focus their attention on their own friends or year group
  • Do not tell children off, they are there to listen and talk and try to find compromises to help keep playtimes peaceful.

  If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please let your school council reps know!

   

   

• Safer Internet Day

  Wed 07 Feb 2018

  Today all of our children thought carefully about how they can make sure that they keep themselves safe when using ICT and the internet.

  The children in Key Stage 1 all reminded themselves of their online safety charters which they created in September and signed their class charter to show that they agree to follow the rules on their charter.

  The children in Key Stage 2 worked on their Acceptable Use Policy to identify ways that school expects them to keep themselves and others safe when they are using devices and the internet.

  Each child has signed their own Acceptable Use policy to show how determined they are to ensure online safety is maintained at Northern.

• Year 6 Heartstart session

  Wed 24 Jan 2018
  On Wednesday, the children in Year 6 attended a training session provided by the British Heart Foundation. These are sessions that train and equip children with basic first aid skills and CPR training. The children learnt how to make effective decisions and effective 999 calls. They also learnt the mnemonic D.R.S.A.B.C and their behaviour was fantastic. Dawn, the course leader, was amazed with the children's engagement, maturity and prior knowledge about how to keep safe and look after ourselves. Well done Year 6!

• Father Christmas comes to visit Northern

  Thu 21 Dec 2017
  It is true! Northern is filled with well-behaved children who have been good all year - well that is according to Father Christmas when he made a flying visit to Northern this morning to deliver presents to all of the children.

  

• Reception Christmas Nativity

  Tue 19 Dec 2017

  Our Reception children performed an amazing Nativity for all of their mums, dads, grandmas, grandads and families this afternoon. The children were so confident in their acting skills and their singing - it could have been our junior children performing. I know I wasn't alone in feeling so proud and emotional as I watched them perform.

  Reception - you are amazing super stars.