This week at Northern we are celebrating neurodiversity! Neurodiversity is the idea that it is normal and acceptable for people to have brains that function differently from one another. Rather than thinking there is something wrong or problematic when some people don't operate similarly to others, neurodiversity embraces all differences. We’ve got a jam packed week ahead. The children will be learning all about neurodiversity in school and Trainee Paramedic, Gabby, will be making a video to explain to the children about how her ADHD helps her flourish in her role at North West Ambulance Service.

Today Cath came from the White Horse Project to deliver a drama workshop with Year 6 based on their transition to high school. The children took part in many scenarios and enjoyed the session. See more pictures on the Year 6 page.

Today at Northern, all the children have had taster sessions with Accrington Stanley staff and learnt all about how to stay healthy and keep active in order to look after our bodies. The children all had a great time and the staff were impressed with how quickly they grasped things so well done!

Today we have been celebrating our Queen's Platinum Jubilee. We have done lots of amazing activities in class, held our own Coronation with our very own Queen "Olivia" from Year 2 performed by our very own Mr Davies! We then had a lovely Jubilee Picnic and the children enjoyed an extended lunch break! We topped off this amazing day by studying an artist from each decade of the Queen's reign. Have a look at your child's class page to see just what they have been doing!

Today some of our Year 3 and Year 4 children took part in an Able Writers Workshop at Peel Park Primary School. This was led by David Webb who is a children’s author whose books include Eye of the Storm and Friday 13th! The children had a fantastic day and wrote on great stuff. Well done Toby, Jake, Ruby and Violet!

Today after school, children from our Key Stage 2 classes attended Marl Pits to take part in the cross country competition. It was wet and muddy but our children ran their socks off to finish that race and showed our Northern value of resilience and made every one of their teachers smile with pride! Many thanks to the parents who transported - these events could not happen without your kindness!

After school, our hall was transformed into a dance floor complete with excellent music, super lighting and children having mega fun! It was amazing to see our children laughing and dancing as well as getting their teachers involved! Massive thanks again to the PTA and the volunteers for organising and helping to make this a success. Excellent feedback from all parents about how much fun their child had makes it all worthwhile!

Today after school our Year 5 and Year 6 football team attended The Valley Leadership Academy to compete for a place in the next round of the cup. We are delighted to tell you that the boys played outstanding and won 4-2 with goals coming from Mason, Lewis and 2 coming from Brandon. The opposition commented on how well our team played too which is fantastic to hear! Special thanks to Mr Ford who took the team for an extra training practice and also refereed the second half! Well played boys and here's to victory in the next round!

Today was Northern's Summer Fair 2022! And what an amazing day it turned out to be. It was fantastic to see all the children and parents having so much fun together playing games, entering competitions and being entertained! It was so nice to see the Northern community mixing again. A massive thank you to Karen and Sue for all your exceptional organisation skills, great thanks to the volunteers and staff too without whom it could not have been the amazing success it was. Special thanks must also go to the band, dancers, coconutters and the majorettes for entertaining everybody. Have a look at the pictures to see just how sensational the fair was - can you spot yourself?