Today is the big day- time to vote for our favourite book in the Stockport Children’s Book Awards. It has been great to hear the children talking about the books and why they liked them. Voting has been tough! The Reading Champions are counting the last few votes- who will our winner be?

R1 Forest School Today we toasted marshmallows at forest school.

Year 2 carries out an investigation they had planned to find out a woodlouse’s favourite microhabitat. They observed the woodlice carefully, discussed fair testing and were fascinated by the results.

Year 1 butterfly release into our Forest School

Reception had lots of fun at the farm today. 🐥🐷🐮We had a ride on the tractor, donkey rides, fed the animals and had cuddles in pets corner. We even got to meet some reptiles! We are very proud of how well behaved the children were. 🌟

Yesterday the school choir sang for the members of the Memory Lane Dementia club. They were fantastic and certainly bought joy to all of the audience. Well done Year 2 and a big thank you to Mrs Marshall for all of your hard work enabling them to sing so beautifully.

Today in Forest school reception had a 100th birthday celebration for Sir David Attenborough. We had lots of fun celebrating and we promised to help look after our world just like he does.

Reception took part in the first reception cross country event today. They were all fantastic and didn’t give up. Everyone had big smiles and enjoyed the morning.

Today we celebrated the special month of Our Lady. The whole school gathered together to crown our statue of Mary. Everybody enjoyed going outside to the peace garden to lay a flower at Mary’s feet. Thank you Father Samuel for joining us and making it such a beautiful celebration.

Year 1 creating music in Forest School. 🎶🎵🥁

Year 1 and 2 have been celebrating International Dance Day by learning some traditional country dancing. They worked well in pairs and listened so carefully to the instructions. Thank you Mrs Romaniszyn-Tong for teaching us this lovely dance, we had lots of fun!

Year 1 enjoyed learning a new dance to celebrate International Day of Dance 🎉

On Monday reception received a special delivery of a mystery egg. We have been asked to look after the egg until it hatches. We have been busy making predictions about what we think is inside the egg. We have also made nests to keep the egg safe. We can’t wait for it to hatch.

This week the whole school has been reading ‘The Forever Bear’, the first of the Stockport Children’s Book Awards books for 2026. Today we joined the author and illustrator online to find out about what inspires them to create books and share stories. Lots of children came away feeling inspired 📚💕

Each class had some new arrivals this week. We will enjoy watching our caterpillars 🐛 grow over the next few weeks

This week Year 2 completed their Materials science topic with a challenge: to create a shelter that was large enough to fit a plastic bear, strong enough to be windproof and kept the bear dry. The children loved testing their creations and were brilliant at explaining their choice of materials.

Wishing all of our families and staff a peaceful and holy Easter. We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday 13th April 2026

The Mini Vinnies welcomed a member of our local SVP to school today. Mr Johnson told us all about the things that the adult ‘Bigger Vinnies’ do to help in our community. We made Easter cards to send a little bit of Easter joy and happiness to the elderly and sick in our local community.

Nursery applications for September 2026 are being accepted online. CCIS offer full time & part time places. Apply using the link below: www.stockport.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Closing date:31.3.26. If you would like to view the school and nursery please call 0161 4858733 to arrange an appt.

A huge thank you to the fantastic team of volunteers from Togethermoney.com who have spent all day today transforming our outdoor spaces. From painting & tidying, gardening in our allotments & Forest School area, their work has made a huge difference. We are so grateful for their time & energy! 😊

What a privilege to be the first class ever to read a very special book. 📕”Aurora’s Special Lunchbox” The children were so engaged and had lots of questions after. Thank you to Mrs Aspinall for sharing such an important message.

Year 1 recreating Stockport viaduct!

Y2 celebrated Lunar New Year today by retelling the story of The Great Race using music and movements, finding out about how the festival is celebrated and creating their own New Year feast from playdough. It looked good enough to eat and the children could explain the significance of every food.

Forest School Today in Forest school we made bird feeders to feed the birds during the cold weather. We used a pipe cleaner and threaded Cheerios onto it. We hung our bird feeders in the trees for the birds to find.

Year 2 loved snuggling up with a book for cosy reading day. Sharing books, talking about books, recommending books and reading books are some of our favourite things to do 📚💕 #r4p #readingforpleasure #nationalyearofreading2026

Cosy reading day, we could do this all day! 📚

Dodgeball with Ross, thank you for joining us.

There was a great deal of excitement as the children queued to have their books signed and meet Jon and Nich. There was some amazing book talk in the line and several children stood reading whilst they waited, saying they just couldn’t wait any longer! #nationalyearofreading #readingforpleasure

Y2 had an amazing morning with author illustrator duo Jon Lock and Nich Angell as they told us all about their new graphic novel ‘Tiny Hercules’. The children found out about the plot, learnt a little about how they collaborated on the book and then all had a go at drawing the main character. #r4p

Year 1 loved making bird feeders for our Forest School.

In geography, Year 2 used atlases to explore the different geographical features around the UK 🌍

Reception have been enjoying listening to and reading stories in our Forest school area. #nationalstorytellingweek

Our mini police officers had a fantastic morning diving into the world of forensics. From taking fingerprints to collecting swabs, they learned so much about solving mysteries. Huge thanks to @gmpolice for coming out to inspire our future detectives! #MiniPolice #Forensics

Year 2 enjoyed a walk into our local area as part of our geography learning. They spotted lots of different human and physical features 🌳🏠

Nursery applications for September 2026 are being accepted online. CCIS offer full time & part time places. Apply using the link below: www.stockport.gov.uk/schooladmissions. Closing date:31.3.26. If you would like to view the school and nursery please call 0161 4858733 to arrange an appt.

The Reading Champions have spent the money from the second hand book sale on books for the library. They chose books from popular series that often disappear from the shelves as well as a couple of new titles. There was excellent teamwork and book knowledge as they made their choices 📚🐛💕

Year 2 started their maths lesson with a shape hunt! They worked hard to remember their learning from year 1 to sort the shapes into 2D and 3D 🔺🔷🔴

Today in science Year 2 learnt all about the 3 basic needs of all living things. Through DEAL they explored a desert island to find the things they needed to survive 🏝️

Today Reception found a crime scene in our outdoor area. We had to be detectives and find out how Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall. This week we will be writing about our ideas.

This morning Year 2 were investigating 2D shapes by creating them from lolly sticks. There was lots of discussion about the number of sides, how many sticks to use and how to check if they had made the right shape. Fantastic investigating!

Welcome to the Disgusting Sandwich Shop! Year 2 have had great fun creating the most disgusting sandwiches. Frogspawn? Maggots? Dirty water? All on the menu and selling out fast!

RSPB Big Birdwatch 2026 Year 1

Year 2 had lots of fun playing rhythm patterns on the Djembe drums in their music lesson! 🎶🪘

Year 2 started 2026 with some potion making. We read the instructions carefully, worked as a team and showed how good we were at sharing and taking turns.

A huge well done to our Reception children for a fantastic Santa Dash this morning! 🎅🏃‍♂️ So many laps completed on our track. A big thank you to Mrs. Wall for organising the event! #SantaDash #SchoolSpirit #FestiveFun

This week Year 2 have exchanged cards with the Year 2 children at our local Jewish school. We wished them a ‘Happy Hanukkah’ and they wished us a ‘Merry Christmas.’ We loved giving and receiving cards!

Jolabokaflod has arrived at school again! The children have had a wonderful time getting cosy with their blankets and cushions and reading with friends . We have ‘flooded’ our school with beautiful books and it has been a lovely calm moment in all the hustle and bustle of Christmas. Try it at home!

Jolabokaflod Year 1 loved spending time sharing books with their friends.

Santa Dash 2025