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Latest News: last updated August 24th

After several years of music and drama performances by the Y6 Leavers we decided to make a change this year. The leavers had a day out 10 pin bowling and a very enjoyable time was had by all!

Some of Year 6 took part in the annual Egg Rolling competition. Here are 2 of the rollers.

The children took part in the annual easter Egg Competition. Here are the Y6 Winners.

Wallerscote wins rugby tournament and is the most sporting team. Here are 2 members of the winning rugby team.

NEW PUZZLE PAGE ADDED

Wallerscote has just had its OFSTED inspection - look for the results here.

The school building has had new windows on the north side.

This year the Local Education Authority has again placed Wallerscote School in Category 1 (the top category) because "the school achieves outcomes for pupils that are often above national expectations supported by good teaching and learning." Value Added Figures place the school in the top 10% of schools nationally.

KS2 SATS 2005!.....

Best ever results achieved.

The school has had a new fire alarm fitted during the summer.

Some Year 6 pupils create a Podcast!

The Police visited the school to talk about road safety and vandalism in the village.

Road Safety

This half term we read out a bulletin our topic is be safe be seen this is the poem that was on the bulletin.

WE ASK THAT YOU BE SAFE BE SEEN 
WEARING COLOURS LIKE ORANGE AND LIME GREEN 
OTHER COLOURS ARE YELLOW AND WHITE 
FOR BOTH OF THESE ARE SEEN TO BE BRIGHT
REFLECTIVE IS WHAT YOU WEAR FOR NIGHT 
FLUORESCENT FOR DUSK OR POOR DAY LIGHT 
WHERE EVER YOU GO WHERE EVER YOU'VE BEEN 
WE ASK THAT YOU BE SAFE BE SEEN

Autumn Term 2003

School began on September 3rd.

Summer Term 2003

Spring Term 2003

In 2002

Summer Term 2002

School began on April 8th.

Spring Term 2002

School began on January 7th.

Autumn Term 2001

School began on September 5th.

Summer Term 2001

School began on April 23rd.

Spring Term 2001

At the end of the year Mr Carew has sadly left us to take up a more senior position.
He will be sorely missed. Under his guidance, Wallerscote School won the area tag Rugby trophy, 
and went on to win the Fair Play award at the Cheshire games.

Isle of Man - Year 6 Trip
This year we flew to the Isle of Man for the first time.
This is a much better way to travel!
As usual the trip was hugely successful and enjoyed by all.

SPORTS REPORT 
by Mr Carew



Sport at Wallerscote

Physical Education is a subject the vast majority of Wallerscote pupils thoroughly enjoy. 
The children are given the opportunity to sample a wide variety of sports including football, 
netball, hockey, rugby, rounders, cricket, athletics, tennis, swimming, gymnastics and dance. 

As well as sampling these sports during P.E lessons the older children are able to develop 
their skills further by participating in sport when the school day has ended. The most popular 
after school sport is football, with over 30 Year 5 and 6 children regularly participating in 
after school practice. It is very pleasing to see that the  number of girl participants is on 
the increase. The introduction of seven a side football may be an important reason for this. 
By playing in smaller teams the children come in contact with the ball much more regularly and 
become more confident in the process. The better players are no longer in permanent possession 
of the ball.

Seven a side football has allowed more children to participate in matches against other school 
teams. Against some of the bigger primary schools we have been able to have two matches played 
at the same time. Whilst it is always stressed that the primary objective is to take part and 
enjoy ourselves we certainly like winning too. We hope to defend the Northwich Schools BarclayÕs 
Six a Side Cup we won last year.

As we move into spring and the weather gets warmer,  our concentration moves toward summer games,  
such as cricket and rounders. I think most children would agree that one of the highlights of the 
school week is playing a game of cricket or rounders on a sunny afternoon on our excellent playing 
field. We are already looking forward to participating in a Kwik cricket tournament at Weaverham 
Cricket club in late May. Will we find the new Courtney Walsh or Ian Botham ?!

The summer term is naturally the busiest  in terms of sporting competition. We take part in the Tag 
Rugby tournament organised by Northwich RUFC, although I think it would be fair to say we have not 
quite mastered this competition. This, however,  might be our year as more and more of our children 
are playing Rugby at school and in their own time.

Arguably the highlight of the sporting calender is the Northwich Schools Athletics Evening held in 
Hartford  in July. Over 20 children are able to represent their school in what has always been an 
exciting evening, enjoyed by both the athletes and spectators. Every child pushes themselves to 
produce their very best. You are  guaranteed to see a large number of superb performances. A 
fantastic team spirit is always created at this event.

Sport can have a positive affect on peoples health and social life. For these reasons we try to 
encourage as many children as possible to participate in sport. Hopefully it  becomes a habit  
they do not give up.

 




Summer Promenade Concert - May 2000

Every year weaverham High School invites the local primary schools to take part in their 
summer promenade concert. The theme of the concert this year was 'The Sea'. our school 
choir - Yrs 3, 4 and 5 -  sang a selection of sea shanties. All the children dressed up as pirates!
There were some super photos of the children. 
It was a very successful and most enjoyable evening; the children sang beautifully and looked 
fantastic.
Miss Yarwood.

Autumn Term 1999 (So Far)

The winners for the posters are as follows:
1st prize is Joshua Mainwaring
2nd prize is Abby Blackshaw
3rd prize is Danielle Aston 

The winners for the poems were 
1st prize Danielle Lawley
2nd prize Chloe Lawley

Winners for the road signs 
1st prize Leanne Blakeley
2nd prize Mathew Sayle.

Wallerscote Primary School have been collecting shoe boxes and some stuff to put in them, for the children in need of charity. We had to wrap the boxes with wrapping paper, fill with stuff that people had brought in, our class filled about 6 boxes, then we had to stick a sticker on top of each box, some said Girl, some said Boy and some said Boy/Girl. It took us quite a long time to wrap the boxes up, but we got there in the end. Some of the stuff we put in the boxes were things like flannels, soaps, toothbrushes, toothpastes, hairbrushes, combs, sweets, teds, dolls, books and colours.

Year 5 have set up an e-mail prject with a school in Germany, and some Canadian children are going to write to Miss Waring's class.

e-mail partners
Miss Waring's class have received their e-mail and replied.

OFSTED
The school was *inspected* in November........... report published January........

Year 6 have set up an e-mail project with a Spanish school. We have also sent multimedia stacks to our Canadian keypals.

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1999 news up to July......
This year has raced past.

Ths school football team was very successful, winning many games including a six-a-side tournament.

We have some brand new Apple Mac computers and Mr Spendel has put them on a network.

Mrs Virdi is pregnant and is leaving us to have her baby. Mrs Jones is teaching her class for term 3. Miss Waring is joining us in September.

Gemma Lievesley and Kathryn James swam for the district.

Report on the Isle of Man trip - June 1999

Our Year six class went on a trip to the Isle of Man for 5 days from 21st of June to the 26th of June with six teachers, Mr Spendel, Mr Roberts, Mr & Mrs Williams and Mr & Mrs Bell.

Transportation
Our class went on a boat to the Isle of Man, the boat we went on was called the Seacat Isle of Man (a boat). Its maximum speed was around 30 notes which is about 33 mph. It was quite choppy on the way there, but perfect on the way back, and I felt sick. But when I got on the deck I felt a lot better. The sea cat had a shop which was nice, and it was a very nice ship to ride on. Myself and my class went on three types of transport which were Steam train, Electric train and by Bus. The stream train was great fun and a good way for locals to get around. The bus was just the same as any other ride but the bus drivers were very nice, and chatiful, and it gave a nice view of the beautiful scenery. The Electric train went a lot slower than I thought, and the carriages were windy. The only thing that caught my eye was the scenery, the train went right by the side of the coast which gave you a great view of the sea and sometimes you saw a seal which was a special treat. Altogether the transportation was enjoyable and I give it 8 out of 10.

Entertainment
Nearly every day we went on the beach to play beach games or have a swim. I liked to swim best but the beach games were good as well through but my right knee hurt a bit because I had injured it before so it wasn't as fun as it would of been if I hadn't hurt my leg. The swimming was good fun because it was great to splash everyone and duck them under the water, and playing water games, it was really exciting. After the beach we went into this bar basement thing were you could have a drink and a snack. There was a table tennis room next to the bar and that was a nice place to have a chat, even though we were the very loud we had a great time, and I give this 8 out of 10

Weather
The weather at the Isle of Man was great that week it only rained once and that was only on the first day when we were going to the Isle of Man on the Seacat. The weather was beautiful but some days it was a bit cloudy, and I give the weather 9 out of 10.

Planned visits to the Isle of Man
Our class went on a walk to Milner's Tower on a cliff it is supposed to look like a key (but it didn't look like a key to me any way). It was a nice walk but the tower itself wasn't very interesting it had no history behind no displays plays not anything not even a bit of writing, all we did was go up then down again. I didnÕt enjoy it much so I give it 4 out of 10.
Peel castle was enjoyable it had a lot of history behind it and this time you could find out about it as well, in the 11th century it became the residence of the of the Norse Kings of Mann. I liked the crypt best, it is were they put their dead (it must of stunk down there I wouldn't put dead bodies down there). It was a lot of laughs, being with all my friends and going exploring, but it got a bit boring at the end, so I give it 8 out of 10.
The House of Manannan talked about Celts and the Vikings and how Christianity came about. It was built in 1997 and all the displays are up to date in technology, like things like touch screens and such and the best display is when the display is half inside the building and half outside the Building. It was a super day and I give it 10 out of 10.
Silverdale was beautiful with all the scenery, lots of different types of plants, and the boating lake we went on was great, I thought it was the greatest part of the trip, its great fun to go of rowing into the middle of the lake and relaxing, and its even better because there is a playground as well. It was absolutely the best day ever and I am so so pleased IÕm going to give it 11 out of 10!!!
Castle Rushen is probably better than Peel castle because Castle Rushen has been brought back to the way it was at its peak of time. There were people as well who gave out information and told us about the display, if they do a little bit more to Castle Rushen then I would give it 10 out of 10 but I give it 9 out of 10.
The Manx Museum was interesting but I think it would be more for adults. It was still good but I thought it should it should be for older children, like the second year High school. The most interesting thing was the Manx Giant he was 7 feet 2 inches tall. (Big huh!). I give it 7 out of 10.
The Laxey wheel is an amazing sight and its ace to go down the mines, the laxey wheel is the biggest water wheel and you could climb right to the top, it is used to pump water out of the mines it was amazing sight and I can't find anything bad about it so I give it 10 out of 10.
Cregneash was a bit more interesting tan Milners tower, because it was bigger and there were people telling you information, I wasn't that enjoyable but it was Alright, and I give it 5 out of 10.
David Burchell

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In 1998

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Hi,
Our news...... The children took part in National Tree Week. Read Katy and David's report......."Tree Planting"

One of our mothers recently took part in the Commonwealth Games. Mrs Thomson has kindly written these notes, (+ pics) for us...... "Commonwealth Games"

During 1997/8, an article appeared in the magazine Cheshire Life, celebrating the winning of 1997 Cheshire Countryside Management and Wildlife Award by the Friends of Owley Wood; some of our children, parents, governors and teachers are involved!............ "Top of the Copse"

David and Katy.

Some of our children also met Prince Charles at the Cheshire Show!............ "Cheshire Show"

(In 1997, our children also met Princess Anne when two pupils from year six went to London to collect the Schools Curriculum Award from the Princess Royal.)
Jackie and Katie

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In 1997

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See some work from 1997's Y1?
The end of 1997, we got some toys and put them in shoe boxes and then wrapped them up. All the classes in the school have made 5 or 6 each. We are going to send them to all poor countries for example Bosnia, we also put some money towards them.
Our Christmas play was `Oliver`, it went really well. The best night that we did was on the Thursday night, that night no one got their words wrong.
Our reception teacher, Mrs Rutter returned to school after having a baby boy called Oliver.
We had really strong winds here in England, one of our school windows had smashed , it also blew down a lot of trees which caused severe accidents.
Another 2 classes are now carrying out e-mail projects; Y2 with a school in Mexico, and Y5 with a school in Spain. - All together now that's 4 classes with contacts in the USA, Canada, Australia, Spain and Mexico.
Our school netball team played in a tournament unfortunately we got knocked out of the final. On the 13th June our school football team played in a tournament and guess what , we won the runners-up tournament.
In May, Year 6 did their tests some people found it very difficult and some people found it quite easy. We are now waiting for our results.
On June 22nd our class is going to the Isle of Man until the 26th June , it is an educational holiday. Some people have started packing a month before because we are so excited.
The village Rose Fete is coming up soon and some of our pupils are taking part. When the Rose Fete is here the fair is coming.
The Isle of Man trip was brilliant!
Miss Hall got married this year and is now Mrs Virdi.

Jackie and Katie

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Early in 1997 some pupils from our school competed in another cross country. This time in the girls race we succeeded in style. Kate, who came 2nd last time came first this time. Kerry, who didn't compete last time came 11th this time. In each boys and girls races there were 150 competitors. Kevin Buckley was the fist boy to finish for Wallerscote coming 45th. Most of the classes in the school have been on a trip. Miss Hall's class have been to Delamere Forest; Mrs Jones's class have been to Manchester Aerospace Museum; and Mrs Rutter's class went to the Wirral Country Park. Mr Spendel's class, our class, are going to the Isle of Man in June. Two pupils from year six went to London to collect the Schools Curriculum Award from the Princess Royal. We also took part in the 'Internet Baseball World Series', here is our team Rap.

Wallerscote Workers work all day
We never have time to play 
We can work all through the night
Better watch out or we'll give you a fright
We study hard and we study long 
That's why we're making this rapping song
Our brains will always stay awake 
Thats one thing you shouldn't mistake 
We are Wallerscote working hard 
We are bricks and you're just card!

Kate and Anthony.

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In 1996

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We have had many sporting events such as netball , football and cross country. In the cross country we did very well, with Kate Lievesley coming 2nd, Jackie Denne came 56th and Victoria Parsonage came 61st out of about 250. We are very proud of our success. In the netball we have had four matches but won only one of them! We decided that we needed a lot more practice. In football we have won lots of matches, with Mr Carew as a coach we are bound to win! The Year six stick insects and silk worms are enjoying a life of luxury in their new homes. Robert Clark looks after them well. They even have names. Our class are making a computer advent calender, so that each day one member of the class will open a window which will show a Christmas picture which we have drawn and will show a photograph of someone and will play a Christmas tune. Like jingle bells, we wish you a merry Christmas and ding dong merrily on high. Were still making and getting it ready for the 1st of December, the whole class are very excited. In year six we use the Internet to send e-mail to one another, you get a keypal from Canada or Australia or if your lucky you might have two. One from each. In our class we have a computer club after school on Thursdays we are really noisy but Mr Spendel is pretty cool! I think.

Kate, Victoria and Anthony.

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In 1995

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Some children in Year Six won a prize in the NCIT awards competition.
These are the prizewinners with Mr Spendel at the award ceremony in Birmingham.

Victoria, Ian and Alethea.

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