Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Careful Parking: New banners outside school!

  Wed 27 Apr 2016

  Congratulation to all the pupils who designed a poster about careful and considerate parking. Great ideas and rhymes came out from the children and we have now four brand new and original banners outside of our school gates to remind everybody how to behave. Well done!

• Metrolink Suspended Service

  Mon 25 Apr 2016

  NOTICE TO PARENTS: Please make alternative arrangements for children who use Metrolink. We’re working to fix the issue affecting services.

  Ticket acceptance is in place on all buses: First & Stagecoach / Arriva for Altrincham & the Airport Numbers: no 263, 18, 19.

  Also rail are accepting tickets.

  All Metrolink tram services have been suspended while work continues to identify a communications fault.   ​The fault, which occurred at about 11.30am, means that the network control room staff are not able to monitor tram movements or access information displays. The operator and contractors are currently working to identify the fault and no trams will run until further notice. The Metrolink operator is also working with other operators to identify onward journey opportunities for passengers. Anyone planning on using Metrolink is advised to use an alternative mode of transport, with arrangements being made for valid tickets and passes to be used on commercial bus services. Line by line information can be found on the Metrolink website – www.metrolink.co.uk​. Customers are advised to monitor the Metrolink and TfGM Twitter accounts or call customer relations staff on 0161 205 2000. Metrolink Director, Peter Cushing, said: “All hands are to the pump and we are working a quickly as possible to identify and fix this fault. “At the moment we are not clear on the cause and trams will not be operating until further notice. “I’d like to apologise to all customers affected and want to reassure them that getting services up and running is our total priority alongside helping to get those currently onboard to their destination.”

• Year 5 trip to London

  Tue 19 Apr 2016

  Year 5 had an amazing experience on our trip to London and the Houses of Parliament.  We began the day at 6:30 am, taking a coach to Piccadilly Train Station where we were met by Virgin Train representatives, who took us safely to our seats and provided us with complimentary drinks and snack boxes.  After a 2 hour train journey we arrived at Euston Station in London.

   

  From here, we were able to travel by tube to Westminster.  This went really well, and was just like travelling on a tram in Manchester, except that it was underground.  When we stepped out of the tube station, we saw the awe-inspiring Big Ben and Houses of Parliament.

   

  Going around Parliament was the highlight of our day.  We entered by going past the Sovereign’s gate, where The Queen enters for the State opening of Parliament, before going into the robing room which is her private room when she arrives.  Even BBC cameras aren’t allowed to film in there. 

   

  Next we entered the beautiful House of Lords, with red leather benches (we weren’t allowed to sit down as we aren’t Lords!) and an exquisite gold throne at one end, from where the Queen will read her speech to Parliament next month.

   

  After that, we went into the House of Commons, where we saw the benches where Prime Minister David Cameron and his cabinet sit (we weren’t allowed to sit down as we aren’t MP’s!).   We also saw where the Speaker sat, and learned about how MP’s get to listen and vote on things that will affect our daily lives.

   

  Finally, we saw Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the building, and the place where King Charles I and Guy Fawkes were put on trial.  We have learned a lot about the Stuarts in History, and lots of people at Parliament commented on how well behaved and knowledgeable we were!

   

  After lunch we took a nice stroll through St. James’ Park to Buckingham Palace.  It was incredible to see the home of Queen Elizabeth II and the soldiers standing on guard outside.  We saw her balcony and people were busy working inside.  After taking everything in and having a group photograph, we went on to the beautiful Hyde Park, where we enjoyed an ice cream and had a chat with a horse-mounted Police Woman about her horse.

   

  A great day was enjoyed by all.  We learned so much about how our country is run and got to see first hand a lot of the things that we had learned about in class.

• Year 3k visit Swinton Library

  Tue 19 Apr 2016

  Year 3K visited the new library in Swinton.  They had the opportunity to learn how fiction and non fiction books are organised, find facts for our United Kingdom topic and browse the great selection of books.  Many of the children loaned a book and were eager to start reading these when we returned to school.  Keep reading kids!