Spring Term at Elleray Park School
After the Christmas celebrations the pupils and staff returned to school well rested and eager to start the new term. January is always an exciting time as the children learn about the Chinese New Year, taking part in visits to China Town and to the Chinese Supermarket. Lots of interesting new tastes are explored whilst trying out Chinese recipes and snacks from the supermarket. The Chinese season culminates in a visit from the Northern Dragons, who spend the day in school teaching the children about Chinese music, drumming and dancing. The whole school join together in an assembly at the end of the day when the Dragon dancers perform. The pupils enjoyed the spectacle of the bright costumes, the engaging rhythms and the general excitement of the event.
The Spring Term is a time for thinking about using our skills to help others, by making craft items and selling them in a Merseyside Enterprise event, held in Liverpool. Invitations were sent to lots of important guests from Wirral, the pupils then worked very hard to design key-rings and other items for the big day on 7th March. Each special school in Merseyside is encouraged to take part in this event and a booklet about all the schools is published each year. This year Elleray Park won the event and proudly returned with a trophy to mark the occasion. So far, we have sent over £1200 to the charity that supports the Haiti disaster, helping to enable a new school to be built and resourced.
The school grounds have been filled with daffodils and blossom trees and the pupils have been able to enjoy the hill area at the back of the school premises. This area is still under development, with some of the grass cordoned off at the moment in order to endeavour to improve the quality. Nevertheless, full use is made of the available area where the pupils enjoy their play equipment, trees and open spaces.
Gardening club has started just before the Easter break, with a small group of pupils visiting a local allotment, where they have been lucky enough to take ownership of a small plot of land to grow produce this year. The group will continue to learn about growing vegetables and plants throughout the summer term and hopefully will benefit from a good harvest in the Autumn. We all look forward to hearing news from this little Eco group as the year progresses.
The school has now broken up for Easter, having enjoyed all the Easter assemblies during the last week of term. So, armed with Easter eggs, the pupils set off for their Easter holidays. We wish them all well and look forward to welcoming everyone back on 28th April.