Category Archives: Primary School News
MTPS Celebrate British Science Week 2018 – Exploration and Discovery
To celebrate British Science Week 2018, Merchant Taylors’ Primary have been busy exploring the world around us and making scientific discoveries of our own. Year 1 made cornflour slime and had lots of fun noticing how the liquid got thicker
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Here’s to You Mrs Robinson!
It has been a celebratory week for school as we have said goodbye to Mrs Louise Robinson after her twelve years in post as Headmistress. On Monday, Louise said her goodbyes in her last assembly to the school and the
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Year 2 Trip to World of Glass
During their trip to The World of Glass last week, Year Two watched a glassblowing demonstration and at the end of the day, they were allowed to pick a hand-blown glass bowl to bring back to school. Year Two
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Local MP Visits Merchant Taylors’ Primary School
Mr Peter Dowd, MP for Bootle, recently visited the primary school to meet the children in an assembly. He talked about life as an MP in the House of Commons and shared some interesting, unusual facts with us. For example,
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Magical Maths
MTS Parents to Tackle Dallaglio Cycle Slam for Charity
Merchant Taylors’ parents Steve Faulkner-Atkinson and Martin Smith plan to undertake the Dallaglio Cycle Slam 2018 to raise money for a programme of rugby to transform the aspirations of young people aged 14-17 at increased risk of long-term unemployment, criminality and imprisonment.
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Year 5 Skier Bella Ranked 5th in UK U/10’s
Bella belongs to Ambition race team which is linked to the GBR Snow Sport England and mostly trains at the Chill Factore in Manchester on Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings at 6am. Since October last year Bella has been training
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*Snow Update*
All schools are open and a partial timetable will be running for all pupils who can make it into school, although CCF this evening has been cancelled. MTGS Year 7 Parents’ Evening will run as normal. We have been advised that
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Joint School Eco Council Meeting
On Thursday 22nd February, the MTJBS Eco Council walked to Stanfield to meet with their Eco Council to discuss and share ideas on current topics we are all working on at the moment, previous projects we have completed and future projects we intend to look
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Catalyst Museum Trip
On Thursday 8th February, Year Four girls spent the day at the Catalyst Museum in Widnes. Here they learned all about reducing waste, recycling and re-using our rubbish! After an instructor-led workshop, the children all followed their own ‘Environment Trails’,
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