Summer Activities Holiday Club at MTJBS will be taking a trip to the cinema, this Friday 22nd July, to watch the BFG. Cinema hired out exclusively for pupils attending Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ Junior School Holiday Club. Book in for the day, £30 includes Cinema trip, sports activities and swimming.
Contact Merchant Taylors’ Junior Boys’ School on 0151 949 9311 to book on today!
The boys and girls attending today’s session of the Summer Holiday Activities Club at Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ Junior School enjoyed another adventurous morning at the Climbing Hangar, Liverpool, this morning, the boys and girls had a fantastic morning!
Merchant Taylors’ 1st XI cricketer George Lavelle has been named by David English, organiser of the annual Bunbury Festival, as one of the best eleven young cricketers ever to play at the festival. The Bunbury Festival dates back to 1986 and is an annual competition between regional representative teams of Under 15 boys. Last season George was named as the best wicket-keeper, most prolific batsman, best all-rounder and most valuable player. Now, in an article in the Daily Telegraph George’s name stands alongside those of all the stars of English cricket over the last 20 years.
This is a fantastic accolade for the modest young Lancashire and Merchant Taylors’ player who has progressed rapidly through school, club and county cricket over the last three years. George is highly rated by those currently in charge of English cricket.
Head of Cricket at Merchant Taylors’, Simon Sutcliffe, is not surprised by George’s success. He commented “In George Lavelle there is an ideal combination of factors indicating success – natural ability, self-awareness and willingness to learn, very strong work ethic and an incredibly calm temperament. No-one more deserves to have done so well than George. To have been named in the same bracket as players like Cook, Root and Flintoff is a rich tribute to him, especially as David English rates him more highly as a wicket-keeper batsman than both Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow!”
David English’s Best of Bunbury Team: Alastair Cook (2000), Michael Vaughan (1990), Ian Bell (1997), Joe Root (2006), Ben Hollioake (1992), Andrew Flintoff (1992), George Lavelle (2015), Moeen Ali (2002), Adil Rashid (2003), Rory Hipwell (2012), Steven Finn (2004). On the bench: Jonny Bairstow (2005), Jos Buttler (2006), Marcus Trescothick (1991), Graeme Swann (1994).
Today at holiday club the children have been busy making & eating Fairy Bread plus Chocolate Top Hats.
On Friday 1st July the Junior Boys’ School hosted a fabulous day of sporting activities to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. A great day was by all including parents, pupils and teachers alike. The boys did an exceptional job of raising money, with donations still coming in now. The total will be revealed in September so keep your eyes peeled.
The School Shop is situated at 138 College Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 3DP.
Telephone number: 0151 924 0975
Summer opening hours are;
closed Saturday 9th July 12:30pm – Tuesday 19th July 10:00am.
Tuesday to Friday 10:00am – 4:30pm
Saturday 9:30am – 3:30pm
Normal hours resume from Monday 5th September.
Stanfield’s Road to Rio carnival took place on Friday 1st July 2016 as a way to celebrate the end of term and also the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio.
In the week leading up to the Carnival, the children found out interesting facts about the Olympics, researched the history of the Games and also located Brazil on the world map.
Each year group chose a country to represent in the Carnival and made a hat or headdress from that country. Reception children made their own crowns for team GB and Year 5 Laurel Wreaths for Greece. Year 2 made some fabulous matador hats for the Senors and the Senoritas wore fans in their hair. Year 1 children designed their own Statue of Liberty hats in red, white and blue to represent the USA. Year 4 girls had brightly coloured feathered headdresses for Mexico and Year 3 made traditional Australian cork hats.
On the day of the Carnival the weather was kind to us in the morning. The children had a variety of sporting activities outside. They had their faces painted, played parachute games and there were many craft activities happening thoughout the school.
A highlight of the day was the samba drumming workshop with Steve Rivers. The children experienced the different sounds of the drums and percussion instruments that would be heard in a traditional Rio Carnival. The children made a lot of noise!
All children had a dance workshop and learnt a dance to represent their chosen country. They only had 45 minutes to learn the dance but had lots of fun in the process.
Unfortunately it rained for our parade but it did not dampen our spirits. The children happily paraded down the playground, wearing their hats with big smiles on their faces. The parents greeted them with lots of cheers and clapping.
The year 4 girls opened our ceremony by performing a dance choreographed by Mrs Owen. Each year group in turn then performed their dance and sang a song.
Whilst we were all a little soggy by the end, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day and lovely to see the whole school perform together.
In Merchants’ Tales, summer 2015 edition, there is discussion on the Officers’ Training Corps (O.T.C.) and the Combined Cadet Force (C.C.F.) However, between the two was the Junior Training Corps (J.T.C.) From here I call on memories and all relies on the accuracy, or otherwise, of these memories.
The J.T.C. was formed in the early days of W.W.II, replacing the O.T.C. At the same time the 1914-type uniforms, including puttees, were superseded by battledress. Captain (‘Reggie’) Hargreaves was in charge, though he retired on the return, from war service, of Major Ken Bowman and ‘Twig’ Gribble. Jeanie Pattinson, Lt. Col. Gribble’s daughter, shared memories of her father in the summer 2015 edition.
It is my recollection that joining the Corps was not compulsory but the majority of pupils did so. Parades, the last part of Tuesday and Friday afternoons, ran on to 4.30pm: school normal finishing time was 4.10pm.
Mr Winhall was in stores and issued uniforms. We supplied our own boots. Mr Cooney ran the indoor rifle-range somewhere in Crosby. The •303 rifles had •22 bores. Firing with standard •303 rifles took place at Altcar Rifle Range. ‘Tug’ Wilson seemed to be in charge. I believe he was on the school ground staff, as was Mr Kito (‘Amos’) who was also involved with J.T.C.
Regular Army personnel examined us in Certificate A, parts I and II. I obtained the rank of Lance-Corporal and had ideas of an army career. I was advised against it; good advice for someone with short sight and well below average in sport.
When I first joined the J.T.C. we had Field Days: Annual Camps were only held after the war. The one I attended was at O.C.T.U. Eaton Hall, Cheshire. We were instructed by newly commissioned officers. In our hut I was Lance-Corporal to Sergeant (Gillie) Fisher). Our group included Alan Meadows. We met up a few years later when we worked at Coles Nurseries, Town Green, near Ormskirk. Alan had served in Kenya during the Mau Mau troubles.
In addition to the annual camp, one year we were offered week-courses with various units. I chose to join the Royal Engineers (R.E.) at Merebrook Camp near Malvern. Hearing the R.E. March recently, I found myself joining in: “We’re marching back to Merebrook Camp, to Merebrook Camp, to Merebrook Camp, where they don’t know tea from tissue paper, tissue paper, marmalade or jam ….” Cadets came from units all over; one from South Wales was stopped by the Military Police. He hadn’t Cadet Corps flashes up. In those days we wore uniform to and from camp and on parade days. At Merebrook we were involved with such things as Bailey Bridges, explosives of various kinds, making temporary and permanent roads and airstrips.
Another Course was at Longmoor Military Railway, which, to my regret, I wasn’t able to attend. C.C.F. started in 1948, about the time I left MTBS to work in commercial horticulture. I assumed I would be called up in due course, for National Service. However, at that time, two years in agriculture/horticulture was counted as the equivalent. I did twenty years!