Last week, all the children from Year 1 to Year 6 took part in a Spelling Bee organized by Mrs Clarkson, our Literacy leader. All the children were given a set of spellings (which they need to know by the end of this school year) to learn for homework. They all worked really hard practising them with their parents, then took part in a spelling competition against their classmates, to find the children who achieved the highest scores. These children were then put forward to the Spelling Bee final on Wednesday afternoon, where they competed against the best spellers from the rest of the school. And what a hard fought competition it was! Each child was tested on spellings from their own year group list, and everyone was amazed by the children's confidence and accuracy. Eventually, one by one, children made tiny errors, which left one man standing ....... Albie from Year 4. What a great achievement Albie! And a massive well done to all the finalists, who were phenomenal, and everyone else who took part. Everyone's spelling will have improved as a result of this Spelling Bee, possibly including your parents! Well done Mrs Clarkson for organizing such a great school event, we'll have to make it an annual event from now on. 

Today we were fortunate enough to have a very special visitor in school, who led an assembly all about the Government and Parliament. He taught the children about democracy and the rule of law and why our country has leaders who ensure that these British Values are upheld by Parliament and the House of Lords. Later, our visitor led workshops for our Year 3 and Year 6 children, to discuss it in greater depth. Well done to Mrs Jones for arranging this great visit.

The children and families of Coppull Parish walked to our local church to take part in the Harvest Service this morning. The weather was perfect for the long walk to Coppull Parish Church and Reverend Matt delivered a wonderful service celebrating the Harvest. Our families had kindly donated lots of food, which is going to be taken to the Salvation Army in Wigan to help those people in need. The church was filled to capacity and everyone enjoyed the hymns and entertaining sermon. It was the perfect ending to our first half term at school.

This Monday, the children from our Glee Club and Choir took part in the annual Chorley Heads In Partnership Concert at Holy Cross High School. It was a fabulous event, in which every school in the cluster performed to an audience of all the other children in the cluster. The children from our Glee Club, kitted out in sparkly pink cowboy hats, performed a wonderful line dance routine to a Dolly Parton classic '9 to 5'; while our choir performed an uplifting rendition of 'Mr Bluesky'. Huge thanks to our talented teachers, who worked so hard to get the children ready for their moment in the limelight, and well done to the children for your wonderful performance.