Halloween Discos and Fireworks Fright Night
Published 08/11/24
Our spectacular autumn celebrations!
News and Letters
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Bringing Smiles Across Generations: Students Share Special Moments with Care Home Residents
Published 09/10/24Beehive class have been visiting Oxton Grange care home in an intergenerational exchange. The pupils have loved chatting to and reading with the residents.
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Polly the Reading Dog at Portland
Published 28/08/24Therapy Dogs Nationwide provides therapy dogs and volunteers through their scheme "Paws and Read". This scheme allows children to read to a therapy dog. These dogs are gentle, non-judgemental, attentive and the perfect listeners. This scheme can help with self-esteem and behavioural problems, plus teaching children how to behave with dogs appropriately, and it also teaches them basic dog safety skills.
Polly the Reading Dog and her owner, Michael, have been visiting Portland and reading, in Years 1 and 2, during both the spring and summer terms.
Therapy Dogs Nationwide provide assessed and trained dogs for therapy visits to hospitals, nursing homes and other places, as well as the "Paws to Read" scheme in schools. https://tnd.og.uk/schools-2
Year 1 children told Miss Munnerley, our English/Reading Lead, that they love reading with Polly "as she's a good listener". Mrs Smith, their class teacher, said that 23 out of 26 children loved reading with Polly and looked forward to her weekly visits.
Deborah Zaher, Regional Community Development Manager, who organised for Polly and Michael to visit Portland said, "Reading to a friendly and calm therapy dog helps children to feel more confident about their reading, as they know that whatever they say Polly will listen and not correct them, happily accepting and listening to them. The pressure to read things correctly is taken off the children, and they feel more at ease. We are extremely grateful to Polly, Michael and Therapy Dogs Nationwide for this wonderful opportunity."
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Year 1 Visit The Loud Library
Published 17/07/24In July 2024, Year 1 pupils went on a special trip to the Loud Library at North Birkenhead Development Trust - St James Centre.
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Building resilience in young people with The Lemonade Project
Published 10/07/24Co-op Academy Portland recently received wellbeing and resilience sessions from The Hive Youth Zone, in Birkenhead!
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A round-up of our recent news and events
Published 14/06/24We like to keep the community updated with our latest news over on Facebook. Here's a round-up of some recent activities from the first few weeks of June 2024.
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A Message from Mrs Peace
Published 19/07/23Please click the button below for Mrs Peace’s letter.
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Our Week in Pictures (w/c 30th)
Published 03/02/23Another amazing week at Portland!
We told you about our Time to Talk Coffee Morning!
Pupils from Year 4 and 5 attended the Fundamentals Festival and had a great time.
Our Pathfinders Project went down a scary path with Year 6!
Oak class embarked on a Jungle Safari this week!
Year 5 got to meet some Tranmere Rovers superstars to talk about mental health1
Our first gymnastics session was a hit!
We were very grateful to Lisa, who gave great advice about mental health.
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Our Week in Pictures (w/c 23rd)
Published 03/02/23Anti-bullying Ambassadors proving to be excellent role models; working with Tranmere Rovers; an unusual winner of our Headteacher’s Award and some practical work in class – another great week.
Oak class showed off their skills in Design Technology!
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Teachers’ Strike Action – Important Information
Published 30/01/23As you will be aware, many of the nation’s teachers are out on strike on Wednesday 1st February 2023.
This does affect our academy and consequently a significant number of our classes will be closed to all pupils.
Only our Year 6 and Year 1 classes will be open on Wednesday.
If your child attends wraparound care everyday and you would like one of our limited school places available, please contact the School Office.
This letter outlines the school’s plans for Wednesday 1st February ONLY. Other National Education Union (NEU) strike days are as follows:
Tuesday 28th February/Wednesday 1st March
Wednesday 15th March
Thursday 16th March
We are currently working on plans to keep our academy open for as many pupils as possible, but our academy may be affected in a different way next time.
We’re aware that this is a cause for concern for everyone, but we will do everything we can to ensure that learning continues when these strikes take place.
Please remember to alert the office by 10am on Tuesday 31st January if you would like to collect a packed lunch for your child on free school meals on the Strike Day.
Yours sincerely,
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Our Week in Pictures (w/c 16th)
Published 20/01/23What a week we’ve had!
Year 5 and Year 6 enjoyed an amazing day out in Anglesey!
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Our Week in Pictures
Published 13/01/23What a week! We have enjoyed football; boxing; the continued success of our Community Shop…and there is still time for new families to join us for an incredible school experience.
Year 3 and Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic football session with Tranmere Rovers!