Our Recent Events
Year 5 Experience Art Master Class, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:05am
Year 5 have had an art master class with international artist Rob Ward.
Rob visited the children to tell them about his career in art and to teach them how to explore their environment, be creative and develop their painting techniques.
The children explained how much they had learnt and felt very lucky to have had such an amazing opportunity.
Y3 and Y4 Multi-Sports, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 4:22pm
Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a multisports afternoon at Wilmslow High School.
They rotated around different sports and had an amazing time developing new skills and having fun!
Y3 Study David Hockney to Create Happiness, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 2:15pm
Year 3 have been studying the art work of David Hockney.
They recreated his famous daffodils to cheer everyone up. We think they do, don't you?
Fun in the Snow, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 1:58pm
The children really enjoyed playing in the snow at break times today.
They were very creative making snowmen, snow angels, snow squirrels and igloos!
Wassily Kandinsky in Year 1, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 16th Jan 2023 @ 5:08pm
Year 1 have been looking at the work of artist Wassily Kandinsky.
In groups, they discussed their interpretations of his fabulous abstract art!
They can't wait to explore line and shape in their own artwork!
Year 1 Learn About Algorithms, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 16th Jan 2023 @ 5:06pm
Year 1 had a great computing session thinking about the importance of following instructions.
They talked about algorithms in their day to day lives and then worked with a partner to give and receive an algorithm. What great fun!
Celebrating Differences in PSHE, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 3:26pm
As part of our work in Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) on "Families and Care" the children in Reception have been learning about different types of families.
They looked at lots of different examples from familiar stories and TV characters and then discussed how these families were different from their own.
The children then drew their own family, discussing family members and pets and whether they lived in one house or two and talked about how everybody's family is different!
Year 5 work with international artist Rob Ward, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 1:22pm
Year 5 have had an art master class with international artist Rob Ward.
Rob visited the children to tell them about his career in art and to teach them how to explore their environment, be creative and develop their painting techniques.
The children explained how much they had learnt and felt very lucky to have had such an amazing opportunity.
Year 6 Sports Leaders Attend Conference, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 10:04am
The Year 6 Sports Leaders attended the Macclesfield School Sports Partnership annual conference.
The leaders supported the commitment to ensure all children are physically active for at least one hour per day (not including PE lessons and break times) and came away with some great ideas to try and make our lessons are more physically active.
Year 3 Geologists, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 5th Jan 2023 @ 8:59am
With great enthusiasm Year 3 set about their science lesson this afternoon, observing and handling rocks in the classroom.
They were trying to discover as many rock properties as possible. The children closely observed , handled the rocks and recorded their observations.
Quality Texts at AECPS, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 12:16pm
At AECPS we put high value on delivering our curriculum using high quality texts.
These texts not only help us to ignite excitement and intrigue to aid with our literacy work, but also help us to explore our "No Outsiders" topics, P4C and of course our history and geography topics amongst others. During the Autumn term each class displayed their key texts in the school hall on our whole school bookshelves.
We cannot wait to find out what everybody will be reading next as we launch into 2023!
Merry Christmas from the Orchestra, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 10:46am
Our orchestra gave their first performance to their friends and we accompanied them with a sing-a-long.
Celebrating Christmas together, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 10:39am
We really enjoyed our Christmas celebrations and were treated to a delicious Christmas dinner.
Thank you to Mike (our cook) and his team in the kitchen - have a lovely Christmas
We've had a special visitor, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 10:35am
The children were delighted when Father Christmas made a special detour from his busy schedule to visit AECPS.
Father Christmas visited all the children in their classrooms and then joined the KS1 children for their Christmas breakfast.
He even left us all an early Christmas gift!
KS1 Perform their Nativity, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 10:30am
Our KS1 children performed their version of the nativity story called 'Prickly Hay'
The children in reception, year 1 and 2 sang beautifully and remembered all their words.
They taught us that we can all 'Make a Difference' not matter how small, it all matters.
They brought Christmas joy to their parents and really 'Made a Difference'!
Year 6 Ukulele, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 13th Dec 2022 @ 11:34am
Look how far Y6 have progress in music this term.
They have been learning the ukulele and are ready to perfrom.
Stunning Collage by Year 6, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 13th Dec 2022 @ 11:13am
As part of the Year 6 art curriculum, the children had to design a collage by consistently referring back to annotated plans.
They choose an art classic and replicated it into the style of Jane Perkins.
Their brief was to mix contrasting textures: rough/smooth plain/patterned as well as to combine pattern, tone and shape.
The children worked in groups to create an end piece.
Year 1 Create Portraits, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 4:31pm
Year 1 have completed their art topic by applying their skills to self-portraits.
Can you see the likeness?
Reception Visit Waitrose, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 4:23pm
The children in Reception have thoroughly enjoyed their recent shopping topic.
The children wrote shopping lists of ingredients and then took a trip to Waitrose to buy them. Once back at school the children followed the recipe to make some delicious Honey Biscuits.
They also experimented to make their own shopping bags, concentrating on ensuring there bag had two handles, an opening and the sides were fastened to make an inside!
Last Swimming Session for Year 5, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 4:06pm
Year 5 have really enjoyed their swimming lessons this term.
They have all improved in strength, stamina, stroke development and confidence.
AECPS Choir at the Christingle, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 2:08pm
The AECPS Choir performed a beautiful Christmas version of Fix You by Cold Play to remind us all of the meaning of Christmas.
Operation Owl Rescue, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 1:15pm
This morning the children arrived at school to see an owl stuck in between some fencing in the ball pen.
Fortuately Jackie came to the rescue and freed the bird. She checked it was all right and on advice from the RSPCA placed it carefully in the tree.
The owl has now flown away.
Operation Owl Resuce has been a success.
Year 6 Investigate the Heart in Science, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 2nd Dec 2022 @ 12:05pm
As part of our science curriculum, Year 6 have been learning how to identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood. They also investigated the effect of exercise on our heart rate. In these pictures you will see the children: estimating how much blood, in litres, an adult human has; taking a resting pulse rate and then exercising for 2 minutes and taking another pulse reading in beats per minute. The children completed three different types of exercises and they will plot a graph to see which exercise had the most impact on their heart rate.
Y2 Design Elevated Structure, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 2:45pm
Year 2 have been learning all about buildings and structures that are elevated to meet a design need. They looked at houses on stilts, elevated carparks and extensions built over rivers and roads.
They then designed their own buildings and had to work out how to make sure they were elevated and stable.
Have a look at the photos to see the great job they did!
Making at Difference at Christmas, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 1:26pm
Wow! We have been overwhlemed by the huge number of Christmas shoe boxes that the children have donated.
Each box will be an extra special gift for children less fortunate than ourselves.
We really will 'Make a Difference' this Christmas.
