Prep Mad Science Assembly

All pupils in the Prep School were treated to a superb assembly on Tuesday which celebrated Science and championed the joy of investigations. Pupils were thrilled with experiments involving a wide range of scientific principles including forces, magnetism, chemical reactions, air resistance and burning. Pupils participated in a range of explosive experiments demonstrating scientific concepts such as the human body, forces, materials and their properties, magnets, light and sound.

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England U18 Rugby Training Camp

Congratulations to Nye T (Howson's) in Year 12. He has been invited to attend the development training camp of the England U18 rugby squad. Nye plays at Sale Sharks and also plays for the College. Nye is the first player from Liverpool College to be invited to an England training camp in more than a decade. We wish him success as he trains with the best in the country.

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Non-Fiction Writing Day in the Prep School

We welcomed Mary Colson to the Prep School this week. Mary is a talented writer specialising in non-fiction. She has written over 50 non-fiction books for children on topics ranging from Einstein, secret codes and the ozone layer to Toni Morrison, sports poetry and Beyoncé. Mary has also written reviews for various publications and literary websites including the TMS theatre awards and The Times.

Mary spoke to all the Prep School about how to write non-fiction texts and then delivered a More Able journalism and non-fiction writing day for Year 6. More Able students from 6 other schools across Liverpool were also invited to attend the workshop. The workshop was absolutely superb - building upon current and breaking stories from events happening in Liverpool. The pupils were incredibly engaged.

Well done to all the pupils for their outstanding enthusiasm and superb, sustained writing skills.

Mrs Doran

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Y7 and Y8 Girls’ Football Update

The Year 7 and 8 girls’ football team have been working extremely hard in training every Friday since the start of the school year to develop their skills and fitness levels in football. Their commitment and attitude to the sessions has been exceptional and it has been a real pleasure coaching and managing the girls.
They have had some difficult fixtures, but have carried themselves with dignity and shown the character traits that we embed into our pupils every single day. In the recent game against Gateacre, the Year 7 team showed great teamwork and battled through to the end, with Phoebe H (Howson’s) producing some fine saves and Maisie-Merle H (Howard’s) coming very close on a few occasions to score from close range. Even though they lost, there were a lot of positives to take away from the game.
With the continued effort and commitment to training, we are confident that the results will come in the second half of the season. We would like to wish the girls a massive good luck for the rest of the season, with many football tournaments and fixtures already in the diary - keep up the good work girls!

Miss Ireson

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Chemical Engineering Talk

Pupils in Y4, 5 and 6 enjoyed a talk on Friday about Engineering from Mrs Diamond, a teacher in the secondary phase, who previously trained as a chemical engineer. Her engaging talk included battling the misconceptions surrounding Engineering - including gender stereotyping. Mrs Diamond brought with her two pupils who had participated in an Engineering project in the secondary phase called for Go4Set and they described what they had accomplished by taking part. Thank you to Mrs Diamond for taking the time to come and talk to the pupils about Engineering and what an incredibly interesting and rewarding career it could be.

Mrs Doran

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Y6 Victorian Day

As part of their history project, Year 6 pupils were transported to Victorian Britain on Wednesday to experience what life was really like as a Victorian child.

The pupils were introduced to Miss Daisy, a Victorian teacher, as she took over the school for a whole morning. The pupils learnt the 3 R’s and the strict punishments given for unruly behaviour. They examined real Victorian artefacts and compared them to our modern equivalents. They even played some classic Victorian children’s games.

The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the experience and gained a huge amount of empathy for life as a Victorian which will now be used the enthuse and inform their writing.

Mrs Doran

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