Our Recent Events
Safer Internet Day at AECPS, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:54am
How to keep safe online is an important part of our school curriculum and is something we learn about on a regular basis. Safer Internet Day is an important day in our school calendar and reminds us to focus on this very important area of safety.
Over the week, the children learnt lots about keeping safe online including what to do if they have a problem, feelings related to it and how their bodies may react to these feelings. They used a power of healing activity to highlight the feelings and responses of their bodies if they experienced something upsetting online. They then listed who they could talk to about these problems and how they would feel after. They revised the SMART rules with the help of the SMART crew, and showed how asking for help or giving advice can relieve worries! All the have shown great understanding and knowledge to help them if they ever have a problem online.
Celebrating 'Mental Health Week by 'CONNECTING!', by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:43am
AECPS have been taking part in Mental Health Week.
We have been learning about the importance of meaningful connections with people and how that can support our wellbeing.
In our classes, we played ‘Connections Bingo’. We had to write things we enjoyed in our bingo boxes before moving around the room, talking to each other to find out who we had things in common with.
There were lots of surprise shared interests with people that we didn’t know we had before!
Year 4 Loving English, History and Computing, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:42am
Year 4 have really enjoyed being journalists over the last few weeks and are very proud of their completed newspaper reports. Today, they combined their drama, computing and English lessons to publish their writing so that it was formatted like a real newspaper.
They can’t wait for everyone to ‘Read all about it!’
Year 5 Join in National STEM event, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:35am
The children in Year 5 were lucky enough to take part in a science STEM morning, led by the RAF, all about aeronautical engineering.
They tested their skills as scientists, making sure their investigations were fair and results valid.
They tested their designs to see if adding fuselage affected the length a rocket would fly, and furthermore, whether the angle of launch had any effect as well.
Year 5 had a brilliant morning!
Year 6 Loved Tchoukball, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:33am
Tchoukball is a team sport invented in the 1960s taking inspiration from handball, volleyball and Basque pelota.
Year 6 visited Wilmlsow High School to learn this new sport and had great fun developing new skills.
Netball Team in Action, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:23am
The fantastic AECPS netball team came 2nd in the area competition.
They played brilliantly and came 2nd overall out of 12 schools. They only lost once to the eventual winners.
What a super result!
Do you know about the ancient Mayan culture? Year 5 Do!, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:18am
Year 5 had a fantastic day investigating the world of the Ancient Maya
Dr Diane Davies, an archaeologist, specialising on the Maya (a culture from Central America) visited year 5 with her fascinating artefacts and stories of her adventures and work as an archaeologist.
Little is known about the Maya in the UK, year 5 have really been enjoying learning about this amazing culture.
They are now our experts who can share their new knowledge and impress us with their understanding of this historical period.
We support local charities, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:15am
Well done - Our nativities raised £387.60 for Francis House Children's Hospice
We can all 'Make a Difference', by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:14am
Members of Year 4 and Year 6 baked and held a bake sale for the children in Year 4 to raise money to buy a new rug for our Chill Out Zone. The cakes were delicious and the fund raiser was a great success!
Mrs Walsh is now going to use the money to buy a new rug.
AECPS Sports Ambassadors attend local conference, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:10am
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 more physically active.
We love history at AECPS, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:07am
All the children have been learning new topics in history.
Year 1 are learning about schooling 100 years ago.
Year 2 are learning about how Alderley Edge high street has changed.
Year 3 are deciding whether or not they would choose to live in the stone, bronze or iron age.
Year 4 are investigating the Roman invasion of Britain and their legacy
Year 5 have traveled back to the Mayan civilization
Year 6 are comparing crime and punishment through out the ages.
We are developing out abilities to think like historians, learn from artifacts, make comparisons, identify similarities and differences between the eras and draw conclusions.
Y6 Learn to Cycle Safely on the Roads, by Mrs Walsh
Date: 15th Feb 2023 @ 11:06am
Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed taking part and passing their Bikeability Level 2.
Bikeability is the government's national cycle programme. It helps children learn practical skills and understand how to cycle on today's roads. Bikeabilty gives everyone the confidence to cycle and enjoy this skill for life.
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
