Our Recent Events
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
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.
