Life at Springside - Headteacher's Blog
Promoting British Values at Springside
Through its curriculum, extra-curricular activities, teaching and learning, Springside Primary School will promote British Values. By doing so, we will ensure that all learners understand the values that have traditionally underpinned British society. The teaching of these values will promote cohesiveness within our school and community. We will prepare pupils for life in England where the population has an increasingly rich diversity of backgrounds, origins, beliefs and cultures by promoting the values on which our society has been built. By teaching pupils these values we will help all to become good citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
September 2024
Year 6 Leaving Afternoon - 19th July 2024
Year 6 leavers' Party
18th July 2024
Congratulations to all Year 6 children! You are all more than ready to start High School! Good Luck!
Leavers' Assembly in Church - 18th July 2024
Our Leavers' Assembly in church was lovely and it was great that all your parents, carers and family members could watch. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house!
Y6 Residential to Robinwood
12th-14th July
What a fantastic residential we had this year! All of you were involved in a huge range of activities and many of you overcame your fears. I was so pleased to see that every one of you got stuck in to every activity.
I particularly enjoyed watching you build your rafts and try them out in the lake. You all laughed so much and enjoyed jumping in the lake at the end!
Year 6 End of Year Show
10th July 2024
What a fantastic show this year! I was really impressed with your acting and singing skills! I was really pleased to see everyone involved and seeing the less confident of you sing and dance! I am sure I will see some of you on the television in the future!
EYFS Celebration Assembly and Graduation
10th July 2024
This week, our EYFS children performed their Celebration Assembly and then the Reception children graduated from EYFS. Thank you to all the parents, carers and family members who came to watch them perform. All the children in EYFS are more than ready to move up to their next class.
Y6 Bowling Trip
June 24
Year 6 children had a great trip to the Bury Bowling this week.
Our children will be going to lots of different high schools so we need to create Springside memories.
Everyone had a great time!
Sports Day June 24
What a lovely sunny day for our Sports Day this year
Well done to all the teachers and children, the day was a great success!
Thank you to all the family members who came to watch and support.
PTA Summer Fair June 24
A big thank you to everyone who supported our Summer Fair this year, it was a great success!
We raised around £1250! All this money will go back into supporting your children in school.
Springside Music Festival 17th Jun 2024
Well done to all our singers and musicians, you performed beautifully. It was also great to have an audience of family members and carers to perform to.
Play in a Day
11th July 2024
This week, we had a real actor in school to teach our children a play in a day! Jeffrey Longmore has been in plays in local theatres for many years and always plays the Pantomime Dame at Christmas, he has even been in Coronation Street!
Jeffrey taught our year 6 children a play about the Mayans. In the morning, at 9am, the children had no idea about the play at all and at 2.45pm, they performed it to the school and parents. The children developed a wide variety of skills during this day and they thoroughly enjoyed it.
D-Day Art Day
6th June 2024
On 6th June, the whole school commemorated 80 years since the D-Day landings by carrying out a whole school art day. Each class in school has produced some art and a selection of pieces from each class will be displayed in the entrance hall. Come and have a look when the display is completed.
Year 6 Transition Event with the Youth Service
6th June 2024
On Wednesday, year 6 children travelled into Bury to the Elizabethan Suite to attend a transition event. The children shared their worries about high school and discussed solutions. They also listened to some great advice from the Youth Team.
New Vicar - May 24
I would like to introduce you to Reverend Harvie Nicol who is the new Vicar of Walmersley Church. We are hoping he will be able to join us for our Music Festival in Church on 17th June (4pm) and also for our Leavers Service on 18th July (10am). I am sure you will join me in welcoming him into the Springside family.
Year 6 Trip to Burrs Country Park
May 24
Year 6 children went on a trip to Burrs Country Park to celebrate the end of their SATs. They went on the adventure play park and then walked round to Jersey Girls to have an ice-cream. It was a lovely morning.
Year 4 Geography Fieldwork
May 24
Year 4 went on a Geography Fieldwork Walk around the local area to look for physical and human features. They were able to spot a huge list of features to discuss back in school.
Netball Finals - May 2024
We are so proud of our whole netball squad this year. You have all played brilliantly, and enabled us to reach the last 8 primary schools in Bury. We lost our quarter-final match to Bury Grammar School, so were knocked out at this stage. We went on to play a friendly against a very good Holly Mount side, which ended 14-14, so the next goal wins rule was applied. Springside scored the final goal, so were the winners 15-14. The team represented Springside fantastically, they were friendly, polite, encouraging and showed great sporting spirit by staying to watch and congratulate the winners, Guardian Angels. Thank you to all the parents who have supported the team over the year, including those who have helped with transport, we really appreciate you all. Well done Springside, you are amazing. Mrs Jenkinson and Miss Nicholas
SATs Week May 2024
Well done to all the children in years 2 and 4 for all your hard work this week with your SATs. You are all amazing!
Karate Demonstration in Assembly
8th May 2024
There will be evening Karate classes in school on Wednesday and Friday evenings. For more information, please contact the school office.
Year 5 Bikeability
6th - 9th May 2024
Well done to all the year 5 children who took part in Bikeability this week. The instructors said you were all well behaved and listened well. You will all now be much safer whilst riding on the roads.
EYFS Visit to Smithhills Open Farm - 1st May 2024
EYFS visited Smithills Open Farm this week. The children had a great day and learnt a lot. They were lucky with the beautiful weather too!
Year 3 Mosque Visit
1st May 2024
This week, Year 3 visited the Mosque to learn about places of worship.
The children represented our school well and learnt a lot about Islam and the Mosque.
Academy KS1 Athletics Tournament - 30th April 2024
Well done to our KS1 Athletics Team. This was the first time these children have had the chance to represent our school and they came 3rd. I am very proud of you all!
Springside Netball Team
25th April 2024
Welldone to the Springside Netball Team for winning 17-7 tonight. We have now beaten Tottington, St Marie's, Woodbank and Lowercroft in our league games, and have only been beaten by Greenmount. We are now waiting to hear if we have officially made it through to the quarter-final stage at Bury Grammar.
Easter Egg Design Competition
April 2024
Well done to all children who entered the competition, the entries were all great!
Reading Competition
April 2024
Well done to year 3 for winning the reading competition. You saved the most photographs of yourselves reading books at home.
Easter Service at Walmersley Church
27th March 2024
As usual, a lovely service at Walmersley Church, supported by lots of family members. Excellent readings from year 6 and wonderful singing by reception and year 4 classes, KS1 and KS2 choirs and the 2 whole school hymns.
Prestolee Inter-school Hockey
26th March 2024
Well done to the year 5 and 6 hockey team. You played well and represented the school beautifully.
Y4 Church Visit to Learn about the Easter Story - March 2024
We would like to say a big thank you to the wardens from Walmersley Church for inviting us to join in with their Easter Activity Trail. The children loved to hear and learn about the Easter Service through the prepared activities.
School Linking March 2024
This week, children in Year 5 linked with Year 5 children at Chesham Primary School. Both schools went to Bury Art Gallery to carry out some joint activities. Everyone had a great time and the two classes cannot wait to meet up again.
On their way back to school, the class went to see The Knife Angel in Bury. It was a great opportunity as the Angel will not be in Bury for much longer.
World Book Day 2024
7th March 2024
Your outfits were fabulous!
The best outfit was Mr Davidson in his dress!
Remember it's World Book Day next Thursday!
Please get creative and dress up as a book character. I can't wait to see what a variety of costumes we will see!
Sponsored Pancake Toss
16th February 2024
What a great day we had! I have never seen so many pancakes flying around!
You all did a great job and rose lots of money for school equipment.
Young Voices February 2024
A big thank you to Mr Connor for organising our trip for the Key Stage 2 choir to sing at Young Voices 2024
We had lots of emails and messages from parents saying what a wonderful experience it was for both children and parents.
Parents loved Mrs Jenkinson's air guitar playing!
Thank you to Mr Connor, Mrs Jenkinson and Miss Heys for giving up their evening to support the children.
Road Safety - 5th February 2024
Next week, someone from the Local Authority will be coming into school to teach road safety to children in year 2 and year 3. This important learning will help to keep your children safe on the roads.
Christmas Carol Concert in Walmersley Church
19th December 2023
What a beautiful, traditional service. The Bible readings were lovely and the singing from all groups was amazing.
The parents gave us some wonderful feedback and it was great to see the church so full (there were also a few tears among the parents).
Rocksteady Music School Concert
15th December 2023
What a great afternoon of rock music and singing! Maybe we will see some of you in pop bands in the future! Well done to everyone!
EYFS and KS1 Nativity
Well done to everyone in EYFS and KS1 for your great acting and singing in your nativity plays. Your family members were all so proud of you!
Christmas Fair - 8th December 2023
Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Fair last Friday, it was a great success! I hope you all had a good time and enjoyed the turkey sandwiches.
Police Car Visit to EYFS
6th December 2023
The Children in EYFS had a special visitor today, they were visited by 3 police people and their police car! children were told all about what it is like to work in the police and they got to sit in the car. The sirens were very loud!
Christmas Tree Assembly 2023
1st December 2023
This year was my 10th Christmas Tree Assembly since I came to Springside and it was just as special as my first one!
As usual we counted down from 10 and the oldest and the youngest child in school switched the lights on.
Our tree looks wonderful!
All week from Monday 27th November in the school hall
Children in Need 2023
Friday 17th November
On Friday, we celebrated Children in Need and raised money for the charity by wearing spots for the day.
The school council baked and sold biscuits and we learnt about where the money raised will go.
Anti-Bullying Week 2023 Make a Noise About Bullying
13th November 2023
Throughout this week, children in school have been learning about Anti-Bullying. Each class presented their learning in a special assembly.
Every class were able to talk about their learning and shared the important messages they have been given. There will be a large display of work at the front of the hall to help them remember what they have learnt this week.
Sara Yates - Author Visit
Friday 10th November
Sara Yates, the author, visited our school this week to read her new book to the school. She worked with every class throughout the day .
We all got to try out some of Freddie's calming down activities
Sara is a past pupil from Springside Primary and and she enjoyed visiting her old school.
Some children bought signed copies of her book.
School Glow Disco
2nd November 2023
Our school disco was a great success and raised lots of money.
There was some wonderful dancing on display!
Even the Conga!
Pumpkin Competition arranged by the School Council
Monday 30th October 2023
What a fantastic number of entries! we had over 50, which is a record!
It was really difficult for the school council, to pick the winners!
We all loved looking at your creations in assembly and celebrating the 2 winners!
Harvest Festival In Christ Church Walmersley
18th october 2023
Thank you to all children and families who supported our Harvest Festival this year. All your donations have been taken to Bury Hospice to support families in need. Children, your readings and singing were wonderful as usual. I am really proud of you all.
Mental Health Day
Tuesday 10th October
We are really pleased that we were awarded Bronze Accredited School last year for delivering the My Happy Mind Program. We are delivering the program again this year because we feel it is a great support for children's mental health in school. We would like parents to download the My Happy Mind App so that you can use the materials at home too. If you need any support, please contact your child's teacher.
Prestolee MAT Football Tournament
4th October 2023
Well done to our Y3 and Y4 football team for representing our school well this week. You tried really hard and won some great games.
Sadly, you did not make it into the final but you showed great sportsmanship and celebrated with the team who won.
Bury Music Live Assembly
Thursday 14th September 2023
It was great to listen to some live music today. It sounds so much better than listening to CDs like we often do. I enjoyed listening to and learning about all the different instruments in the orchestra.
You all took a leaflet home after the assembly, if you fancy having a try at learning one of the instruments you saw today, ask your parent or carer to register on the website provided on the leaflet. We hope lots of you sign up!
Welcome back to school everyone, I am sure it is going to be a great year!
5th September 2023
Good Bye School Year 2022-23
Stay safe over the summer everyone and see you in September!
Springside's Got Talent 2023
20th July 2023
What a great way to end the year! I didn't realise what a wide range of talents we had in our school - from singing to dancing, hoola hoop skills to football skills and much more!
I was really impressed with the audience too, you all supported the acts and encouraged them to do their best. The atmosphere was super!
The judges had a really hard time picking a winner!
Leavers' Party
19th July 2023
What a lovely evening, you all looked so grown up in your party clothes! Keep all the photos you took as they will be great memories in the future.
The staff had a good time too!
I'm sure you all slept well after all that dancing!
Leavers' Assembly in Church
18th July 2023
There wasn't a dry eye in the house during our Leavers' Assembly in Walmersley Church! This was a time to reflect on the years gone by, think about the future and thank those who have helped us along the way. Your parents and carers really appreciated the individual thank-you letters you wrote for them.
Thank-you to the KS1 and KS2 choirs for supporting this event as well.
Year 6 Leavers' Play
12th July 2023
I'm An Eleven Year Old, Get me out Of Here!
What a fantastic play! you were all wonderful! You all had the audience laughing out loud all the way through and your singing was amazing. I think that is one of the best leavers' plays I have seen! Well done!
Friday Lunch Disco
7th July 2023
