Christmas Unwrapped is a live recording of J.John speaking at The Dominion Theatre, London. J.John unwraps the true meaning of Christmas with his much-loved style of storytelling and humour. Fresh, thoughtful and inspiring, this is a retelling of the Christmas story for today (with mulled wine and mince pies). We showed the film last year at 9am and decided it was so good that we ought to give working parents the chance to see ... Continue reading this entry »

On December 1st the YSC visited for a day of workshops for the Junior classes in the morning with a performance of The Tempest in the afternoon featuring Firs pupils! The morning session had pupils using their acting skills and introducing them to the story and characters in the play. The YSC is based in London and tours the UK every year visiting schools and theatres with the aim of inspiring young people to appreciate the Theatre and Shakespeare ... Continue reading this entry »

You may have noticed that we are now advertising our Eggstravaganza 2012 on Sat March 24th. The event is primarily aimed at children who are not at The Firs but we do reserve some places for Firs children. If you would like your child to attend the form is below.

by Natasha K. On Friday, 18^th November, some of the Year 6 pupils went to Rossal School for a code ... Continue reading this entry »

Some of our children attended a gifted and talented art day. Charlie and Tamsin were proud to show us the results of their labours with pieces inspired by the Italian artist Gaudi.

On Saturday, 15th October, we hosted a 2nd gifted and talented day for children from Cheshire schools. Mrs Lawrenson planned and organised a day full of workshops based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. As well as being a very famous author, based locally in Daresbury, Carroll was a gifted mathematician who invented the Carroll diagram. A great day was had by all and we particularly enjoyed the jam tarts provided by our kitchen team, inspired by the Queen of ... Continue reading this entry »

Following their work on Kenya, children in year 6 have been copying the style of some African art. We were very lucky to have visits from Mr Bhandari, who was born there, and from Mrs Dee, who spent her honeymoon there this summer. We continued being lucky when we found that Becky’s auntie had also visited Kenya and had brought back some wonderful examples of real African art: what an inspiration!

Come along from 8.30am in the school hall! Any cake or biscuit donations would be much appreciated. Please bring them in on the day or leave in the Library the day before.

Put it in your diaries!