Barlows Primary School

Reception Christmas Performance
2025-12-12 09:15 - 09:45 (Europe/London)
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Reception Performance: Friday 12th December 9:15am – 9:45am

Year 1 Christmas Performance
2025-12-15 09:15 - 10:00
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Year 1 Performance: Monday 15th December 9:15am – 10am

Year 2 Christmas Performance
2025-12-15 14:30 - 15:15
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Year 2 Performance: Monday 15th December 2:30pm – 3:15pm

Year 3 Christmas Performance
2025-12-16 09:15 - 10:00
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Year 4 Performance: Tuesday 16th December 9:15am – 10:00am

Year 4 Christmas Performance
2025-12-16 14:30 - 15:15
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Year 4 Performance: Tuesday 16th December 2:30pm – 3:15pm

Year 5 Christmas Performance
2025-12-17 09:15 - 10:00
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Year 5 Performance: Wednesday 17th December 9:15am – 10:00am

Year 6 Christmas Performance
2025-12-17 14:30 - 15:15
We are delighted to announce this year’s Christmas Performance dates. Year groups will perform as individual year groups. This should enable more pupils to have speaking and performance parts, should they wish. There will be one performance per year group as follows:

Year 6 Performance: Wednesday 17th December 2:30pm – 3:15pm

Last Day for Pupils
2025-12-18
The last day for pupils is Thursday 18/12/25.
Friday 19/12/25 is an INSET Day for staff only.
We return to school after the Christmas break on Monday 05/12/25

Christmas Movie Morning
2025-12-18 09:00 - 12:00
As part of our Christmas celebrations we will be holding a Christmas Movie Day on Thursday 18/12/25. As part of this, your child is welcome to bring in 1 packet of either crisps or sweets to enjoy whilst watching the film. Please only send 1 item in to ensure pupils and families do not feel in competition. Children will not be sharing their item with anyone else as we have a number of allergies in school including dairy, nuts, milk, tomatoes and pineapple. Please do not send any items that contain nuts or pieces of nuts, as we have pupils with severe nut allergies.

INSET Day
2025-12-19

Christmas Holiday
2025-12-22 - 2026-01-02

Pupils Return to School
2026-01-05

LSSP Power Sessions Year 5 Wilberforce and Year 5 Parks
2026-01-06, 2026-01-13, 2026-01-20
During their PE sessions in the Spring Term, our Year 5 pupils will be taking part in the POWER programme with LSSP. (The sessions will focus on building positive health behaviours with focus on Physical activity, openness, wellbeing and emotional regulation.
The sessions will take place on the following dates:
Tuesday 06/01/26
Tuesday 13/01/26
Tuesday 20/01/26
Tuesday 27/01/26
Tuesday 03/02/26
Tuesday 10/02/26
The sessions will be delivered by one of the LSSP trained coaches.

Year 3 Swimming Curriculum
2026-01-08 09:00 - 12:00
Year 3 Swimming Curriculum
Swimming lessons will commence for year 3 as follows:
Thursdays from 08/01/26 – Year 3 Class Monet
Thursdays from 08/01/26 – Year 3 Class Monet

Year 6 Churchill - Celebrating 200 Years of Railway Trip
2026-01-12
Our Year 5 and 6 pupils will have the unique opportunity to visit one of only a few sessions onboard ‘Inspiration’ the Railway 200 Exhibition Train at Southport station this January. Onboard the Exhibition train the children will develop their knowledge and understanding of how Science, Technology, Maths and Engineering combine together in a history of 200 years of the modern railway.

The Liverpool ASD Training Team Support Session for Parents
2026-01-12 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-13 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-14 09:30 - 12:00
Date: 12th, 13th, 14th January 2026
Time: 9.30am to 12:00 pm
Venue: Virtual online on Zoom
Targeted age of child: 4 – 7 years old
The Liverpool ASD Training Team would like to offer you the opportunity to attend a course on Autistic Spectrum Disorder (your child must have an ASD diagnosis). The course will allow you to build your knowledge on autism and meet and share information with other parents.
(All three sessions need to be attended to complete the course).
If you wish to attend, please contact the team on the email below.
Email: asdtrainingteam@liverpool.gov.uk
If the above dates for the workshop are not suitable, please view the Liverpool Local offer Page / Liverpool ASD training team for future training and workshops. Liverpool ASD Training Team | Liverpool Family Information & SEND Directory.
The ASD Trainer is called Tracey Williams and she can also be contacted on asdtrainingteam@liverpool.gov.uk

Year 6 Gandhi - Celebrating 200 Years of Railway
2026-01-13

Year 5 Wilberforce - Celebrating 200 Years of Railway
2026-01-13

Year 5 Parks - Celebrating 200 Years of Railway
2026-01-13

Year 6 CELLS Programme Visit
2026-01-14
Year 6 be visited by the team from the CELLS programme in January. The CELLS (Choices, Education, Learning, Life Skills) project aims to develop young people’s understanding of the serious consequences of crime through sharing lived experiences.
Our Year 6 pupils will be taking park in a series of engaging workshops throughout the day, including exploring and on-site cell! This promises to be a thought-provoking day for our Year 6 pupils.

Year 5 and 6 Positive Footprints Career Conversation
2026-01-15
As part of their personal development education, we are pleased to announce that Year 5 and 6 pupils will be attending an online career conversation on Thursday 15/01/26.
Pupils will meet Simon Biltcliffe, founder of Webmart and a pioneering entrepreneur known for building a purposeled business, championing creativity, values-driven leadership and doing business differently, and Emma Armitage, managing director at Excel Water and an innovative leader driving growth, problem-solving and sustainability in the utilities sector, showing how ideas, resilience and teamwork power successful businesses. Together, Simon and Emma will explore the skills and qualities behind entrepreneurship — from creativity and confidence to adaptability, collaboration and perseverance — helping pupils see how different strengths can lead to exciting futures.
The primary objective of this session is to expose our students to various career pathways and to help them understand the importance of setting goals and aspirations for their future.
The online session, which is being hosted by Positive Futures as part of our Positive Futures Careers Aspiration Programme, will engage students in discussions about the skills and attributes needed in today’s job market.
This initiative is designed to inspire and empower our students as they begin to consider their futures beyond primary education. We encourage you to discuss this opportunity with your child and to support them in reflecting on their own interests and potential careers.they may wish to explore.

Year 6 LFC Foundation Money Managers Financial Literacy Sessions
2026-01-16, 2026-01-23
Our wonderful partners at the LFC Foundation will be delivering one of their in-school provision programmes for our Year 6 pupils called Money Managers.
Money Managers is a maths based programme which enables children to understand and explain the importance of saving money, as well as identifying the difference between needs and wants when budgeting. The children will also work out how to solve problems using money.
The sessions will take place across the half term as follows:
Friday 16/01/26
Friday 23/01/26
Friday 30/01/26
Friday 06/02/26
Friday 13/02/26

Year 5 and Year 6 Altru Drama STEM Roadshow
2026-01-16 08:00 - 17:00
On Friday 16/01/26, Year 5 and 6 will be visited by Altru Drama Company for a STEM themed performance – Material World: Engineering the Future!
Through a fun, interactive performance, students will follow characters Alex, Jody and Harry as they create a live TV show about the fascinating world of materials science.
Through a highly interactive and energising performance, pupils will discover how the materials all around us connect to cutting-edge technologies in aerospace, marine engineering and beyond.

Year 5 LFC We Empower
2026-01-20
LFC Foundation will deliver the We Empower programme to our Year 5 pupils in January and February.
Through promoting equality in all areas, this programme aims to tackle gender stereotyping and raise children’s understanding of the types of discrimination and prejudices females and minorities face.
The sessions will run for both classes on the following dates:
Tuesday 20/01/26
Tuesday 27/01/26
Tuesday 03/02/26
Tuesday 10/02/26
Tuesday 24/02/26
Tuesday 03/03/26

CUSP ART Festival
2026-01-26 - 2026-01-30
Between 26th-30th January 2026, our pupils will be taking part in a week long Art festival as part of our CUSP curriculum. The festival will further enhance the knowledge and skills our pupils have developed in our Art and Design curriculum through further exploration of key artists and their impact of the world around us. Pupils will become ‘a little more expert’ in Art and Design as they revisit skills previously taught and apply them to new, creative contexts.
The theme for this year’s event is “Art, Technology and the World Around Us”. There will be a range of events on offer to support pupils in developing their knowledge and skills in Art & Design. Pupils will take part in ‘Meet the Artist’ workshops, visit digital exhibitions and create their own digital art to share with other participants in the festival.
During ‘Meet the Artist’ sessions, pupils will explore the work of the following artists and understand how they use technology in their art:
Ed Clark – Photographer
Annie Culley-Tea – Artist
Dr Steve Bunce – Apple Specialist
Lucy Stuteley – Storyteller, artist and illustrator
