Barlows Primary School

Year 4 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Odeon Cinema, Liverpool One
2025-11-26
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling.
As part of the festival, our Year 4 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school. This thrilling action adventure explores themes including teamwork, friendship and family.
Year 4
Wednesday 26/11/25
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Year 5 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Ocean - FACT Cinema, Liverpool
2025-11-26
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling. As part of the festival, our Year 5 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school.
“Legendary broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has spent over 70 years filming the natural world, leading him to a passionate belief that the ocean plays a critical role in sustaining life on Earth. This visually stunning and deeply moving documentary takes audiences on a journey through the planet’s most extraordinary marine environments, from vibrant coral reefs and expansive kelp forests to the mysterious open ocean. Attenborough reflects on the remarkable ocean discoveries made during his lifetime, while highlighting the pressing threats facing marine ecosystems today, including overfishing, pollution, and climate-driven coral bleaching. Yet, amidst these challenges, the film delivers a powerful message of hope. Through inspiring stories of conservation and restoration from around the world, Attenborough shows that with urgent action and global cooperation, the ocean’s health can be revived – leading our entire planet to thrive.”
Year 5
Wednesday 26/11/25 – Ocean
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

LSSP Balanceability Session - Reception McKee (Miss Bradshaw's Class)
2025-11-26
Reception Classes will be engaging in a series of Balanceability Sessions as part of their PE lessons. These sessions, expertly delivered by coaches from LSSP, aim to enhance children’s essential balance skills.

Balanceability is a foundational programme designed to prepare young learners for riding a bicycle. During these dynamic lessons, children will develop not only their physical coordination but also their confidence as they encounter various balancing activities. By mastering these skills early on, our students will significantly improve their readiness for cycling.

CUSP Spoken Word Festival
2025-11-25
In November, our children will be taking part in the CUSP Spoken Word Festival. the Festival will celebrate and enhance their work on Oracy through live online assemblies, insights from industry professionals and using a host of exciting resources and activities throughout the day.
Children will share their work with other schools from the CUSP partnership in the closing live online assembly.

Year 2 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Wild Robot - Odeon Cinema, Liverpool One
2025-11-25
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling.
As part of the festival, our Year 2 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school. The children will attend the screening of Wild Robot. Based on an acclaimed children’s book, this gorgeous animation explores what happens when nature and technology collide.
Year 2
Tuesday 25/11/25
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Children's University Masterclass Titanic: Travelling in Time
2025-11-25
Children will take part in this virtual session, exploring the story of the RMS Titanic on this ‘Travelling in Time’ workshop, delivered by Liverpool Maritime Museum. Children will hear stories about the passengers of the Titanic, learn about the timeline of the fateful journey and discover what artefacts can tell us about the past.

Help Your Child Thrive Parent and Carer Programme
2025-11-24 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-11-17 09:30 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
The ‘Help Your Child Thrive’ programme is coming to Barlows Primary School from Monday 3rd November to help you to support your child with their learning and development at home. This course runs every Monday morning in school for 5 sessions just after you drop your child off at the start of the school day.
The course gives you an insight into what your child will be learning in Reception and KS1. Each week you’ll receive lots of practical tips and ideas as to how to help your child develop skills in communication and language, personal, social and emotional wellbeing, physical development, literacy and maths. You will be given a booklet full of resources and ideas for fun games to play with your child at home which will help them to thrive in school. The course is also a good chance to meet other parents and get to know a bit more about school.
Sessions will run from 9:30am – 11:30am on the following dates:
Monday 03/11/25
Monday 10/11/25
Monday 17/11/25
Monday 24/11/25
Monday 02/12/25
Places are limited so please keep an eye out on Arbor for sign up details.

UK Parliament Week
2025-11-24 - 2025-11-28
“UK Parliament Week (UKPW) is an annual event, spreading the word about what Parliament is, what it does and how you can get involved. It’s a great way to find out new things about UK Parliament or be reminded of things you might’ve forgotten!”
Our School Council will be leading our UK Parliament Week Celebrations to learn more about Parliament, democracy and law. The children will learn about how laws were created in the past compared to today and how our British History has led to the way laws and democracy take place in modern day Britain.
The children will participate in debating topics and understand what it means to have the right to vote.

Year 3 Parents & Carers 'How to...' Mathematics Workshop
2025-11-24
We are excited to share with you that this academic year, we have introduce a new mathematics curriculum across our school – the My Mastery Mathematics Curriculum.
To introduce this curriculum to parents and carers and share important learning strategies for Autumn Term, we will be holding Parent and Carer ‘How to..’ Mathematics sessions, led by our maths leads Mr Allinson and Miss Hughes.
Parents and carers are invited to attend, with their child, on the following dates to learn about the techniques we use in the classroom and different ways you can help your child with mathematics at home:
Reception – Monday 17/11/25
Year 1 – Wednesday 19/11/25
Year 2 – Thursday 20/11/25
Year 3 – Monday 24/11/25
Year 4 – Wednesday 26/11/25
Year 5 & Year 6 -Thursday 27/11/25
We hope you will be able to join us!

Musical Mondays - Nurture Base
2025-11-24
Throughout the year, children will engage in an online music workshop series designed to expose children to a diverse array of musical instruments, styles, and genres. In this session, children will be introduced to Dierdre Galway and Conor Lamb, a duo who have been performing together for over 15 years. Dierdre and Conor will be sharing their traditional melodies and reels of Ireland with children in a lively energetic performance of Irish dance music.

Reception Stay and Play - Stay and Calculate!
2025-11-21 09:00 - 10:00
We will be holding our first Reception Stay and Play for Reception parents and carers on:
Friday 21/11/25 9am-10am
Parents and carers are welcome to attend this session with their child, to engage in a range of learning activities with a mathematical theme within the setting as we celebrate Maths Week.
Further details will follow from Arbor.

Nursery Stay and Play - Stay and Calculate!
2025-11-20 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-11-20 09:00 - 10:00
We will be holding our first Nursery Stay and Play for Nursery parents and carers on:
Thursday 20/11/25 9am-10am
Thursday 20/11/25 2:30pm-3:30pm
Parents and carers are welcome to attend this session with their child, to engage in a range of learning activities with a mathematical theme within the setting as we celebrate Maths Week.
Further details will follow from Arbor.

Year 2 Parents & Carers 'How to...' Mathematics Workshop
2025-11-20

Year 6 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Wicked - Cineworld Cinema, Speke
2025-11-20
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling.
As part of the festival, our Year 6 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school. “After two decades, the beloved and enduring stage musical makes its journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event. The untold story of the witches of Oz stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege, who has yet to discover her true heart. As they forge an unlikely friendship, their extraordinary adventures will see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.”
These screenings will not only provide an engaging experience but will also support our broader educational goals by encouraging discussions about themes such as themes of redemption, stereotypes and friendship.
Year 6
Thursday 20/11/25 – Wicked
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Year 5 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Bad Guys 2 - New Brighton Light Cinema
2025-11-20
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling.
As part of the festival, our Year 5 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school. These screenings will not only provide an engaging experience but will also support our broader educational goals by encouraging discussions about themes such as themes of redemption, stereotypes and friendship.
Year 5
Thursday 20/11/2025 – Bad Guys 2
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Year 3 Stone Age Workshop with Dr John Hill
2025-11-20, 2025-11-18
We are delighted to welcome back Dr John Hill, an Archaeologist and Liverpool University Lecturer to deliver a Stone Age Workshop with real artefacts to your Year 3 Students. The sessions will take place on Tuesday 18/11/25 and Thursday 20/11/25.
Dr Hill brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field of archaeology, particularly focusing on prehistoric societies.
During this engaging workshop, students will have the chance to learn about the Stone Age, including its culture, tools, and significant developments.
Dr Hill will employ a hands-on approach, allowing students to interact with artefacts and participate in activities that illustrate the daily lives of our ancestors.
This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to deepen their understanding from an expert in the field!

Year 1 Parents & Carers 'How to...' Mathematics Workshop
2025-11-19

Year 3 & 4 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - IF - Odeon Cinema, Liverpool One
2025-11-19
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling.
As part of the festival, our Year 3 & 4 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school. The children will attend the screening of If, a film full of delightful characters, ‘IF’ is a heartfelt story about family, friendship, and growing up.
Year 3 & 4
Wednesday 19/11/2025 – IF
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Year 6 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Ocean - Crosby Plaza Community Cinema
2025-11-19
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling. As part of the festival, our Year 6 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school.
“Legendary broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has spent over 70 years filming the natural world, leading him to a passionate belief that the ocean plays a critical role in sustaining life on Earth. This visually stunning and deeply moving documentary takes audiences on a journey through the planet’s most extraordinary marine environments, from vibrant coral reefs and expansive kelp forests to the mysterious open ocean. Attenborough reflects on the remarkable ocean discoveries made during his lifetime, while highlighting the pressing threats facing marine ecosystems today, including overfishing, pollution, and climate-driven coral bleaching. Yet, amidst these challenges, the film delivers a powerful message of hope. Through inspiring stories of conservation and restoration from around the world, Attenborough shows that with urgent action and global cooperation, the ocean’s health can be revived – leading our entire planet to thrive.”
Year 6
Wednesday 19/11/25 – Ocean
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Year 5 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Wicked - FACT Cinema, Liverpool
2025-11-19
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling.
As part of the festival, our Year 5 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school. “After two decades, the beloved and enduring stage musical makes its journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event. The untold story of the witches of Oz stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege, who has yet to discover her true heart. As they forge an unlikely friendship, their extraordinary adventures will see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.”
These screenings will not only provide an engaging experience but will also support our broader educational goals by encouraging discussions about themes such as themes of redemption, stereotypes and friendship.
Year 5
Wednesday 19/11/2025 – Wicked
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

LSSP Balanceability Session - Reception Donaldson (Miss Evans' Class)
2025-11-19

Year 5 and 6 Positive Footprints Career Conversation Izzy Haines
2025-11-18
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 with Izzy Haines, a Social Values and Net Carbon Zero Consultant.
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.

Reception Parents & Carers 'How to...' Mathematics Workshop
2025-11-17

Children in Need - Own Clothes and Crazy Hair
2025-11-14

Parents' Evening
2025-11-13 15:50 - 18:00
The Autumn Parents’ Evenings for Reception – Year 6 will be as follows: Further information regarding how to book will follow via Arbor.

Appointments available from 3:50pm – 6:00pm
Y6 – Miss Hughes

Y5 – Mr Stevens
Y4 – Mrs Clemson
Y3 – Miss Hamilton
Y2 – Mrs Lawrence
Y1 – Mr Allinson
Reception – Miss Bradshaw

Year 6 IntoFilm Festival Cinema Trip - Deep Sky - Vue Cinema IMAX, Cheshire Oaks
2025-11-13
We have been fortunate enough to secure some free cinema trips for for our pupils as part of the IntoFilm Festival. The festival is a fantastic initiative aimed at inspiring students through film, helping to enhance their creativity, and fostering a love for storytelling. As part of the festival, our Year 6 classes will be attending screenings designed to engage their imaginations and will link to work back in school.
“This awe-inspiring documentary tells the story of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, one of the most powerful pieces of technology to capture images of space billions of light years away from Earth. The film pulls back the curtain on how the telescope was built and its high-stakes launch in 2021 into orbit, rocketing one-million miles from Earth. Space is like a time-machine: by travelling through it, we can see evidence of how stars are born and begin to understand how the universe began. It also delves into the mysteries of the universe in its search for other lifeforms. Featuring interviews with scientists explaining the different components of the telescope and the significance of its scientific discoveries, we travel to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, recently discovered exoplanets and planets around other stars.”
Year 6
Thursday 13/11/2025 – Deep Sky
We have some spaces for parents and carers to join us on the trip, details will follow via Arbor.

Parents' Evening
2025-11-12 15:50 - 19:30
The Autumn Parents’ Evenings for Reception – Year 6 will be as follows: Further information regarding how to book will follow via Arbor.

Appointments available from 3:50pm – 7:30pm
Y6 – Miss Hughes

Y5 – Mr Stevens
Y4 – Mrs Clemson
Y3 – Miss Hamilton
Y2 – Mrs Lawrence
Y1 – Mr Allinson
Reception – Miss Bradshaw
