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Children put their thinking hats on
CHILDREN at St Peter's CP Primary School, Warrington, have been putting their thinking hats on, literally!
The school has put in place a 'Thinking Skills Continuum', following Year Six teacher, Helen Lea's, visit to Australia in February this year to find out how 'thinking skills' are taught in schools.
The project encourages children to develop different ways of thinking and the reception class begins with the 'six
hats'.
Each coloured hat has a different focus, the yellow hat represents positive thinking, the green hat represents creative thinking.
When a hat is chosen the children adopt the corresponding way of thinking, while they discuss problems.
Headteacher Sue McWilliam, said:- "We aim to provide a rich, broad and balanced curriculum within a happy and supportive environment. Every child is encouraged to be the best that they can
be.
Throughout the school, children are taught thinking skills, which help the pupils to become independent learners.
We believe that the emphasis placed upon teaching the children to think has impacted upon the learning and has helped the children to achieve excellent SATs results."
Similar projects at the school include the ALP (Accelerated Learning Programme), which emphasises improving the children's learning environment and includes using music as motivation and healthy snacks and drinking lots of water are encouraged.
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Holiday Rail Services Christmas and New Year
MERSEYRAIL
have issued a reminder that train times will be affected over the holiday period as normal. This is the new time table for the Christmas and New Year period.
Christmas Eve 24 December 2004 Normal Friday service with early finish.
Last trains:-
Southport to Hunts Cross (via Liverpool) 1958
Southport to Liverpool Central 2013
Liverpool Central to Hunts Cross 2043
Hunts Cross to Southport (via Liverpool) 2006
Hunts Cross to Liverpool Central 2006
Liverpool Central to Southport 2038
Ormskirk to Liverpool Central 2020
Liverpool Central to Ormskirk 2040
Kirkby to Liverpool Central 2018
Preston to Ormskirk 1939
Ormskirk to Preston 2019
Manchester Victoria to Kirkby 1715
Kirkby to Manchester Victoria 1843
Manchester Airport to Southport 2013
Southport to Manchester Airport 1934
Southport to Mancheser Piccadilly 2034
Southport to Manchester Victoria 2134
Christmas Day 25 December 2004 No service
Boxing Day 26 December 2004 No service
Monday 27 December 2004 Saturday service
Tuesday 28 December 2004 Saturday service
Wednesday 29 December 2004 Saturday service
Thursday 30 December 2004 Saturday service
New Year's Eve 31 December 2004 Saturday service with early finish (last trains as Christmas Eve) except Southport - Wigan - Manchester:
New Year's Day 1 January 2005
Southport - Liverpool - Hunts Cross Sunday service
Ormskirk - Liverpool Sunday service
Kirkby - Liverpool Sunday service
All other services will operate a Saturday service with a later start Sunday 2 January 2005 Normal Sunday service Monday 3 January 2005 Saturday service (except Southport Wigan - Manchester: Bank holiday service)
Tuesday 4 January 2005 Normal service starts again.
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