Many thanks to Paul Wilson, Centre Manager of Belle Vale Shopping Centre, and his team of volunteers, who came to Norman Pannell to plant 40 new trees along the top of the field by Childwall Valley Road.

In time, these will be come a wonderful addition to the school site, with each child from Y5 and Y6 having a lasting legacy of their time at the school as their tree grows over the years.

We look forward to working together again soon to plant more trees with the younger children.

We are delighted to be launching a new Gymnastics Academy at Norman Pannell today, run by expert coaches Keegan and Jason from the Liverpool School Sports Partnership (LSSP).

The academy will run every Monday during term time from 5-6pm, and is open to children from other schools. Each session is just £3 per child (reduced for additional siblings) and the first session is FREE!  If you are interested, please e-mail Jason Evans at gym@lssp.co.uk or contact Mr. Simpson at school.

We hope your child will be excited and want to come to develop his/her skills and have fun!

Happy Saturday everyone.  The Norman Pannell ski squad are on their way home!  They are just checking in at the airport and at present (1:15pm) everything is on time.

The bus is due to arrive at St. Anthony of Padua school at 7:15pm. If there is any delay or change of plan, I will update the website.

While we wait for them to arrive, here are a few photos to enjoy from the awards evening last night.  

"Another GREAT day!  It's disco night tonight, with the boys making friends with children from the other schools." 

Danny

Evening all!

Apologies there was no update yesterday.  In amongst it all, Danny is a looking after the children and learning to ski himself!

Danny reports: "Sorry about no update yesterday, very busy during the evening.  The kids are going to be skiing in Italy on Friday!  Also they got beaten in a race down the mountain by a beginner... me!"

(I'm not sure who's having the most fun here...)

Today, Brian won skier of the day and picked up his award from Mr. Coyne.

A treat for you tonight from Danny - whilst we in Liverpool welcome spring and watch daffodils bloom, the boys are having a snowball fight in the Alpine sunshine! Check out the video clips in 'Gallery' using the link below to enjoy the fun.

http://www.normanpannell.com/gallery/

Evening all!  Here's the latest update from Danny in the Alps...

"Another successful day!  Joe won 'skier of the day' in his group.  Also, the children were trying little jumps etc. to be able to cope with the harder tasks ahead of them on more difficult ski routes."

And we have a special treat tonight - a quick wave from the ski lift from each of the lads!  Please click the link below to go to the 'Gallery' page of the website:

http://www.normanpannell.com/gallery/

Here are the photos from the first day out on the slopes!

The boys are having a fantastic time, flying around at the top of the mountain like pros on the more challenging runs whilst Danny learns the basics back near camp.

Everyone is having a great time and behaving well.  More to follow soon...

Good morning parents and families!  Here begins a week of updates from the snowy slopes of Montgenevre in the Alps.  

The children left Edge Lane Retail Park at 7:30am on Saturday and began their adventure, flying out from Manchester to Turin in Italy, before completing the journey by coach up into the mountains.  They are accompanied by sports coach Danny and one of our governors, Charlie Coyne (as well as all the children, staff and organisers from other Liverpool schools).

Last night, Danny said: "All safe and sound at the hotel.  Everything went smoothly with the airport and travels.  Tea time now before testing the ski boots."

**UPDATE**

Danny's lunchtime update says... "Great morning, had our first skiing lesson, the boys were at the top and I was on the level below so couldn't take any photos.  I'll be taking some soon and sending them later after our second session."

Photos from the slopes to follow soon...