Thank you to everyone who kindly donated items from the Foodbank shopping list for Christmas Jumper day.  The Food bank were blown away by the generous donations from our school. I was very proud to say Mereside Primary had donated so much to the Christmas appeal. Thank you to the 4 lovely ladies from year 5 who helped me pack the car.

We have thoroughly enjoyed First Aid Club this half term!

We’ve learnt:

• what to find in a first aid box and how to identify the items,
• how to keep calm in an emergency and how to contact emergency services
• Signs, symptoms & treatment for bleeding, fractures and conditions such as heart attack, stroke, seizures & anaphylaxis
• How to perform CPR on an adult, child & baby
• How to treat someone who is choking
• Recovery position

On Sunday 9th November, we took over the Junior Park Run in Shrewsbury Quarry!  Mereside children turned up in force with trainers on and ready to run, and there were so many incredible runners that we ended up being the biggest Junior Park Run in the world that day with 234 runners!  We had a cake sale to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charity and we proudly raised £188.25!  Thank you to everyone for turning up and supporting the Park Run and a wonderful charity that morning.

A message from someone who works at Ronald McDonald House Charities says: “That is brilliant, what an amazing turnout you had, I am so pleased that it went well and we are so grateful for your donation that will make such a difference to our families and will provide 5 nights of free accommodation.”