The anti-bullying council had a lovely opportunity today to work with RAFC Community. This is a charity that works with schools to promote positive messages. This week, the focus was anti-bullying. They learnt what bullying was and did lots of active activities surrounding this topic. The children loved it and Read more…
Today, our School Council went on our first visit to Springbank care home. As this was our first visit, the school council children took some games and colourings to get to know the residents. As you can see from the pictures, both the children and the residents absolutely loved their Read more…
Today we discussed how everyone is special. We looked into the mirror and said “I’m special because….” and then told another member of the class why they are special. We thought about how bring different to one another makes us special and that we should celebrate our differences. We enjoyed Read more…
For our reflective Friday, we read the story of one of our inspirational people – Marcus Rashford. We looked at why he is not only famous on the pitch, but off the pitch too. He has endlessly campaigned against racism, child hunger and homelessness in the UK and used Read more…
For our reflective Friday, we read the story of one of our inspirational people – Harriet Tubman. We looked at how she managed to escape slavery in the southern states and then spent 11 years fighting to rescue other slaves. We looked through the window to see how her Read more…
This morning we have discussed why we are wearing yellow and blue today. We talked sensitively about the situation in Ukraine and how we should show love and kindness to others. The children then made Ukrainian flags and waved them in support.
This week we have been learning about Italy. We found out about Italian food and drink, landmarks, facts about the country and we even spoke some Italian! The children learnt how to say hello and goodbye, the names of numbers and colours and simple phrases such as “how are you?” Read more…
As part of our Civil Rights topic, Year 6 looked at examples of artwork that promotes diversity and equality. After discussing different pieces, we decided to recreate Pop Art portraits of Rosa Parks. We used watercolours for the portrait and oil pastels to blend colours for a vibrant background.
This week we have been learning about South Africa. Our focus book has been Handa’s Surprise. In Literacy, we have worked as a class to act out the story of ‘Handa’s Surprise’. The children used masks to act as the animals, taking the fruits from Handa’s basket in the correct Read more…
Thank you to all the parents who donated to charity for year 3’s random act of kindness. If you still want to contribute please bring donations in by Friday 4th March