Thank you to everyone who came to school dressed for our spotty theme and made a donation to Children in Need. Each class learnt more about the charity, discussed the importance of charities and how we can play our part in helping others, as well as additional activities.
This afternoon, Snowdrops have had such a lovely time working with Year 6 in their classrooms. We shared a story called ‘Come over to my house’ by Dr Seuss. We talked about how all of the houses in the story were very different to each other, just like our own Read more…
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.
