On Friday, the children were wearing their clothes inside and we discussed how people can sometimes feel differently on the inside to how they seem on the outside. In Forest School, we recapped the 5 ways to well-being: get active, take notice, learn something new, connect with others and give. Read more…
This week Year 2 revised their knowledge of sentence types and suffixes through outdoor active lessons. We played Formula 1 Suffixes, speeding through an obstacle course to retrieve a route word to take back to our groups, before deciding which suffixes it connect with and working together to spell the Read more…
This week, Year 2 learnt about First Aid as part of our SCARF Learning For Life lessons. We first discussed what first aid is and why it is important. We then labelled a body outline with injuries that a First Aider may help with. We then looked specifically at Asthma Read more…
In our Learning for Life lesson today, children were able to identify the risk factors in a given situation and consider the outcomes of risk taking in the situation. First of all, we discussed the term ‘taking a risk’ and collated different ideas of how we take risks every day. Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated NSPCC Number day by coming to school dressed as numbers and bringing a donation for the NSPCC. We also took part in numerous maths games and activities throughout the day including board games, colourings and numerous active games that also helped us to practise addition, Read more…
In today’s Learning for Life lesson, Year 5 have covered the topic of ‘Vaping’ and the health risks associated with it. Together, we discussed the severe health risks of smoking cigarettes and the addiction to Nicotine. We then compared this to vaping, to understand the reasons why people choose to Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week by coming to school wearing their clothes inside out. This lead our learning about talking about our feelings on the inside and how we keep good, positive mental health. We discussed our 5 ways to wellbeing, and took part in an Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week by attending school in non-uniform but wearing their clothes inside out. This lead us into discussions about the importance of understanding feelings, not being afraid to show our feelings, that how we look on the outside does not always reflect how Read more…
We have really enjoyed learning about 5 ways to wellbeing in year one. For ‘connect’ we created pictures including a drawing of someone we wanted to connect with at home, we wrote compliments and adjectives to do describe them. The children then took them home and gave them to their chosen Read more…
Today has been ‘Inside Out’ day in school. Juniper came to school dressed in their clothes, but inside out! Inside Out Day during Children’s Mental Health Week is an awareness campaign that aims to enable young people to start talking about their mental health. How someone looks on the outside Read more…