In our meetings this half-term, the school council decided they would like to do more to support our local community. They came up with a lovely idea of linking up with a local care home, discussing reasons such as ‘Some people in care homes don’t have any visitors’, ‘My grandma Read more…
Today, Oaks went on a hunt in Forest School to find things that were moving without being touched. When we gathered back together we talked about our findings and discovered that the wind was making things move. We talked about how this relates to God and how just because we Read more…
Year 6 have been looking at ‘working together’. Although they did a fantastic job of this at PGL, today they also worked brilliantly in different teams. The focus of todays lesson was to look at the importance of working as a team implement various strategies to make ‘the best bridge’. Read more…
As part of our online safety unit, we looked at digital footprints, and how they can affect employability, the impressions we get of people, and future prospects. We assessed candidates based on their experiences and digital footprints across social media. From this, we looked at the information that would possibly Read more…
In Learning for life this week Year one have been discussing feelings. We named lots of different feelings such as happy, scared, excited, nervous, sad and angry. We also talked about what makes us feel different ways. The children enjoyed acting out different emotions. We then played feelings charades. We Read more…
To celebrate recycling week, year 1 have been learning about what happens to our waste and why recycling is important. This linked in really well with our science topic ‘materials’ in which we have been identifying different materials by their properties. In our enquiry area, children have been using their Read more…
Year 6 have had the opportunity to watch the ‘Blurred Lines’ video and monologue, which explore the issues young people face with regards to county lines. The children watch a video before completing activities provided, which helps explore everything from unfamiliar vocabulary and terms used, danger signs to look out Read more…
Year 6 have had the opportunity to watch the ‘Blurred Lines’ video and monologue, which explore the issues young people face with regards to county lines. The children watch a video before completing activities provided, which helps explore everything from unfamiliar vocabulary and terms used, danger signs to look Read more…
Year 6 have safely arrived at PGL, and have already enjoyed activities such as abseiling, climbing and sensory trail. We’re currently playing archery tag and designing a device to keep a water balloon safe when it’s dropped from the roof of the centre!
In this lesson, we chose a feeling card and demonstrated a positive helpful response and a negative unhelpful response. We then discussed the responses and why we should respond to people’s feelings in different ways and that some responses can be more helpful than others.