Citizenship Crew

4th February 2023Hannah McLoughlin

In citizenship crew this week we have been focusing on different strengths and employability skills. We used the idea of a human knot and then discussed what skills we used during the activity: the children mentioned communication, teamwork, leadership and problem solving. We explored other skills like enthusiasm and ability to take critique which they displayed too.

We debriefed why we thought these skills would be important to an employer and identified employability skills we already had. Crew Mcloughlin are really showing maturity when exploring careers related learning and it lovely to see them all having dreams and ambition 🤩

National Story Telling Week 📚

4th February 2023Hannah McLoughlin

We ended celebrating this week by Crew Mcloughlin and MI reading to Y3/4 children. Y6 were so excited to share their recent setting description and diary’s that they had written; we felt like real authors! It was lovely to see so many kind words of praise from the younger children (not so much between siblings 😬). Y3/4 praised our beautiful handwriting, how thought out and detailed our writing was and even voted some children to be hoWL hero. All the Y6 children thought it was an amazing experience and have said we should do it again!

UKS2 break time

4th February 2023Hannah McLoughlin

Another day, another activity packed break time in UKS2. We really appreciate having an endless choice of activities at break times: we love participating in a football match, perfecting our aims in the basketball hoop, scooting, skipping with friends or playing bat and ball, balancing on the trim trail or just having a good chat on the bench 😊

Safer Internet day 2023

4th February 2023Laura Godley

Safer Internet Day 2023 will take place on the 7th of February 2023, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online. It is an annual event organised by the UK Safer Internet Centre, which aims to promote safe, responsible, and positive use of internet technology. The internet plays a huge part in the lives of young people today. It can be used positively, helping young people learn new skills, express themselves creatively, and strengthen social bonds. However, the use of many popular online platforms has also been linked to low self-esteem and anxiety. Next week we will explore how we can empower our children with the tools to continue to be safe whilst using technology online. Look out for our crew blogs on Tuesday!

Setting description

2nd February 2023Ruth Shields

Today, we have started our writing unit for Case study 2 which will involve a setting description for the ’I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King.

We have spent time today starting to use the lens to generate ideas for aspects we could write about and some ideas for figurative language. In our next lesson, we’ll be starting to put these ideas into complete sentences so we have had practice and opportunities to magpie from our peers.