In guided reading this week, Year Six read the poem ‘The Undefeated’ by Kwame Alexander. The book has fantastic illustrations depicting famous people of colour who have shown resilience, perseverance and courage when faced with adversity. Their talents, beliefs and practices were all challenged at some point but they showed the world that they wouldn’t back down and their work should be respected and acknowledged. We linked these ideas with articles 12 and 30. 

In PSHE this week, we also focused on article 2 centred around our identities. We learnt a song about individuality and celebrating similarities and differences. 

As part of Anti-bullying week we all wore odd socks to school and talked about ‘One Kind Word.’ It sparked discussions about tolerance and respect for all our differences.

We watched CBeebies Live Lesson and found out about the different roles involved in bullying, what bullying is and how to help ourselves and others.

We then made our own Anti-bullying posters and linked it to Article 19- the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated.

Reception have been looking at this month’s Right, Every child has the right to practice the religion of their choice. We have looked at the Hindu festival of Diwali and explored the different ways that it is celebrated. We dressed up in saris, made rangoli patterns and tasted some Indian snacks. It was gret fun learning about a different religion. 

Across the school today, we have been learning Spanish. Kids lingo have come to visit and teach us some new language. We love any opportunity to celebrate different languages from around the world and had a lot of fun learning to rap and sing in Spanish.