In Year one we have been very busy settling into our new classroom and learning new routines. As part of this we created a class charter and talked about everyone’s rights and responsibilities within our class to ensure everyone is safe and happy.

This week within our class worship we shared the story of ‘Can’t you sleep Little Bear?’. We thought about how the Daddy Bear was caring for the Liitle Bear when he was feeling scared and couldn’t sleep.

We reflected on our own bedtimes and how our families help us to feel safe and nurtured when we are going to sleep. Some of us like having nightlights, some of us don’t. Some have the door open and some have it closed. We realise that we are all different and all have the right to feel safe and be cared for.

In a year One we have been learning that everyone had the right to freedom of thought and beliefs. We have been learning about Holi Festival which is a Hindu festival of colours.

We talked about the different ways that they celebrate by sharing special food and throwing powder paints.

We designed vibrant, colourful Holi T-shirts.

The children in Year 1 have their class charter and rights displayed in their classroom so that we can frequently remind ourselves of how important they are.

We also share our right of the month in assembly each week.

Article 28: The right to a good quality education

In year one we have been settling in to our new classroom and exploring a range of fun and challenging learning activities.

We made a class charter and agreed to work together to make sure our learning environment is a safe and fun place for all.

We are celebrated in class and as a wider school when we make good choices and understand the consequences if we make bad choices.

We are really enjoying our time in Year One so far and have made some beautiful artwork to represent how we are going to ‘reach for the stars’ this year to achieve our learning goals.

Today Year One were introduced to Dartmoor 3 ball. We learnt the rules of play and Yew Class went up against Silver Birch!

Both classes had the opportunity to be ‘batters’ and ‘fielders.’

In year one we have been thinking about how we grow and change throughout our lives. We thought about what life is like when we are born, how we grow and learn to walk and talk, then keep growing and changing until we are adults. We thought about all the things we needed to keep our bodies healthy to life a long, happy life.

Article 30: You have the right to practise your own culture, language and religion.

Today Shahnila and her family have been celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid. She gave sweet treats to all her friends in Silver Birch class and came into Yew class to show us the card she gave to Mrs Sheldon and told us all about her special celebrations.

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In Year One we have been thinking about how we can help each other and treat each other fairly. We linked this to our Christian value of Compassion and created a collage to show hands reaching out to help one another, and the world in the shape of a heart to symbolise how people all over the world should be loved and treated fairly.

We have the right to rest and play.

We have been joining in with cosmic yoga adventures in Yew class. We have lots of joining in and we have been learning about using yoga, and other types of exercise, to relax our minds and bodies.