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.

 

 

Year 2 enjoyed taking part in an art activity based on Article 24: The right to nutritious food and clean water. Children used their cutting and imagination skills to produce carrots, strawberries, tomatoes, sweetcorn and broccoli for a collaborative whole school display.

Today In Year 5, the children enjoyed learning a variety of individual and group balances in our gymnastics lesson.   Working with a partner, the children supported one another to develop their skills.  

   
    
    

Today year one watched the NSPCC video Pantosaurus and talked about the poster that we have displayed in our classroom. We talked about what each letter of ‘PANTS’ stands for and how we can keep our bodies safe.

This is one of the children’s rights that they have no trouble embracing. Within the school day, all children have a lunchtime break during which most will typically both rest and play. In addition, every class has at least one scheduled playtime during the morning, with younger age groups having a further time to rest and play in the afternoon. Still further, there are always short ‘down times’ within the working day at the discretion of the teacher – brain breaks, quiet reading and mindfulness colouring being among the activities that children can engage with.

Our Year Five Rights Ambassadors decided hey wanted to write a letter to local businesses asking for seed domations. They sent their letter and got responses from B&Q and Otter Nurseries- Jack’s Patch! Thanks to B&Q we have over 2000 seeds to plant and (pictured below) are some amazing seed bombs and wild flower packets from Jack’s Patch!

Thank you to both businesses and well done to our ambassadors.