Today it was World Book Day and in Year 5 we focused on:

Article 31: The right of every child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities and free and full participation in cultural and artistic life.

Reading and enjoying books is a great way of celebrating Article 31.

In year 5 we have been  dressing up as our favourite book character and sharing our favourite books together. Mrs Snell read her favourite book to the class throughout the morning when the whistle sounded and we STOP DROP and READ.

As well as this, the children in Year 5 were able to choose from a range of World Book Day activities including writing a World Book Day book review, writing a Crazy Cake Recipe, creating their own World Book Day book marks and taking part in a World Book Day Maths activity.

Article 12: We have the right to have our say in things that affect us.

Article 27: We have the right to live and grow in good conditions.

Today we had some trees arrive as a donation from New Wood Ltd in Stoke Gifford. We have Silver Birch, Crabapple and Field Maple to plant. The donation was very kindly made thanks to a letter written by our Rights Ambassadors asking for help to recognise and promote the effects of climate change. We will be planting them as classes next week!

Year Four loved spending time on our new play equipment from Earthwtights yesterday. The equipment is made of all natural products so supports our environment and made for a very exciting play time!

This week we have had safer internet day. Year 2 have been thinking hard about article of the month: Article 17- Our right to be told things that are true by the internet, TV, the news and newspapers. We have also talked about how to stay safe online in today’s assembly with Mrs Arnold.

This month our Right of The Month is Article 17. Article 17 of the UNCRC says children and young people should be able to access information, particularly from the media. They should be able to get information from many places— from their country and beyond.

We have chosen this article to link with Safer Internet day which we are celebrating today.

You will see on your Google Classrooms there is a link to an assembly all about this. Here is the link if you haven’t been able to access this:

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2021/i-am-educator/work-7-11s/virtual-assembly-7-11s

Article 24- the right to grow mentally and spiritually.

To kick off mental health week in Year Four we have been having brain breaks in our lessons and this afternoon we are drawing our emotions. We are using colour and pictures so show how we are feeling in our bodies.

Article 36 is the right to be protected from any activities or situations that may cause harm.

Together we talked about standing up for others who are treated unfairly. Yesterday 27th January was Holocaust Memorial Day. We looked at the injustices that the Jewish had to suffer during World War II and we listened to a story about the people of Denmark and their King and the people stood up for others who were being treated unfairly.

   
    
   

In Year Six, we have been looking at this article and making sure we are thinking about our mental and physical health and keeping socially connected at a time when it is hard to see all of our friends. We had an in-school and at-home joint scavenger hunt one afternoon this week and had fun together. We took part in exercise at home and at school. We have also taken part in mindfulness activities to relax and focus our minds. 

While learning about the water cycle this week, Jackson had the brilliant idea to present his learning through British Sign Language. We were looking for ways to teach other children and this perfectly suits our right to share and respect all cultures and languages.

In Year One we wore odd socks to school to support anti-bullying week. We talked about how important it is to recognise that everyone is different and that those differences should be celebrated. We wore our odd socks with pride and even designed our own pairs of odd socks!

We talked about how we should treat one another and the types of behaviour that are unacceptable and what we should do if we feel unhappy about how we are being treated by others. We designed our own puzzle pieces showing ways we could be kind to each other and look after one another.