Mental Health Evidence
As part of our Black History Week, pupils discussed equality and diversity for all. Show Racism the Red Card is a charity that we support as they do fabulous work promoting fairness and equality.
Miss Johnson’s Class wrote some positive statements onto red and green cards to create a thought provoking display which reminds us all why anti-bullying work is so important.
Kerry returned to Year 3 today to deliver an Operation Encompass unit called Friendships and Relationships. Pupils were very involved and made some excellent contributions. This unit links well with our PSHE/RSE lessons, and helps pupils to appreciate the importance of asking for help or advice where necessary, and how to keep safe.
We have loved celebrating World Mental Health Day in Year 3. We all created a super hero that could help support people when they need it. Our super heroes had amazing powers like ‘World’s Best Listener’ and ‘World’s Greatest Friend’.
There are some great upcoming Live Forums on Khoot for young people and parents to access during October at http://kooth.com/
We will be celebrating both of these events in school very soon.
Kooth Live Forums: October 2020
Live forums can be found in the discussion boards and go online at 7.30pm on the evening they are planned. They are moderated in real time until 9.00pm.
Wednesday 7th October – Supporting World Mental Health Day
This year looking after our mental health is more important than ever. Join us for an evening of discussion on how we can support and celebrate World Mental Health Day. This will include lots of fun and creative ways of raising awareness despite difficult circumstances. We hope you can join us!
Wednesday 28th October – Let’s Talk About Black History
October is Black History Month, and to honour this occasion… Let’s Talk About Black History! Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate and truly appreciate diversity in the UK, as well as learning more about the rich history, culture, struggle and achievements of the black community. In this live forum, we’ll be looking at famous black role models, the history of black communities in the UK, and why it’s so important for us to celebrate Black History Month. Come along and join the chat, everyone is welcome!
Some of our Year 2 pupils visited our allotment to see which fruit and vegetables were growing there. We found broccoli, spinach, Swiss chard, cabbage, mint, thyme, courgette, blackberries and rosemary. Some of these are mentioned in our Oliver’s Vegetables story book. It helped us to write our descriptions of Grandpa’s garden.
During the holidays two of our Buddy Benches were taken from the school grounds. Many hours went into recreating our pupils fabulous designs and we envisage that there will be some disappointment at their loss when school reopens. The benches will be difficult to replace.
If you have any information as to their whereabouts, please contact the school office.
Thank you!
The rain has been good for the plants, trees and animals in the allotment.
We harvested our first crop of spring green cabbages and lettuces and had a taste of the lettuce – some of our staff had it with their lunch. Back in class, we prepared the cabbage and mixed it with other vegetables to make soup. Yum!
It’s a great feeling knowing that we helped to grow our own food.
In our allotment we noticed that there seemed to be a lot of strange looking ladybirds on our raised beds! After a bit of research, we discovered that many of them were in fact stages in the life cycle of a ladybird. We didn’t see any eggs, but we spotted lots of larva, pupa, and adult ladybirds. We had a little ladybird spotters guide and found that the most common ladybird in our allotment is the adult 7- spot ladybird, its larva and pupa. Apparently there are 46 different species of ladybird in the UK. We learnt quite a bit about them. They are great for our allotment ecosystem.
Who is up for a challenge?
Challenge the family in your house and try ‘The Outdoor Daily Walk Challenge’.
