Nature up close – Springtime activities

21st April 2020S Robson

Spring is a great season to see growth happening in nature. Whether it’s spent in the garden, yard, planting in a window box, or watching from an open window. It’s all around!

It’s a fact that gardening, or being out in fresh air surrounded by bird song, flowers and trees, can make us feel uplifted and brighter, as well as providing other health benefits.

Checkout the video for some great activities you can do at home. You might learn a new skill like gardening – great exercise! Or grow some vegetables or flowers from seed. You may like to grow something to plant in our allotment, and observe it’s growth from time to time. Have fun!

There is more info on the growveg website:

https://www.growveg.co.uk/guides/fun-garden-activities-for-kids-during-lockdown/

 

Digital Leaders – App age restrictions – Spring term

1st April 2020L Forster

Each class in year 4,5 and 6 has been designated a ‘Digital Leader’ who’s job it is to identify popular used apps within each class and help inform everyone – children, teachers and parents – of the guidelines or purposes of the apps being used.

Working in year groups, they completed a survey with each class to see which apps are used the most and asking the children what they think the minimum age each app. They then found out the correct answer and informed each class – as well as the parents using MarvellousMe.

Here is each year groups top 3 for Spring:

Year 4

App Estimated Age Actual Age limit
Roblox Between 3+ and 13 years old 13 years old
TicTok Between 10 and 14 years old 13 years old
WhatsApp 8 years old 16 years old

Year 5

App Estimated Age Actual Age limit
YouTube 6 years old 18 years old (13 with permission)
TicTok Between 12 and 14 years old 13 years old
Roblox Between 7 and 10 years old 13 years old

Year 6

App Estimated Age Actual Age limit
SnapChat Between 11 and 16 years old 13 years old
Instagram Between 12 and 17 years old 13 years old
Youtube Between 10 and 18 years old 18 years old (13 with permission)

The Digital Leaders will be conducting these and other surveys throughout the year.

Art and Design in Years 4, 5 and 6

31st March 2020S Robson

French artist Henri Matisse inspired us to ‘paint with scissors’ in Year 4. Year 6 were also creating their own version of Matisse’s ‘Beasts of the Sea’. We also looked at a ‘real’ painting copied from one of his earlier works ‘ Woman Reading’ 1920. Year 5 used their knowledge of The Ancient Greeks from their English and History lessons, to design a Greek pot calendar, and then made a pot from clay. The Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani had a particular style, and we replicated his style in our self portraits in Year 6. We have lots of talented artists too!

Breaktimes Questionnaire

27th March 2020S Robson

The Playground Buddies helped to put together a questionnaire to find out what our pupils think about break times. Do they feel safe? What could they do if they feel lonely? Are there enough Playground Buddies? They went out into the yards to conduct a survey.

The results have been extremely positive so far! Our pupils think that the Playground Buddies are doing a great job in helping children in our three yards.

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