Blog by Tag: Personal Development

We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters today for World Book Day.  We especially loved sharing our favourite books with our Year 6 buddies. 

Well done Y6 for being such fine role models for our brilliant Reception class for today's World Book Day!

Today reception discussed where food comes from, specifically chocolate (our favourite). We talked about how hard the farmers work to harvest the coco beans to send to the factories to make our delicious chocolate. We then found out that some farmers don't get paid nearly enough for all their hard…

The Nursery class had a visit from the police. They dressed up as mini police, took their fingerprints, and explored the police car. We talked about how the police can help us and other people to stay safe, and what number we phone in an emergency.

In Assembly this morning, Mr Orme talked with the children about Fairtrade Fortnight.  We started by thinking about what fairness means to us in our everyday lives.  Then we found out about some of the people who grow food in other countries around the world for us to eat here at home in the…

This week, Y6 have discussed what personal information we should or should not share online.

For example, is it okay to share our favourite hobby with people online? What about our home address or which school we go to?

Chatting online can be fun but we must ensure we keep ourselves…

Today in Year 5, we looked at why it's essential to have strong passwords for our online accounts.

We were shown the most common passwords people use, why people should not use a password that is easy to guess, and the possible consequences of someone guessing these passwords.

We then had to…

We have all been getting to know each other a little better during Mental Health Week. It is amazing how many of us share common interests!

In Assembly this morning, Mr Orme talked about our our school's commitment to community.  We are all members of a school community and a local and national community.  But we are also global citizens who care about the plight of human beings around the world.  The terrible earthquake affecting…

Another set of outstanding Learning Logs.

This Learning Log focussed on extending our learning of 'The Romans'.  Children have baked biscuits and cheesecakes, moulded silver coins and made 3D shields, swords and even constructed a 3 Colosseum structure.

Great home learning, Year…

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, children in Year 4 have spent time thinking about the people, places, activities and items that we can connect with.  The children have spent spent time connecting during dance, singing, art, and were encouraged to complete the daily mile with someone they…