Yesterday, we kick started our first week back and looked at the character trait ‘compassion’. We looked at what it means to be compassionate and show compassion and then we left school to engage in acts of service with our local care home. Some of our children played board games with the residents and they all had so much fun. The children learnt a lot from the residents such as how to play a range of card games and how to play dominoes. We are so proud of the relationships we are building with this care home and we hope to build on this throughout the year.
In a world where you can be anything, always be kind.
On our very first day of Year 1, we have been learning all about Integrity (one of our new character traits). We started by going on a Story Trail. We followed clues to take us to find the story. We read aloud tales like “The Boy who Cried Wolf”, “Jack and The Beanstalk”, “Goldilocks” and “Pinocchio”. We talked about whether the characters were honest and what happened if they told the truth.
We have had an amazing first day back in 4B. We have learnt all about our character trait courage and how we can demonstrate that in school.
The children have shown great courage in a serious of activities including interacting with some creep crawlies: Charlie the spider, Humphrey the snake and cinnamon and liquorice the millipedes. Although many were nervous at first, all have shown great courage to face their fears and push themselves out of their comfort zone and should be very proud of themselves.
They also worked as a team to successfully complete some outdoor challenges to collect the gems of courage.
Where have those tiny little year three pupils, who I taught last year, gone? Everyone has grown so much over the five week summer break and everyone looked so much older today than just those few weeks ago!
What a great first day back we have had! We launched the first of our new ‘Character Traits’ today: Courage. All of our work has been based around courage and what this can look like to different people. We all learnt about a young boy called Joseph Wang who taught us that being brave doesn’t mean there has to be something risky involved like sky diving or swimming with sharks. Sometimes being brave can simply involve walking into a room full of people who are already listening to someone speaking at the front of the room.
This afternoon, we were joined by Nick from Project Wild. He introduced us to some of his friends: Humphrey – a beautiful corn snake; Cinnamon and Liquorice – two baby millipedes; and Charlie – a very beautiful Chilean rose tarantula. Everyone used their own levels of courage to decide what they could do. Some of us just looked at the animals, some of us stroked or gently touched them and many of us held them.
Well done everyone! I’m really proud of you all. Special shout out to Mrs Ogle who joined us for the session and was incredibly courageous along with us! Mason – you were awesome too, supporting Alec and calming him when he pushed himself to hold Charlie.
Remember the feeling you felt when you were courageous today folks and next time you feel anxious, scared or worried be brave, share your fear – whatever you’re afraid of probably isn’t as bad as you think!
This little superstar will be walking one mile a day throughout August to raise money for cancer. What an amazing thing to do! To support Harris on his mission, please donate via the link below.
Thank you to Bikeability and Cycle North for your awesome bike training this week for our year 5 children! We look forward to next years training. #LovePlover
Well done to all the children in nursery and reception for their hard work, enthusiasm and energy in the EYFS sports day. It was brilliant to see so many children and parents love being active and completing their races! Well done to our medal winners! #LovePlover
Dear parent/guardian of the 24 Y6 Dynamo Cricket Children shown above ^
Following your child’s recent participation in Dynamos Cricket, we would like to invite your child to take part in our Play With The Hundred event at Headingley Stadium on Monday, August 4th.
This will be an opportunity for your child to take part in Dynamos Cricket activities on a world-class cricket pitch and to meet professional players from the Northern Superchargers, as well as watching the players during a training session. There will also be the opportunity to capture autographs on the day.
If you would like your child to join this event, please scan the QR code below and complete the online form to register your attendance. Approximate timings will be 11am until 2pm, with specific details being sent out via email closer to the date.
