Living and Learning – Mental health and wellbeing
Across Year 3/4 classes, we have been learning about how to deal with difficult feelings and emotions.
Our activity today was to role play a time when people might give put-downs (a negative remark about about a person, sometimes said as a joke). We explored ways of how to deal with these situations by giving ourselves a ‘put-up’.
Skipping Festival
A massive well done to the year 4s who took part in the skipping festival on Wednesday! Not only did they perform amazingly, they represented our school with pride; showing resilience and great teamwork.
Living and Learning – BIG emotions
This week, we talked about different types of emotions and discussed whether some are stronger or ‘bigger’ than than others. We use mindfulness techniques to help us deal with big emotions. You could try mindfulness at home. Go Noodle has some great ideas. One of our favourites this week has been Bee Breath.
Living and learning: Polling day
Today, we talked about how our school was being used for a polling station. We talked about what it means to vote and decided to have our own vote in class. The children voted for the teacher they wanted to read them a story. We told the children that only those wearing a jumper could vote.
“That’s not fair!” the children said.
We talked about how to make it a fair vote.
“So you can make it fair by everyone voting… can take it in turns (to vote).”
The children then shared who they wanted to vote for. This led to discussions about different opinions. We talked about how our friends may have different ideas and views to our own.
“It doesn’t matter what they like and don’t like – they can still be friends.”
Eureka
Today, Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a trip to Eureka. The main focus of our trip was to kick-start our mini-topic sound and hearing, starting next week. As well as looking at how an ear works and listening to different sounds in the sound garden, we also had time to learn more about our bodies and role play in the garage, house and bank.
We made the most of the lovely weather and ate our lunch outside. The children enjoyed playing in the gardens too.
PE – 2KL
2KL enjoyed their PE lesson outside today. They were working on their ball skills, particularly chest passes, and paired balances.
Golden Stars
Well done to our two most recent Golden Stars. I think it’s safe to say there were pleased!
Community links – Elmete Elderberries
We visited the community group for older people, the Elmete Elderberries, at St Phillip’s Church for the second time today. The sit-down aerobics was a great work out, followed by some refreshments of course! We also enjoyed doing wordsearches, colouring and a live performance by the brass band. Our children behaved impeccably and were a credit to our community and the school. Thank you for having us, Elmete Elderberries.
Living and Learning – Recognising Emotions
This week, Year 3/4 have been recognising emotions in themselves and in others. The children watched a short video clip where they were asked to recognise a character’s feelings from his facial expression and body language. The children have also discussed how different situations can affect the way someone is feeling. Being aware of different emotions – both positive and negative – is an important basis for good mental health.
Shaggy Dog and the Terrible Itch!
1K really enjoyed retelling the story Shaggy Dog and the Terrible Itch. They created their own puppets and used them to act out the story.
