Drama for writing (and Living and Learning – consent)
To enhance our Big Topic, we have been involved in some drama workshops delivered by The West Yorkshire Playhouse this week. They were based on the Katie and…. books by James Mayhew. We used Katie and the Dinosaurs and were transported into a wonderful imaginary world of dinosaurs. The children immersed themselves in the drama and produced some writing describing the dinosaurs they created.
The Living and Learning part involved the important topic of consent. We asked children for their consent to be photographed and we also asked Paul, our facilitator, for his consent too. This sets a good example for children and helps them to realise that they can consent (and withdraw their consent) for their photograph or video to be taken.
Golden Star Award
This week, it goes to…
Living and Learning-Safety Week Electrical Safety
Wow! What a superb week we have had! Everyday, we have had something very exciting planned to help us learn about safety. Today was no different. We had an education advisor from Northern Powergrid to help us learn about electrical safety. You too can find out what we learnt here.
Electricity is really useful but also very dangerous. We learnt about how it is made, transported to our homes and how it can electrocute us if we’re not careful! We were given booklets and pencils to help remind us of the ways that we can ‘Be Careful’ around electricity in our homes.
‘I loved the electricity machine Leena had. Seeing the electricity was so cool and also a bit scary!’
‘This week has been the best week ever!’
Leeds Art Gallery Trip (Living and Learning – staying safe in the environment)
We had a fantastic day at Leeds Art Gallery today. The children enjoyed this new experience and were captivated by the paintings, drawings, sculpture, installations and video art. We were lucky enough to see some 500 year old drawings by Leonardo da Vinci – they were so detailed but smaller than we thought they would be.
As part of Staying Safe week, we also highlighted all the things that help us stay safe when we are out and about. We wore high-vis jackets, seatbelts on the coach, lined up, walked with a partners, stayed near our adults and were counted many times by our teachers!
Fire engine visit (Living and Learning – Safety Week)
We were visited by White Watch who talked to us about how the fire service keep s safe.
Living and Learning – Internet safety
We had a fantastic time at the workshops delivered by One Day Creative. We learnt about how to stay safe online through a simple message : THINK, STOP, TURN OFF, TELL. The children played an imaginary online game and were confronted with situation where they should follow the guidance to think, stop if it feels uncomfortable, turn the game off and tell a trusted adult.
Living and Learning – staying safe at home
We discussed different scenarios that children might encounter at home. They were very good at talking about the mistakes that had been made, what might happen and what is the right choice to make.
Living and Learning – staying safe at school
The children talked about the ways that they are kept safe and keep themselves safe at school. Children not only talked about the physical environment but also how they can keep themselves emotionally safe too.
Living and Learning (Staying Safe) – d:side workshops
All year 1 and 2 classes have been visited by d:side, a health education provider, who have shown us how to make healthy and safe choices. The children listened brilliantly and could talk about how to look after their bodies and what goes in to them.
Help at home by talking about making healthy and safe choices when it come to our bodies.
Living and learning (staying safe) – Dogs Trust
We had a dog safety workshop delivered by the Dogs Trust today. We learnt about what they do to care for dogs and how to keep safe around dogs.
