Living and learning
This week, our living and learning statement has been, ‘I can describe and use self-care techniques.’
We talked about how sometimes people may experience poor mental health. This is how we feel on the inside and a build up of different smaller emotions that can lead to changes in mood and behaviour. It is important that we know how to spot this in ourselves and also recognise it in each other. The children might see someone spending more time alone, maybe not eating their lunch, struggling with their learning or a change in mood – maybe being more angry.
In order to deal with these emotions and feelings, we learnt some breathing exercises – bunny breathing and snake breaths.
Help at home: Ask your child if they can show you the new breathing techniques? Have they tried any of these?
Shared writing 56C and 34A
Year 5/6C had the pleasure of sharing their writing with Year 3/4A. Children picked out improvements that they noticed:
- use of fronted adverbials
- a range of ambitious vocabulary
- some figurative language
We are artists!
As part of our art topic, we’ve been looking at art from before and after the start of the twentieth century. The children were able to sort images into these two categories. To challenge themselves further, they then created a timeline of art. Which was the earliest piece and how could they tell? The children applied their art vocabulary brilliantly.
Help at home – Can you search for some artists online? Can your child discuss the artwork using their art vocabulary?
Gymnastics: jumping
In this week’s gymnastics session, we practised our jumping.
We made sure we bent our knees at the start and end of the jump, used our arms to help us jump up and made sure our landings (on two feet) were controlled.
We practised three different types of jumps:
1. a normal jump
2. a tuck jump
3. a straddle jump
Next week, we’ll continue jumping and practise star jumps and turn jumps.
Help at home: See if your child can remember all the different types of jumps from our learning. Can they show you what they look like?
Children in Need
A huge thank you to everyone that donated money last Friday for Children in Need. The Junior Leadership Team were out in the playground with collection buckets before and after school – they did a great job! We managed to raise a whopping £436.98 in total. Thank you so much!
Penny Trail – Cancer Research collection
Thank you to everyone who donated to
last week’s penny trail in aid of Cancer Research.
In total, we raised
£99.32!
An amazing amount made from mainly 1p and 2p coins.
Thank you!
Odd sock day
As part of anti-bullying day, the children (and adults) came to school wearing odd socks. This is to raise awareness of bullying and what can be done about it. The socks represent that we are all different and that’s ok – we should embrace our differences and celebrate them. We talked about the different types of bullying, including online behaviours and where to get help if needed – trusted adults, Childline.
Key Stage 2 Coin Trail
Thank you to everyone who donated money towards the penny trail to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. The Key Stage 2 classes had a lot of fun as you can tell from the pictures. We are still counting the money raised so we will let you know the grand total next week!
THANK YOU!
Living and learning: Wetherby Food Bank
We were really lucky to have a representative join us from Wetherby Food Bank this week. This gave us a real insight into how the food bank works, where they get their supplies from and other support that they get. She gave the children the opportunity to budget for a week on a very low income and the children recognised how difficult this was and why some people might need to access different forms of support. We felt really proud that our Harvest collection contributed to our local food bank.
Living & Learning: budgets and banks
We have been very fortunate to have several visitors this week to discuss money matters in year 56: Virgin Money representatives, Wetherby Food Bank and also Mrs Quirk (Sphere Federation Business Manager).
Mrs Quirk talked about how taxes help to fund our school and showed children a breakdown of how we spend our money. Children were shocked at how much money is spent of toilet rolls each year!
Children have learned about the difference between a credit and debit card. They have discussed the advantges and disadvantages of each.
They have also learned about what tax is and why it is so important.
At home, discuss some of the major expenses your household has to pay for each month. Discuss the benefits of using a bank account and what our taxes are used for.