This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme of the week is connecting. We talked about the different ways that we are connected to each other in Year 2 . Then the children decorated a jigsaw piece to show how they are connected. They all came up with some fabulous ideas! We are going to make a giant jigsaw with the pieces to show how we are all connected. Fantastic ideas and super art work! Well done everyone! 

Alongside our work on Internet Safety this week, Year 6 have also looked at Children's Mental Health Week. We have looked at loneliness and how to make connections with people, especially when transitioning to high school later this year. We have talked about our mental health generally thinking of strategies to keep our minds healthy. We have looked at showing kindness to others- we created our own kindness poems using the senses. 

Well done Year 6!

This week we have celebrated Safer Internet Day 2023 in various ways in Year 6. We took part in a live assembly on Tuesday to start our thoughts about how to keep safe online. In our lessons we have discussed how we all use the internet for various reasons. We have discussed the positives of the internet whilst also looking at the potential dangers. The children were good at spotting red flag scenarios that they may come across online. The children enjoyed making fun chatterboxes with some questions to ask their friends about E-safety.

The Reading Bees are back to hear you do lots of reading in your homes. Please read to your bee daily and fill in the book to share with the class.

We cannot wait to hear about all your fabulous reading and favourite stories! 

We have been busy mixing our own magic potions using the language full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty.

This morning we have been learning how to balance with a bean bag and on one leg! Well done everyone!

Children learnt how important it is to get the balance right between screen time and keeping off screens! Did you know too much screen time can cause headaches and affects people's moods? Year 3 designed posters to encourage people to get a balance and not spend too long on screens.

Year 4 had the chance to experiment with electrical components todays. They were predicting whether certain circuits were complete or not. They were extremely pleased when they made the circuit complete and light the bulb. Some groups even managed to create a working motor and got the buzzer working too and managed to break the circuit using a switch. What a great scientific afternoon. 

We have been reading the story 'Jack Frost'. We have painted pictures of him and written some lovely descriptions. We couldn't believe it when he froze our duplo characters! We had some great ideas for investigating the best way to melt the ice.

As part of a Place2Be Mental Health activities children learnt that we are all connected - like a jigsaw puzzle, together we feel connected to those we care about.