Blog by Tag: 2020-21

This week in 8G, we’ve been thinking about different types of jobs. We started off by reading a story about Charlie the firefighter. We then took turns to choose a job card, before sorting the cards into “men’s jobs” and “women’s jobs”. We had some fantastic conversations about some of the jobs,…

As part of our socially thinking zones of regulation programme, pupils are encouraged to find out what activities support them in their different colour zones. Today we explored a range of activities which pupils then reflected on. Would it help make them more alert on those tired days? Or would…

We have continued our work on Diwali at the beginning of our week in 7A this week.

On Monday we started to read a story called Dipal’s Diwali that follows a Hindu family throughout their Diwali celebrations. We all enjoyed learning more about Diwali and what is involved during the…

This week 9G have been looking at gender stereotypes. We read a story about a Daddy Seahorse who looks after the eggs until they hatched. We talked about how it isn’t always mummy’s that do things for you, daddy’s do just as much!
 

We then took part in two activities, one where we chose…

We used our 1:1 iPads and the Padlet app to answer some questions about stereotypes.The first thing we did was send Mrs Clarke a picture of a girls toy and then a boys toy.

We looked at some different jobs including, nurse, beautician, electrician, footballer and we wrote on our iPads who…

This week at school we are thinking about challenging gender stereotypes. In 7A we have been thinking about gender stereotypes in terms of job roles. We read the story “Charlie The Firefighter” and discussed whether we thought Charlie would be a male or female firefighter. Most learners thought…

Today Sycamore have enjoyed a fun-filled day learning about Diwali.

Sycamore have been learning different facts about Diwali. We found out that:

• Diwali is a very important festival celebrated by many people around the world.
• Diwali is celebrated by Hindu’s but can be celebrated by…

What another lovely week we have had in Oak Class looking at The little Mermaid. We have been very lucky that this week we have had two birthdays, Ellie and Noah’s. We’d all like to thank parents for the donations of sweets and cake which we all loved. 

• In our My Creativity lessons we…

What a fantastic week it has been in 11G...as well as maths, comprehension, reading and literacy throughout the week we have also watched News round every day and discussed the daily issues. This has been a great way to encourage communication as well as turn taking and listening to the views of…

Willow class have had two special theme days to enjoy this week- Remembrance Day and Children in Need.

On Wednesday 11th we looked at what Poppy Day means to us and how it’s nice to show we are grateful and show respect. We all are very respectful in Willow class and are trying to hard to…

Today Sycamore have enjoyed learning about Children in Need and celebrating through lots of activities. 

We learned that: 

• Children in Need is used to help to raise money for children in need. 
• Children in need are children not as lucky as us. We said it can be children who don’t…

Good afternoon all you 8G fans and followers.  It has been another busy week in 8G.  To celebrate Children In Need day today we had a Pudsey themed party in our hard earned golden time.  The pupils showed their amazing dancing skills in musical statues, played musical chairs and then pass the…