Blog by Tag: Equality

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 we looked at challenging gender stereotypes. We first of all read a story about Charlie the firefighter and found out that she was a girl even though we at first thought that she would be a boy. We then looked at different jobs using a colourful semantics  resource on the book creator app on…

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…

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…

This week as part of our Celebrations topic we have been learning about Diwali. We learnt that Hindus celebrate with lamps, prayers, gifts and fireworks on the third day of Diwali. We applied our learning about dancing with props last week to create a partner dance to show a fireworks display.…

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Welcome to the last day of Sports Week. We hope you've all enjoyed doing the different activities as well as seeing some of the videos of the different events that take place in the Paralympics.

Today we will be looking at…

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Welcome to Thursday's blog, today we will be looking at the Great Britain Swimmer, Ellie Simmonds, who won the gold medal at the Paralympics and beat the world record by 2…

Welcome to Wednesday's blog. Today we will be looking at the highlights of some of the Volleyball Teams that competed in the Paralympics. Volleyball is a very fast and competitive sport and you have to work together as a…

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Welcome to Tuesday’s blog. Today we will be looking at Paralympian Jonnie Peacock, a sprint runner and amputee, who ran in the men's 100 metres representing Great Britain. Please click on the link to watch the event where Jonnie Peacock not only won gold, he broke his own world…

NEWSFLASH - We have updated the awards criteria so anyone who tries a challenge will get a bronze award