Blog by Tag: My Community

9G have had a very busy 5th week at school this week! 

First of all this week we have continued with our number and money work. Some of 9G are now beginning to remember number bonds to 5, and are giving amounts to money to an adult in 1p or other coin combinations!

We then continued to work…

9G know it is important to talk about our feelings. This is something we do in morning and afternoon group every day.

This week we have focused on this even more, making sure our bodies are ready for the day and ensuring we talk about our worries and what we can do for our mental…

What a busy two weeks for 9G! There has been so much going on!

9G have continued with number, money and practicing our independence skills in the workstation. 

We have also made a start on our Camper vans. We designed our ideas, and then began painting them with our chosen colours. With some…

A short week in Rowan this week but a busy one! On Weds we we made some Pirate boats using paper plates in the morning with Miss Troughton and in the afternoon we looked at our story for Mental awareness Week called "The Worrysaurus". It was a lovely story and the children responded well by being…

Sycamore have been exploring activities this week to help them think about their feelings and the choices that they make. 

We have been enjoying circle times and talking about feelings and what makes us ‘happy’ or ‘sad’. We have also been talking about what we can do to make us happy and…

This week Sycamore have been busy learning new facts about ‘Islam’ and the festival of ‘Eid’.

We have been learning that;

• Islam is a religion.
• Muslims are people who follow Islam.
• Eid is a Muslim festival, celebrated at the end of Ramadan.
• Ramadan is when grown up Muslims do…

We had one day less in school this week but we didn’t have any less fun or learn any less! We also had a birthday to celebrate! We had lots of cake and sang a big happy birthday to Ayah.
 

We’re continuing to Sail the Seven Seas in Oak Class and we’re still finding treasure in our learning. In…

7A pupils wore red today to mark the Show Racism the Red Card day.

On Wednesday, Mrs Fisher worked with small groups as part of My Community to talk about why people have different coloured skin. We looked at a new word “melanin” and talked about how it is like a curtain that protects our skin…

Today the class turned red for our Wear Red for Racism day. We had some fantastic activities lined up starting with a great story called 'Part of the Party.' The story is about a group of animals who have not been invited to a disco because they are different. The animals who have been left out…

Today we have been celebrating our differences in Sycamore for our ‘Astley Park Wears Red’ day.

Sycamore enjoyed a morning of activities including, circle time and portrait crafts. 

During our circle time we had a talk about why we are wearing red - Sycamore were great at sharing their ideas…

Today 9G wore red to celebrate standing against racism. 
 

In class we spoke about what racism is, and how we have to be kind to everyone no matter what their differences. We read the story ‘We are all different’, and then took part in some circle time activities. We spoke about what makes us…

Another very sunny and fabulous week in 9G!

On Monday we started the week with My Thinking and Problem Solving where we continued with our number work and started to show how well we know our coins. Some learners were matching coins, and others were able to show they knew the names of the…