PSHE Chatter
PSHE in Y3 P4C session
Today we carried out a P4C (Philosophy for Children) session on bullying to share and discuss our thoughts and opinions.
Send me a selfie
In Y6, we have been learning about keeping ourselves safe online. We had visitors from the Ariel Trust who did some drama activities with us to help us to explore the dangers and risks of sending selfies online.
28Peer Massage and Mindfulness with Jessie from Mind Happy
To launch Children’s Mental Health Week, Jessie from Mind Happy delivered a day of peer massage and mindfulness with each class. This gave us all some really useful strategies to look after our mental health every day, both at school and at home.
Children’s Mental Health Week – Y6
Year 6 have enjoyed lots of activities this week to help us prioritise our mental health. We thoroughly enjoyed our peer massage session with Jessie and we took part in an active session in the hall; playing games to connect with our peers.
20Children’s Mental Health Week 2024
Key Stage 1 have been busy for Children’s Mental Health Week by taking part in peer massage, Cosmic yoga, mindfulness colouring and dance.
17Mindfulness week.
Year 5 enjoyed learning about the Palm House and creating wonderful bird houses.
87Nursery class enjoyed a visit from Acorn Farm
Nursery class had an exciting morning. We helped Farmer Gregg and Farmer Marie feed the animals their breakfast. We also stroked the animals and some children felt brave enough to hold a rat. Well done everyone.
Meet a Judge visit
Representatives from our School Council, Rights Respecting Schools team and our House/Vice captains attended a trip to the Liverpool Civil and Family Court where they got the opportunity to interview 2 working judges and take part in a mock trial.
PSHE
Today we discussed during circle time things we put on our body and how they can make use feel.
19Spreading positive messages throughout school
Following our Mental Health Week, our School Council decided to spread some positive messages throughout the school. These can be read on a daily basis by children, staff and visitors to give them a positive boost to their day.
Fair Trade fortnight
We have been learning about the importance of giving farmers a fair price for their produce, such as coffee, cocoa and bananas. The fair trade symbol lets us know that farmers have been given a fair price, look for this symbol when shopping. Catholic Social Teaching about Solidarity teaches us that by using these products we are standing together as one with our global family.
At the end of our Fair trade fortnight, we had a raffle to win a hamper filled with Frair Trade goodies. As you can see the children were very pleased with their prizes.
84Crucial Crew
Year 6 took part in a Crucial Crew event this week. They learned about: mental health; online safety; gas safety; the dangers of electricity; being safe on buses and near train lines and how to get help in an emergency.
29Eco council visit to the ‘Eco Centre’ in Southport to take part in the ‘Clean Air Crew’ initiative.
UK Parliament Week
This week, Y6 have created manifestos and voted in a polling booth for the next Y6 prime minister.
45Fruit tasting in nursery
Nursery class enjoyed tasting lots of delicious fruits this morning including strawberries, grapes, apples and blueberries. The most popular fruit in nursery is strawberries! Yum yum!
53Health and fitness week
Nursery and Reception had lots of fun taking part in the daily mile. We completed three laps of jogging, walking and jumping. It was tiring but very fun. We are looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow!
55Supermover spelling
As part of our daily spelling lesson, we use “Supermovers”. It’s a fun way to learn spelling rules and exercise at the same time. Year 4 love it!
61What do we want?… safer roads… when do we want it?… NOW!
Y6 made lots of noise on their Brake walk to raise awareness of road safety issues in our local area.
56Making healthy snacks
Y6 have tried houmous this week. They then made their own flavoured houmous.
74Delicious dips
As part of Health and Fitness week Year 4 created their own flavour of humous by adding different ingredients. They chopped a variety of vegetables and used them for dipping. Not a dish was .left!
52Making sense of money
Year 4 had a visit from My bnk today showing us different bank accounts and what to use to buy goods. Are you a spender or a saver?
54Road Safety Walk
As part of our Whole School Road Safety Week, each class went on a Road Safety Walk around our local area to raise awareness in our community and share some important road safety messages.
To raise awareness of Road Safety during our Whole School Road Safety Week, each class took part in a walk in our local area to highlight some important safety messages to our local community.
Health and fitness week.
Year 5 made a healthy Greek dip as part of learning about healthy eating
48Safe places to walk and cross
Year 5 took part in a walk through the local community asking for safer places to cross and walk.
49Rock Kidz Day
We invited the wonderful Rock Kidz into school for a fun filled PSHE day to let our hair down, get our rock gear on and focus on our mental health. This year’s focus was Perseverance and Resilience. We all had a ball whilst remembering to always keep in mind today’s key phrase… ‘YOU’RE AWESOME SO BE AWESOME!’
We invited the wonderful Rock Kidz into school for a fun filled PSHE day to let our hair down, get our rock gear on and focus on our mental health. This year’s focus was Perseverance and Resilience. We all had a ball whilst remembering to always keep in mind, today’s key phrase… ‘YOU’RE AWSOME SO BE AWSOME!’
30Parliament week
Year 5 carried out a parliamentary style debate on whether school uniform should be phased out. A number of children changed their minds and went against the party whip. Keeping school uniform won the vote. Democracy in action.
57Earth day
Year 5 held a meaningful collective worship all about how we are the stewards of creation. We should follow the advice of Sofia the Sloth.
9Food For Thought
Year 4 enjoyed a session with Food for Thought. They made vegetable stir fry with noodles, chopping, cooking, mixing and of course eating their incredible dishes. They really enjoyed learning about how to cook safely and how to make a balanced dish
57Pre Loved Uniform Sale
This week the School Council and Eco Council worked together to plan and deliver a pre loved uniform sale. It was a great success and very well supported by our school community, raising much needed funds which will allow us to continue our projects next school year. Thank you to everyone who supported us!
Busy First Week
Year 4 have had a busy first week, we developed our own class charter, we picked articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child that we thought we needed in our class. We created pictures of a famous Liverpool landmark using a variety of techniques (can you guess where it is?), consolidated our knowledge of 4-digit numbers using manipulatives, learned what partitive nouns are and found out that ‘Being different is the best thing ever!’ What a week!
28Meet a Judge visit
Our Junior Leadership team and School Council members from Y5 and Y6 took part in an exciting opportunity at the Liverpool Civil and Family Court today.
They were invited to a question and answer session with 3 judges currently serving in the North West. Including a Crown court criminal judge, a family judge and an employment judge. It was fascinating to find out about their roles. We then took part in a ‘mock trial’ looking at a case of cyberbullying. We were all given a role to play and even got to dress up in robes and wigs worn by judges and barristers in court.
Reception and Year 6 buddies
Y6 visited reception today to get to know their buddies. They had a lovely time playing and making new friends.
12Reception dentist visit
We had a fun filled but informative visit from the dental team today. They taught us about the importance of brushing our teeth twice a day and keeping away from too much bad sugar. We were given a huge sticker for good listening and a toothbrush and toothpaste to take home!