Children’s Mental Health Week 2022

By Miss L STEWART14th February 2022

During Children’s Mental Health Week 2022, the children in Y3/4 have been identifying and discussing the range of emotions we often experience on a day to day basis. We talked about both positive and negative emotions and how they can affect us both psychologically and physiologically. From this, the children in each year group shared their own coping strategies for dealing with emotions which sometimes overwhelm us which include counting to 10, square breathing and finger breathing techniques, mindful colouring and doodling, reading a book, listening to music, talking to a friend or trusted adult and sharing how we feel as well as sitting quietly in a place which they find both safe, comfortable and relaxing to have some ‘ME’ time.

Across both year groups we focused on this years theme of ‘Growing Together’…

In Year 3, the children, danced and sang to ‘Reach for the Stars’ by S Club 7 before reaching for their own stars and identifying their goals and aspirations for the future…

In Year 4, the children identified all of the people who help them to grow both physically and mentally before creating their own ‘Support Bubbles’…

Year 4 have also been having fun learning the song ‘For Me’ from our Jigsaw scheme which inspires us to believe in ourselves and aim high with our goals and ambitions for the future!

Here we go round the mulberry bush

By Mrs K SMITH13th February 2022

This week in music Year 1 have been singing ‘Here we go round the mulberry bush’.

We really enjoyed listening to and appraising this nursery rhyme.

We liked how the sounds of the words are loud and soft as we sing. We also like how some of the words repeat like the words in ‘London’s Burning’ did last week.

We found out ‘Here we go round the mulberry bush was created in the Victorian Era and Beatrix Potter would have sang this song as a child.

We were really confident singing this nursery rhyme and knew lots of different verses.

We decided to make up actions for some versions of the song.

 

Y3 Yoga and Qigong

By Miss L STEWART10th February 2022

Alongside our Football focus in PE this term, we also had the fantastic opportunity to work with Liesel and practice the arts of Yoga and Qigong.  Both of these spiritual arts enabled us to focus on both our breathing and meditation techniques, as well as to develop a better understanding of our body posture and movement. From this we were able to learn beneficial relaxation strategies which promote healthy bodies and healthy minds that we can use in  every day life.  Miss Stewart and Mrs O’Loughlin also enjoyed these relaxation sessions so a HUGE ‘Thank -You!’ goes to Liesel!

The world is a special place

By Mrs K SMITH6th February 2022

This week in RE we discussed why the world is a special place.

We recalled how Hindus believe Brahma created the world and how Christians believe God created the world. We think Hindus and Christians think the world is a special place because of how they believe it was created.

In our class discussions, we also decided the world is a special place for many different reasons.

Some of us thought the world is a special place because it’s where we live. Some also thought it is a special place because there are lots of important things in the world.

London’s burning

By Mrs K SMITH6th February 2022

This week in music Year 1 have been singing the nursery rhyme ‘London’s Burning’.

We found out the song is about the great fire of London from 1666.

We have found singing in rounds very hard but enjoyed playing about with this song.

We sang in an echo because we noticed each line of the song repeated itself like and echo in a tunnel.

We also had fun making new lyrics up. We made our own verse.

“Hull is calling, Hull is calling

See the Humber bridge, see the Humber bridge

Go to town, go to town”

 

 

The United Kingdom

By Miss P STATHERS4th February 2022

In Geography this week, Year 2 have been learning about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. They can now locate these on a map and label the surrounding seas. They have also been learning about the four capital cities.

We have learned that Queen Elizabeth II lives in London and we will be learning more about London next week!

 

Year 3 Invasion Games: Football

By Miss L STEWART2nd February 2022

During our Football sessions this term, the Year 3 children’s focus was to learn the skill of dribbling in order to keep control and possession of the ball. With the aim of controlling the ball better, the children built upon the skills of passing the ball with the inside of their foot, stopping and turning directions as well as dribbling with both feet.  From this, we then focussed our attention on defending whilst in possession of the ball so as to beat our attacking opponents. We certainly enjoyed our Football sessions and built not only upon our skills but on our teamwork strategies too!

Check out our dribbling skills…

 

 

 

 

Gymnastics

By Miss P STATHERS28th January 2022

Year 2’s indoor unit this half term is Gymnastics. Today they have been learning to sequence a set of movements. They can now balance, roll and jump.

Great job year 2!

Year 2 Perform The Magic London Bus

By Miss P STATHERS14th January 2022

Year 2 have been looking at the unit performance poetry in English this week. The poem they have studied is ‘The Magic London Bus’. Across the week they have explored new vocabulary, identified the rhyme in the poem and learned signifiers for the poem. Today they performed the poem with confidence and lovely expression!

Well done Year 2.