This afternoon, Year 5 discussed why we have passwords and what makes a strong password. We then talked about what plagiarism is, completed a quiz to test our knowledge of plagiarism and then learned who to create citations.
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As part of our White Ribbon Day Activity Year 6 Have created a graffiti wall of positivity. Each child wrote a thought on the wall, which challenge misconceptions. The children’s thoughts are clear; each one sending a positive message to all who read them.
If we immerse ourselves in diverse culture, we get opportunities to interact and mingle with people from different background and learn from one another. We can build trust, love, respect and understanding across cultures thereby wiping out all the negative stereotypes and personal biases about different groups.
Well done Year 6 , a great way to get the message across!!!
As geographers, Year 6 worked in groups to research, create and deliver their own presentations which focused on one of the human/physical geographical features within Central America. It was fascinating to spend time researching a parts of the world which are so different to what we experience living in the UK. The children did a great job in sharing their findings and teaching their classmates about their area of focus!
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- Volcanoes
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- Cenotes and Chultuns
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- Peten Basin
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- Agriculture
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- Towns and Cities
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- Infrastructure
Hi everyone
Please find attached the Home school diary for this week.
For the home task, we would like you to upload a photo of your child at a celebration.
Also, don’t forget the children need to come in party Clothes on Thursday for our ball.
Have a lovely weekend.
F2 staff
As Theologists, Y4 have been gaining a further insight into the weekend rituals and traditions of members of the Jewish faith community and comparing them with their own.
The children firstly identified the traditional activities and rituals which commonly occur in one of their own typical weekend breaks. From lazy lie-ins, watching television, shopping, accessing the internet to undertake various activities, movie nights, visiting family, enjoying an occasional take-away to football, gymnastic and martial arts practice…the children certainly keep themselves busy and entertained.
We then compared our typical weekend activities with those of a Jewish family. We explored the traditional weekly family celebration of Shabbat which takes place every weekend and begins on a Friday evening at sunset and lasts until sunset on a Saturday evening (25 hours).
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- Shabbat is a Jewish ritual where people celebrate with their family.
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- Shabbat begins at sunset on a Friday and ends at sunset Saturday. The father performs a blessing over the bread and wine is drank from the kiddush cup.
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- Shabbat happens every weekend…they sing songs in Hebrew.
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- Prayers are said before they eat.
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- No electronics can be used…board games are played to entertain each other.
The children firstly found the inability to use anything electronic unimaginable but understood that the rituals and traditions of Shabbat in the Jewish faith community, which are recorded in the Jewish Torah as an agreement with God, allowed for some quality rest and family time to be spent together on the Jewish Sabbath day (Saturday)…something we all agreed was well worth forgoing the use of our electronic devices and the internet for!
In Y4, the children have been working collaboratively to identify the qualities which they believe are necessary to form and maintain positive relationships.
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- Honesty and dependability
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- Trust, rules and communication
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- Respect and reliability
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- Acceptance and care
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- Love and happiness
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- Kindness and listening to each other
As you can see, we shared our opinions and agreed that many qualities are required to ensure that relationships between friends, parents, carers, teachers and people in our wider community not only work but remain positive.
We then proudly signed our pledge to ensure that only kind words, kind thoughts and kind actions are used towards one another in all the relationships we are a part of now and in the future.
# White Ribbon
As Theologists, the children in Year 3 have been learning about the significance of Remembrance Day and the importance of remembering this special event. We visited the Cenotaph at the All Saints Church in Hessle, where we laid a poppy wreath and held a 2 minute silence to pay our respects for the sacrifices made by individuals during the wars of the past, as well as for those who endeavour to maintain peace in our world today.
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- We shared the carrying of the wreath on our journey to the Cenothaph in Hessle
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- Arriving at the churchyard.
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- Paying our respects at the Cenotaph.
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- Laying the wreath and a commemorative cross upon the Cenotaph
Back at school, the children worked collaboratively to identify why we should remember Remembrance Day by sharing their views and opinions before creating their own group mind- maps…
We then shared our own reasons as to why we should never forget the important events of the past which Remembrance Day commemorates…
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- If we do not remember we would be selfish because it is about the people who died in the war.
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- We remember because if we forget we will become ignorant and disrespectful to those who fought in the war.
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- We respect all of the soldiers who died in all wars.
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- We remember all of the people and soldiers who gave us freedom.
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- We remember people who died in World War II.
We also discovered that whilst we wear a red poppy as a symbol of respect for all individuals who have sacrificed their lives to fight and assist in the wars of the past, as well as for those who continue to maintain peace today, that there is also a purple poppy which is a symbol of respect for the animals which have played a significant part in major conflicts around the world and a white poppy to symbolise peace.
As musicians, the children in Year 4 have been busy appraising different Christmas Carols and identifying several themes within each musical piece such as…
- the theme/story the musical piece portrays
- the mood/emotions the piece emits
- any accompanying instruments being played
- the rhythm and tempo of the musical piece
Here are just a few carols we have appraised so far…
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- Good King Wenceslas
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- Theme – Christmas, Mood – Happy
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- Rhythm – Jumpy
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- Instruments – Glockenspiels and drums,
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- Away in a Manger
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- Instruments – Bells, Harp, Violin and a Triangle
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- Tempo – slow
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- Story – Jesus in his crib
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- O Holy Night
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- Story – Jesus, Mood – Peaceful, Tempo slow
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- Instruments – Glockenspiel, Harp, Piano
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- Tempo – slow, Story – Jesus being born, Mood – sleepy
Eco Committee
After putting together their action plan, the Eco Committee realised that some of the planned projects were long term so some members wanted to get started with smaller tasks such as feeding the birds . The pupils filled large pine cones with fat, nuts and seeds which they hung around the school grounds to help feed the birds during the cold winter months and attract a variety of feathered friends for us to observe.