PSHE
Blue Monday!
In school we celebrated Blue Monday. This is a day where some people's moods can be generally low and We aimed to put some brightness into this day and asked children to come into school wearing bright colours. We aimed to raise awareness of support children's positive well being and mental health and show children that when we are feeling down, there are always little things we can do to make us feel better.
Online Safety
Year 6 have been discussing the importance of being respectful and responsible online. They know about how Social Media can have an impact on their lives both now and in the future. In lessons, they have looked at the term "Digital Tattoo" and discussed what it means to develop a positive presence when accessing different websites where they might play games or talk with their "real life" friends.
Road Safety
Year 3 enjoyed learning about how to cross the road safely during their pedestrian training. The visitors showed them how to cross the road from behind a parked car and at a T-junction. They also learnt the importance of looking both ways when crossing.
Anti - Bullying Week 2022
We celebrated anti-bullying week in our school this week. Each class completed activities which helped to create awareness around this very important subject. This year, the theme was "Reach Out" and we aimed to teach children about how important it is that we always try to help by telling someone about anything that we see happening that we don't think is right. This involved activities ranging from How to be a good friend in Reception and Year 1 to the importance of the role of a bystander in year 5 and year 6.
Here are some examples of the work and activities we have completed this week in school.
Safety First!
Year 1 have been looking at putting safety first in PSHE. They have completed various activities looking at how they can keep themselves and others safe. They learned about safety at home, people who keep them safe and how to keep safe around medicine.
The Colour Monster
In Reception, the children have been looking at situations that can leave us with a lot of mixed emotions. They used the Colour Monster story to help them work through some of these emotions at the beginning of their school year in Reception. Here is some of their lovely work.
NHS Week 2020
In March 2020, the whole school took part in an NHS week where we celebrated the service the NHS provide us and how it helps us. Little did we know just how grateful we would be to our NHS and all they had done over the next 12 months.
We arranged for NHS staff to come into school and discuss their job roles, we had an ambulance come into school and explored inside, we took part in a competition to design a thank you card or letter and took par in many more exciting activities. Here are some of the activities each year group participated in:
EYFS - We learned about paramedics, doctors and nurses. We created some displays.
Year 1 - They had some visitors from some student nurses and paramedics.
These photographs show the posters that we created as part of our learning about the role of a Paramedic during NHS week. The information on our poster was gathered from the visitors that came into our school.
Year 3
Year 3 had a visitor from a Charge Nurse from the Orthopaedic ward at Hartlepool hospital. He told then about how he came to be a nurse and shared some of the great things he has done during his time as a nurse. He showed them some replica bones and some screws that help keep these in place when they break. Beforehand, both classes had prepared some questions to ask him. He was very good at answering all of their amazing questions.
Year 4 looked at the role of the dentist in the NHS. They made their own videos on how to brush our teeth correctly and explored the effects of sugary drinks on our teeth using eggs.
Year 6 explored the world of cardiovascular surgery and care. They completed lots of activities that would explore the skills needed to work in this field such as fine motor skills, prescription writing, problem solving skills and memory games.
Year 3
As part of our getting on and falling out topic, we looked at a series of scenarios in which we had to decide whether the character in each was a victim of bullying. Once we had decided we had to come up with a list of reasons as to why we thought they were or weren't. We then fed our ideas back to the class and compared thoughts.
We had a special visitor come to our school and see us in year 3- PCSO MARK SAY
We asked lots of questions, tried on some of his uniform and found out some shocking facts.
Hoax calls
From 01 June 2018 to 31 May 2019 – 657 hoax calls in CLEVELAND
294 hoax calls from 01 January 2019 – 31 May 2019 for an average of 2 calls per day
In Nursery we have been talking about our families. We have also been learning about ourselves.
Reception
We have been talking about classroom rules.
Year 1
We have made a set of classroom rules and have spoken about the
importance of these.
Key Stage 1 Base
In KS1 base feelings are important. The children always show how they are feeling by placing their face on the
appropriate feeling.
Year 2
We have been discussing ways of being a good friend.
Year 3
Children have been setting goals for the future.
Year 4
We have been talking about ways of making unhealthy foods healthy.
We have also been discussing ways of being a kind friend.
The week beginning 13th November was Anti-Bullying week. This year’s theme was
'All different, All equal’.
We have created our own jigsaw to show that together we are one big family but we all have different interests. Each child created their own rainbow to show that we are ‘all equal’ but we ‘all different’ because we like different people, hobbies and toys
"We have been talking about bullying. We are all the same but like different things." - Alexis
"It is ok to be different because we all have different friends." - Isla
Year 1 have been doing a bit of role play.
We have been making our own goals - Megan
We have been acting out problems and solving them - Leyland
