Subjects in the Spotlight

 

EYFS

 

For Anti-Bullying Week, we read ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and talked about why we were special. We spent time taking notice of ourselves and other people by looking in a mirror and thinking of kind things to say about ourselves and our friends.

Year 1

 

Year 1 discussed how sometimes our friends can be unkind or tease and very occasionally even bully. Together we decided what each one means. We read different situations and decided which one we thought and decided which one we thought it showed. 

Year 2

Year 2 learnt all about why we 'make noise' about bullying. We explored what bullying actually is and what we can do to stop it from happening. We then decided, if we could have a superpower to stop bullying, what would it be and why? Some ideas were; ‘super speed to catch the bully’, ‘super vision to see bullying happening’, ‘healing to make someone feel better if they’ve been bullied’ and ‘super strength so I could pick up the bully and take them away'.

Year 3

In Year 3, we have been talking about conflict management. We were given a range of scenarios and discussed how a conflict might arrive and how everyone in the situation could resolve the conflict through compromise. In groups, we created ‘freeze-frames’ of each conflict and tried to show the different emotions in our body language and facial expressions.

Year 4

This term, Y4 have been focussing on how different feelings and emotions can be displayed. We talked about how strong feelings and emotions can be linked to a physical state. We also considered the following questions and discussed them as a class: How would you know if someone else was feeling like that? How could you tell? How might they show that feeling on their bodies and faces? 

Year 5

Year 5 have been working on recognising different emotional needs and coping strategies. We created our own fictional characters and considered their likes and dislikes before giving them a scenario they would find difficult and recommending potential coping strategies. We have also been celebrating anti-bullying week. We have discussed what a good friend looks like with everyone coming up with a way that they can play a part in 'making a noise about bullying'. 

Year 6

As part of ‘Anti-Bullying Week: Make Some Noise’, Year 6 have been looking at the difference between banter and bullying, what this looks and sounds like, how we can identify it and how we can make some noise and challenge it! We created our own ‘bantometers’ showing when banter can become bullying. We also talked about how ‘banter’ to one person might be fun and that they might not mean to cause harm but that sometimes we need to look at situations from everyone’s point of view.

During the month of October, we have been celebrating Black History Month. The theme this year is ‘celebrating our sisters’ so each year group has studied one influential black woman.

 

EYFS

 

We watched JoJo and Gran Gran- The Voyage. This talks about Gran Gran moving from St Lucia to UK when she was a little girl. We watched a Cbeebies clip that interviewed parents and children about what Black History Month means to them. We have been learning about Lorraine Pascale, she is a chef.  We talked about why she is an inspirational black woman. Then used a recipe from her bestselling book to make flapjacks.

Year 1

 

Year 1 have been learning about Rosa Parks and why she is significant. We learnt about her life and then sequenced the events which showed the part she played in ending segregation.

Year 2

In Year Two we chose to celebrate the achievements of a significant figure relating to our History Topic of Kings, Queens and Castles for Black History Month.  We looked at a powerful and inspirational Queen Sheba who it is believed came from Africa to visit King Solomon to learn more about God. We looked at historical representations of her and tried to imagine for ourselves what she would have looked like. We enjoyed learning about the gifts she brought for the King and what had learnt from him to make her a better queen for her people. 

Year 3

Wangari Maathai said small changes can make a big difference. She worked hard to plant trees in Kenya and stop deforestation.
We have decided to try and make small changes in school to help the environment.
We have created posters and ask that you join in and try and make small changes with us to help the environment.

Year 4

Year 4 researched the importance of Mary Seacole in history. They extremely enjoyed reading about her heroic service towards wounded soldiers and selfless acts of kindness. They were able to compare Mary Seacole's characteristics to their own and they identified how they could be more like Mary Seacole.

Year 5

Year 5 have been studying ‘the human computer’ Katherine Johnson and the influence she had on our lives today. We discussed the difficulties Katherine faced and the barriers she had to overcome to achieve her goals. We then completed our own NASA challenge where we had a time limit to complete the correct calculations to create our own rocket.

Year 6

In Y6, we looked at the historical significance of Sacagawea. She was born around 1788 and was best known as serving as a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition into the American West. She was the only woman on the quest which saw the group travel thousands of miles across America from Missouri to the Pacific North West. Sacagawea showed the men how to forage and live off the land, supported them travelling along rivers and as well as acting as an interpreter which helped with gaining the trust of other tribes across America. We think she was amazing!

Year 1

Year 1 have been learning about the location of their school. Together we looked at our school address and discussed what each part tells us. We then found our school on an aerial map and labelled what we could see around our school. 

Year 2

Year 2 have been locating the 7 continents and learning where they are in relation to the equator. They described whether continents were in the northern or southern hemisphere. 

Year 3

Year 3 have been completing their own knowledge organiser for their topic on The UK counties, rivers, coastlines and mountains.

Year 4

Year 4 have been learning about what would attract tourists to our local area.

Year 5

 Year 5 have been out of school doing fieldwork. They have planned, walked and evaluated a route in the local area.

Year 6

Year 6 enjoyed their visit to Lindisfarne this week. Prior to their visit they had the opportunity to explore OS maps of the island to plan and follow a route using OS symbols.