The School Council met this week for their first meeting of 2016/2017. The council discussed lunch times, school dinners, play times, classroom learning and how they can share pupil voice.
All classes were represented and we hope to have feedback from pupils within the next few weeks.
Keep a look out for updates.
School Council
During PSHE, this week, the children discussed what made a religion and the similarities between different religions. Working in groups, the children created mind maps of what they felt a religion should be.
The children decided some of the most important factors of a religion are values, moral code, saying thanks and being together (spiritually) .
Using their Dot Com journals, Year 6 then identified the importance of tolerance and respect within a community, what might happen if we didn’t have this and how it would feel.
Article 30: Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family, regardless of whether these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where they live.
Miss Akers
This week, during PSHE, the children identified talents, goals and aspirations. They were able to discuss the difference between a short term goal and a long term aspiration.
Circle time games, helped the children to listen to each other and share their aspirations for the future.
The children were able to identify the challenges they might face and what they would do to overcome them.
Miss Akers
A need or a want? The question Year 4 answered, during PSHE, this week. The children sorted items into needs and wants and gave reasons for their choices. After small group and whole class discussions, the children agreed to a list of needs.
Year 4, were able to see how their needs related to the UNICEF rights of the child.
What is the meaning of grateful? Was the next question for Year 4 to answer. The children, worked together, to find the meaning of grateful and to put it into their own words. They then identified what they were grateful for and recorded it on post-its. The children then placed their notes into a class gratitude box, ready for next weeks lesson.
Miss Akers
This week, in PSHE, we returned to our topic ‘I am Special’. Using talk partners, the children were able to discuss what they enjoyed doing on their own and what they enjoyed sharing with friends.
They then identified things they can do for themselves and what tasks they may need help with. The children discussed, feeling proud, when they achieve something new, or do something for themselves for the first time.
Miss Akers
Year 2, School Councillor, Ka’Leyah, helped children to create Poppy Hat Competition ideas. The children worked during lunchtime to design their hats. Good luck to all who entered.
The School Council worked hard to have biscuits ready for our cake sale. Well done to all involved!
The School Council, held a cake sale on Friday 30th September, to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Trust Charity. We would like to thank everyone who, donated tasty treats, bought a cake and attended the coffee morning.
Thank You
School Council
This week, in PSHE, we looked at the service provided by ‘999’. We were able to identify what the services is made up of, discuss why it is valuable and share our ideas on why the service should be respected.
We discussed the meaning of a ‘hoax call’ and the impact this could have on others. As a group, we were able to create mind maps to show what we knew at the start of the lesson and what we knew at the end.
We now know in an emergency we phone ‘999’ and if we want to speak to the police for advice, or to report a crime we call ‘101’.
Next week, we will begin to look at the importance of tolerance and respect within a community.
Miss Akers
This week, in PSHE, we discussed the difference between crime, unacceptable behaviour and anti-social behaviour. We were able to talk in groups, sort different situations into the three categories and identify the difference between legal and illegal behaviour.
We now know that a crime is when a law has been broken, anti-social behaviour is acting in a manor that causes harassment, alarm or distress to others and unacceptable behaviour is when we do something that is not nice, or not allowed.
Next week, we will begin to look at the meaning of community.
Miss Akers