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St. Clement’s Pastoral Pupil Voice

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” I liked Safety Week because I learnt about keeping safe near water and how to spot dangers.”

Mosara Year 3


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” I know how to stay safe at home. I also learnt that you do not tell strangers where you live.”

Taisa Year 1

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” It was lots of fun learning about staying safe. I learnt lots of new things – you can not have a Minecraft account if you are under 13 years of age. Also if someone is rude to you on a chat during a game you must tell an adult and report the user. I also know to not share personal information online.”

Basil Year 4 

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” I learnt about the dangers of smoking and how smoke damages your lungs.”

Omar Year 5

” My class learnt all about Mindfulness. Mindfulness colouring helps you relax.” 

Ellis Year 2

” Breathing in and out slowly helps your body calm down and relax.”

Arinze Year 2

” I know that the Pastoral Team in school are there to take care of us, keep us safe, make sure we feel safe and happy and to help solve our problems.”

Mohammed Year 6

” School has taught us lots about staying safe like, crossing roads, being safe online, not opening doors to people, safe adults in school wear a pass or signing in badge and never share personal information with strangers.”

Basil Year 4 and Mohamed Year 6

” If children have a problem in school there are adults they can talk to – Teachers, Miss Akers, trusted adults and friends. “

Mosara Year 3

” Jigsaw and the teddy help us find a calm happy place and we do deep breaths to give our minds time to be quiet and to relax our heads.”

Taisa Year 1

” I enjoyed creating a Jigsaw Charter about Rights, Rewards, Responsibilities and Consequences in school.”

Mohammed Year 6

” Jigsaw Mindfulness helps us think about a nice, calm place.”

Basil Year 4

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Wool and sticks at Forest School :)

This week during our Forest School session I showed the children how to make bracelets using a special method apparently used by the vikings.  It takes lots of concentration and good co-ordination.  You need to work with a partner. I was really impressed with how the children helped each other and worked together.

We also made God’s Eyes, they originate from Brazil where people  believe they will help to protect them.

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Willow fun :)

At the weekend the willow dome was completed.  The children have enjoyed using it at lunchtimes and during Forest School sessions.

In spring we will water the willow and then leaves will grow.

There were some pieces of willow left from the building of the dome.  The children have enjoyed bending the willow in to circles and other shapes and then decorating them with wool.  Some of these are hanging in the entrance to the dome.

Birmingham School Games

On Wednesday 31st January 2018, three of our children took part in the ‘Birmingham School Games Talent Competition’. It was held at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Several talents were displayed including a guitar solo, a vocal performance of ‘How Far Ill Go’ and a fantastic gymnastics performance which earned a gold medal and first place! All the children represented the Academy to the highest level and showed what super stars they are!DSC_0018 DSC_0037 DSC_0049 DSC_0056 DSC_0057

Forest School news 2nd February

Lots has happened this week.  Some children have been busy making bird feeders and an insect hotel to help encourage more wildlife to the area.

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The girls worked as a team to tie the bamboo sticks together and them put them inside the bug hotel.

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The insect hotel is looking great so far!  I think the insects will love it.

 

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We took delivery of some willow which is going to be used to make a willow dome.  Watch this space to see the finished product!

 

Some other children used clay and natural materials to make faces and creatures.  We then put these in the trees.

 

 

 

Forest School week beginning 22 Jan

This week some of the Year 4 children started to build a bug hotel.  We are hoping to provide a suitable habitat to encourage lots of different insects in to the Forest School area.  We are using some pallets and we are going to fill the gaps with rotting wood, branches, bricks and anything else we can find that the insects might like!  We needed to something to stack the pallets on so we used the bow saw to cut a tree trunk to make blocks.

 

It has been lovely to see the Forest School area being used well at lunchtimes, even if it has been a bit muddy!

These children were very proud of the den they made using the large branches.  It even had a door bell!

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On Wednesday another new group started Forest School sessions.  In this group there are children from years 3, 4 and 5.

We started with a game to make sure we all knew each other’s names.

We then played a game of ‘one, two, three where are you?’  During the game the children were very good at following the Forest School rules.

The children were excited to use the bow saw.  The children listened carefully to the tool talk and so knew how to keep themselves safe when using it.

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Toasting marshmallows at Forest School

This week it was the last week of Forest School for this group of Year 5 children.  We had a fire and toasted marshmallows.  Everyone was very good at remembering the fire safety rules.  We always walk around the fire circle.  We wait until we are invited to the fire.  We kneel in the respect position when at the fire.

The marshmallows tasted delicious!

In our reflection time we thought back over the last few weeks.  Here are some of the children’s thoughts:

“I used to not care a lot about nature but now, because of Forest School, I care much more about wildlife”

“I liked it when we got to climb trees”

“It taught me more about nature”

“I usually don’t like bugs but now we’ve learnt about them I like them”

“I got to learn new games from my friends”