Super Sewers!

This week in Class 5 we have been learning how to sew in preparation for making our puppets. For most of us this was a brand new skill and we found it quite difficult at first but with lots of perseverance- and a little help from each other, we found we were able to all complete a simple running stitch. We are all very excited about creating our owl puppets!

Home link

In nursery we will be sending home ‘home link’ sheets this week for you to complete over the holidays. This is the perfect opportunity for you to share all the wonderful things your child does at home! For example this might include getting dressed, mark making, writing their name, counting, sharing their toys, being kind and helpful, potty training. It can be anything that your child has done that has made you proud ☺️!

Inner Peace

As part of belief and values and also linked to Children’s Mental Health week, we discussed the meaning of inner peace. We explored how acts of meditation, yoga, Thai chi, prayer or simple thought and relaxation were ways to find our own inner peace. In class, we listed to a meditation video which encouraged us to breathe and let go of all our worries and just be in the present. It was so good to Read more…

Yoga in Class 11

Class 11  took part in a yoga session today to continue with Mental Health week and to help us with our assessment focus. We practiced many tricky poses including butterfly pose, cobra, tree pose and planks. We focused on our breathing and balancing to perfect these poses. We then finished with savasana (relaxation) where we listened to meditation music and a relaxing script. Why don’t you try some of these poses at home?

Online Safety Poster Competition

For Safer Internet Day, our Digital Leaders ran an Online Safety Poster competition. The children were asked to design a poster highlighting how to stay safe online for a chance to win an X-Box or PS4 voucher (kindly donated by Smyths Toys). There were over 100 entries, each unique and full of creativity, but there could only be two winners. The winning entries were Tiago (Class 5) and Lillie Ann (Class 13) There were also Read more…