Class 10
Mental Health Week
In nursery we have been discussing our feelings and how we can express our feelings. The children then had fun showing different faces that they use to express their feelings.
Computing
Are we being safe online?
As part of safer internet day, Class 12 focused on being safe and responsible online particularly with social media. We discussed the age limits on popular social network sites and the importance of parental guidance with using any online app or website properly. We discussed how too much ‘screen time’ can negatively impact children’s mental well-being too especially when it effects our emotions or sleep patterns. We wrote a class agreement in staying safe Read more…
Computing
Safer Internet Day 2019
Today we had a visit from 2 of Harwood Park’s digital leaders, Tryphon and Ruby. They discussed with Class 10 the importance of not sharing personal information online and checking age restrictions on websites, video games and apps. Children then made an online safety pledge using their learning from the lesson.
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Church Visit
Class 10 are focusing on Christianity in Beliefs and Values. This week, we visited Reverend Maureen at St. Luke’s Parish Church to learn more about her church, Christianity and to share some of our own learning from this half term. Reverend Maureen let us walk around the church to marvel at the amazing stained glass windows, grand alter and marble pulpit. She then let us ask her any questions we had about Christianity and the Read more…
Computing
Safer Internet Day
Today, Class 9 were visited by two of our Digital Leaders, Autumn and Sophie, for a lesson on Online Safety. The focus of the lesson was ‘permission’. We learned that online companies need permission to hold and share our data and if they break the rules there can be serious fines. We also discussed the importance of asking permission from our parents before doing anything online and before sharing details and photos of other people.
Class 14 (2023)
Safer Internet Day
Today Class 5 have been thinking about how we can stay safe on line. With the help of our fantastic digital leaders, we learnt lots of useful tips like never giving out our personal information and what we can do if we are unsure about anything we see when we use the internet. There was also a quiz at the end to see what we had learned! Are you keeping safe on line?
Geography
Transatlantic Communications
As part of our learning about America, Class 9 have been lucky enough to receive postcards from several different states in the USA. Thanks to family, friends and the wonders of social media they have been able to learn more about: Alabama Alaska California Indiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia With two weeks left of this learning journey, the children are hoping to still receive Read more…
Class 14 (2023)
Guess and Check!
We have been continuing to work on the guess and check reasoning strategy in Class 5. For our latest problem we needed to work with our partners to find out how many cubes must be on each plate to make a given total. We all worked fantastically well with our partners and after some perseverance we solved the problem.
Class 13
Safer Internet Day!
Class 3 had a very interesting lesson on Internet Safety, led by our school Digital Leaders. We discussed the different ways that we use the internet and learnt about lots of different ways to stay safe online. These included: not talking to strangers, not giving out personal information and always ask permission to use certain online games or apps. We now also know the importance of asking adults or our Digital Leaders if we are Read more…
Computing
Safer Internet Day in Class 11
In Class 11, we focused on social media for our Internet Safety Day. We discussed the age limits for certain apps and many children were shocked to learn some apps such as Instagram have an age restriction of 13! We created our own ‘Do’s and Dont’s Class Agreement’ involving how to act sensibly and safety online. We also discussed ideas on how to limit screen time and the negative effects this can have on our Read more…