School Parliament
Today Mrs Rathbone held a whole school Parliament meeting where the members of parliament got to discuss the actions taken by each department and share their successes and impact of these. #pupilvoice #schoolparliament
Red2Blue inspired Writing
After reading the story ‘Small Things’ we created our own storyboard and diaries as if we were the main character. We spoke about how he might be feeling and gave him advice on what to do to become happier and calmer.
Red2Blue
Today we lauded our Red2Blue initiative in school. This is about recognising when we’re in a ‘Red head’ feeling stuck, pressured or worried and how to get back into the ‘Blue head’ feeling content, determined and confident. We looked at the story ‘Small Things’ and created our own art based on the…
Red2Blue
Year 6 completed some art using Zentangle patterns to show the complexities within the human mind as we work towards building resilience when moving from our Red to our Blue head during trickier times.
Anti-bullying week!
Odd socks day! Why did we wear odd socks to School? Well the children in Year One can tell you.
“It is okay to be different. We need to be kind to each other” - Darasimi
”We are wearing odd socks to show it’s okay to be different” - Hamd
”Bullying is not okay. It means being unkind over…
Sporting superstars
Year 6 have started a new topic of ‘Outdoor Activities’. We are learning about using keys when orienteering around the school grounds. The class completed a warm up around our new running track before doing an obstacle course, finding symbols and their word counterparts!
Time for transition
Year 6 have continued to work on transition in preparation for moving to high school! We are completing transition booklets, which we will bring home at the end of term, full of memories of Waterside and our hopes and dreams for the future.
Bikeability superstars
Year 6 have taken to the road as part of their Bikeability programme this week, showing confidence when cycling on busy roads. They continued to show our expectations of being ready, respectful and safe at all times. Well done Year 6!
Coronation fun!
Year 5 Dolphins had a great time celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III today!
Exploring emotions
We have been exploring emotions and using our group working skills, we sorted the emotions into positive and negative categories. We discussed why we had put particular emotions in a category.