Image of Mental Health Awareness Week in Year 2
14 May 2021

Mental Health Awareness Week in Year 2

Year 2 have been reflecting on how they connect with nature and the impact this has on their mental health and well-being. The children had lots of fun using their computing skills to record their thoughts on a green screen video then add a personal photo to illustrate their favourite place to…

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Image of Y1 Mental Health Awareness Week
14 May 2021

Y1 Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week

We all enjoyed wearing green today as part of promoting Mental Health Awareness.  We had lots of fun creating some surprise ‘Take a Break’ packs to send home today.  We talked about what Mental Health means and self help strategies we can use to help ourselves. Year…

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14 May 2021

Pirate parrots

The children have been making pirate parrot finger puppets this week with felt. They picked their own colours for the parrot and his beak, glued their own eyes on and added a colourful feather. Let’s hope they don’t turn into talking parrots when they get home. 
 

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Image of Year 3 Mark Ascension Day
13 May 2021

Year 3 Mark Ascension Day

Year 3 learnt all about Ascension Day and did some wonderful illustrations.

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13 May 2021

Year 3 Share Happy Thoughts

We discussed that a healthy mind is a happy mind. We shared our happy thoughts with each other and sent them to parents too. They help to create our happiest thoughts.

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Image of Painting nature: Bluebell Wood at Muncaster Castle
13 May 2021

Painting nature: Bluebell Wood at Muncaster Castle

We found the beautiful bluebell woods of Muncaster Castle to be such a natural wonder. We analysed it, sketched out the main lines to gain perspective and then couldn’t wait to paint it. We did a great job of using perspective, colour washes and painting techniques to create…

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13 May 2021

Bringing Nature Into Our Lives

Year 5 enjoyed collecting items from nature to create their own ‘Nature Collages’. We discussed how being outdoors and appreciating the wonders of nature help us feel happier. 
 

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12 May 2021

Year 3 Dance to Feel Good

Year 3 enjoyed music and wanted to express themselves with dance. As it was Mental Health Awareness Week, we found that this helps to give us a happy mind. 

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12 May 2021

Investigating the best material for curtains

Year 3 were investigating which material was best for curtains and tested which material was good at blocking out light. They tried a variety of materials and most children discovered that dark polyester was most effective. They measured the strength and size of the shadow created and considered…

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12 May 2021

Coding in Y4

Year 4 have completed a course in Coding during their computing lessons. They have been learning new technical vocabulary associated with coding and learning how to put computational thinking into practice. 
 

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Image of Bringing Nature into our Lives
12 May 2021

Bringing Nature into our Lives

Year 4 spent the afternoon outside enjoying developing a relationship with nature. Time was spent relaxing, connecting with others and the world around us, contemplating how we can feel close to nature, how feeling close to nature can help us feel happy, calm and relaxed. We carried out some…

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Image of Y6 Mental Health Week Art inspired by nature
11 May 2021

Y6 Mental Health Week Art inspired by nature

To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week (this year’s theme is Nature), our Y6 children used oil pastels and worked on their shading and shadowing techniques to create these calm and peaceful, nature-inspired pictures. 

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