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As part of Anti-Bullying Week the children came to school dressed in odd socks to celebrate their individuality and to stand up to bullying and discrimination. All the children were proud of the socks they wore and had great fun looking at the different combinations worn by others.

Today we wore odd socks to show that it’s ok to be different and to stand up against bullying and discrimination. We also learnt how online bullying can be different to bullying in the physical world but both have mental and emotional impact on a persons health.

Year 3 marked Anti-bullying week this week by wearing odd socks to show that we are all different and unique…. and that is ok. 
This year’s theme was respect, we talked about respect and what bullying is. We talked about the many different types of bullying; cyber, verbal and physical. 
We…

Year 3 enjoyed listening to Stone Age stories and choosing books to take home. The librarian said they were the best behaved children she had ever had.

Year 3 carried out online-awareness activities about cyber bullying as they created posters to share how to be safe online. 
They also found a friendship bear hiding on top of the whiteboard! He sent them a special message. We did lots of fun activities that week. 
 

Today Year 5 attended a XC fitness challenge at St. Benedict’s school. They ran a 2km course and we’re all timed. An average time will be taken from this. In June we will return and run the course again aiming to improve our average time. All the children did incredibly well in the muddy…

Year 6 have been studying the Remembrance poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon as part of their writing lessons. At the end of the unit, they chose a verse to learn by heart and performed it. They practised speaking rhythmically, varying the volume and intonation of their voices.  They also…

This morning we observed two minutes of silence in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the two world wars. 
 

Nursery loved learning about and exploring all our different poppy stations this morning. During the minutes silence at 11am the children sat silently and watched a short animation clip called ‘Poppies’

Year 2 attended a short service at the War Memorial to commemorate Remembrance Day. The children respectfully observed a minutes silence before listening to a reading of a poem and being led in prayer by Reverend Becky. The class representatives for the Ethos Group laid a wreath before returning…

Today we observed two minutes of silence in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the two world wars and other conflicts.

In D&T year 5 have been learning about food and nutrition. They learnt about different types of bread that are eaten around the world and made their own unleavened flat bread which they enjoyed eating with garlic butter. 
They also learnt that in Denmark they eat a type of bread called rye bread…