Active travel in October – week three winner
Well done to our week three winner who made active journeys to school every day last week.
Our active travel section on the website has recently been updated. Have a look at some of the initiatives we take part in to encourage a happy and healthy start to the school day.
Active travel in October – week two winner
Well done to our week two active travel winner (08 – 12 October) who was randomly selected to receive the latest £10 voucher.
Our week three winner will be announced early next week.
We have a final weekly prize to award and also a prize for someone who has made an active journey to school every day in October. These prizes will be awarded straight after half term once our Living Streets travel tracker data is available.
Remember an active journey can be walking, biking, scooting or parking away from the school gate and striding the last part of the journey.
Lost property
School Council are involved in a project to try and reduce the amount of lost property we have at school.
Starting this Friday, lost property will be available to look through in the playground to hopefully reduce the pile we have already this term!
Naming your child’s items helps to get things back to their owners so we will also be offering a clothing name labelling service for 20p per item. Profits will go to our school charity, Make-a-Wish.
New additions to the library – thank you, school councillors
At their final meeting, our current school councillors spent time, using part of their budget, choosing new books for our library.
From sport books to science books, there’s a great selection. The books will soon be available to borrow from the library.
Living & Learning
This week’s Living & Learning statement is – I understand that rights come with responsibilities.
The class explored the word responsibility. We discovered that responsibility means that we have a duty to deal with something. We discovered that the word rights means we have an entitlement to have or do something.
Some examples of this statement included:
- I have a right to go to the toilet but I have the responsibility to go at an appropriate time like break time and lunch time, where possible.
- I’m responsible when I remember my swimming kit.
- I’m responsible for doing my homework on time.
- I have the right to an education. It is my responsibility to learn as much as I can.
- I have the right to a clean environment so I have the responsibility to do what I can to look after the environment.
School Council elections
In our whole school assembly today, we launched this year’s School Council election process. Our School Council is one of the ways that children are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.
The election process allows children to develop an understanding of one of the British Values, democracy, with two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers.
Our current school councillors spoke about their role over the last year and the qualities needed to be an effective school councillor.
These included:
- use the 8 Rs for learning
- be respectful and polite
- help others
- be a good speaker and listener (to members of your class and in the meetings)
- share and be confident with your ideas
- let others speak
- accept the views of others even if you don’t agree
- be friendly and approachable
- follow our school rules and make good choices in class and around school
Watch out for the whole school homework this week all about the election and democracy, ready for the elections next Thursday 25 October.
Bike and run at the Brownlee Centre
The Brownlee Centre is a great facility on our doorstep.
These bike and run sessions, run by the Brownlee Foundation, are open to all children, any ability, aged 8-14. Why not give it a tri?
Terrific Homework!
Year 3 have produced some amazing homework this week. The homework was Creative and they were asked to reflect on their learning. This could have been learning from any subject from the week.
During our homework review session on Fridays, the children take turns sharing their homework and reflecting on their classmate’s work. Today, each child left a reflective comment in their friend’s books with a post-it note.
Have a look at some of the brilliant homework, below.
Lego in out Big Topic lesson
This term, Year 3 have been looking at Transport through their Topic lessons.
For the past week, we’ve been sketching and designing our very own Roman chariots. These chariots must match the design criteria that the class created, listed below.
- It must be able to move.
- It must be able to be pulled by horsepower.
- It must be able to hold a person.
- It must be able to move over rocky terrain.
Have a look at some of the class’ fantastic designs below:
The class then went on to work as a team to construct their chariots.
Have a look at our finished models, below.
Living & Learning
This week in Living and Learning, we were learning about all of the 8Rs for learning. We introduced a new member of our class to the 8 Rs and explained what they meant.
Year 3 had to remember the 8Rs. They also discussed how they could use the 8Rs to support their learning.
Aadil pointed out: ‘I use the 8Rs while we are sitting on the carpet during lesson time. I make sure I’m ready by having eyes on the speaker, empty hands and a silent voice.’
Hashim added: ‘When I’m stuck in a lesson, I use my resilience so that I don’t just give up. I keep on going to do the best that I can.’
Sasha stated: ‘Mrs Burgess uses her 8Rs for learning also. Right now she is remembering and reflecting on our Living and Learning sessions’ Well done, Sasha!
Avraj added: ‘I am responsible by making sure I remember my swimming kit on a Tuesday and three school rules everyday!’