Walk to School week
Thank you to Zariaat from Living Streets for our Walk to School week assembly this afternoon.
We reminded ourselves about lots of benefits of walking to school – less traffic and pollution near the school gates, spending time with family and friends and physical and mental health improvements.
Don’t forget our prize draw on Friday for all pupils who have walked or used a park and stride option this week.
Well done to Year 2 who have recorded the most active travel journeys to school so far this year.
Brownlee Triathlon
Some of our KS2 pupils have enjoyed taking part in the Brownlee Triathlon at John Smeaton Leisure Centre in the sunshine today. They’ve completed the three elements of the triathlon – swim, bike and run.
Walk to School week
This week, we will be taking part in national Walk to School week. It looks like the perfect weather for it too!
We’re sure you’ll agree these are all great benefits of walking to school.
During Walk to School week, children who walk to school or park further away and walk the rest of the journey (park and stride) will all be entered into a prize draw to win one of five £10 vouchers at the end of the week.
We are also looking forward to hearing about what you notice on your route to school as part of our whole school homework this week.
National Walk to School week has featured in this week’s First News.
By taking a walk to school, children will be working towards our Living and Learning statement for this week.
I recognise mental health is important.
Why not try this Supermovers quiz to see how physical activity can boost children’s mental wellbeing.
It’s oh so quiet ………
Our next topic, Sound, started this week. We began by playing a game called Identify the Sound. This was great fun with some very interesting noises.
Following that, the class were asked to predict which areas in school would be the quietest and loudest. Then, off we went.
Year 4 were asked to complete their sound walk in total silence. The only sound was the beat of a drum to give them the next instruction. This was a great success!
The next part of our lesson was to find out how sounds are made and how they travel.
Using instruments and varying levels of noise, we learnt that sound is created when something vibrates and sends waves of energy (vibration) into our ears. The vibrations travel through the air particles to the ear.
- “The stronger the vibrations, the louder the sound.”
- “Sounds are fainter the further you get from the sound source.”
- “Sound changes depending on how fast or slow an object vibrates to make sound waves.”
Having discovered how sound travels through air, our next challenge will be to find out whether it can travel through water and solids.
Stay posted!
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Poetry – Contrasting emotions
Written by Milo
Year 4
Living and Learning – What do you know about mental health?
On Tuesday, Year 4 were given a talk all about mental health.
What do we know about mental health?
Many thanks to Mrs Vickerman and her colleague who came into school to give this talk to the children.
Summer Picnic themed menu
Catering Agency, our school meal provider, will be running a special themed menu on Friday 06 July.
Please contact the office, by Friday 22 June, if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
School savings club
The next School Savings Club paying in date is Thursday 17 May 2018 at 3.15-3.45pm.
If you’re unable to attend in person, please hand in any money to be deposited to the office in a sealed envelope addressed to Mrs Tiffany.
The paying in dates are the penultimate Thursday of each half term and the final date for the summer term is Thursday 12 July at 3.15-3.45pm.
Finally, if your child would like to open account, please ask at the office.
Living and Learning – Mindful Breathing
Today, as part of our Living and Learning lesson, we all took part in a few mindfulness activities. Over the last few weeks, the class have been thinking about how our emotions affect us and what we can do to help us cope with different types of feelings.
We know that people can experience conflicting emotions at different times, such as times of loss and change, stress and anxiety and the children have learnt to recognise when and how to ask for help.
Alongside asking for help, Year 4 thought about some strategies to help themselves when an emotion takes over. One idea that we have experiment with is to try some mindfulness techniques.
Mindful awareness exercises help children develop concentration and self-awareness.
Today we focused on our breathing.
In this exercise, the children were guided through a process of paying attention to their breathing.
Ukulele
The children in Year 4 have a ukulele music lesson every week. They have been working hard to learn to play this stringed instrument. The tutor has taught the class all about the chords on a ukulele and some basic songs.
