Wellbeing week Feb 19th - 23rd

Our Wellbeing champions,

got our Wellbeing week off to a good start by leading a whole school assembly with lots of ideas of how we can:

Connect with others

 Celebrate others and ourselves

Learn a new skill

Pay attention to the moment

And be physically active

Empowering children and young people can have a positive impact on their health and wellbeing. For example, children and young people who feel that their voices are heard - and that what they say makes a difference - have higher levels of self-efficacy and selfesteem. They also have a greater sense of community – and as people become empowered, they can work together to create positive changes for themselves and for others.

Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously.*

* The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

This afternoon all the children were able to choose from a variety of activities to learn a new skill. We are fortunate to have such talented staff - the children were able to choose from boxing, Forest School, painting, making slime, playing board games, crocheting, origami, Maker activity, netball, making playdough, science experiements and cooking. The children absolutely loved it

World Book day is on Thursday 7th March.  On this day and throughout the week, we will be running various activities including author talks, library visits, dressing up and competitions.  

On Friday 8th, we are inviting all children to dress up as a BOOK character (not a film character); it could be as elaborate as you like, or as simple as wearing your pyjamas.  There will be prizes for the most creative and uniquely considered costumes.  

We are also running a ‘World Book Day Potatoes’ competition.  We would like as many of you as possible to decorate a potato to symbolise your favourite book.  These should be brought in on Thursday 7th, where they will be displayed and judged.  Prizes will be awarded.  Examples could be:

We will also be running a ‘Guess Who?’ competition, where teachers have had a photo of themselves taken whilst hidden behind their favourite book.  Can you guess who they are? 

If you want to take part in your own class’ version of this, please take a photo of yourself reading your favourite book, but don’t let us see your face, and send these to your class teacher on Dojo before Wednesday 6th March.  Examples:

World Book Day tokens

All children will receive a £1 book token as part of the World Book Day event. This can then be used as part payment for a more expensive book, or they can be exchanged for the specially published £1 books. You can view the books available to buy on the website and also find a list of booksellers who stock the books .https://www.worldbookday.com/books/

Children will enjoy a range of activities throughout the week; these may include:  

• Sharing recommended reads with friends  
• Role-playing book characters  
• Listening to famous authors reading extracts  
• BBC live lesson at 11am (Thursday 7th) 
• School library visits (Y6)
• Making bookmarks 
• Live Writing lesson 9:30am (Thursday 7th) 
• The Great Big Footy & Booky Quiz 9:30am (Y4-Y6) (Thursday 7th) 

Sharing a story https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/ks2-english-world-book-day-10-minute-storysharing/zjyc96f

These videos are from World Book Day's 10 Minute Story Sharing, where you can watch and listen to a selection of book readings with some of World Book Day's favourite authors, including extracts from stories by Michael Morpurgo, Ben Bailey Smith and Dominic Sandbrook.

We look forward to sharing our love of reading with the children throughout the week. 

Thank you. 

E. Loveridge 

Weekly Attendance - week beginning 19th February 2024 

Our whole school attendance target for this academic year (23/24) is 96.5%

Follow the link below for further information:

NHS 'Is my child too ill for school?' guidance

Looking After Your Wellbeing Online

The online world and digital technology has become such a significant part of our lives – and integral to so many aspects of our daily routine – that we shouldn’t be surprised at the degree of influence it can wield over what we think and how we feel. Many experiences that young people have on the internet are hugely positive and uplifting … but sadly, that’s not always the case.

Negative incidents online – such as disagreements with other users, stumbling across upsetting content or feeling left out by friends – can be intensely damaging to a child’s emotional state. The poster below has some useful tips for young people and trusted adults on how even small, simple actions can help to protect our wellbeing when we’re on the internet.