KS1 P4C club: Why does anger exist?

Children watched a clip from the film Inside Out in P4C club today. Many big questions were developed, including "Can sadness ever be a good thing?" and "Is it good to worry?"

Children voted on the question "Why does anger exist?" which led to in depth discussions about the benefits of being angry ("so you know when you need a break from being stressed") and the downsides of the emotion.

Children generally concluded that anger can be beneficial in some ways, but it would really be better if we could be happy all the time. 

However, this didn't quite convince everybody... 

would it really be good to be happy all the time?

EYFS garden

Children have been enjoying the new and improved garden area this week! 

We have strengthened the focus on specific areas of learning in the outside area including Maths, Literacy, Understanding of the World and Expressive Art and Design. The prime areas of learning (Communication, Social and Physical development) link in with everything we see. 

It has been a joy to see the children accessing so much learning from their environment.

Experimenting with sound and rhythm at the music area,
and investigating in the bug hotel.

Cooking in the garden cafe, developing literacy and numeracy
through the environment.

Experimenting with water and guttering.

Aiming high! Number recognition in the goal.

Mixing up a pumpkin potion, developing story telling and speech,

Making the teachers fish, chips, peas and gravy to enjoy in the Cafe!

P4C - gendered clothing

Children have been sharing their ideas about clothing. 

We looked at clothing and dress from different cultures, which challenged the children's thoughts.

   

After our discussions, children designed an outfit for a person, taking into account our discussions from the enquiry.

"A dress for a boy"

"A colourful outfit for a boy"

"A boy with a necklace"

"A girl wearing trousers"

"A boy wearing earrings"

"A boy wearing traditional dress"

Yoga Stories

As part of Marvellous Minds week, the children took part in a yoga session by Mrs Thompson, from the WonderTree. Children explored different ways of movement though yoga stories, experimenting with strength, breath, balance and posture. 

 

What makes a good teacher?

In P4C club, we were discussing what a 'good teacher' looked like. Here are a few of the quotes from the children...

"A good teacher helps us grow our brains and challenges us to be even better" 

"If we just go for the 2 star challenge they tell us to go for the 3 star one because they think we can do it" 

"My teacher believes in me" 

"A good teacher is helpful and kind and helps us be the Agents" 

Now, even though it seems us teachers are doing well from the children's point of view, we have all also been advised to... "Buy sweets for all the children every single day"   ... :)

Number Hunt!

This week, Reception have been number detectives. Some pesky 'number-saurus' dinosaurs have been on the loose in the outside area! Children were given the mission to find these cheeky creatures and put them back in their correct order ready to return home.

Children have really enjoyed finding and ordering numbers this week. 

I wonder what numbers you can spot in your environment?

Welcome to year 6's blog

The pupils in Year 6 have had a fabulous start to their year. As both classes – Hong-Oai and Bergmann – are named after photographers, the children were taken to Bloodhound Woods in Wickham Hall and given the opportunity to hone their photographic skills with Mr Forgham. The results were amazing as you can see below. We truly do have some talented budding photographers in our midst.