Fantastic Fossils

28th January 2025M Reilly

Wow, what a week! We were lucky enough to have a special visitor this week in the form of a real-life ‘geologist’. The children thoroughly enjoyed explored ‘real’ fossils and learnt a lot about how to become ‘fossil hunters’ themselves. A fantastic afternoon had by all.

7 Red visit to Epinay

27th January 2025R Cave

7 Red had an amazing time in the immersive room at Epinay school.

 

From roller coasters, to football, to volcanoes !!! With sights and sounds to fully ‘immerse’ the children in different worlds.

 

 

 

Is it permeable?

16th January 2025M Reilly

This week in year 4 we have been investigating the permeability of different rocks. The children discovered rocks such as slate and granite were less permeable than rocks such as limestone and sandstone.

The Power Of Map Reading!

15th January 2025ashleigh clark

Today in 1 Blue, we have been learning to read maps using symbols. We learned that symbols can represent a certain feature of a place. For example, one symbol we looked at was for a campsite, the symbol that represented this was a tent and a caravan. We then went on to look at a map of Jangaland and discuss what the symbols meant before looking at the key to check if we were right!

 

A visit from Reverend Ian!

15th January 2025K Richardson

We had an assembly with Reverend Ian from St John’s church. Today he talked to the children about break time. He recalled a story from the New Testament regarding the day of Sabbath. He talked about how the day of Sabbath is a day of rest, time to recharge and how beneficial it is. He then discussed whether we should also do jobs, relating it to Jesus helping people on the Sabbath day. We talked about Jesus healing people and helping others. How we could also help people during our breaks? The children came up with some fabulous ideas of how we can help each other during our breaks. Suggestions such as helping people who are lonely by playing with them, if someone is hurt then make sure they are ok or get them some help, let people join in with games or agree to play a few different games so everyone gets to choose their own ideas. We then had a school prayer and sang a song.

Wellbeing for School Parents

13th January 2025R King
January 2025

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Here’s a quick round up of what we think is great on Inourplace this month.
 
Why so sensitive? Teenage brain changes
For parents of teens and pre-teens to understand the major brain development in adolescence and how to keep connected

 

(bitesize e-learning)
For teens: Brain changes, feelings and relationships
For teens and pre-teens to learn about brain development, why sleeping later is normal and keeping calm is harder

 

(bitesize e-learning)
 
A wellbeing guide for SEND parents
Your space for thinking about parenting
with specialist information for neurodiversity
and/or other SEND wellbeing and support
for your child

 

(bitesize e-learning)
Autism and emotional wellbeing
The Psychologist’s view

 

(2 minute watch)
 
Confident in your vaccination choices?
The Health Visitor’s advice

 

(5 minute read)
Understanding big feelings for small people
An introduction to emotional wellbeing and how understanding feelings can help nurture confidence, resilience and friendship

 

(short bitesize e-learning)