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1 Nov

Year 3 PSHE - Planning A Healthy Meal

In PSHE, Year 3 received an email from Derek the Penguin. He wanted their advice about making healthy food for his friend's birthday party. In groups the children talked about the different food groups and then designed their own healthy menus.

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30 Oct

Online Safety - Fortnite

Over the years, Fortnite has become a household name in the gaming community. It was one of the first titles in the ‘battle royale’ subgenre, where players are thrown into a chaotic free-for-all on a sprawling map and fight until only one remains. Its cartoonish presentation and satisfying gameplay loop make it a potentially attractive choice for young players. However, it’s important to remember that online safety risks are always present – especially in multiplayer games – and Fortnite is no exception. This free guide, put together with expert input, tells you all you need to know about the safety concerns of this popular title and offers advice on how to protect children and young people as they enjoy the game.

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29 Oct

Reception - PSHE - Our Feelings

Reception has been talking about the different feelings we have throughout our day. They were able to show some amazing expressions for happy, cheeky, angry and sad. They were also able to talk about when they feel some of these emotions.

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23 Oct

Supporting Young People To Build Emotional Resilience

Facing unpleasant feelings can be a challenge, even for adults – let alone for children and young people, whose minds are still developing. To many youngsters, a mistake in an exam, a hurtful word or even losing in a game can sometimes feel like the worst thing in the world, causing them to react accordingly. However, this isn’t always an effective way to deal with difficult emotions or life’s setbacks, so it's important that parents and educators are able impress a healthy approach to these feelings on the children in their care. This free guide offers you expert tips on how to instil emotional resilience in young people, helping them to learn from unexpected feelings and situations – and to process them in a mature, effective manner.

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16 Oct

Online Safety - Horror Films and Age Ratings.

Ofcom’s latest Media Use and Attitudes Report states that most children can watch streamed films on a mobile device both in and out of the home, with 80% of UK children watching films on phones, tablets or laptops. That’s a lot of youngsters who might be using their own gadgets to watch something suitably spooky this Halloween season or perhaps, something a little too frightening. With older children in particular, it can be difficult knowing how to manage their increasing interest in more mature content – including horror films, in many cases – let alone knowing how best to safeguard them from inappropriate material. Our free guide offers expert advice not only on the risks of exposure to horror films and other potentially upsetting content, but also on preventing young viewers from seeing this material or protecting them from being too deeply affected by it if they do.

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16 Oct

Year 6 Yellow Day

Thinking about affirmations and the value of positive self talk to help improve our mental health, and put ourselves in a positive frame of mind. We wore yellow to support mental health day.

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15 Oct

Reception - PSHE - Who Can Help Us?

In PSHE, Reception Class have been thinking about people they can turn to for help when they need it. They wrote the names or drew pictures of the people on a hand print. Lots of children said they would turn to "Mummy" or a sibling for help and enjoyed drawing pictures of them.

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9 Oct

Nursery - PSHE - Birthday Celebrations

Our new story for this week is 'Happy Birthday Lulu'. The children have really enjoyed reading about Lulu's celebrations on her big day, so we also took a look at our own birthday celebrations. We took turns in tapping the gifts on the screen to reveal the images behind. The children loved sharing pictures of their birthdays with the class and likewise, they enjoyed looking at their friends celebrations too. We discussed what items we could see in the pictures, presents, cakes, balloons, family members and more!

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9 Oct

Fire Safety

A Home Office study has found that approximately 350 children are injured in accidental fires every year

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3 Oct

PreSchool-P.S.H.E-I Am Special

Today the children Had to secretly look inside the box and not tell their friends what they saw until the last child had looked inside, the children then discussed what they saw which was themselves in a mirror, We then talked about Why we are special and unique and what makes us special and what makes our families special.

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2 Oct

Nursery - PSHE - What Would You Like To Be When You Grow Up?

Our dressing up box has been the focal point of our learning this week. The children have explored different job roles as we have discussed what they would like to be when they grow up. Using our brilliant role play skills we have been able to take on the job roles of, police officers, fire fighters, postal workers, doctors and nurses, builders and chefs!

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26 Sep

Year 5 PSHE - Negotiation and Compromise Roleplay

Year 5 had fun in the hall acting out a roleplay aimed at understanding how to negotiate and compromise. Everyone had a go, and we all laughed a lot!