Year one children had a very interesting and informative visit from Martin from the RNLI. He helped us know more about Grace Darling and we even re-enacted her famous rescue! He also told us all about the special work the RNLI do. It was brilliant!
For Rad Nose Day and Down’s Syndrome Awareness, Year 1 showed their support by coming to school in non-uniform and odd socks and completed activities throughout the day.
This afternoon, Year 4 had a visit from Dennis the Eagle – a South Tyneside rubbish truck which has been converted into a mobile classroom! The children completed a litter pick to learn which items were recyclable and also had a mini lesson taught onboard Dennis!
As part of children’s mental health week in school, we explored what it means to belong. This could be at home, at school, or in groups outside of school. We then thought about how we can help others feel like they belong and we did a “pair share talk time” to help us build up our Year 1 connections. We ended our work with some dancing to the song ‘Everyone is Awesome.’
Year 4 had a fantastic mindfulness session in the hall to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week. They looked at the importance of breathing and how that can calm the mind. Well done!
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week in Year 5 took part in some calming yoga and reflected about what makes us happy.
In Year 2 this week we have been exploring Children’s Mental Health Week. Everyone has created their own confidence cup. We had a discussion about how nice it feels when we give compliments to others and chose different people in the class to share a compliments with to fill up our cup.
We also all love completing finger breathing and yoga.
Children’s Mental Health Week is a special time to shine a light on the importance of young peoples emotional wellbeing. This years theme is “This is my place” it focuses on belonging- helping children feel safe, valued and connected to the places that matter to them.
This week in class the children have been taking part in discussions and completing different activities linked to belonging and explored them in a creative way. 
Year 2 loved had a fantastic morning last week with Lydia in from Groundworks. We created our own plant pots out of plastic bottles and are looking forward to planting in the spring. This linked in perfectly with our PSHE theme of “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”.
