Picking up on the theme of mental health and well being from before half term our assembly this week focused on developing strong feelings of self-worth. I brought in a pair of shoes from each of my family members and tried them on. My son’s shoes just about fitted but curled and crunched up my […]
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week and we have been working as a school community to bring the importance of well-being and mental health to the fore. In PSHE the children have been engaged in a range of activities to help them feel comfortable in their own skin and to recognise their own qualities […]
I have been struck by the opportunities around the school for self-expression in creative and performing arts over the course of this week. The nursery children have begun a story scribing strand within their learning. It works like this; following a stimulus they create and tell their own story, which the teacher writes down verbatim […]
The breadth and depth of learning in any school is an awesome thought. From knowledge and conceptual understand to technical skills and the development of human qualities such as empathy, openness and flexibility of thought. The layers are endless within a 21st century school and the possibilities exciting but it can be easy, in the […]
