Throughout the week, children have been taking part in many activities as part of Anti-Bullying Week 2023. The theme for this year is "Make a Noise about bullying!" It was wonderful to see so many odd socks on Monday!​ The socks were worn as a symbol of difference and acceptance. To introduce the week, the children took part in an assembly led by Tracy and Miss Heath, organised by the Anti-bullying Alliance. The assembly provided key messages about speaking out against bullying. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we had some fantastic workshops led by external companies.

A performing arts company called "Bigfoot" presented an interactive anti-bullying programme for Year 1 - Year 4 with the aim of encouraging children to respect themselves and each other at school, in their homes, in the community and online.  It was a creative and interactive experience with a very important message.

Education Child Protection visited Brunswick Park to speak with our Year 5 and 6 classes. Lots of discussions took place about bystanders, cyberbullying and stereotyping.  These anti-bullying sessions explored the importance of respecting others even when they are different and supported children with practical steps they can take to improve relationships.  This also forms part of our Relationships and Health Education curriculum.

Anti-bullying activities also took place in class for all of our children across the school. It has been brilliant to hear the children talking about the important messages they have explored throughout the week. 

We love it when parents and carers come into school as special visitors. Nursery and Reception were very lucky as they were visited by parents this week who came to speak to them about Diwali and how they celebrate with their families. Thank you to our wonderful parent visitors!

Year 5 and Year 6 had an amazing time taking part in Virtual Reality workshops to enhance their history learning. As part of their ancient Maya project, Year 5 were transported to Chichen Itza, visited ancient Maya ruins and learnt about the games they used to play. As part of their World War Two learning, Year 6 became immersed in this period and even became pilots of a WWII plane!

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Today we supported Children in Need. We had a wonderful time raising money and decorating Pudsey biscuits! It has been a fantastically fun day raising lots of money for this very important charity. Thank you to everyone who got involved. 

Year 2 had a brilliant morning performing at the Infant Music Festival 2023. They sang beautifully and made us all very proud - well done Year 2!​

I wish you a brilliant weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.