For pupils, responsibility means taking ownership of their own learning, action and choices. In daily school life, this looks like arriving to class on time, coming prepared and putting honest effort into your learning. Beyond learning, responsibility also means managing personal behaviour—such as admitting to mistakes when they happen, treating peers and staff with respect and helping to keep the classrooms areas clean. Ultimately, it is about understanding individual choices directly impact both your own success and the well-being of the wider school community.

In Year 3, we have been learning our time tables. We used a different and fun way this time. We created different patterns from our 2-12 tables. Look at our outcomes.

Year 4 have been having enormous fun, using Scratch to program a dialogue between 2 Picoh robots.  We had to think about what they were saying and when the Picoh's would respond, ensuring that we used a sequence that enabled a 'wait' for a response time.

This week, Year 6 have been diving into a brilliant short story called Francis as our new writing hook; the children have absolutely loved it! We've been using the story to write some fantastic, vivid character descriptions. We've also been looking at the features writers use to build up suspense. 

DEC have started transition within Adams and Jackson class and we are working on building resilience to new adults, children and classrooms for those moving on to new schools and those moving classes within DEC. To help with building relationships we have taken PE offsite to the local park so the children can play and be active together in ways that are comfortable, while showing safe behaviours and friendship skills. 

Our Peer Mediators are a specially trained group of children who help others resolve minor playground disagreements, fall-outs and conflicts peacefully. By listening carefully to both sides, staying neutral and helping children find their own fair solutions, they play a massive role in keeping our lunchtimes happy and safe for everyone.

Whether you have a spare hour to help set up an event, a fresh new idea to share, or simply want to volunteer your time, your support makes a massive impact. It’s a fantastic way to meet other parents, get involved in school life and help support projects that benefit every child. 

Every little bit of help counts! Please contact the office if you are able to support with this half term’s events.