The year two gold book entry this week is going to Arlo. As part of our focus value for this half term - Generosity - we read the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. During our class discussion, Arlo made a lovely observation and said, "The boy was being generous because he shared his five bits of bread and two fish with 5000 people." This showed that Arlo had really understood the meaning of the word 'generous' and that led to further and deeper discussions within the class. Thank you Arlo.

This week's first Year 3 Gold Book entry was nominated not only by myself but also by Mrs Kelly who noticed this person being a fabulous role model to others at lunchtime. Here's what she said.

I would like to nominate Rafi from Year 3 to go into this week's gold book. Towards the end of every lunchtime he tidies away the play equipment without any prompting. He generously gives up his lunchtime to be helpful and there is no expectation of praise. An absolute credit!

Well done Rafi!

Secondly, we have Tanya. Tanya is a model student in Year 3. She is a thoughtful student and conscientiously completes every task. Testing her ideas on her whiteboard and testing concepts with table partners to solidify her understanding. Despite having a beautifully delicate voice, Tanya loves to share her ideas with the class with her hand shooting up ready to give it a go and amaze us with her thinking. This sharing and willingness to participate links to our core value of Generosity as Tanya allows others to magpie and build on the groundwork she has made. Tanya displays perfectly that the classroom is a collaborative environment and her attentiveness and enthusiasm is making our team even better. Congratulations Tanya and we look forward to following your example in the terms to come.

This week we would like to put Leonie in the Gold book for her wonderful acting. We have been discussing and becoming the ancient gods of Rome and Leonie has been able to go from the mighty Jupiter to the fiery Juno in the blink of an eye. Watch out for her Mars impression, she becomes terrifying! This embodiment was then transferred into her writing where she captured Mars's personality perfectly. She was able to be pompous and vain, just like Mars as well as threatening everyone to any kind of fight! Well done, Leonie. It is great to see this dramatic side to you.

We have been discussing our core value of generosity in class this week and thinking about the role it plays in maintaining positive relationships with our friends. It has been such a tricky decision as we have so many small acts of generosity each day. However, I think we can all agree that a member of our class who consistently shares this value with her friends and members of staff around the school is Izzy. It has been noticed so much so that she has even been nominated for the gold book this week by her classmates. Well done Izzy - you are a wonderful role model to us all!

There have been so many lovely examples of generosity in Year 6 this week, which has been so lovely to see. Nell has demonstrated patience and generosity with her time, supporting others during maths lessons. Her sense of humour is refreshing and it's lovely having her smile light up the classroom. Thank you Nell!