318 Belonging Framework

There are now just two weeks to go until the official launch of The 3-18 Education Trust’s Belonging Framework! Watch the launch video here.

The Belonging Framework is designed to guide and support staff, parents/carers and external agencies to offer appropriate knowledge and tools which help students in our schools to feel valued and understood. This is something that school and Trust staff have been working on throughout this academic year, led by Sadie Howson our Trust Director of Safeguarding and SEND.

To celebrate the Belonging Framework the Trust has launched a Trust-wide competition to encourage our students to start thinking about what belonging means in their school.

Students from all schools have been invited to submit a creative response to the brief, with house points for all participants and an Amazon voucher for each school’s winning entry.

The deadline for entries is Friday 23rd May.

In our school we have shared the launch video in classes and started to think about what belonging means to us as classes and as a school. Children are encouraged to participate in the competition to share what belonging means to them, this could be in a variety of ways – a picture, words, poem, dance or a piece of art work. Get creative! We look forward to seeing your entries. 

We will be selecting a Belonging Ambassador for our school based on the competition entries. All schools will have Belonging Ambassadors, who will work as a team to support the essential sense of belonging within their schools.

Amazing Aladdin!

Huge well done to our class 3, 4 and 5 children who were simply outstanding in their panto production this week. Their singing, acting, humour and teamwork was exceptional – well done everyone, we are so proud of you! You all remembered your lines adn delivered them clearly and confidently and you sang the many songs beautifully. A shout out to the many soloists who bravely sang their parts with confidence and clarity.

A massive thank you to our staff who enabled this production, making props, organising the logistics, teaching the staging and acting – a huge task, but very well done. Each class presented one scene, with class 4 going first, class 3 in the middle and class 5 at the end. Each class had a full list of parts to fill and all classes learned the songs.

Thank you to all the parents and family members who came to watch, and helped their children with costumes and learning lines at home – your support is greatly appreciated.

 

Number Games

We have been enjoying activities around number and here we were playing a memory game where we had to match 3-digit numbers in numerals and words. It became very competitive!

Rocks and Fossils with Dr Rogers 27th November 2024

Today we had a fabulous visit from geologist Dr Steven Rogers. He brought in lots of different rock samples for us to look closely at and some amazing fossils to hold and study. We learnt a lot about igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks as well as fossils such as trilobites and ammonites.

Online Safety

This week Miss Darmanin led our half termly safety assembly with a focus on Online Safety. Children were reminded of the SMART safety rules and they discussed each element. A huge well done to everyone, Miss Darmanin was very impressed with how knowledgeable the children are. They were all reminded to share the SMART safety rules at home and to always make sure grown ups are aware of their online activity.

SMART online safety rules poster

Flint Knapping with Mrs Watts 20th November 2024

On 20th November 2024 we were lucky enough to welcome Mrs Suzy Watts into Class 3 to show and tell us all about flint knapping, a stone age skill. Flint knapping is the skill of making stone tools by hitting a stone core with a hammer to create flakes. The flakes are then shaped into tools like arrowheads, knives, and spearpoints.

Prehistoric Art October 2024

This term we have been learning about prehistoric cave paintings and trying some ourselves using pastel and charcoal. We have been drawing animals on paper and sandpaper we they could experience what it may have been like to paint or draw on cave walls. You can also see us working on coil clay pots and some of the ones we have made.

 

Beeston Castle Trip

On 22nd October 2024, Classes 3 and 4 visited Beeston Castle in Cheshire. We walked up the very steep hill to the top where we saw the ruins of the medieval castle. We could see for miles and miles! We also visited a replica Bronze Age roundhouse.