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AM Year 3 House Rounders– PE kit.
PM Year 3 Sports Workshop with Yarm (away)children should wear full PE kit and a cap and ensure they have a water bottle in school. Return to The Avenue at 4.30pm.
FRIDAY
Year 2 Visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Please remember sunscreen, caps and water bottles. Return to The Avenue at 3.30pm.
SATURDAY
Year 3 are supporting a school in The Gambia in Africa. It is in a poverty stricken area and relies on sponsorships and charity donations. They initially built a primary school for local children who have to pay to go. Most of these children are sponsored as they are part of large families and cannot afford it. Miss Murray has visited the school on several occasions and seen the amazing work they have done with the limited resources they have. They have built up a library from books donated from across the world, they have their own chickens so sell the eggs to locals to help make money, they sell vegetables to locals and a couple of years ago, started building a secondary school to provide extended education for the children which is now up and running.
understanding of the world outside of their immediate surroundings. It is important for children to be aware that there are people who have far less than they do and that all over the world there are people living in vastly differing circumstances. There is, of course, a balance to be found between educating children about the world they are living in and exposing them to harrowing, disturbing and upsetting information. We do not, though, allow this to detract from the importance we place on educating our children about the value of kindness and charity. It is embedded in everything we do, and crucial in our commitment to creating global citizens, prepared for world. In addition to the obvious benefits of ‘giving’, whether that is financial, time or kindness to support the values of the school, there is also a tremendous amount of research into how ‘giving’ can support and improve our well-being and even make us happy! I watched this short film with Year 3 whilst teaching PSHE, about how ‘giving’ is most definitely contagious. Click on the links to watch Mr Indifferent and this film A Joy Story - Joy and The Heron which proves one kind act deserves another. It is imperative we teach our children the importance of being kind and the notion of Random Acts of Kindness.
DIARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING 14th JUNE 2021
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
suffering in our world. This is something that our children are accustomed to as they are growing up exposed to images of natural and man-made disasters, however it is of the utmost importance that we do not allow them to accept this as the norm. It is vital that we do not allow our children to believe that they are powerless in the face of disaster, and that these events are happening in a world separate to theirs. Empowering children with the thoughts that ‘we can help, we can be kind, we can make a difference’ is therefore a huge priority in education. This philosophy should be a focus for all schools. It is not a case of holding lessons in empathy, or teaching about charity, but ensuring that these principles are embedded in the education that children receive. This allows children to learn about these principles by soaking the information up subconsciously. This has been our approach during the theme for
The children in Year 2 discovered vanilla comes from Madagascar and looked at ethical and non-ethical farming methods. This has built into work to raise money for Vanilla for Change, a project that is part of Save the Children that operates to ensure farmers get a fair price for their products.
For children to fully grasp the importance of principles such as giving and charity, it is important that they also possess an
TUESDAY
During half term children at school rose to the challenge of a Big Sleep Out to raise money for Shelter. The children had to sleep outside or in a less comfortable place than their own bed. This would result, in a small way, in the children gaining some understanding of what it would mean not to have a bed to sleep in. They raised over £2800 for Shelter, a charity that exists to defend the right to a safe home for all. Well done to everyone who took part (including parents). It is imperative that we ensure children understand there is a great deal of
this term ‘Grab your back pack, go on our travels’. As part of their theme each year group have identified a charity in the country that they are visiting. Year 1 have been in communication with a charity to support an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. They have learnt how to make curry pastes and refined their own recipes which they will make to sell at the ‘Grand Exhibition’ to raise money for the elephant sanctuary in Phuket.
Newsletter No: 30 Friday, 11th June 2021
MONDAY
It was wonderful to observe the children running into school on Monday, extremely excited for the final half term of the academic year. I hope everyone managed some family time to enjoy the fabulous weather we experienced throughout the week. There were a number of families who joined the school community on Monday and we warmly welcome you all.
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AM Reception Swimming.
Next week the St Peter’s 2-8 Friends will be collecting Bags for School each day. A chance for the school community to show their kindness. (More on this later in the Best wishes, newsletter). All monies raised will be going towards our school charity, Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, supporting the work of Leeds Congenital Heart Unit. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.