Blog by Tag: PSHE

We have been thinking about what helps us to learn well. One thing we thought about was the importance of teamwork and so today we had a team challenge. Each table group had to create the longest paper chains they could from just two large pieces of coloured paper. The teamwork was…

Today Steve from Life Education came to teach us about our amazing brains. We also thought about how to make sensible decisions and how to be good friends. We loved meeting Harold the Giraffe again!

In their final week at Scotforth, Year 6 have taken part in a First Aid Course designed by the Red cross, specifically for primary age children. They looked at what to do if they came across someone who had a suspected broken bone, was bleeding heavily, had banged their head, had a burn, was…

Yesterday we went to The Museum of Lancaster to take part in a singing workshop with a class from our linked school in Preston, Sherwood Primary School.  We have sent and receive letters to our linked class and last week we met them on a Zoom call. We were really excited to meet them in REAL LIFE…

Today nurse Elle visited us. She spoke about hot to have healthy bodies and healthy minds. We also learnt how to use plasters, bandages and other equipment. 

We have been looking at how to keep safe indoors and outdoors. We got ourselves into character, Super safety heroes. We went to see if we could see anything unsafe or anything we need to do to do when outside to keep ourselves and everyone else safe. You should never run by a road, don’t climb…

We had the Teddy Bear Hospital come and visit us today. We learnt all about our feelings, how to be healthy and look after our bodies. We also learnt how to look after our teddies using plasters and bandages.

This afternoon we had four medical students from Lancaster University visiting our class. They told us about different aspects of keeping healthy, such as healthy eating, good sleep habits, exercise, personal hygiene and mental health. They also taught us what to do in an emergency and we had a go…

We have been reading the story of Elmer and thinking about the wonderful things that make us unique and special.

On Wednesday afternoon, the children chose from a wide range of well-being activities and spent time doing things to help their own mental health. It was lovely walking around school seeing the groups of children interacting with children from other classes and working with staff members they…

We having been looking at how everyone is special no matter what. 

October celebrates Black History Month, so today Year 5 took part in the online assembly that lots of schools across the country also joined. We discussed the theme of ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’.