Blog by Tag: PSHE

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’.

This week we have been learning all about germs, how to wash our hands, how to brush our teeth and why all of these things are very important. 

What a busy first week back. Steve came in with Harold the giraffe to talk about looking after our bodies.

Harold taught us all about our bodies and how to keep them happy and healthy. 

It’s not even the end of the first week and we’ve already taken part in two exciting things! On Wednesday, Harold the giraffe from the Life Education Van visited to teach us about the inside of our bodies and our feelings. On Thursday, Rock kidz came back to school and we were all rocking and…

It’s that time of year when Rock Kidz come into school! Once we had stopped talking about goats (ask your child!) we learnt about how amazing we all are. We watched a song all about not giving up whatever happens to us. “One life, I’m gonna live it!”. We also sang “Kindness, Live it Out!” You can…

Today Stephen from Life Education came to our class to tell us all about our amazing body, and in particular our brains! We talked about how to calm our brains by calming our bodies. We even learnt about how nerves send messages really quickly around our bodies. 

We also learnt about how to…

Rock Kidz visited school today and we had lots of fun singing and dancing. We sang a new song to reinforce the important message of being kind. 

We had a visit from Steve and Harold today. They told us about healthy eating, friendships and keeping healthy.

We enjoyed singing songs and listening to stories.

Year 6 had a long but interesting day today on their visit to County Hall. We began bright and early by walking down to the station and catching the train to Preston. As part of Multi-cultural Week, we spent the morning with Mr. Mynott, who took us on a tour of County Hall before showing us into…

This afternoon we found out what some of the major organs in our body do and what we can do to help them  function at their best. We discovered that they work together as a team. When one doesn't work properly this can impact the efficiency of the others.

We also worked together in teams to…

On Friday we went to the University of Cumbria. We learnt all about having healthy bodies and happy minds. We did some mindful drawing, team building tasks and played some fun playground games. We also went for a walk and spoke about how we can check in on people and how chatting to someone can…