In expedition this week, the children have been taking part in one of the UK’s largest surveys for children, ‘The Big Ask.’ They were given the opportunity to answer questions about their own lives and think about how it has been impacted as a result of the pandemic. It has been a great opportunity for the children to have their voices heard and express how they have really felt during this period.
A big shoutout to our HoWL point winners this week. It was lovely to see some new faces receiving the certificates.
Well done everyone!! 💫
As part of our expedition, the children have been looking at the impact that Covid-19 has had on the local community. We have discussed ways in which we as a phase could help others in the community who are struggling at this difficult time. Following on from the visit by Susan Durant, we have decided that we would like to make a phase donation to the local food bank.
If anyone has any spare food to donate it would be greatly appreciated. Any donations can be sent into school and delivered to your child’s class teacher. The more donations we receive the better. Thank you!
Recently, Trinity Academy launched a geography competition for the Y5/6 to create a hybrid creature and explain how it had adapted to suit its rainforest environment.
Congratulations to, Heidi, Alan and Sophie who won!
Also, a huge well done to everyone else involved!
Today the Year 6 children were given the chance to speak to our expert, Susan Durant. Susan very kindly volunteered to come into school and give the children an insight into what it has been like to work throughout the pandemic. From the beginning, Susan was one of a group of hard-working volunteers who did their utmost to provide meals and packages for the most vulnerable people within our community. The children were fully engaged with some of the stories that Susan had for them and had plenty of questions to follow. Having reflected with the Year 6 children afterwards, I would like to say how thankful we all are to Susan, not only for coming in a speaking to us all today but for the hard work and dedication she and others have put into helping the local community over the last year. Thank you!
In expedition this week, we have been looking at the concept of morality. We have discussed what morality is and why groups of people may have differing ideas on what is right and wrong. We talked about the different ways in which people judge what is either moral or immoral and also looked at how different religious groups come to their own conclusion of what is right or wrong.
We then linked these ideas to the current pandemic and challenged the children with a number of different moral dilemmas that really got their brains ticking. We had some fantastic discussions between the groups and it was so fascinating to see how each child was able to offer their own view of what they believed was the right action to take whilst also remaining respectful of the opinions of those they disagreed with.
This Friday, Friday 30th April, marks the beginning of the Captain Tom 100 Challenge which will continue until Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May.
The family of Sir Captain Tom Moore is inviting the world to take inspiration from his famous 100 laps around his garden to celebrate Tom’s life, his generosity of spirit and the hope and joy he brought to millions.
YOU can join this celebration and take part in the Captain Tom 100 by setting yourself your own challenge based around the number 100!
Let the number 100 be your inspiration and do something amazing, whether it’s..
100 Star Jumps
100 laps of your garden
100 minutes of gaming
Baking 100 cupcakes
Singing for 100 minutes.
We would love to see lots of you taking part and taking lots of photographs of your challenges. Please send any photographs or videos to [email protected] so we can celebrate your contributions on the blog.
Here is a video with more information about the fundraising event.
Click on the link below if you would like to donate to the Captain Tom Foundation:
I can’t wait to see what you achieve in your challenges!
#CrewGreenTop #CaptainTom100
Dear Parents and Carers
Next week is maths week at Green Top (4th – 7th May). We will be celebrating maths and to do this we will be doing the following:
Please see the school blog for links to the NSPCC maths day website, ideas for dress up and daily posts next week.
NSPCC website:
Tuesday’s challenge is: Maths is everywhere! Take a photograph of something maths related around our local community. This could be a percentage in a shop sale, a date on a building, a bus timetable or numbers on a traffic sign. Who will be the most creative? Send your photographs to [email protected]. Good Luck!
Last year was a huge success and enjoyed by all – we can’t wait to see what next week brings.
Thanks
Mrs K Overson
Dress up ideas:
On Friday we had such a fun PE session! Our PE for this term is athletics so last week we focused on long jump and perfecting our long jump techniques. We also practised starting our run up from different starting positions which built on our learning about sprinting from the week before!
Don’t forget to click on the pictures to see some close up action shots!
