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You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn’t harmful to others.
Trunk Theatre - The Gunpowder Plot
On Thursday 9th November, Years 1 and 2 enjoyed an educational, fun-filled visit from the Trunk Theatre company. The production The Gunpowder Plot! told the terrible tale of old and why we celebrate Fireworks Night. Trunk Theatre took us back to 1605 and we learnt about Guy Fawkes and the dastardly plan he nearly brought to fruition.
Here's what some of the children had to say:
1MC
Ruby - We learnt about why we see fireworks at Bonfire.
Noah - We learnt about Guy Fawkes.
1JB
Lillia - We watched Guy Fawkes, he tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. He failed.
Jack - I liked their character costumes and their hats.
2BW
Heather - I enjoyed the party poppers which were just like an explosion!
Archie D - At the end, we all got to draw and colour our favourite parts of the play on long pieces of paper.
2JC
Lottie - I enjoyed learning about the plot and the explosions.
Daisy - We saw the men get arrested.
Year 2 – St Mary’s Church Visit.
On Monday 14th November, Year two visited St Mary's Church in Kingswinford and had a fantastic time! We were met by Father Adam who shown us around and we learnt lots of incredible facts. Please ask your children what they have learnt π
Isla - "Candles with poppies at the bottom because it was Remembrance Day yesterday".
Harvey - "St Mary's church is named after Mary, Jesus' mom".
Oliver - "We saw a war memorial that was very old”.
Lottie - "A font is where they put water on the baby’s head when they get christened".
Tilly-Mai - "There was a special place that a knight and a soldier was in".
Anti-bullying week 2023
This year’s ‘Anti-bullying Week’ kicked off with ‘Odd Socks Day’ and a ‘World Kindness Day’ online assembly. Odd Socks Day marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week. We have celebrated what makes us all unique and how to spread kindness!
Anti-Bullying Week 2023 is coordinated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year it had the theme 'Make A Noise About Bullying'.
Year 3 had a Loudmouth ‘Bully 4 U’ workshop. The Bully 4 U programme takes common bullying scenarios such as cyberbullying, sexist bullying, and homophobic bullying, and through drama they bring these issues to life.
A big thank you and well done to Aurora in 5/6B for writing her own acrostic Bullying Poem.
Bullying Poem
Bullying is not nice,
Understand that bullying is not classed when it’s done twice,
Leave those bullies in the dust – stand up to them, that is a must,
Let everyone be happy, let no-one be unhappy,
You can help,
In school, let’s take a big step,
No-one should be scared to shout it out,
Grow your confidence and let love and happiness reign throughout.
Aurora
Here is what the children have learnt:
Reception
Marcella - We wear odd socks because everyone is different.
Jessica - I'm wearing my odd socks to show I am kind.
Year 1B
Bella-Rose - Odd socks day is about celebrating being different. My socks had unicorns on.
Grayson - Bullying is not welcome here.
Year 1C
Isla - We need to make a noise about bullying.
Izzy - We wore odd socks to show we are different.
Year 2W
Heather - If you see someone being bullied you can go up to them and tell them to stop.
Isla - If you are getting bullied you should always make a noise.
Year 2C
Leah – We shouted ‘Bullying isn’t welcome here’ to make a noise about bullying.
Joseph – We wore odd socks to show that it is ok to be different.
Year 3/4MC
Frankie - I liked the Bully4You group. It was very cool. I liked the acting. I learned that bullying is very bad and that I could speak to a teacher or another trusted adult.
Daisy - Odd Sock Day was important because we learned about being different and that's okay.
Year 3/4JC
Bethany-Rose - I liked Anti-Bullying week because we learnt about lots of different kinds of bullying, and we watched some performances showing bullying and how to deal with it.
Sidney - I liked anti-bullying week because I liked the performances from loudmouth and I liked learning about the different types of bullying like verbal, physical, financial and cyber bullying.
Year 3/4DD
Emily - I learnt that there are different types of bullying, and it is several times on purpose.
Abel - if we are all in it together, we can stop bullying.
Ellie-Rose - I know that I have a support network to help me if I ever think I'm being bullied.
Year 5/6AR
Layla-Rose - Anti-bullying week was fun. We wore odd socks and were all unique and different and had an assembly about it.
Sam - Odd socks day work was really fun showing that we’re are all different.
Year 5/6MB
Daisy - I liked writing a poem about how to stop bullying.
Jack - I think Anti-Bullying Week is important because bullying can scar you for your whole life and it can be difficult to cure. We made a poem to help people know how to stop bullying and how to respond to it.
Year 5/6HO
Arran - We have learnt to tell the difference between bullying and banter. Banter is when everyone thinks it's funny, bullying is when it upsets someone, it's done more than once and it is on purpose. STOP it.
Annamarie - Wearing odd socks on Monday reminds me that we are all different and all equal. Banter can make you feel closer to your friends.
Forthcoming Dates
Tuesday 28th November – Blanford Babies – The Hub – 9am-10am
Thursday 30th November – Yr 1 – Yr 6. Church rehearsal and live stream.
Thursday 30th November – Film Night. 3.15pm-5.15pm.
Thursday 7th December – Year 1 - Year 6 Christmas Church Service.
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day. Wear a Christmas Jumper and donate £1 to Save the Children.
Friday 8th December – Christmas Breakfast – Year 1 – Year 6 only.
Monday 11th December - Nursery/Reception visit to Arise Church Grotto.
Thursday 14th December – Nursery/Reception Christmas Workshop and Singalong.
Tuesday 19th December – Blanford Babies – The Hub – 9am-10am
Tuesday 19th December – Christmas Lunch
Wednesday 20th December – Santa’s Grotto.
Friday 22nd December – School closes for Christmas Break.
Monday 8th January 2024 – Children return to school at the usual time.
Have a good week.
Mrs Crook and Miss Stanton
