8th December 2020 |
How can we make the dinner hall a quieter place?
- Music – put it on
- Class points
- Tally charts
- Noise monitor – you could look at this each day
- House points
- Someone to be the speaker to say we are too loud
- Have a teacher on each table
- Be moved somewhere else if you are too noise
- You can only talk to the people on your table
- When we are finished lunch read quietly
- Reward us if we are quieter – hoop or dice game
- No shouting sign on each table
- Make a set of rules for the dining hall
- Win 10 points for the best class each sitting
- Use clapping to change the volume
- Table monitors
- Sit by friends on a Friday
- Have competitions
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1st December 2020 |
Why are trees important? What do they give you?
- Oxygen
- Food
- Paper
- Furniture
- Wood
- They give animals shelter
- Strength
- Adventure
- Places to make dens
- Life
- Shade
- The give you a life to live
- They give you food and animals food
- They give hope and love – they show us the power of nature
- Trees are reliable – they are always there
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Why do we use a tree as our school emblem?
- Because they help us
- We have lots at school
- Because classes are named after trees
- Look pretty
- They grow and we grow (lots of children said this)
- Our school is growing like trees grow and they are strong like school
- Fruit blossoms and we blossom (lots of children said this)
- Trees give you oxygen and help as your life continues – school does this as well (several said this)
- In autumn, the trees change colours just like our lives change
- Because when the leaves fall it is like us leaving with all we know
- Trees help you and so does school
- Because it is a symbol of life
- Every time a new person joins our school a new leaf grows
- The tree is the school, and we are the leaves
- It is like the teachers have become trees and we are the seeds
- Because trees are like homes – like our school
- Because they are part of the life cycle like we are
- Because they are important and have beautiful features like us
- Because they have to be determined to grow even in bad places
- Trees have spirits – they watch us grow
- We start as a seed then we grow, we get bigger and bigger then bloom
- The classes are trees, and the middle is the core
- They tell us to eat healthy – trees have apples and pears and fruit
- The trees are the teachers, and we are the leaves, they grow old an when we are old enough we fall off our lives
- The school is the tree and the leaves our community – without the community the tree wouldn’t survive
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25th September 2020 |
What is important at break times?
- Time to calm down
- Having fun
- To relax and refresh
- Break from work
- Fitness, sport and keeping active
- Time to be with different people
- Alone time
- Being peaceful
- Time to catch up with friends
- Have space
- Time to eat snacks
- Fresh clean air
- Chatting time
- Time to catch up and have nice conversations
What would you like it to look like?
- Welcoming
- Like a dream come true
- Environmental – growing spaces
- Bright and colourful plants
- Animal shaped bins
- Attractive for wildlife
- Natural
- Like a forest
- Like you’re in the wild
- Hills
- Calm in places
- Painted rocks
- Historic areas
- Laminated fitness and yoga ideas
- Roman ruins and houses – like the area used to be
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What do we need to provide?
- Walls to climb
- Athletics track
- Long jump pit
- Monkey bars
- Dens
- Trees
- Tepees
- More football
- Stepping stones – stones to balance on
- Obstacle course
- Slide
- Fitness course
- Running track
- Netball goals
- Wrestling ring
- Animal bins
- A patch of grass
- Goals for the grass so we can play football
- Resting places
- Basket swing/ tyre swing
- Hammocks and places to rest and relax
- Hire referees
- Flowers
- Fake grass
- Slides
- Swings
- Strawberry plants and fruit trees
- Oak trees
- Sunflowers
- Seats
- Equipment sheds
- General waste bins, compost bins and recycling
- Climbing equipment – rock wall
- Chairs and tables
- Reading place
- Environmentally friendly equipment and spaces
- Basketball
- Den making equipment
- Monkey bars
- Sports equipment
- Places to sing and perform
- Sandpit
- Hopscotch
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7th February 2020 |
What are my values? What is important to me? (most answers were said by many children)
People/animals
- My Mum – show her love
- My Mum and Dad
- Family
- Special friends
- My pets – cat – guinea pigs – dogs (one because he helps me when I am sad)
- My Parents
- Myself
- My niece
- My life
- My Dad
- Teachers
- Named children
- My football team
- Mrs Leach
- Rev. Phil
- Mr Lyne
- Mrs Moyes
- Being like a family at school
Future
- I want to be Prime Minister
Other
- My sleep
- Learning
- The Mosque
- Sports
- School, it helps me so much.
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Emotions and values
- Love
- Feeling special
- Happiness
- Care
- Respect- showing it to friends and family
- Peace
- Friendship – because some people might have no one to play with.
- Be kind and love each other
- Never give up
- Determination
- Creation
- Passion
- Having goals and going for them
- Quiet peace
- Learning
- To be able to overcome fear.
Objects/things
- My teddies – my first one – my big one
- My home
- My room
- My phone
- Toys
- My Bed
- My hobbies
- My school
- Hot chocolate
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Why is it important to eat healthily?
- Live longer
- Stronger bones and teeth – calcium
- Be stronger
- Stay disease free
- Be strong and healthy
- Be a better person
- Be faster
- So you don’t die
- Have more energy
- Better diet
- Grow big and strong
- Get stronger and taller
- So you don’t get ill
- You will get ill eating rubbish all day
- To stay in shape
- You need a bit of everything
- You could die younger if you eat unhealthily
- Be fit
- So you don’t get sick
- So you can access everything
- Prevent bullying about size
- Healthy eyes and nails
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How can we improve the quality of our lunchboxes?
- Have less crisps
- Eat more fruit
- No chocolate in our boxes
- Try new things we have not tried before
- Have fruit not chocolate
- Eat more veg.
- Have more vegetarian food
- Check the sugar
- Reduce the packaging
- Less junk more good
- Have a chunk of cheese not a cheese string
- Different things each day
- Make our own
- Have a group to discuss lunches
- Have fruit everyday – have veg as well
- Add salad to wraps and sandwiches
- Only have water at lunchtime
- Have school dinners
- Grow vegetables at gardening club
- Breadsticks and hummus
- Fruit for every class
- Rewards for healthy boxes
- No chocolate or jam in sandwiches
- Tell parents about alternatives.
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10th January 2020 |
Should we help the homeless?
- Yes – it is not their fault
- Yes – one day we might be in their position
- Yes – because they need our help
- Yes – everyone should feel safe
- Sometimes we need to be careful because it could be a scam
- Yes because we are all human
- Yes because we should be kind
- Yes, yes, yes
- Yes – we should help if we can
- Yes – because they don’t deserve to be homeless
- Yes because we could make a change
- Yes – homeless people might starve to death if we don’t
- Yes – we might save their life
- Yes – we should try and make a difference
- Yes because we wouldn’t like to be homeless
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How can we help the homeless?
- Give people food, money and a hot drink
- Give them sleeping bags
- Give money to homeless charities
- Smile and say hello
- Let people come into school and not pay any money
- Ask them if they are hungry and give them food if they are
- See if they have got a place to sleep
- Make it better for them
- Make sure that they know where to get help
- Respect them
- Give clothes
- Buy buildings
- Use old buildings
- Give them vouchers
- Give them books
- Give them blankets
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8th November 2019 |
What is bullying? What might it look like?
- When you hurt someone’s feelings and you do it over and over again
- Doing it every day – doing little things on purpose
- Telling people they look stupid
- Pushing people over
- Making fun of the way you look
- Constantly saying and doing things on purpose
- Hitting, pushing
- Violence, words, judgements- more than once
- When someone hurts you or is mean to you on purpose
- Bullying will worry you inside
- Hurting feelings over and over again
- Being unkind all of the time
- Talking behind your back
- Purposeful hurting
- Pushing, kicking, hurting and making fun of people
- Being hurtful
- Breaking your things
- People hurting your feelings over a long time
- Swearing or using ride words
- Bullying is horrible
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How Should we act?
- Tell a teacher
- Tell the most trustworthy adults
- Walk away
- Tell them to stop doing it
- Don’t try and fight, tell someone you trust
- Tell family – Mum, Dad, Gramp, Aunt, Uncle
- Stand up for others
- Don’t react to people who say bad things to you
- Show them that they are not bothering you, then tell your teacher
- Tell Rocky, Kai, Cullen or Jakson – they will help
- Try and help them in case there is something wrong
- Ignore them then tell your Mum and Dad
- Ask them if they are doing it for a reason – ask if you can help them
- Say stop
- Tell a play leader
- Tell them that they are hurting your feelings
- Don’t act back walk away
- We should not retaliate
- Tell someone quietly
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16th October 2019 |
Why is it important to work in family/house teams?
- I like being with my family
- We learn about each other
- So we can talk to different people
- So we can discuss together
- We can help more people
- You make new friends
- It is important to work with your group so that you learn to work with different people
- So little ones know what to do and get help.
- So we can keep active and have friendly competitions
- We can be healthy and strong as a team
- We are like a family – it makes me feel like I have sisters and brothers
- Different groups can get together
- Older ones can help
- Good to show kindness
Some of us don’t like being mixed at lunchtimes and would like to sit together
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What type of events would you like to do as a house team?
- Go on trips
- Build together
- Baking and cooking
- Play house team games on a Monday together
- House team activity days – street art, poem writing, lego building
- Come to school in house team colours
- Football match
- Competitions to get house points around the school
- Scavenger hunts
- Gardening
- Drama
- Lessons together
- Movie making
- Go to the park together
- Running races
- Swim together
- Fundraising competition to see who can raise the most money
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9th October 2019 |
Families
What are the good and wonderful things we should thank God for within our families?
- We are all alive and together
- We have food and money, not always lots but we have more than many people
- We have a bed to sleep in and a roof over our heads
- That my Mum and Dad are together and love each other
- That we have pets to love
- That we have people who love us and care for us
- That we have love and support in our lives
- That I have brothers and sisters who help me when I am sad
- That I have a family who love me and keep me safe
- That I have my own bedroom
- That I have a family who help me and support me and make me who I am.
- That I have clothes and warmth and lovely food
- That I have the best family in the world
- That I have a family who love me
- We look after each other and make each other happy
- That are families take us to school and clubs
- My Mum is wonderful
- That we have people who are always there for us no matter what
- Cuddles and kisses to show us we are loved
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What are the tricky and sometimes difficult things we should ask God’s help for within our families?
- Getting along with each other
- Not being altogether as a family anymore
- When my parents argue as it upsets me
- Being looked after by my older brother as he bosses me about
- When Mum asks you do to things like tidy your room that you don’t want to do
- Arguing with my siblings
- Being the oldest sibling as you’re expected to always set an examples and be well behaved and I don’t always want to
- Having to share a room when they don’t stop talking and let me sleep
- Having to share a room and they keep taking my stuff
- That my siblings wind me up
- That my baby sister screams alot and wakes me up early
- That my baby brother cries all the time and gets all the attention
- That my brother is always telling tales on me
- My Mum gets cross and upset when I argue with my siblings all the time
- Trying not to get shouted at
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25th September 2019 |
Families
What is a family?
- A group of people who love and help each other
- People you love and who love you
- People who love and care for you
- A family is a group of people who love and care for each other and help each other when they need it
- All of your relatives and friends
- My carers and friends
- A group of people who can be related but don’t have to be
- They are related and care and love each other
- People who are kind to each other
- These are the people who I care about
- Family are your friends as well as caring for you
- It is my Mum and Dad
- A family is a big circle of love and hugs
- People who you care about
- People who will help you in bad situations
- People who always love you even if they are not all together
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How do we show respect within our families?
- Helping Mum carry the shopping bags
- Looking after each other and showing that we care
- Share without arguing with our brothers and sisters because that would make Mum happy
- Have manners, remember to say thank you for everything they do for us
- Give a hug and say I love you
- Show understanding and help each other
- Show love to one another
- Be kind and help each other
- Listen to each other
- If someone is sad give them a cuddle and help them
- Listen to what we are being asked to do and then actually do it!
- Help lay and clear the table
- Playing with our siblings
- Don’t argue all the time
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March 2019 |
Creation
What do you Love most about God’s creation?
- Bird watching – particularly sparrows
- My Garden
- Grass
- Myself
- Toys
- Santa
- Horses
- Dogs and cats
- Trains
- Food
- The earth – humans wouldn’t exist
- Football and basketball
- My bed
- Sleeping and relaxing
- Crocodiles
- Animals
- Cheetahs
- Tropical lakes and palm trees
- The sun – it lights up our world
- Trees – they keep me alive
- School
- Flowers because they are pretty
- Dancing
- Butterflies
- Stars, moon and planets
- Friends and family
- Teachers
- My Mum
- France
- Going skiing
- The beach
- Archaeology
- Lego
- Monster trucks
- Mum and Dad
- People
- Empty places
- Phoenix
- High places
- Puppies
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What can we do at School to look after God’s creation?
- Keep the playground clean and tidy
- One child in each class to turn the lights off
- Look after equipment – put lids on glue
- Have a cleaning day – Inside and outside
- Eco badge
- Put more signs up
- Recycling days
- Plant flowers, Plant herbs
- Fix the Science garden
- Help the bees – good plants and bee hives
- Do more gardening
- Bug houses
- Don’t waste food
- Pick up rubbish
- Have a pet
- Stop over sharpening pencils
- Look after white boards and pens and pencils
- Less cars
- Gardening club – Plant seeds
- Walk
- Be more outdoors
- Take off extra plastic
- Bike to school
- Tidy up after ourselves
- Water plants in school
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February 2019 |
How can we be more involved in our local community?
- Dance classes
- Do things with the football club
- Brownies, Rainbows and guides – some children go to other local groups
- Gym/ trampoline club
- Sculptures and art projects in the community
- Community talent show
- Care for people
- Invite more people into school
- Have more shops
- Play netball
- Go to the bowling (bowls club)
- Have bingo
- Help our church more
- Invite people to eat at school – have lunch with friends in the community
- Rugby – tag or contact using the back field
- Open morning to raise money and awareness
- Make the school bigger
- Welcome new people to the community
- Have a school football team
- More sports club
- Community clean up – parks and hedges
- Make posters
- Have lessons in the community
- Install more things in the parks
- Give new people gifts
- Martial arts club
- Swimming pool
- Do more plays
- Picnic for everyone
- Do more fundraising for charity
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How could we be more involved in our church?
- History of the church – finding out about the life of the church (make a book about it)
- Learn more about St Blaise
- Older ones showing Oak round
- Help the elderly to sing
- Read stories about Jesus
- Explore the church and the graveyard
- Pet service – blessing
- More assemblies
- Fund raise
- Do more activities at church – go more
- Do workshops there
- Pray there
- Do drama and play acting – more stories at church
- Choir to sing at church
- Cook food for them
- Share meals together
- Remembering
- Give food to the poor
- Make cakes to raise money for them
- Move the church by school so we could go more
- Have church at school
- Friday church
- More seats
- Make an area so we have our own church in school
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