Crew Share Bears enjoyed an outdoor crew session this morning. We reminded ourselves of our crew norms before the session and all made a pledge to follow the norms by printing our handprint onto our crew tree. We then used microscopes to look closely at and describe different things we find outside. What a great start to the day!
This week Nursery are thinking about cultural celebrations/traditions and have been exploring Diwali and Remembrance Day.
We began the week by hooking the children into Diwali, the Hindu celebration of light, by immersing the children in special Indian music and entering Nursery in the darkness, lit only by Diya lamps. The children were so excited and soothed by the atmosphere as they drew pictures of the diya lamps. They listened carefully to our key text “Binny’s Diwali” by Thrity Umrigar and learned that the lamps are traditional and used as decorations to guide in luck and light and warn off any darkness.
We have also paused to remember and celebrate the fallen and serving armed forces on Remembrance Day, by listening to an age appropriate story “Lest We forget” by Kerry Brown during our Tranquil Tuesday Reading Crews. The children came to school dressed in patriotic colours to show their support for the cause and made donations to the British Legion. Nursery have drawn some beautiful pictures of Poppy’s using their observational, considering shapes and simple details including colour.
We learned why Remembrance Day is so important, and Keith and Dave shared stories about local heroes from Doncaster who were awarded the Victoria Cross — the highest military honour for bravery. We even got to see a real Victoria Cross medal, which was a very special moment for everyone!
Dave also told us fascinating stories from his own time in the army, helping us to understand the courage, teamwork and sacrifice shown by so many.
We were all left feeling inspired to remember and honour those who have served — and we can’t wait to share some of our own Remembrance projects over the next few days.
To thank them for their visit and all they do for others, we were proud to present Keith and Dave with one of our special Community Champion awards. It was hard to choose which character traits they showed because, quite simply, they are wonderful examples of them all — courage, kindness, determination and respect.
Thank you, Keith and Dave, for reminding us what it truly means to be a hero. ❤️
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Reptile Rendezvous @ Norton Juniors
Poetry Superstars in E29 Pioneer @ XP East
Weekly Update for Families @ XP Gateshead
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Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!
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Two NJS Teams enjoy success! @ Norton Juniors
Expert Visitor – Ed Miliband @ Norton Infants
Crew Peake – Shining stars! @ XP East
Congratulations to Hannah in G28 Crew Frank! @ XP Gateshead
This week we were very lucky to welcome a special expert visitor — Ed Miliband! Ed came to talk to us about his job as a Member of Parliament and to share his passion for helping people and protecting our planet.
He explained what it’s like to work in government and how he represents people in our local community. The children had the chance to ask him lots of brilliant questions, from “What made you want to be an MP?” to “How can we help stop climate change?”
Ed spoke about the importance of looking after our world and gave us some simple but powerful ideas about what we can all do to make a difference — like walking or cycling instead of driving, recycling properly, and reminding our families to save energy at home.
We were proud to present Ed Miliband with our Community Champion Award for showing compassion towards people and the environment. His visit reminded us that everyone, no matter how young or old, can make a positive change in their community and in the wider world.
As part of our expedition “How can I be a superhero where I live?” we have been looking at the book Let The Children March. We decided that we would host our own KS1 march in aid of Askern CRY Foodbank.
We have spent lots of time creating our pop art inspired signs, choosing slogans, colouring, designing and painting.
This afternoon, we went out into the community and marched in aid of the foodbank. We were showing off our amazing signs and chanting all about helping people and supporting the food bank.
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