Today we had lots of fun with Darren, from the SSP, working on team building activities. We loved doing all of the activities delivered to us by our very own Sports Leaders. We loved playing the games and learnt lots!

Nettlesworth Primary school had lots of fun celebrating and raising awareness for Brain Tumours when taking part in Wear A Hat Day. We took part in a HATTASTIC quiz and crowned the winning team with a super-amazing hat trophy. It was great to see so many hats of all different shapes and sizes – Well done everyone 🙂

We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our parents and carers for helping to raise £75.00

This week in our Safeguarding Assembly  we took part in Water safety education. At Nettlesworth, we recognise that this is a vital life skill, but it doesn’t have to be boring. So, we have worked alongside the Durham School’s Sports Partnership and delivered the activity packs from Rookie Lifeguards Training to get across the importance of Water Safety to the children.

 

For more information about this see the packs below:

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Today we have had lots of fun with Marie-Claire learning about the different ways that we can complete our daily Active 60.

We began the day with an assembly, learning about the importance movement has on our mental health and well being

Class 1

UNCRC Article 31 – Right to take part in a wide range of activities.

Class 1 had lots of fun doing some active yoga. We learnt lots of yoga positions and could do these whilst moving around the hall. We explored different yoga poses on our spots and added animal actions to remember them. Marie-Claire was amazed at our balance and control 🙂

Class 2

We worked on our active yoga. We demonstrated our fundamental movement skills as well as our flexible moves.

Class 3

UNCRC Article 31 – Right to take part in a wide range of activities.

Class 3 had lots of fun doing some active yoga. We learnt lots of yoga positions and could do these whilst moving around the hall. We learnt how to do yoga poses both on our own and with a partner. Marie-Claire was so impressed with our flexibility and balance.

Class 4

This afternoon, Class 4 had the chance to take part in a Step Fit aerobics class as part our own Health & Wellbeing Day with Marie-Claire. We loved coming up with our own routines after learning the moves from Marie-Claire and are aiming to continue to do at least 60 minutes of being active every day – even when not in school! Well done everyone.

UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities. 

Class 5

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

A fabulous session with Marie Claire saw Class 5 participating in Step Fit for an hour. The whole class demonstrated Rights Respecting Gold throughout with their determination and willingness to complete each exercise.

Well done everyone.

Class 2 worked with John, a neighbourhood warden, to learn bout the importance of looking after our local area as well as our environment. We discussed how litter picking can be really helpful way of looking after our world around us. Look at us go …. making sure our school grounds are spotless!

Article of the Week Care and Adoption

Hello, This week we explore Care and Adoption. There are many different reasons why children might not be looked after by their parents. And in these circumstances several articles of the Convention can help guide everyone to ensure that the child or young person’s best interests remain central to the decisions taken. In this pack we link four articles which closely relate to a child’s situation when a decision is made that results in them being cared for by people other than their parents. However, there are many other articles that could apply. We understand that this topic can be difficult for young people with experience of adoption and the care system, so please do take into account the situation of your learners before you proceed with activities from this pack.

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UNCRC Article 29 – Education should develop a child’s personality, child’s and abilities. 

This half term we have chosen an artist who was very inspired by Kandinsky and his work. He worked so hard to create this piece of artwork independently and kept on producing different pieces of artwork!

Our Artist of the Half Term goes to Jay. Well done Jay!

UNCRC Article 31 – leisure, play and artistic culture

Congratulations to all the children in Class 5 who have been working incredibly hard all term in PE – Dance to choreograph a dance routine that provided awareness for our PSHCE LGBTQ+ work and incorporate dance moves that challenged all.

We are immensely proud of you all and you gave all our parents a true treat when you performed at the Gala Theatre in front of a full audience.

Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all children.

UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education

We are delighted to announce the wonderful achievement of our children who have achieved 100% attendance for the Spring Term.

Well done for your determination and dedication to succeed.

UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education

Fantastic Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all our children who have achieved a wonderful attendance of 96% and above for the Spring term.

We are all very proud of you.