Today, West Bromwich Albion Footclub Club held an Anti-bullying workshop for Year 6. Children participated in an engaging workshop, which helped children understand the strategies to put in place if they were being bullied, if they saw bullying, or anything that made them feel uncomfortable and how to seek help.
Children celebrated differences and building an understanding of where the line may lie between banter and bullying.
Year 6 had an amazing, educational World War II Workshop at Cannock Chase Museum.
In line with our History Curriculum, Year 6 had the opportunity to take part in numerous activities. These activities allowed children to understand what life was like for an evacuee and as a British citizen during WW2. Year 6 looked at artefacts from WW2 and re- enacted an air raid drill. The class also became evacuees, understanding the importance of rationing and the impact this had on morale whilst taking part in role playing different scenarios from this era. The class furthered their knowledge around WW2, exploring ways that the war touched on every aspect of life-from the food people ate to the clothes that they wore to the precautions they took against invasion.
Year 6 had an amazing educational visit to University College Birmingham. As part of IntoUniversity [a government scheme inspiring young people to achieve], the children were invited to UCB to have an insight into university life.
We were given a tour of the 6 different buildings on the university campus, which has over 7500 thousand students from around 90 different countries.
The children visited different departments, where lectures and training were being held. For example, aviation and airport management, beauty therapy, business enterprise, chef cookery and many more.
The children celebrated their time with IntoUniversity with a graduation ceremony by wearing a gown and cape and receiving a certificate.
Today, Year 6 celebrated #Hello Yellow by wearing yellow clothes. Hello Yellow is Mental Awareness Day, an event which is focused on young people's mental health. Created by the charity, Young Minds, the day is all about promoting mental health support for young people.
Year 6 held a parent reading workshop. Parents were invited in school to share with their children a love of reading.
Parents were encouraged to have fun with reading, allowing children time to talk and ask questions, to clarify what is they think is happening, or to give their thoughts on what is going to happen next.
Reading is a broad subject; one which fits into an umbrella of learning, which in turn is broad in itself. Encouraging our children to engage with books, to look at books and to think of books will eventually develop a love of reading that, once established, will last a lifetime.
Year 6 had an Engineering Workshop with IntoUniversity.
IntoUniversity is an organisation set up to encourage and support young people to be inspired to achieve their ambitions.
As part of our workshop, children explored lots of making, testing, coding, measuring, recording and learning about forces and the scientists and engineers that have helped us to get where we are today.
Welcome to Year 6. We hope that you have had a fantastic summer and are prepared for an amazing academic year packed with excitement and discovery. Accept new challenges, show resilience and let's make this a memorable year!