SMSC, HR(S)E & Personal Development

Y3G had their first session of this term with Chris Reddy, Bright Leaders today. We practised our listening and communication skills. We talked about the importance of leadership and what makes a good leader. We discussed “ Little Acts of Leadership” and practised them in the class. The children performed different tasks in pairs to practice initiative, listening and their communication skills.

This morning, Chris Reddy from The Bright leaders team discussed the importance of Leadership and what makes a good leader.

The focus of this mornings session was different ways we can communicate, for example, listening, speaking and body language.

The children were put into pairs and built structures using communication and teamwork.

Year 1 had a lovely morning with Mrs Nozeer as a starter to our new RE topic about Muslims. Mrs Nozeer shared her own experiences of being a Muslim and we all learnt lots. The children were able to ask questions and some of our Muslim children shared their own experiences too.

This morning was our last session of Hummingbird Project. Today we focused on how to bounce back and show resilience when we think everything is going wrong. We talked about that making mistakes is a part of being a human. Although mistakes can make us disappointed, they also have a superpower as they can give us opportunities to learn something new so that we can improve in future. There is always someone is better than us but it doesn’t mean we feel that we aren’t good enough and give up. We also did the Hula Hoop Challenge to show encouragement and resilience when we work in groups. Y3G also drew posters describing The Hummingbird project that which things they liked the best about this project.

Y3G had a wonderful Rock Kidz Party and danced their shoes off.

Y3G had their session with Chris-Bright Leaders. We practiced our listening and cooperation skills. Cooperation skills involve communication, sharing, taking-turns, problem-solving and empathy. Y3G practiced these skills by building animals with play-dough in pairs. They showed positive-reinforcement and encourage each other by modelling and expressing their ideas clearly. They worked together to find solutions even when conflicts arise.

This week Y3G focused on, ‘What makes you Strong’ in their Hummingbird Project workshop. We learned that it is really helpful to know what your own unique character strengths are so you can use them to help you. We can use our character strengths to help ourselves feel better when we have a tricky situation in our lives. Y3G also looked at the different strength cards and colour 5 cards that show their top 5 strenths.