Month: June 2022
Being Kind
The reception classes were lucky to be invited into assembly to see an amazing speaker called Bereford Lee with the local Tri Service Safety Officer Adrian Hart.
Beresford has formed a group called Rice and Peas which is a community project in Cornwall which promotes acceptance, inclusion and cultural diversity throughout the county.
The children were captivated as Beresford talked about the importance of being kind to each other regardless of where you come from, your nationality or the colour of your skin.
It doesn’t matter who has different coloured skin, you should be kind to people of different skin – Jasper
Beresford explained that sometimes some people have been unkind because of the colour of their skin, we know this is wrong.
He also told the children that we need to be friendly to all and show respect for one another which fitted in beautifully with our Penpol School Values of Friendship and Respect.
It’s fine if you have black or white skin you have to be kind to everyone – Frida
Adrian was on hand to tell the children all about the law and what could happen if people are unkind to each other.
Beresford explained how being unkind to each other can not only hurt the other people, but can hurt yourself too therefore you have to be kind to everyone, including yourself.
He spoke about kindness, you have to help people get up and not push them over. It doesn’t matter about other peoples skin you still have to be nice – Maia
It doesn’t matter if you’ve got black or white skin or any colour even rainbow, you have to be kind to everyone – Freya
The children really loved listening to both speakers and commented on how they were all going to be kind to everyone when they left the assembly.
Thank you so much for the interesting and inspiring assembly. Please come and visit us again very soon.
Year 3 visits Footsteps of Discovery
Year 3, have just returned to school after visiting and spending the night at the Footsteps of Discovery centre in Summercourt, Newquay.
Whilst at the centre, the children participated in a range of lifesaving skills. This included fire lighting using various methods, safe cutting and an introduction to basic carving, location and signalling, outdoor cooking and basic water sourcing.
The children also had the opportunity to play team sports, cook marshmallows and learn how to tie a range of knots.
Class 9’s Lost Words
This week, Year 4 immersed themselves in The Lost Words, a book of poems and illustrations inspired by the rich wonders of British wildlife. Each lost word is saved through speaking or singing a spell to conjure back these creatures into our hearts.
Inspired this book of spells, pupils wrote their own poems to express their adoration for the humble plants and animals of their local environment.
Dandelions, daisies, mushrooms and moss; robins, magpies, seagulls and sunflowers; herons, holly, willow and oak.
Children created beautiful watercolour paintings of their lost words, upon which they wrote their acrostic poems.
Pupils demonstrated some spell-bounding performances around the school grounds, conjuring creatures and plants with their wonderful poems and songs.
“Enter the wild with care, my love
And speak the things you see
Let new names take and root and thrive and grow”
The Lost Words Blessing
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