Middleton Arena Swimming
May 2025
This year Silver Birch and Mountain Ash Classes have been taking part in weekly swimming lessons at Middleton Arena, and the children are making fantastic progress!
Each week, the children travel by coach and take part in structured lessons with swimming instructors, working towards the STA School Swimming Academy awards scheme. These lessons focus on key water skills such as floating, kicking, and building confidence in the water.
We are especially proud of a group of children who are now swimming in the deep end. They have been practising jumping into the pool and are now confidently swimming short distances without using floats or other aids – an amazing achievement!
Swimming is not only fun, but also helps with physical development, coordination, and confidence. The children are really enjoying their time in the water and we’re so proud of what they’re achieving.
Unicef Rights Respecting Schools
April 2025
“I have the right to an education which develops my personality, respect for others rights, and the environment”
Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Article 29
This term, Silver Birch class has embraced a holistic educational approach in alignment with Article 29 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on the comprehensive development of each child's personality, talents, and abilities. Through tennis sessions, students enhanced their physical coordination and built social connections, fostering both physical and mental well-being. Nature walks in the school grounds have provided opportunities for students to engage and observe the environment, promoting attentiveness and reducing stress. In English lessons, exploring and acting out emotions through drama supported emotional intelligence and empathy development. Our talents were also celebrated in our class performance of Jack and the Beanstalk. Collectively, these activities have cultivated respect for human rights, personal growth, and environmental appreciation, embodying the core objectives of Article 29.
Unicef Rights Respecting Schools
February 2025
“I have the right to find out and share information”
Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Article 13
In Silver Birch Class, we are embracing the right to freedom of expression as outlined in Article 13 of the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools framework. This article emphasizes every child's right to share information and ideas in a variety of ways, including through the use of technology. In our ICT lessons, students are learning to upload and edit photographs on laptops using a photo editor. This hands-on experience allows children to creatively express themselves, develop digital skills, and communicate their thoughts visually. By linking technology with self-expression, we empower our students to make their voices heard in the digital world while respecting their rights and fostering confidence in their abilities.
Autumn Term
November 2024
Silver Birch have been very busy this month...
In Geography we have been looking at the capital cities in the UK and identifying the human and physical features they all have.
In Maths the children have been measuring and comparing lengths using standard and non standard means. They have also been practicing their number formation.
In English we have been comparing fiction and non fiction texts
In Food Technology the children have been discussing healthy eating and made lentil soup which was delicious!
English
October 2024
This week in Silver Birch we have been looking at different types of poetry and we have been looking at poems with rhyming words. The children have been listening to words and identifying words that rhyme with them and completing matching activities. We have also been completing written activities to match the correct rhyming words.
