Supporting Online Identity

17th June 2022A Hearn

What is Identity and Expression?

Everyone has an identity formed by their friends, family, environment and interests. When children and young people make their way online, how they express themselves and their identity may change. This could be because of how they see influencers promoting themselves or it might be for a purpose such as more likes or views.

Children with SEND or who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community may also be affected by online or offline bullying that could affect how they act.

Learn how to help children express themselves authentically online to feel happy and safe.

Internet Matters Ambassador Dr. Linda Papadopoulos shares advice for parents and carers to help children and young people be more authentic online and build an online identity that reflects them positively as they become more active online:

Online Identity Series

 

It can be difficult for children to authentically express themselves online, especially if they worry how they might be perceived. Online safety expert, Lauren Seager-Smith from Kidscape, explores what parents can do to help children love and embrace themselves for a positive self-image:

Helping Children with Positive Self-Image and Identity

 

If your child has identified or thinks they identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, there are hundreds of online communities and resources that can support you and your child on their journey of self-discovery:

Help LGBTQ+ children find safe online communities and resources

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Animal Safari – Summer 2

26th May 2022Anthony Barnes

In the Animal Safari project, the children in Lemons have learnt about incredible animals that live worldwide. They will learn how to care for pets and what all animals need to grow, survive and stay happy and healthy. They will explore animal features and find out how they survive in the wild. They will compare the ways that animals are similar and different.

The children have been working very hard with their handwriting practice. In phonics the children have continued to learn phase 2 and phase 3 sounds, blending sounds to read words.

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In maths the children have been deepening their understanding of numbers and have explored lots of number bond to 5, added and subtracted groups of objects to 10 and played games together practicing recording our scores and taking turns.

 

For the Queen’s Jubilee we had a tea party on the field with our friends in Acorns. To celebrate the Queens Jubilee we research the decade of the 1970s and listened to the song ‘ All Kinds of Everything’ by Dana Scallon who won Eurovision in 1970. We also research games that children played on the school yard in the 1970s. To decorate the classroom we created buntings as we printed the Union Jack’s flag colour with our handprints. We also created a stained glass picture of the Queen.

Mindfulness

26th May 2022l Mitchinson

We have been doing daily mindfulness sessions in Blueberries this term. We do a mix of yoga, guided meditation or relaxation. It really helps with our ability to regulate ourselves and relax.

 

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Cherries Summer 1

24th May 2022H Warburton

This half term Cherries started our topic of Magnificent Monarchs. We have been learning lots about the Queen. We have read lots of books about the Queen including The Queen’s Hat and The Queen’s Handbag. We have retold the stories and looked at naming and matching London landmarks from the story.

In Science we have been learning about growth, we planted sunflowers in class and have been measuring and observing their growth over the weeks.

We celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with lots of great activities, including decorated biscuits red, white and blue, joining Willows class for some games and enjoyed a picnic on the main school field.

 

Ready, Steady, Grow! – Spring 2

6th April 2022Anthony Barnes

In the Ready, Steady, Grow project we have taken part in lots of practical activities and have planted a variety of seeds and plants. The children have learnt what seeds and plants need to grow. The children have also explored the different types of fruits and vegetables that grow. The children have explored farms. The children have also learned about animals on a farm and their young. This term the children have explored the following books; The Gigantic Turnip, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jasper’s Beanstalk, Handa’s Surprise, Rosie’s Walk and The Little Red Hen. We have had lots of fun reading the different stories!

The children have been using colourful semantics to explore stories and they have used colourful semantics to help read sentences to describe a picture.

 

The children have continued with their learning of phonics, handwriting and reading activities.

In maths the children have been working super hard at consolidating their understanding of numbers. The children have used place value counters and base 10 equipment to demonstrate an understanding of place value of 10s and 1s in a 2 -digit number to 20. The children have also worked very hard at adding and subtracting numbers to 10 using objects.

The children have sorted mathematical objects by colour and created AB patterns using fruit. 

 

In art and design the children have created mosaic flowers using seeds and clay. The results are amazing and we used the flowers to create Mother’s Day cards. 

The children have completed lots of planting experiments and activities. The children have investigated what seed need to grow. They have also completed a vegetable scraps experiment to see if they will grow.

In science the children have been learning all about farm yard animals and their young.

 

Rocks, Relics and Rumbles!

4th April 2022l Mitchinson

Blueberries have really enjoyed our topic this term and have learned lots about volcanoes, earthquakes and fossils. We ended our topic with a fun STEM activity where we designed a building and tested if it would hold together in different Earthquake Zones around the classroom.

Cherries Spring 2

4th April 2022H Warburton

This half term Cherries have continued with their Coastlines topic. In Literacy we have been reading Katie Morag books, we have retold the story and looked at characters’ feelings and explaining why they were feeling this way.

In Science we have been learning about plants and what they need to survive, we also explored some unusual plants that don’t need certain things to grow. For British Science Week we created some plant posters drawing and labelling what plants need to survive. In Maths we have been identifying coins and notes and began adding varied coins to make different amounts.

For Red Nose Day we created 6 different red noses using different media. We also created some lighthouses in DT by cutting and wrapping red and white stripes of paper, scrunching tissue paper to create the rocks and the sea and adding a tea light for the light. Some children commented they looked like The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch lighthouses and that we should connect them with string to send his packed lunch. Some great learning this half term!