Children’s Mental Health Week

8th February 2023Helen Jenkins

To promote Children’s Mental Health Week all crews in Year 3 played a couple of games of ’Let’s Connect Bingo’. It was lovely to see children connecting with each other, finding others with shared interests, building new friendships and most importantly having fun! And yes – Mrs Gill loves pepperoni pizza!

A Tea Party at NJS!

8th February 2023Gavin Chadwick

Not literally, of course. However, today we used one of our reading protocols to try to work out what the theme of a text was. Each child was given a word or phrase that was taken from the text and after each interaction with another child, reviewed their prediction of what the text was about. The hands up from the children are part of the protocol process.

Naturally, the kids threw themselves into the task with the usual verve and enthusiasm that we’ve come to expect off of NJS pupils. Ace!

Metres for the whiteboard, centimetres for our books! 📏✏️📘

8th February 2023Charlie Cicero

Perimeter practical!

Year 6 began the week by investigating perimeter and took to measuring the perimeter of rectilinear shapes in the classroom using a variety of equipment. After recapping units of measurement and how some units were best suited for particular contexts (such as km for measuring the distance from school to the local Coop and centimetres for the length of a pencil), the children began to explore perimeter practically. They measured the perimeter of their books whiteboards, boxes, tables, joined tables and much more. Great effort, 6CC!

Year 6 Basketball Tournament

6EG and 6CC took to the courts on Wednesday morning for a basketball tournament to culminate their PE topic. Skills that had been taught through the sequence were on show with children also demonstrating leadership and sportsmanship qualities by motivating and celebrating team members!

Crucial Crew 2023

4th February 2023Charlie Cicero

Year 6 took the annual trip to Crucial Crew in Rotherham to learn about important life scenarios and emergencies. Throughout the day, children were invited to take part in dramatisations and problem solve, with support from specialist instructors from the police and fire service.

Crucial Crew

3rd February 2023Emma Gould

Today Y6 have been on a visit to Crucual Crew, a significant trip as it teaches many important life skills. The children took part in workshops focusing on road safety, water safety and what to do in the event of a fire. The children behaved impeccably and did NJS proud!