This week has been Mental Health Week and here at NJS we have learnt about the importance of having good mental health and how we can help ourselves and others when we feel like we are struggling. Year 6 finished off the week in a lovely way and gave postcards including positive messages to our crew members to make them feel valued.
Today, Year 5 and 6 welcomed human rights barrister Peter Carter into school to speak to us about his amazing career and the history of civil rights – which linked to our expedition where we have been learning about Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. The children created some excellent questions to ask Peter about the cases he has dealt with in his career and listened intently throughout his presentation.
This week the charity ‘Place to Be’ have celebrated children’s mental health week to raise awareness in the local community. This morning Y6 discussed the impact of poor mental health and how a small positive comment to someone can make a world of difference. In crew, all the children wrote a postcard to someone else in the class with a positive affirmation to put a smile on someone’s face.
Congratulations to Jack from 3LG who won the Valentine Treat Box put together by Mrs Winkley as part our fundraising towards the Bear for Leeds Children’s Hospital. Thank you to everyone who took part in this worthy cause. We raised ÂŁ312 at the NJS! Wow!
Happy Friday! Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust this week!
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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!
Last week myself and Miss Gate had the absolute please of taking these wonder children to the Utilita Arena in Sheffield for this years Young Voices concert. Each and every child sang from their heart and were exceptionally well behaved. It was such a fantastic night and all staff couldn’t have been prouder!
