Our Journey Days
Every Term, we choose one of our school values to explore during a 'Journey Day'.
Each Journey Day begins with an Assembly to introduce the value chosen and then pupils explore what the value really means through a range of engaging activities throughout the day.
Each Journey Day begins with an Assembly to introduce the value chosen and then pupils explore what the value really means through a range of engaging activities throughout the day.
Autumn Term 2023
Values: Healthy & Global Citizens
This Journey Day explored our values of being Healthy and Global Citizens under the theme of the Rugby World Cup in France (Mr Pittaway couldn’t let the opportunity pass!).
We started the day with a Traditional French Breakfast and pupils, parents and staff came to school wearing the French flag colours of red/white/blue, or a rugby kit, or traditional French attire e.g. beret, etc.
Pupils participated in a collective worship which reflected upon the Fiji Rugby Team's Christian Faith with pupils singing their victory song: 'We have Overcome' which gives thanks to God.
Pupils then mixed-up across the classes into 5 groups to rotate around the 5 activities which linked to the theme of the day, including: First Aid, French Healthy Cooking, Tag Rugby, Design Your Own Rugby Jersey, French Language & Culture, and Rugby Themed Music & Dance - World in Union, Haka and Fiji Victory Song.
It was a fantastic day, celebrating the Rugby World Cup and French culture!
Values: Healthy & Global Citizens
This Journey Day explored our values of being Healthy and Global Citizens under the theme of the Rugby World Cup in France (Mr Pittaway couldn’t let the opportunity pass!).
We started the day with a Traditional French Breakfast and pupils, parents and staff came to school wearing the French flag colours of red/white/blue, or a rugby kit, or traditional French attire e.g. beret, etc.
Pupils participated in a collective worship which reflected upon the Fiji Rugby Team's Christian Faith with pupils singing their victory song: 'We have Overcome' which gives thanks to God.
Pupils then mixed-up across the classes into 5 groups to rotate around the 5 activities which linked to the theme of the day, including: First Aid, French Healthy Cooking, Tag Rugby, Design Your Own Rugby Jersey, French Language & Culture, and Rugby Themed Music & Dance - World in Union, Haka and Fiji Victory Song.
It was a fantastic day, celebrating the Rugby World Cup and French culture!
Spring Term 2023
Value: Ambitious
Using the Little People, Big Dreams series, children learnt about the lives of inspirational people who demonstrated great courage and ambition to make a difference to our planet.
Activities:
- Activity 1 - David Attenborough - Nature trail and classification in the wildlife area
- Activity 2 - Alexander von Humboldt - Discovering new species using ICT
- Activity 3 - Mary Anning - Learning from fossils and making fossils from salt dough
- Activity 4 - Stephen Hawking - Learning about his life and his theories
- Activity 5 - Greta Thunberg - Protest march to save our planet
This also coincided with World Book Day later in the week in which pupils dressed-up in an outfit inspired by an inspirational person from the Little People, Big Dreams series.
Value: Ambitious
Using the Little People, Big Dreams series, children learnt about the lives of inspirational people who demonstrated great courage and ambition to make a difference to our planet.
Activities:
- Activity 1 - David Attenborough - Nature trail and classification in the wildlife area
- Activity 2 - Alexander von Humboldt - Discovering new species using ICT
- Activity 3 - Mary Anning - Learning from fossils and making fossils from salt dough
- Activity 4 - Stephen Hawking - Learning about his life and his theories
- Activity 5 - Greta Thunberg - Protest march to save our planet
This also coincided with World Book Day later in the week in which pupils dressed-up in an outfit inspired by an inspirational person from the Little People, Big Dreams series.
Autumn Term 2022
Value: Respectful
Activities:
- Activity 1 - Learning about school rules through playing Respectful board games
- Activity 2 - Respectful art - making stained-glass windows that represent being 'respectful'
- Activity 3 - Listening to the story about 'Jesus Cleansing the Temple' to learn about respect towards others and what God says about respect
- Activity 4 - Remembrance - learning about the symbol of the poppy to show respect to those who fought and died in past wars
- Activity 5 - Football Association - 'We only do positive' (previously 'Respect') campaign in the up-and-coming World Cup in Qatar
Value: Respectful
Activities:
- Activity 1 - Learning about school rules through playing Respectful board games
- Activity 2 - Respectful art - making stained-glass windows that represent being 'respectful'
- Activity 3 - Listening to the story about 'Jesus Cleansing the Temple' to learn about respect towards others and what God says about respect
- Activity 4 - Remembrance - learning about the symbol of the poppy to show respect to those who fought and died in past wars
- Activity 5 - Football Association - 'We only do positive' (previously 'Respect') campaign in the up-and-coming World Cup in Qatar
Spring Term 2022
Value: Inquisitive
Activities:
- Activity 1 - Dictionary vocabulary games
- Activity 2 - Learning about the Queen’s Jubilee through non-fiction texts to design a Jubilee medal using the knowledge they acquire
- Activity 3 - An escape room by finding facts from non-fiction books
- Activity 4 - Learning about the Commonwealth Games and trying new events through P.E,
- Activity 5 – ‘Shared reading’ with non-fiction books
As this Journey Day coincided with World Book Day, children dressed-up as someone or something from their favourite non-fiction genre e.g. cookery books - chef or cupcake, space - astronaut or planet, etc.
Value: Inquisitive
Activities:
- Activity 1 - Dictionary vocabulary games
- Activity 2 - Learning about the Queen’s Jubilee through non-fiction texts to design a Jubilee medal using the knowledge they acquire
- Activity 3 - An escape room by finding facts from non-fiction books
- Activity 4 - Learning about the Commonwealth Games and trying new events through P.E,
- Activity 5 – ‘Shared reading’ with non-fiction books
As this Journey Day coincided with World Book Day, children dressed-up as someone or something from their favourite non-fiction genre e.g. cookery books - chef or cupcake, space - astronaut or planet, etc.
Autumn Term 2020
Value: Resilient
Activities:
- Forest Schools - resilience & independence challenges
- P.E - Physical and mental endurance
- R.E - iSingPop - interactive bible stories and songs about resilience
- D&T - Incy wincy spider broaches and tower building
- Art - The Royal Mint - Diversity Built Britain 50p Coin challenge
- PSHE - Inspirational people who have demonstrated resilience
Value: Resilient
Activities:
- Forest Schools - resilience & independence challenges
- P.E - Physical and mental endurance
- R.E - iSingPop - interactive bible stories and songs about resilience
- D&T - Incy wincy spider broaches and tower building
- Art - The Royal Mint - Diversity Built Britain 50p Coin challenge
- PSHE - Inspirational people who have demonstrated resilience
