ASSEMBLIES

On Mondays we have a celebration assembly where 2 children are chosen from each class to receive a certificate in recognition of their Learning Challenge Behaviour's demonstrated in class the previous week. 

Every Wednesday in assembly the children are shown a photograph with a 'Big Question'. The question encourages discussion and children being given the opportunity to voice their own opinions. Sometimes we use videos linked to the question and different scenarios.

The teachers then discuss the question in class and it is adapted to suit each Key Stage and year group. Our pupil voice children go around the classes during the week to get a variety of children's feedback to the big question and this is then added to the display board. 

Picture News compliments our Personal, Social and Emotional education and also links directly to British Values. 

All children at Westfield Nursery and Primary School are encouraged to have a voice. Picture News allows us to provide depth to our rich curriculum. 

.Attendance awards are also celebrated during the assembly with the highest achieving year group being rewarded with a non-uniform day the following week. 

On Fridays we have singing assembly led by Sound Wave where children learn to sing across a range of different genres.

Picture News this week........

This Weeks Question: Are emojis an important part of communication?

10 year old Teddy Cottle from Oxfordshire has launched a petition calling for Apple to change the glasses emoji, also known as the 'nerd' emoji, as he says it gives the wrong impression of glasses-wearers. Teddy decided to write a letter to Apple requesting the design be changed, asking his classmates and French teacher, Lisa Baille, to sign it. She suggested instead that it should become a petition and it was launched on petitiononline.co.uk

 

 

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Picture News Resources:

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