BWJPS Flags

Thank you to everyone who sent a flag to capture all your feelings about school. They are absolutely brilliant!! 

The flags have now been put together (as you can see below) and we have also made them the banner for our Facebook page.

When we get back to school, we will print them out and display them around school. Thank you again, we LOVED seeing them!

Edith Cavell assembly and Science (living processes)

January 2020

After much preparation, Year 2 performed their class assembly, about Edith Cavell the famous World War I nurse. We shared lots of facts about Edith’s life and how she died in terrible circumstances.

During the performance we acted out four scenes from World War I:-

1. Edith Cavell motivates the nurses to help German and British soldiers.
2. Nurses feed the soldiers soup to make them stronger.
3. The nurses dress the soldier’s wounds and give them medicine.
4. The Germans discover Edith hiding British soldiers.

At the end we sang a song the British soldiers used to sing to keep their spirits up (It’s a long way to Tipperary)

In English, we wrote a speech all about Edith Cavell’s life and death, in our best books.

Spring – First half term

In Science we have been learning about the seven living processes (Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition) We can remember all of these by looking at the red letter which spell out MRS GREN.

Year 2 have also been learning the differences between things that are alive, dead and those that have never been alive. We went outside and searched for items in these categories and these are some of the things we found.

Y2 Visit to the War Memorial

Today we went to visit the War Memorial at Unsworth Pole. We noticed that on the stone cross there was a wreath and a sword, to represent the people who died in the wars.

The dates of the both the Great War (1914-18) and the Second World war (1939-1945) were at the bottom of the memorial. All the names of the soldiers that died, who were from Unsworth, were also listed.

The local school children had left pebbles that they had painted with poppies and lots of organisations had laid wreathes. Some people had written names on poppy crosses to remember soldiers from their families.

Year 2 left a poppy wreath on behalf of our school and we observed a minutes silence to remember all the people who died for us in the war.

Black History Month

On Monday, Year 1 and Year 2 worked together on the themes of tolerance, respect and freedom during a project about Black History Month. We worked in mixed class groups with half of us studying Nelson Mandela and the rest of us learning about Siya Kolisi.

Both of these men are from South Africa, a country where people with white skin and those with black skin were segregated until 1994.

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Nelson Mandela was a tireless campaigner for equality and justice who spent 27 years in prison for his beliefs.

In 1994 he became the first president of South Africa to be elected by all the people, black as well as white. He worked to take apart the old racist system of government and to make South Africa a fair society for all its citizens.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and 250 other awards for his bravery and courage.

Siya Kolisi (born 16th June 1991)

Siya Kolisi was appointed to lead the South African Rugby team becoming the first black man to captain the Springboks. On 2^nd November 2019 he captained the South African team to win the 2019 Rugby World Cup against England. The South African Team won by 32 – 12.

When he was a little boy, Kolisi was extremely poor and he lived in a township.  Often the only meal that he ate in a day was at school, where he got a slice of bread with peanut butter and jam and a cup of milk. Kolisi practised really hard and he became an excellent sportsman.

The rainbow nation

South Africa was named the Rainbow Nation by Archbishop Desmond Tutu during the handover of power in 1994 as a way of uniting the many different people of different colours, races and tribes that live there. The rainbow is a sign of peace, respect and tolerance.

Sports Day

Thank you to all who came to support our children during this year’s Sports Day. It was a wonderful day with gorgeous weather and a true camaraderie amongst the children. We also thank all family members that joined in the fun and competed in our adult races. For pictures from the day, click here.