Week 1 (Beginning 15.04.24)
Confidence: Introduction to Confidence
| INTENT (15.04.24) | IMPLEMENTATION | IMPACT |
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| What do we mean by confidence? | On Monday Mrs Cross welcomed everyone back after the Easter Break and introduced the new element of our School Vision: confidence. We talked about the weekly values we will be learning about over the course of the term. On Tuesday Mr Storey carried out an EYFS and Key Stage 1 collective worship. In this session we discussed what it means to be confident. The children provided excellent responses. “Confidence means when you are giving it a go without being scared.” Charlie Heppell The children were then challenged to think of something they want to become confident at. The children all came out to the front of the session and pushed their dreams into a jar. We will revisit the jar at the end of term. Here are some of the children’s ideas: “I want to be better at skipping.” “I want to be more confident at writing.” On Wednesday we talked about how confidence operates on a scale from no confidence to very confident depending upon the task or situation. We read Gideon & The 300 taken from Judges 6-7 which tells the story of how Gideon’s confidence grew with God’s help and he defeated the Minianites. On Friday we celebrated success by awarding certificates to our Superstars of the Week, Breakfast Club Art Competition Winner, Sports Star of the Week and Head Teacher’s Award. | Children knew some of the values but were unsure about some too so we will need to ensure a good understanding is secure during future collective worship sessions. Children were able to understand the message in the story about seeking reassurance if we are feeling unconfident. It was lovely to hear how many certificates had been given for our school vision of ‘confidence’. Children in Ruby who were anxious about swimming had grown in confidence and were looking forward to swimming next week. |
Week 2 (Beginning 22.04.24)
Confidence: Being Responsible
| INTENT (22.04.24) | IMPLEMENTATION | IMPACT |
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| How can we take responsibility? | Today Mr Storey conducted a whole school assembly which introduced ‘being responsible’. Initially the children were asked to identify people who were responsible, the children named: The Pope Marcus Rashford Greta Thunberg The children were then challenged to identify other people, which is where they began to identify people in our community. We discussed how we all need to be responsible as Mr Storey showed images of our cloak room areas. The cloak rooms showed all the coats in school hung up and very tidy. The children described how they are responsible for their items. Mr Storey also mentioned the outdoor play equipment and how we are not always taking responsibility during tidy up time. The children have agreed that they should be taking more responsibility in school. As part of the session the Willington u’10s football team were asked to come out to the front. The children had been fundraising for an upcoming tournament where they had been washing cars and selling cakes. The boys raised over £670 yesterday, which displays this weeks vision perfectly.  On Wednesday our Open The Book Team delivered a brilliant performance of David the Giant Killer (1 Samuel 17). As always the performance was fantastic! On Friday we celebrated success by awarding Superstar of the Week certificates along with a wide range of Extra Special Awards for Art and Sports. We awarded our weekly Head Teacher award and KFC star to the Early Years Team who have worked so hard to get Amethyst back up and open this week. We sang happy birthday to those who celebrated this week. | The children have great prior knowledge to confidence and can take in depth about it’s meaning. The children were also very mature when discussing being responsible and could identify the impact their actions can have. The children were very proud of the football team, and were amazed that they were able to raise that amount of money. The children were able to identify the moral of the story: that the smallest person can make the biggest difference through taking responsibility for their actions. Lawrence from OTB told us about meeting some ex-pupils in a shop recently and that they remembered this performance from last year and could also recount the message which was lovely to hear. |
