Bluebirds thought about choices they make on a daily basis such as:
Harley: What time I wake my Mum up
Lewis: deciding when to start dressing for school
Moharnab: choosing a partner in class
Nyeema: choosing what to eat for breakfast
Esmay: Choosing to listen carefully to the swimming instructor today
Mason: On a computer game you can mute someone being horrible to you and tell an adult
We considered what wise choices we have to make at play time and lunch time and realised we need to make good and right choices to have the most fun and learn as much as possible. If we do this, we also enable other to have fun and learn too.
Mrs Parry brought in a special book that she had as a little girl and read them the story of Pinocchio. The children listened out for both the unwise and wise choices he made along the way and discovered how how Pinocchio developed his own conscience and we do as we grow up, learning the difference between right and wrong and being independent to judge whether to act correctly.
Finally, Bluebirds made a “conscience alley” and Nashe had to walk to either side of the alley, hearing reasons for and against staying up really late to watch television on a school night! The children had to think of a possible reason for the side they were allocated on!
Why should I do it?
Jan: Because you can watch any TV which is fun
Ryan: You can watch late night TV programmes. They might be scary
Brooke: You can sneak out too if you stay up late!
Why shouldn’t I do it?
Leo: You’ll be late to school if you can’t get up very well as you’d be tired
Frankie L: Because your mum will tell you off
Scarlette: Because you’ll end up falling asleep in class
Mason: Because you will be grounded and unable to play on your X Box
In Talk Partners, Bluebirds thought of examples of when they had made wise choices in their lives.
Moharnab: I decided to only eat healthy cereal
Kerris: I decided to listen to teachers better than I did in Year 1 so I know what to do now.
Zaynab: Before I do something, I consider and think about what could happen next
Taya: If someone is mean to me I choose to ignore them and tell a teacher instead of answering them back.