During whole school ERIC, Autumn and Laken were reading the Guinness Book of Records 2024 when Laken spotted someone she knew! She knew Simeon Graham who holds the world record for most juggling catches in one minute with both 5 and 6 balls!
Eagled eyed Laken even noticed her Uncle on one photo and two teachers from the circus too! The class were excited to heat Laken’s impressive claim to fame, knowing people in this year’s Guinness World Book of Records!
Today, Bluebirds considered what was personal information which should not be shared online. Impressively, the class got all the answers correct! They agreed names, addresses, phone numbers and school name should not be disclosed. We all agreed it was acceptable to post a photo of our pet!
In R.E. Mrs Parry posed some scenarios to the children…………
Only the boys can all have a packet of sweets.
Only the girls get to have Mrs Parry’s new stickers.
Only the boys can have an extra play time and use the football.
Only girls can go on the computers and play games this afternoon.
There were cries of “WHAT?” and, “That’s NOT fair!” from the class. It was bedlam!
The class discussed how everyone felt and decided everyone should be treated the same and fairly.
We felt:
Kallum – uncomfortable
Rosie – mad
Freya – confused
Issey – jealous
Aria – Heartbroken
Boren – unsatisfied and filled with vengeance
Justin – miserable
Autumn – sad, angry, unhappy and frustrated
Summer – in a stormy mood!
Ethan – in a strop!
The class then watched a short film by two African refugees, now living in Birmingham, who escaped from war torn Congo to a refugee camp in Gambia. We found it shocking and hard to imagine what these children had been through. It was upsetting and scary to hear they had left behind people that could not make the walk (for 3 months), some had been killed and hurt by bombs and they caught diseases, they had to use a well for water. It was hard to believe they had hardly any books in school, no computers, ate wild leaves and had 5 sweets at Christmas time only. We decided it was really unfair that some people’s lives are like this and realised how fortunate we are.
Afterwards, we watched a film ‘Being Fair and Just’ in which two Muslim scouts explain the importance of being fair and just.
Finally, Bluebirds learnt about heard the story of Bandi Chhor Divas. The children discussed the reason for the Guru’s imprisonment being unjust. They talked about his care and compassion to other prisoners too.
