Magic E ~ Can you help the frog find his princess? Be careful and don’t wake the dragon!
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As part of our ongoing Bullying awareness programme, we decided to hold a friendship week in school from April 15th-19th 2013.
The aims for this week were very straightforward : to highlight the skills involved in forming and maintaining friendships, whilst also stressing the idea that combating bullying is a collective responsibility. The message to be passed across to our pupils was that there are no innocent bystanders when it comes to bullying. Teachers also reinforced the building of resilience and self esteem in all pupils (an ongoing skill developed through our Stay Safe and S.A.L.T. programmes).
Prior to Friendship week, a survey was distributed to pupils from 1st-6th class, querying their computer and mobile phone usage. These results were used as a foundation for lessons in netiquette (appropriate internet use) throughout the week.
Accompanying the lessons on bullying and friendship , each pupil was given a task and a thought for each day. These tasks involved activities such as doing a ROAK (random act of kindness), passing on a compliment, or Mix it Up Lunch (where a child sat beside a child they wouldn’t normally interact with).
Friendship Week culminated in an assembly where children were encouraged to identify bullying type behaviours through role play and to share their thoughts and experiences about the week. We recited the school’s Anti Bullying pledge (promising to stand up for others and against bullying. We also performed the school’s Friendship Week Theme song :You’ve got a friend in me. Pupils and Teachers then proceeded outside, to form a friendship spiral around the school yard.
All in all, it was a very productive, rewarding and enjoyable week for all involved. We can’t wait to put our newly learned skills to continued use.
Friendship Spiral.
Bhíomar ag caint as Gaeilge.
Hopefully we will not see more snow until winter!!!! We made these snowmen from fabric.
We designed a sock.
We have been learning how to weave during art. Here are some photos of our creations.
First we started with paper weaving.
Next we began weaving with wool and a paperplate. We made a flower for our garden.
Finally we used some netting material and wool to weave a bird’s nest. We had fun making our nests, birds and background. We wrote spring poems too.
We have been learning about homes in the past. We made a class museum with artefacts from home. Can you guess what they are all for?
