We ended Food/International week with a bang. The children were invited to come to school dressed in special clothing in celebration of each other’s native cultural identity which was a beautiful way of showcasing their differences and teaching respect.
As part of the KS 1 History topic ‘Famous queens’, the Year 1 and 2 team recreated a royal afternoon tea party for the children to attend. The children leaned about the extravagant tea parties and garden parties the queens used to host and still host even today. So it was a must to invite our KS1 children to their very own tea party to attend as special guests!
The children at Buttercup watched the NSPCC Speak out, stay safe, pre-online assembly this week. 1 in 5 children in the UK have suffered abuse or neglect. That is why the NSPCC has been visiting primary schools across the UK and Channel Islands to teach children about what’s OK and not OK, and that they can always speak to a trusted adult or to Childline about anything that worries them.
As part of the Year 6 careers day initiative, the Year 6 children were given the opportunity to meet and interview 3 parents from different professions and fields of work. They met a detective from the MET police an electrician and a LND programme analyst. The parents spoke about their careers and how they reached their goals. The children were really engaged and inspired by the professionals. They asked intriguing questions and took a keen interest in finding out more about these careers. We hope that this experience plants seeds of high aspirational goals into our children.
Our ECO ambassadors launched the Buttercup recycling campaign this week. The children have been introduced to our new recycling bins and have started to recycle their lunch contents into 3 categories, food waste, plastics and card and paper in the lunch hall. In sha Allah this will teach our children to look after the environment and the beautiful world that Allah has created for us to live on.
The teachers at Buttercup swapped classes and shared their favourite stories with the children. There was great excitement around the school as stories were told. It was great to see the teachers spend time with the different year groups.
During Poetry Week, Early Years children enjoyed watching Michael Rosen perform his poem: Chocolate Cake. They really loved Michael’s expressive voice and facial gestures so much so that they too joined in with the actions such as licking the crumbs and eating the yummy cake.
The children were in fits of laughter, especially at end when Michael’s mum found out in the morning that there was no more chocolate cake left and he pretended he didn’t know!
Emdad Rahman OBE kindly got in touch with the school and offered to gift us brand new books and stationary for the children to enjoy. Emdad is part of an amazing initiative that provides books to schools, vulnerable people and families at home to read. All these books are hand delivered by Emdad on his bike!
We thank Emdad for his kindness and hope to support this great cause and receive more wonderful books to enjoy!
First week after lockdown
Alhamdulillah we are back!
When we first heard schools were reopening, we all were very excited. We all preferred learning in person with our teacher than learning from the computer. The pandemic has effected us all and we found it very hard being at home without any visits by our friend and families. We were all anxious and nervous coming back to school but as soon as we saw our friends and teachers we were very happy to be back and meet everyone.
Abdurrahman Boubeker Year 6
First week after lockdown
Alhamdulillah we are back!
When we first heard schools were reopening, we all were very excited. We all preferred learning in person with our teacher than learning from the computer. The pandemic has effected us all and we found it very hard being at home without any visits by our friend and families. We were all anxious and nervous coming back to school but as soon as we saw our friends and teachers we were very happy to be back and meet everyone.
Abdurrahman Boubeker Year 6
We are the Buttercup Primary School Mental Health Ambassadors.
We were elected into our roles by the rest of the school and we represent years 1-6.
We are here to promote positive discussions surrounding mental health. We recognise that we are all different and have different mental health at times. We are here to support the development of Mental Health discussions across the school.
We meet monthly with Ms Sulthana to discuss what we can do as a school to be more aware of our mental health. We have recently successfully launched the ‘Calm club ‘where children can visit every lunchtimes and can participate in different activities to support their wellbeing. one of us will support the club every day during lunchtime and will take turns to assist in being there for those children who may need support.
