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Election fever hits Swanbourne
Tue 26 Sep 2023Once again, Year 6 pupils have had the opportunity to put themselves forward as a candidate for House Captain, Vice House Captain, Sports Captain and Vice Sports Captain. The aim is that the children taking these roles will be ambassadors for our school. They will work alongside the Junior Leadership Team (JLT) and staff to represent the school, on a day to day basis and at events we attend.
The children in Year 6 were all given the opportunity to stand for these roles and we had several willing candidates who put themselves forward, each presented a speech to the KS2 children as to why they would be the best person for the job. They all spoke with confidence and enthusiasm and presented a strong argument as to why they should be selected. Each of the KS2 children then had a vote for House Captain and Sports Captain and the staff all voted as well.
The votes were very close, congratulations to our new House and Sports Captains and Vice Captains. -
Our children 'Shine' across The Three Schools
Tue 26 Sep 2023What a fantastic way to start the school year with Shine Day! The children across Kingfishers and all Three Schools enjoyed focusing on our school values of love, honesty, respect and forgiveness.
Each class explored what one of these values means to them through a story and reflected on how they can show this value at school and in the wider community. Super art work was created as well as some excellent pieces of writing and drama.
The children looked brilliant in their bright, shiny clothes and had some great ideas about how they are going to ‘SHINE’ in the year ahead. -
No room for Racism Workshops – KS2 workshops with MK Dons
Tue 26 Sep 2023On Friday 15th September 2023, Charlie from the MK Dons SET came into Swanbourne CE School and delivered a ‘No room for racism’ workshop to all KS2 pupils in their classrooms.
Charlie shared with us how badly racism can affect someone and shared some examples of how children have suffered racist comments, attitudes and language from their classmates, older children and adults.
We were able to discuss how it would feel to be bullied or upset by someone and their racist behaviour, just because of the way we look, speak or our family background.
We were able to come up with some very emotive words to show how we would feel if we were treated in this way, we thought of the following;
• Depressed
• Annoyed
• Alienated
• Exasperated
• Livid
• Angry
• Lonely
• Isolated
We had some very interesting discussions surrounding what it would feel like to be excluded just because of your race. We also shared ideas on what we felt we could do to support and help someone who experienced this and why we should do this.
Charlie’s presentation was very powerful, it made us think and remember that if we don’t share or worries and experiences with a trusted adult, things can get even worse.
We would like to thank Charlie and MK Dons SET for the workshop, it was incredibly interesting and really made us think and reflect on our own behaviours and the behaviours of others. We all want to ‘be the change;’ and end racism!
We are looking forward to taking part in the Show Racism the Red Card art and writing competitions this year!
(Scarlett and Stevie – Year 6)