Knighton Church in Wales Primary School
Caru Duw, Caru Pawb, Caru Dysgu
We have been learning about the location of the next COP30 meeting. Pupils have created their own glossary to help them understand it better. We have learned about the impact this meeting and the logistics around it have had on the Amazon rainforest. Information and discussion texts have been written to try and help us make informed decisions for ourselves.
This year, the ‘Power of Community’ was the refugee Week theme. Together we are very strong, creative and make things happen.
We assembled in marquee on the field and we spilt into four mixed aged groups. Each group was responsible for making each bird; the tern, the swift, the whooper swan and the red kite.
Each child had their very own hand-held bird which they decorated.
We also created our own nest by weaving ripstop ribbons around willow.
In the afternoon, we took our individual birds on a journey ‘around the world’ through the obstacle course depicting the ice, sea, wind and even a volcano! We thought carefully about all of the things that we noticed about our journey.
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At the end of the day, we gently carried our large birds to meet each other and ‘perch’ on the Kite’s nest. This represented the Kite offering Sanctuary to the migrants for as long as they need it.
We were very grateful to Larry and Ciara and their team of willing volunteers that enabled us to be strong, creative and to make wonderful things happen!
We linked our P4C lesson to the work we have been completing in our RVE lessons- green religion and also to the mantle commission we are working on this term, about COP30.
We have been learning about the deforestation that is happening in the Amazon rainforest in preparation for the COP30 summit in November. To better understand what is going on there we quickly organised a trip considering the modes of transport required and what would be needed with us. Beforehand we considered how different groups of people might be feelings about this and then completed some ‘hot seating’ in order to have some quotes ready for our news report. We then ‘travelled’ there by plane and boat and we drew what we could see whilst in the rainforest.
Year 5 have started forest school sessions with Miss Jones. We have enjoyed den building and creating bug hotels. We used the knives safely to sharpen sticks to use as tent pegs. We are looking forward to starting fires in our sessions soon.
In RVE, we have been talking about caring for our world and we have been busy planting sunflower seeds that we will work hard to take care of.
In RVE, we created a photo gallery showing things that we found interesting and beautiful. We zoomed in on some of the items so that we can see them in more detail.
In RVE we discussed the meaning of the word ‘create’ and we became ‘creators’. We created artwork using natural resources that we felt was wonderful. We talked about our creations and how being outside makes us feel.
Arlo “I feel happy and calm”
Alba “Nature is my happy place”
Corey “I like being outdoors looking at butterflies”
Bluebell “Nature makes me feel free”
Lola “I like taking care of things and helping them to grow”
Elin “Being outside makes me feel peaceful with the birds singing and tweeting”
As part of our Mantle, we have been looking at deforestation. We decided to paint some trees on stones after looking at how important it was to save our trees!
After deciding we need to increase the biodiversity on the school field, we have decided to make some mini bug hotels to place in our forest school/woodland area whilst we wait for donations to make a bigger bug hotel.
