Mrs Rawlinson

Meeting with Baroness Barker

We met a member of the House of Lords - Baroness Barker - online. She told us about the role of the House of Lords in parliament and then answered some of our questions.

UK Parliament Week

As part of UK Parliament Week, we held an election! The pupils in Redwood created four political parties and then each party chose policies to become their manifesto. We elected parliamentary candidates and created campaign speeches and posters to explain our ideas. We held a hustings meeting, opened, counted the votes and listened as our returning officer declared the winning candidate.

Meeting with our MP

Following our work on British parliament and as part of the Green School's project, we invited Sir Alec Shelbrooke, the MP for our school's area, into class. We learnt lots about what being a Member of Parliament is like.

Bikeability

Our Year 6 pupils receive Bikeability training. They work with cycling experts, learning about safe and responsible cycling skills such as making careful observations; choosing a good riding position; ways of communicating to other road users; and an understanding of priority.

Synagogue Visit

We were very excited to visit a Synagogue! We learnt about the Hebrew language and were lucky enough to be allowed to listen to a small section of the Torah being read aloud.

Skip2bfit

Dave, from Skip2bfit and Box2bfit, came into school to lead a fitness workshop with each class.  Redwood (and Mrs Rawlinson!) really pushed themselves to achieve as much as possible in a challenging circuit session.

Anti-Bullying Week

We wore odd socks to show that we pledge to value and celebrate everyone's differences. We read extracts from the book Wonder by R J Palacio and thought about how kindness can really make a difference.

STEM Ambassador Visit

In our science topic on forces, a retired engineer, Philip Purkis, visited Redwood with a collection of pulleys and gears. We were able to learn lots by exploring the ways in which these simple machines worked and the workshop culminated in the use of three pulleys to allow Philip to lift a pupil off the ground!