Mrs Rawlinson

Anti-Bullying Week

On Monday the 13th of November 2023, it was the start of 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.

Bikeability

Our Year 6 pupils receive Bikeability training. They spend two days under the instruction of 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.

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, we invited Kevin Hollinrake, the MP for our school's area, into class. We learnt lots about what being a Member of Parliament is like.

An A-maize-ing Harvest

We were very excited to watch the harvesting of the maize crop in the field next to school. It was cut into tiny pieces and then sprayed into trailers. It will be used to feed cows on the Kirby farm over the winter.

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.

Year 6 Leavers

We said goodbye to our 11 Year 6s in style this year with a special class party. There was food and dancing! Many thanks to Mr and Mrs Simms for generously providing food, drink and decorations: the hall looked amazing and we had such a lot of fun! Our Year 6 pupils wear special Leavers' hoodies. They all choose an individual colour. We love how they look!

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!