British Values/DT/6Rs
On Wednesday 7th June 2023, staff and children combined Design Technology ( DT), British Values and the 6Rs in a range of activities. If you have ever designed and made models and machines, cooked recipes for the first time, sewn your own clothes etc, you will know that it can be very hard work, it can be very challenging and frustrating. Often you also need to work with others, ask for advice and certainly be resilient. Therefore, we thought we would all need to use our learning character muscles to be successful in our DT projects. If you ask the Year 6 about making bird boxes, they will tell you this is very true!!
However, when completed, we all felt very proud of our successes.
Mrs Gadsby linked assemblies to the British Values and the 6Rs. We all discussed how the learning character muscles are so important if we are to be successful and they are not just for school, but for all areas of our lives.
We know what British Values are, but we decided that British Values could be called Everyone’s Values, or just Values, or Stokes Wood Values, or Good Values. We discussed how we use the Values at school and at home and elsewhere and how important they are.
The videos on the British Values tab and 6Rs tab will give you some more information. We also discussed equality later in the week and how everyone should have the opportunity to try and succeed in anything, how we should embrace difference and diversity and demonstrate respect for all.
Family Activity event
6 families enjoyed some time together. They made shelters in the forest school with Mr Laverick, toasted marshmallows with Mrs Furborough and Mrs Wakeling and helped keep the school grounds tidy by litter picking with Miss Stone.
Coronation of King Charles Celebrations
The whole school dressed in red, white and blue or as Kings and Queens and celebrated the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla.