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Our current year 6 students are showing such superb drawing skills using coloured pencils, as usual. Well done year 6! pic.twitter.com/Cwy9y9xlV5

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An outstanding performance from our U11 girls this afternoon saw them win against a good Cunningham hill side. Fantastic finishes from Riana and Mila going forward, and incredible defending leading to a clean sheet. pic.twitter.com/mOQGBZWwCs

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Great afternoon of sport yesterday for our football teams as we hosted 3 games against Killigrew. It was brilliant to see so many students representing the school, including our amazing secondary helpers! pic.twitter.com/snhtwFHPHq

01/12/24

Year 1 Orange Class have been exploring postcards as part of their English learning. They cannot wait to create their own 📮 pic.twitter.com/Ds0L1oVMXf

25/11/24

We'd like to say a huge thank you to for coming to visit us last week for a day! The children are now prepared for a primitive hunting trip, with knowledge of tools, den making and gathering food! pic.twitter.com/hFYcCrIQj8

22/11/24

Year 3 have loved finding out all about the Stone Age today! pic.twitter.com/xyTS27yaeW

22/11/24

Year 2 are having a fantastic day being immersed into the Great Fire of London 🔥🚒 pic.twitter.com/DzE6R3fwiN

22/11/24

Year 3 have arrived safely at Celtic Harmony 🚌 pic.twitter.com/zDuY4OUYi7

21/11/24

Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed testing out their rockets looking at the different angles and the distance they travel 🚀 pic.twitter.com/VgqHSszZY0

21/11/24

Year 5 are having a brilliant day taking part in the Road to RIAT STEM challenge 🚀 pic.twitter.com/4B16kZKPYh

15/11/24

Today our Year 5 students took part in the Primary Anti-Bullying conference. They have taken away some very important messages and we cannot wait for them to share these with the rest of the school community 📢🛑 pic.twitter.com/QObUFVZnAW

15/11/24

St Luke’s Church visited this morning and delivered an assembly to primary all focused around the importance of belonging and community 🌎❤️🤗 pic.twitter.com/6kGcFH4V8M

14/11/24

We loved joining Year 3 today as they made Stonehenge from biscuits. we were really impressed with how they worked together and their confident oracy as they explained their learning. pic.twitter.com/U82hajPFOz

14/11/24

Year 10 came down to Primary to put their Maths games to the test! What a fantastic opportunity to collaborate and share knowledge 🎲♟️🧮 pic.twitter.com/axEjd04mti

11/11/24

Today we are thinking about all those who have lost their lives in battle. Primary have begun the day with an assembly and at 11am will take part in a minutes silence. 🪖🔴 pic.twitter.com/qJBNbMW2ko

09/11/24

* New to EYFS Open Day: next Monday *Our main Open Event is our New to EYFS Open Day on Monday 11th November.The following tours will be available on the day:> 9:15am-10:00am> 10:45am-11:30am> 2:00pm-2:45pm> 4:00pm-4:45pmPlease book your place: https://t.co/rt3PAY5jDh pic.twitter.com/N9Rxapuovy

07/11/24

Thank you for inspiring our students this evening and being our guest speaker at our annual celebration of achievement evening, your words illustrated what hard work and dedication can achieve. pic.twitter.com/a93WTLudr8

06/11/24

Year 3 loved exploring the Stone Age using our VR headsets! pic.twitter.com/TAJW9owdHz

06/11/24

A big win for our Primary netball team tonight! 12-0 against Windermere. Some amazing netball on display🏐🤩 POtM went to Eloise G. Well done to all involved!!💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/I3YsmzY8UC

06/11/24

Another amazing day for Maths Week! ➖➕🟰➗ pic.twitter.com/1o38wRQNnV

06/11/24

We have had some very exciting visitors in school this morning. ‘The Nite Owls’ showed off their beautiful birds of prey and taught us how to keep wildlife safe. 🦉 pic.twitter.com/IaFpz1OQBt

05/11/24

Red Class are loving their new role play area… Costa Cafe is a big hit! ☕️🍰🧁 pic.twitter.com/zFl0nyotGg

05/11/24

Year 5 and 6 loved their maths workshop from Citizens Advice today pic.twitter.com/HLdAU0bYzv

04/11/24

Year 5 have loved creating their very own maths glasses to help them spot where maths can be seen around us 👓🔎➗🟰➕➖ pic.twitter.com/Tzmkoq9vMT

04/11/24

We launched Maths week this week with an amazing assembly from Lucy Reid who is a transport planner ⏰🚂🚌 pic.twitter.com/W48GqYCGV9

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Express Yourself - Children's Mental Health Week (1-7 February 2021)

Posted on 29/01/2021

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Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity. It is about finding a way to show who you are, and how you see the world, that can help you feel good about yourself.

Place2BE, Children's Mental Health Week

Children's Mental Health Week at SRA

At Samuel Ryder Academy, we are proud to support Children’s Mental Health Week and the theme this year is ‘express yourself’.

We recognise that talking about mental health and expressing our feelings can be difficult, no matter our age.  Now, more than ever, it's important to share how we’re feeling with others and, as part of our mental health awareness initiative, we have organised a range of activities for our students throughout the week to keep the conversation of children's mental health going.

Incorporating this year's theme, we are encouraging students and families to take part in the activities and suggestions put together by our departments below. You will also find listed some helpful resources that you may wish to explore during the remote learning phase independently as a family.

Wednesday 3 February

To ensure that students have dedicated time for this awareness week, on Wednesday afternoon for Years 7 -13 there will be no timetabled lessons but we are encouraging them to take part in the opportunities that we will advertise. For Years R – 6 the dedicated time for this will be session 1 on Wednesday.

#SRAexpressyourself

If you would like to share any of the activities you've tried during Children's Mental Health Week on social media, please use the hastag #SRAexpressyourself so we can follow your journey.

Please follow us on social media for more daily activities and updates throughout the week.

Twitter: @SRA_StAlbans @SRAPrimary Facebook: @SamuelRyderAcademy

What is mental health?

Here are some videos you may wish to share with your child when discussing mental health this week.

Video aimed at primary aged students

 

Video aimed at secondary aged students

 

Department activity suggestions 

Try these at home or in school with your bubble during Children's Mental Health Week.


Drama

Write a short monologue or poem of their thoughts and feelings – How have you expressed yourself during lockdown?  This could be filmed as an extension.


Geography - geog your health

The Geography Department would like you to take a picture of you doing something outside- it could be you exercising, doing your hobby or going for a walk. Extra recognition will be given to those who can explain the geography in the photo around them.


English - express yourself through poetry

Write a poem around the theme of Express Yourself.

You could write about something you’re really enjoy doing, about how you are feeling currently, about your hopes for the future or maybe even the things you miss about life pre-lockdown. There is no limit to the possibilities...


Maths - try these fun challenges

Primary students: 

How many different shapes can you spot during your walk? How many times did you see each shape? Can you draw a diagram (poster, bar chart, pictogram, tally chart) to represent this data?

Secondary students:

Try these origami challenges

Origami Challenge One - Easy Origami Turtle - How to Make Turtle Step by Step

Origami Challenge Two - How To Make an Easy Origami Butterfly (in 3 MINUTES!)

Origami Challenge Three - How to make Origami Hummingbird

Share images of any designs you make!


History

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Art

Your task is to create a piece of artwork (drawing, painting, collage, 3D model or digital art), any size you wish, on the following daily theme: 

Monday - My current mood

Tuesday - My environment

Wednesday - A precious object 

Thursday - A wonderful memory

Friday - A hope/dream

Please tweet your artwork on the day of the theme to @SRA_art_. Or email it to your art teacher or to Mrs Wilkinson and we will tweet your daily entries via the SRA Art Twitter page. Have fun!


Food Technology 

To make a dish that you enjoy making and of course eating!

This dish makes you happy which is a very important thing at the moment.

Show the step-by-steps of making your dish and you cooking it.

We'd also love to see the completed dish... before you eat it!


Design Technology

The Rube Goldberg Machine!!

We want you to watch these videos for inspiration and create your own version of the Rube Goldberg Machine!  If anything the videos will make you smile.

Be creative with the items you use and the methods to get the machine to work.

Video your machine in action and upload it to Seesaw or send us the link to watch it.

Good Luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqix5KkusbE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFSn8IwgQfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-P4qLLUyk&feature=youtu.be


Can you take on Mr Pett and beat his times!

Can you take on these challenges and beat Mr Pett

  • How long can you plank for? Mr Pett’s time was 2 mins18 secs
  • How many pages can you read in 20 minutes? Mr Pett’s was 18 pages

Useful resources:

Please find below some helpful websites and resources you may also wish to explore as part of Children's Mental Health Week.

Children's Mental Heath Week - free resources which can be adapted for use in school, for home-schooling, online lessons or independent learning.

Young Minds - lots of free resources and tips from a leading movement that aims to make sure every young person gets the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families - videos and free resources from a world leading mental health charity for children and families.

Herts Mind Network - delivering essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from our seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally, our services are available to all residents in Hertfordshire over the age of 18 and we offer dedicated services for 15-18 year olds.

 

 

 

 

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