{"id":7294,"date":"2025-03-14T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stbrendansps\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:26:30","slug":"weekly-blog-wb-10th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stbrendansps\/2025\/03\/14\/weekly-blog-wb-10th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Blog, WB 10th March"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Brendan\u2019s Weekly News <\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome back to our Weekly Blog with our exciting news and learning experiences from our pupils.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the exciting learning experiences our pupils have been involved in this week!<\/p>\n

Spotlight Story of the Week \u2013<\/strong> Skills Academies <\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we want to reflect on our skills academies and the opportunities it provides our pupils here at St. Brendan\u2019s. Last week we provided an insight into our most recent \u2018Critical thinking\u2019 skills academies, sharing the wonderful experiences of our young people.<\/p>\n

Our skills academies provide pupils opportunities to build essential life skills from a young age and promotes independence, resilience, and creativity through hands-on learning experiences. Pupils are given opportunities to explore new activities and discover hidden talents, which can increase self-confidence. All of our academies are fun, practical, and interest-based learning which helps keep pupils motivated and engaged. This in turn helps our pupils to develop a growth mindset, understanding that effort and practice lead to improvement.<\/p>\n

Here is what our pupils think about our skills academies:<\/p>\n

Thea, P4:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am in the design and manufacture skills academy. What I like about skills academies is that we get to share our thoughts and learn new things. We have been using tools to build a bridge using cardboard, this showed me I could be creative in my own way and when we were using the tools we got to see what they did and got to learn more about them. My favourite thing is that we can work in teams because if you don\u2019t know something you can learn from your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amelia. P5:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am in the community skills academy. I think this is really good because we get to go outside sometimes and see our community. At our critical thinking academy we got to make circuits, we used wires, a battery and mini lightbulbs. We put them altogether and we made a light work. I liked how we got to work in partners with younger kids. I learned a little bit about engineering and taking care of things in the community, like, turning off the lights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emma, P6:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am in the creativity skills academy. I like creating new things and using my imagination and growth mindset, so that I don\u2019t doubt myself when drawing. I\u2019ve learned how to use different types of paints. At critical thinking, we were drawing the story of red riding hood\u201d.<\/p>\n

Amelia, P3:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am in the food technology academy. I like spending time with my friends and making food. I\u2019ve learned to cut using knives, mix and stir things, weigh things and carve pumpkins. I\u2019ve got to try new foods which I liked. I am half Polish and I liked the week we tried Polish food and learned Polish words. My favourite thing that I have made is the cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lukas, P5:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am in the life skills academy. I like to learn new things every time I go. I\u2019ve learned the skills to help someone if I see someone in danger and how to do CPR. I\u2019ve learned to trust people and about keeping safe online. We looked at fake news so you don\u2019t get hacked. I learned if it\u2019s not sponsored it could be a scam so it made me become more aware when I\u2019m on the internet. I feel every time I go, I am more confident, I learn new things about trust\u201d.<\/p>\n