In the Dyslexia and Inclusive Practice group we have been making posters about what we can do to help people with Dyslexia.

We are trying to earn the Gold DIPA award and are creating a logo to represent DFS in our school.

Alana – We have been doing both physical and mental health awareness.

Kelsi – For mental health we have been creating kindness tokens on the computer to give out to pupils across the school for being kind.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the RRSA group with Mrs Boyd and Mrs Park!

 

⭐️ Our aims this session:

Within the RRSA group we are aiming to boost friendship within school and start a Fair Trade tuck shop. We are also working towards the gold Rights Respecting Schools award as we have already achieved silver.

 

⭐️ So far this session the RRSA group have…

• Set up and ran a successful group known as ‘Friendship Friday’ where pupils could come along and make new friends and play games. Each week we welcomed friends, old and new, enjoyed snacks and played games! 😌
• The group came up with the idea of ‘friendship bracelets’ to be given out at assembly to pupils who have offered their friendship and kindness to others. Pupils sourced and designed the bracelets. They opted for school colours and the wining catchphrase was ‘be kind, be friendly’. 🥰
• As part of ‘Fairtrade Fortnight’ the group presented at assembly and arranged a yummy tuck shop! The RRSA group researched and sourced our products, as well as serving customers at the stall each day. The tuck shop was enjoyed by all and was a huge success in raising awareness of and enjoying Fairtrade produce  in our school. 🍌🍪🍫

 

 

 

We are working towards achieving our Eco Schools Green Flag award. Last term the ECO Group completed an evaluation of the school and looked at areas for improvement. After evaluating the results we identified 3 key topics to focus on this year: Litter, Energy and Biodiversity. We started discussing some ideas on how to develop in these areas across the school and in Term 3 we are hoping to start putting these ideas into action!

 

Welcome to the Digital Leader Group with Miss Caldwell!

Our aims:

This session, the Digital Leaders are focussing on developing digital resources within the school and classes. So far this year we have applied for the Digital Schools Award, which we will be working towards through developing our digital learning and teaching. The Digital Leaders have audited the iPad apps, deleted those which are not necessary and added relevant apps for relevant stages throughout the school. We have ensured that each class teacher has a class iPad and we share the extras between classes where needed. The Digital Leaders have provided log ins for all teachers to allow them to access the wifi on class iPads. We are currently working on a document linking appropriate maths games to each outcome/level within Numeracy and Maths. Digital Leaders are responsible for ensuring digital technology is used effectively and sharing new ideas with their teachers.

 

Comments from our Digital Leaders on why they wanted to join the group:

Brayden – I want to be a leader of digital learning in my school.

Jack H – I want to extend the website and organise STEM week.

Roan – I chose digital leaders because STEM is fun and I wanted to work on the website.

Ian – I wanted to be in digital leaders because I like STEM. I like ICT.

Brett – I like digital leaders because we are updating the website and we will go on the computers and do STEM week.

Robbie – I was excited to be in digital leaders because I like ICT and writing on the computers.

Emily – I wanted to be a digital leader because I like STEM.

Kaitlyn – Digital Leaders sounded fun.

Ava – I joined digital leaders to try and win the Digital Schools Award.

Lauryn – I joined digital leaders to upgrade the ICT suite.

Jacob – I wanted to come to digital leaders because it sounded like STEM.

Abigail – I like working on the computers.

Sophie – I joined digital leaders because computers are fun and amazing.

Jack R – I joined digital leaders because it would be fun and you can learn a lot.

Alfie – I like computers.

Francesca – we are updating the school website.

Kirsty – I wanted to learn more about computers.

Jessica – I joined digital leaders because I was interested in what it was about.

Evan – I like ICT.