Today is UNICEF Day for Change 2015:

Finlay: “UNICEF stands for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund and they help children who’ve been affected by war or natural disasters.”

Kendal: “We learned about Typhoon Haiyan which hit the country of the Phillipines which is near China.”

Ellie: “A typhoon is caused by really strong winds and this can also cause a giant wave.”

Callum: “It destroyed houses and it took the roofs off of buildings and blew people off their feet. The winds reached 195mph!”

William: “To help, UNICEF have built homes and shelters and have helped them get clean water and food.”

Olivia: “They have also spoken to children who have been affected and gave them a chance to talk about things like losing their family.”

Kyra: “Also they sent over medicines and doctors and nurses to help treat the ill people.”

This week we had some buddy time with our P1 buddies:

Jay: “We helped our buddies create pirate masks and we also made hooks from tin foil.”

Finlay: “My buddy enjoyed it because he enjoys colouring in and he coloured it in his own unique style.”

Adam: “My buddy thought it was fun and I enjoyed it too because I saw the smile on his face.”

Harry: “My buddy and I and Josh enjoyed the task and Josh really enjoyed making the tin foil hook while Bryce enjoyed colouring in the mask.”

Who has impressed?

Kendal: “Class 1, 2 and 3 impressed me by performing their assembly in front of a big audience. I thought it was really good and they got up and spoke their parts confidently.”

Callum: “Declan has impressed me because he is always nice to everybody and makes them smile.”

Finlay: “Declan impressed me by beating his best ever score on Big Maths. Well done to everybody else who beat their score too.”

Adam: “Mr Berginis has impressed me because of the way he taught us about perspective in art this week.”

Jay: “I’m impressed by my table this week and we did much better this week and won (half) Table of the Week.”

Finlay: “My table has impressed me by winning table of the week.”

Mr Berginis: “I was impressed this week by how well everyone worked with their p1 buddy and also by how well everyone sat at assembly.”