Lawford Mead Primary and Nursery School Main Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 School Website Hit the Button Heroes! Posted on 23/11/2021 by Mr Poyton In our Year 3-6 assembly today we talked about our School Council’s latest project. They will being carrying out a survey in classes to find out how children feel we can improve our times table knowledge and recall and their favourite way to learn. School Council will be producing a leaflet for all children and staff, that explains all the ways children at Lawford Mead enjoy practicing their tables. To get us excited and aspiring to improve, some children came to the front and showed off their Hit the Button skills against the clock, in front everyone. Children showed off their 3, 6 and 12 times table knowledge. Then Harry in Year 6 wowed us all with a record high score in ‘Mixed tables’! What times table are you aspiring to conquer next? Leave a comment below telling us what tables you are working on and how YOU like to practice. Times Table Rockstars? Other games? Testing yourself and each other? Using a multiplication grid or poster? You can play Hit the Button yourself HERE! Mr Poyton 0 Uncategorised 2 Anti-Bullying Week 2021 Posted on 09/11/2021 by Mr Poyton Next week is Anti-Bullying Week, so in assemblies we watched this video to get us thinking about the power of kindness: Please leave a comment below telling us what kind words you can use to have a positive, powerful impact on others? What kind questions can you ask? What kind things can you say to make someone feel good? When will YOU use these kind words? Don’t forget: we always kick off this special week with Odd Socks Day to celebrate diversity. So remember to wear odd socks next Monday, 15th November! Our differences are what makes us all special! Here is the music video we watched in assembly… 0 Uncategorised 1 Happy Diwali! Posted on 05/11/2021 by Mr Poyton In Celebration Assembly this week we spent Reflection Time thinking about Diwali. The fireworks you have heard and seen this week haven’t all been for Guy Fawkes night! Watch a video about Diwali and find out more HERE. Mrs Dubey celebrates Diwali and she led us in a quiet reflection. We closed our eyes and thought of something good we can do every day during the year ahead. We made a silent promise to ourselves that we would try out best to do that good thing every day. Can you leave a comment below and tell us what your promise was? Happy Diwali to all Lawford Mead families who celebrate! Mr Poyton 0 Uncategorised 1 Saving the planet Posted on 03/11/2021 by Mr Poyton In our Year 3-6 Thinking Time Assembly on Tuesday, we talked about this week’s COP26 event. COP26 is a important meeting to discuss the environment. 200 world leaders are meeting in Scotland, to talk about about climate change and how countries are planning to tackle it. Any decisions and promises made could lead to big changes to our everyday lives. To find out more about COP26, watch the video above or click on the CBBC Newsround link HERE. In assembly we discussed what we thought we can do to help AND what we think the world leaders and powerful, rich people in the world should be doing. Can you leave me a comment below telling me what you think about both those questions? Mr Poyton 0 Uncategorised 2 Celebrating our skin! Posted on 19/10/2021 by Mr Poyton October is Black History Month in the UK. In assembly today we read a fantastic book together called ‘Our Skin’. It taught us the science of skin colour and how we should love and celebrate our differences. It also got us thinking about fairness and kindness. The children all agreed and felt very strongly that they will NOT accept people being treated unfairly or unkindly because of the colour of their skin. If they ever see or hear that happening they will find an adult straight away and talk it through. Mr Poyton 1 Uncategorised 0 Check Mates Posted on 13/10/2021 by Mr Poyton Our lunchtime Chess Club is BACK! Tuesdays to Fridays in the Studio for Years 3-6. See more photos here. It’s a great opportunity to make friends and learn new skills. If you want to teach yourself how to play (there are lots of different rules!) then we recommend the Chess Kid Youtube channel. 1 Uncategorised 0 Everything is for EVERYone! Posted on 13/10/2021 by Mr Poyton In our lower school ‘thinking time’ assembly this week, we talked about the latest Lego news story. The people at Lego have promised they are going to avoid ‘gender stereotypes’ in their Lego sets. This means they want to help children to dream big and never think they can’t do something just because they are a boy or a girl. Lego don’t want any children thinking that a type of Lego is just for boys or just for girls. We watched this interesting video below and discussed our ambitions for the futures. As we said together, everything is for everyone! Watch the video if you haven’t already. Leave a comment below telling me your big dreams. What are you determined to achieve? Mrt Poyton 0 Uncategorised 1 See it through! Posted on 09/10/2021 by Mr Poyton In assembly this week we read a poem together to celebrate National Poetry Day. It was written by my favourite poet Edgar Albert Guest. He wrote poems about our school’s values of aspiration and resilience. Here is the poem. Can you leave a comment below telling me what YOU think the poem means? When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace. When it’s vain to try to dodge it, Do the best that you can do; You may fail, but you may conquer, See it through! Black may be the clouds about you And your future may seem grim, But don’t let your nerve desert you; Keep yourself in fighting trim. If the worst is bound to happen, Spite of all that you can do, Running from it will not save you, See it through! Even hope may seem but futile, When with troubles you’re beset, But remember you are facing Just what other men have met. You may fail, but fall still fighting; Don’t give up, whate’er you do; Eyes front, head high to the finish. See it through! 0 Uncategorised 0 Ten by Ten Posted on 24/09/2021 by Mr Poyton Every once in a while someone comes up with a new list of things children should do whilst they are young. What do you think of this new one? See below. Ten things to do by the time you are ten years old. We looked at it during reflection time in our assembly video today. Leave a comment below telling me if you have done any of these. Which is your favourite? Which ones have you NOT done? Are any of them an ambition of yours? What do you think should be on this list that isn’t on there? Which ones can you do at Lawford Mead? Join in competitive team sports Play an instrument Learn to swim Take part in drama and performing arts Visit the seaside and the countryside Experience museums, galleries and heritage sites Take part in camping trips and overnight residentials Learn to ride a bike Take part in debating Use a library 0 Uncategorised 1 Reach for the Stars Posted on 18/09/2021 by Mr Poyton In Friday assembly’s reflection time, we thought about last week’s historic SpaceX mission. What made it special was that the team of four space travellers, who were named Inspiration4, were NOT astronauts! They received SOME astronaut training but it was the first ever mission into space where no one on board was a fully trained astronaut! How amazing for those 4 people, their dreams have come true! This made me realise that if any Lawford Mead pupils dream of visiting space when they are older, it could be a real possibility, even if they don’t become astronauts. It got us talking in assembly, about the big dreams and ambitions that we are aspiring to achieve in the future. Here’s what some of the children said… “I want to take care of sick animals.” “I want to be a paramedic.” “I want to earn lots of money so I can help people with it.” “I want to be a singer but I am nervous on stage.” For that last one we discussed how we could build confidence and find opportunities to sing at Lawford Mead! What are YOUR ambitions for the future? Leave a comment below. No dream is too big! Reach for the stars! 0 Uncategorised 2 1 2 3 … 25 » Login Username Password Remember Me Lost Password Search for Search Recent Posts Hit the Button Heroes! Anti-Bullying Week 2021 Happy Diwali! Saving the planet Celebrating our skin! Recent Comments Miss Cope on Hit the Button Heroes! 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