Monthly Archives: June 2023

This week in year 1, we were acting out the story of the mustard seed. We related this story to our own experiences at school, and acted out how when we don’t work hard, we don’t succeed, but when we try hard we will be successful. 

Next week we have a lesson with a special visitor (someone who works in the sustainability team at Sainsburys) we will be linking our learning about the story of the mustard seed to give us inspiration for how to protect our environment and live better. 

This week across the school, we continued to work on this half term’s Catholic Social Teaching theme Solidarity and Dignity for Workers led by Mrs Mensah.

In Key Stage 1, we have begun to look further into the issues that might threaten the rights, and dignity of workers around the world. We also introduced the idea of putting steps in place by social action. Key stage 1 have put forward a few great ideas such as building houses for those that don’t have places to stay, so that they can get proper rest and work more effectively. 

In Lower Key Stage 2, we look more indepth at the word dignity and Solidarity. They explained that to have solidarity, they must have faith can not moved, their faith must not be flexible and they can not waver in their solidarity.they also explained that they must up keep their beliefs in helping others not mater what. A few ideas they came up with in regards to social action were, protecting the rights of workers around the world and making a club for worker to come together and feel comfortable to speak and make suggestions to demonstrate dignity for worker. 

In Upper Key Stage 2, we did a recap, looking deeper into the words and their meaning, and how we can implement them in regards to helping others, and looking at practical ways of bringing about dignity and solidarity to workers, not only here at home but also around the world. A few ideas that were suggested were to increase wages, supply free lunches, ensure suitable hours for workers, and to praying for all workers, which was a running theme throughout multiple key stages this week. 

Year 1 have been learning about plastic pollution. They have been learning about what plastic is, the problem with single use plastic, biodegradable waste and how plastic ends up in the ocean. We learnt that it takes 450 years for plastic to disintegrate! We have come up with some ideas to solve this issue:

Increase the price of plastic

ban single use plastic (this is happening in October)

Spread the word – tell people about the problem

Recycle

Collect plastic from the sea

Submarines with nets to sweep plastic out of the sea

Year 6 came to help us with our plastic sea creature projects. They were amazing! 

This week across the school, Mrs Mensah introduced this half term’s Catholic Social Teaching theme Solidarity and Dignity for Workers. 

Solidarity means to stand up for each other. If we stand up for and speak out on behalf of those in need in our world, we can make the world a fairer and more peaceful place. 

‘Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with those in need.’ Romans 12:16

Treating someone with dignity means treating them with love, kindness and fairness. Everyone should be treated with dignity because God made and loves everyone. Dignity of Workers is also about making sure that people’s dignity is respected in work.

‘Out of the ground, the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food . . . . Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it’  Genesis 2:9,15

In Key Stage 1, this week we started by introducing the concepts of solidarity and dignity, by brainstorming and coming up with ideas on how we can show solidarity and in the workplace, and ensure fairtrade is met for all workers here and around the world. We then looked at ways we can show the same solidarity and dignity shown to workers, to those around us, at home in our families.

In Lower Key Stage 2, this week we started by introducing the concepts of solidarity and dignity in regards to the human experience, initially the children were asked what they knew about solidarity and what dignity meant to them. They explained that it meant to stick up for others, and stay true to your beliefs. They also looked at how we apply to those in the working environment, why fairtrade is so vital to doing so.

This week we started by introducing the concepts of solidarity and dignity,

In Upper Key Stage 2, we looked at the importance of solidarity and dignity in our lives and how to act them out each day, and how we can do more for others. Then we made posters focusing on Solidarity and how it relates to the human experience.