Year 7 have spent another week looking at managing money. This time, they were looking at ways to pay and evaluating the different types of payment methods available.  A ‘shout out’ to Claudia B in 7P.

Year 8 have looked at ‘rights and responsibilities’ and given their opinion on some of the set age limits for getting a driving licence or a free education. ‘Shout outs’ to Charlotte R and Olivia P in 8J.

Year 9 have been looking at the reasons why people run away and how to prevent this from happening and seek support. Shout outs to Anna K and Freya H, 9P.

Years 10 and 11 have now started their Life Skills course again. They each have 2 weeks to complete a 20 – 30- minute activity and submit a short forms quiz. After only going live on Tuesday, an impressive 71 students in Year 10 and 48 students in Year 11 less than 24 hours later, had already completed the forms quiz.

Year 10 have been given some information to read on drug classification, the law and the consequences. There is a 10 question forms quiz to complete to show understanding and provide evidence that students know where to access support if they need it. Parents can also access support on the topic on drugs using these resources and via the following link:

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-guide-to-support-a-z/parents-guide-to-support-drugs-and-alcohol/

Year 11 are visiting the ‘thinkUknow’ website and accessing the information on the pressures of being online, including ways to say no and access support. Again, there is a forms quiz to show if a student understands and how to seek advice and support on these pressures. This website also contains a parents homepage. Here is the link: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

Mrs Cahill, Life Skills Co-ordinator

Year 7 and 8 have been uploading some superb work from their Life Skills lessons over the past week.

Year 7 – Baseline assessment, ‘Money and budgeting’.

Year 8 – UNICEF Rights of the child.

Year 9 – Managing conflict at home.

Here are just a few shout outs to celebrate all the hard work and efforts of the students:

Amber R (9P), Amelia W (8J), Hannah A (9H), Harriet M (7P), Harriet Mu (7P), Jennifer K (8J), Niamh L (7H), Sasha H (7H).

Anna K (9P) for excellent work! Well done!

‘ThinkUknow’ from the CEOP education team, have produced some great resources. With children and young people relying on their tech at home for learning and entertainment during lockdown, it remains vital to keep conversations about online safety going and raise awareness of reporting routes if something goes wrong.

This link contains some 15-minute activities that you can do at home and provides support and ways to approach topics around children being online.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/

Mrs R Cahill