D-Day at Parkside This morning Parkside joined in with a D-Day Virtual assembly where the children learnt more on why we are commemorating today and the significance of D-Day to our history.

Together we joined in with a whole school Beacon lighting and the children were able to dress up in camouflage, armed services or world war dress up. We invited residents and carers from The Mead to join us in this remembrance . This afternoon KS1 and KS2 classes enjoyed roasting marshmallows out in the sun with Mr Soyka, Mrs Herbaut and Mr Honour.

Thank you all for being involved, special mentions to Mr Soyka, Mrs Herbaut and Mr Honour for organising an amazing D-Day Remembrance.

Children in Years 5 and 6 were visited today by Kerry from The Breck Foundation.

The Breck Foundation are a Southeast England-based charity with national relevance and impact, founded in 2014 in response to the tragic loss of Breck Bednar, a 14-year-old boy who was groomed and murdered by someone he met online and aims to prevent this from ever happening again.

The Breck Foundation reach thousands of children and young people in schools and other community settings with Breck’s story every year, these talks and educational materials compliment the current UK curriculum.

To find out more about today’s session please visit website: www.breckfoundation.org.

Our session was designed specifically to highlight online safety, security and signposting to help in an accessible way. Please be reassured Breck’s story was told in an age-appropriate and sensitive way with a presentation designed and targeted for children in Years 5 and 6 with a primary focus on Gaming and Social Media – learning objectives included:

• What is grooming?
• Learning the signs of grooming and how to spot them
• Speaking up and reporting – including who to talk to when reporting online danger
• Where to find help

Year 5 had another great session as part of our Mini Police workshops.

This week’s session was focused on road safety. The children demonstrated that they knew the dangers they faced when crossing roads and discussed at length, how to keep themselves safe when crossing roads. Well done Year 5!

Year 1 – We looked at healthy foods and what makes a healthy diet in Year 1. We invited the children to make fruit salads with their parents and then after evaluating what they made. Thank you to all the parents who contributed fruits and helped out. It was lovely to see how much the children enjoyed it.

Year 2 – It was lovely to see parents/carers coming in for our Fantastic finish. The children enjoyed creating nature pictures. Very creative, well done Year 2.

Year 3 – We invited parents/carers in to help with designing and making healthy sandwiches for Fantastic Finish. Children used a variety of fillings and some even tried something new. Thank you to the parents/ carers that joined us in the classroom.

Year 4 – It was nice to see parents/carers and other family members joining us on our last week before May half term with our event Fantastic Finish. We got to explore music with Mrs Ward and a physical activity of beanbag rounders.

Year 5 – For our fantastic finish we create our own insects from cardboard. This was inspired by the Benin Plaques which we have been studying in our West African Art unit. We had a great time. Thank you to all the parents that attended.

Year 6 – We were delighted to welcome so many parents to their Fantastic Finish. We hope you all had as much fun as we did creating your initials using magazine art.

Thank you to all the staff involved in Fantastic Finish across the school. Happy Half term!