News from Pix Brook Academy

News from PixBrook Academy

The summer term is upon us and the staff at PBA have been working hard with the pupils to finish the year well and make sure the preparations are in place for September. As I write we are all awaiting the announcement from the Prime Minister regarding the end of the lockdown measures. Obviously as a school we are desperate to be able to show the school to the local community and undertake the normal events associated with the end of term. However should circumstances conspire to prevent this we have contingencies in place. One of the real learning points of this period is that where there is a will there is a way and in contrast to this time last year we are all much more familiar with the vagaries of virtual meetings!

The last term has included some really inventive teaching and I’m delighted that our pupils have been able to take advantage of this. The interactive workshop undertaken by University College London showing how fossils are formed including the use of 3D glasses exploring their formation, was really impressive. The opportunity to hear from an expert in their field talking directly to the class just shows what is possible when the technology is seen as an opportunity.

I have also been delighted to see the maturity shown by the Y6 pupils in their questions and thoughts around our class text of “Boy at the back of the class” by Onjali Q Rauf. This tells the story of a refugee who joins a school in the UK from Syria. There are many important lessons and topics for our young people to learn from this and as a school we are always looking for ways to broaden children’s awareness of the world around them and help them to better understand our collective responsibilities to others. One of our core values of being “socially responsible” is encapsulated in literature of this nature and teachers are mindful of the need to appropriately educate young people of the world around them.

This term we are taking advantage of the Wildlife Trust “Random Acts of Wildness” project. This involves undertaking a different action related to the wild for 30 days. They are all very simple but also really effective at reminding us how lucky we are. Earlier this week we took the opportunity to simply look up at the clouds and see what shapes were there. If, like me, it is years since you have done this then my advice is take the time to do so. It takes you back and simply slows everything down to a simpler time.

This is so important to all to help their wellbeing and something that we can forget to think about in our increasingly frenetic lives. For children this is even more important.

Enjoy the summer.

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