In SMSC we try to be the best that we can be!
Assembly topics
Some of our recent assembly topics have included: World environment day, Food safety, Ramadan, Emmeline Pankhurst, Billingham International Folklore Festival, New beginnings, Hajj, Yom Kippur, Harvest, Guy Fawkes & Firework safety, Diwali, Remembrance Sunday, BBC Children in Need, Anti-bullying week, Christmas, Hannukah, Vaisakhi, Queen’s 90th birthday, World Environment Day, Stockton Cycling festival, European Referendum, New year, Chinese New Year, Lent, Safer Internet day, Nirvana Day, World Book Day, Mothering Sunday, British science week, Easter, International Peace Day, Feast of St Francis of Assisi, National Braille Week, Anti-bullying week, Road safety week, Going for Gold, New Beginnings, Responsible use of mobile phones, media influence on our choices, rights and responsibilities (Human Rights Day), Brexit and not forgetting our REWARD assemblies and our CLASS assemblies.
Our Class names
Each class adopts a new country or city or state or landmark every year and learns about its culture and other fascinating facts. Over the last few years we have travelled the world and found out about: England, Scotland, Wales, Seychelles, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Ghana, Chad, Sudan, Italy, Iceland, Hungary, Poland, Malta, Cyprus, Sardinia & Corsica, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Guatemala, Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Egypt, Finland, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Tunisia, Denmark, The Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey.
We’ve also been UK cities: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Bradford, Liverpool and Bristol.
and US states: Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Arizona, New York, California, Kansas, Alabama and Texas.
as well as national and international landmarks including: the River Tees, Durham Cathedral, Redcar Beacon, the Transporter Bridge, Captain Cook’s Monument, Castle Eden, Roseberry Topping, Saltburn Pier, Stewart Park, Saltholme, Preston Park, Acropolis, Amsterdam canals, Blue Lagoon, Blue Mosque, Bran Castle, Charles Bridge, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower, Ha’penny Bridge and Phoenix Park.
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Alex Cunningham, our local member of Parliament, visited us very recently.
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He told us about the UK parliament.
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He was interviewed by our school captains on important current issues such as Brexit.
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PSHE Lessons
We value PSHE very highly at Pentland. Each class has a regular PSHE lesson as well as being taught through opportunities presented across the curriculum. We use the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study for PSHE Education to ensure that our provision meets the needs of today’s pupils and supports us in fulfilling our statutory responsibility to safeguard pupils, to support their spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life.
Topics covered through our PSHE program include:
Health & Wellbeing: Lucinda & Godfrey, emergency first aid skills, Good to be me, dealing with different feelings and emotions, The effects of alcohol, drugs and smoking, healthy foods, healthy lifestyles, Heartstart, making choices, being safe, e-safety.
Relationships: healthy and unhealthy relationships, resolving conflict, bullying, challenging homophobia (CHIPS scheme).
Living in the Wider World (Economic Well being and being a responsible citizen): responsibility, democracy, the UK parliament, Fairtrade, understand poverty, animal welfare, enterprise and financial awareness.
