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• Borrow Wood Leading the Way

  Thu 26 Nov 2020 ZF

  Once upon a time before lockdown in March 2020, Borrow Wood was part of a project titled: 'How Student Stories Help Develop Empathy in Schools'.

   

  The stories have been written by students at Derby College, who have recently arrived in the UK with little or no English from countries across the world. Many of them have travelled long distances to get here, leaving behind their homes, their families and their friends and have often faced great challenges along the way.

   

  I am delighted to share the outcome of the Case Study that has been written by Derby University and Derby College as part of the Derby Book Festival project. The case study shows how important it is that our children learn about the lives of people living in their home city of Derby and develop empathy for those who have faced extreme challenges and adversity in their early lives.  

   

  We are already working with the Book Festival and Derby University to take part in this project again in the spring term 2021. Hopefully, this time we will be able to complete all the activities we had originally planned this year.  In the meantime please click here to take a look at the case study to find out more.

   

   

   

• Maple Class Topic Homework

  Tue 24 Nov 2020 ZF
  Maple Class Topic homework this half-term is brilliant.  Take a look at these proud children showing their homework - either linked to the Romans history topic or the Animals and Habitats science topic.

  

• Year 5 Remembrance Art

  Thu 12 Nov 2020 ZF

  I just wanted to share this lovely Remembrance themed artwork that our Year 5 children did on 11th November 2020 - Remembrance Day.  

  We would usually have had a whole school assembly to bring all staff and children together for a collective service of remembrance. This year we were unable to do this due to COVID-19.

  All classes shared a short clip from the Festival of Remembrance showing the Muster and the placing of the Book of Remembrance.  As this was playing, Mrs Maher and I walked around school and shared a few moments in each class.  The children were moved and highly respectful of the moment.

  At 11:00am, the whole school observed a 2 minute silence, during which the children stood beautifully showing their respects.

  This year the Festival of Remembrance also recognised the significant contributions of the NHS and Care Workers, which many of our children can connect with.

  Your children are a credit to yourselves and to Borrow Wood.

  Thank you

  Zoe Fletcher