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FOCAS arranged for a pantomime 'Treasure Island' to perform to the children. It was absolutely great fun and the children loved it. Thank you to FOCAS for organising this. 

We spent a day off timetable looking in detail about how our vision 'to be the best we can be' impacts our lives and the lives of the people around us. At the start of the day teachers shared how they tried to be the best they could be in the various areas of their lives. Miss Stephens explained how she thought this was an ongoing daily way of thinking that we find easier on some days than others and Miss Trent talked about how she tried to be the best eldest sister that she could be. The children then visited each class in the mixed aged teams and thought more deeply about this. One class looked at how Ruth, a heroine from the the bible, tried to be the best she could be, another class thought about this through a windows, mirrors, doors perspective. We see things happening in our world (windows), it makes us feel a certain way (mirrors)  and then we take action as a result (doors). Finally another session was about how we are all wonderfully made and beautifully unique. The day ended with sharing our thoughts and recording these in our Reflective diaries.

We had a visit from Sherene who shared about her faith and what it meant to be a Muslim. She told us about how they pray 5 times a day and how they fast during Ramadan. One child asked what was her favourite thing about being a Muslim and she said that it was prayer. Being able to pray to God (who they call Allah) and know that he will help you in all situations. She showed us the clothes that they wear and how every Muslim would like to travel to Mecca on a Pilgrimage to Kaaba. We were very interested to find out about many Muslim women have had a huge impact on History. It was Muslim women who were responsible for the foundation of the world's first library and world's first hospital. You will also have heard of the Nadiya Hussain, the Bake Off champion and Dalilah Muhammed the Olympic champion. It was such an engaging talk. Thank you Sherene.