You will have had, or will be having a letter regarding Golden Time, which we will be starting on a Friday afternoon from the first week back. Golden Time in a Primary school is a time for relaxation and fun as a reward for good behaviour during the week. Each class will have a set of rules agreed on by both staff and pupils. Each child starts with an hour Golden time. Children who are in danger of breaking one or more of the rules in class or elsewhere in school or playground are given two verbal warnings If the child continues to ignore the warnings their Golden Time will be cut by 5 minutes. Children are given the opportunity to 'earn back' their time before the next"Golden Time".
"Golden Time" activities are suggested and agreed on by the children. It is hoped that we will be able to offer a wider range of activities including some outdoor ones, weather permitting. In this way, the message we are giving the children is that if they are sensible, co-operative and go about their business to the best of their ability, the will be consistently rewarded for their efforts and they are secure in the knowledge that their reward will not be forgotten about due to pressure from other commitments in the curriculum.
Ideally those children who have a tendency towards disruptive behaviour will be less inclined to continue if they are risking the loss of a privilege which they had a part in deciding on.
Looking forward to it and I'm sure the chidlren are too!
Our year 6 children have been working alongside the staff at Voice Radio (voicefm.co.uk) based in Rhymney on a project to create their own radio show. The children have chosen songs to feature on their show and written and recorded their own ideas based around the topic of Tredegar. I can't wait for it to go live! I will keep you updated on the dates!
I was lucky enough to go down with them on Wednesday to witness the great work being carried out. The children have had the opportunity to try out mixing decks, website design, record themselves singing in a soundproof room, go live on the air and of course record their own show. All the children enjoyed themselves. It was a great day!
All year 5 and 6 children took part in a drama workshop based on the story The Ironman by Ted Hughes. They thoroughly enjoyed it and have since been working hard on pieces of work based on the story. We have very talented children ... story writers and illustrators, model makers, newspaper reporters, poetry writers, actors/actresses and many more.
On THURSDAY 23rd JUNE the children's work/videos will be displayed in Tredegar Library from 3.30pm for you to come and view. The children have created some fantastic pieces of work so I hope to see you there.
Hello!! Well it's the first day of 9 we have off and yes I'm missing it already. We've had a lot going on recently in school so I thought I'd set this blog up to share these things with you and keep you up to date. If your child doesn't like telling you about their day/week in school just check this out as I will be updating it regularly.
