Smile Squad

Our Smile Squad Pupil Leadership Group have been coming up with ways to spread joy around school. They are on a mission to bring a smile to your face! Look out for their ideas in your classroom soon.

Meet the Smile Squad and Diversity Team

On Wednesday, the Smile Squad and the Diversity Team held their first meeting. They discussed what they would like to learn about in Anti-Bullying week and the resounding feedback was 'Why do some people choose to bully others?' This has been passed on to class teachers who will feed it into the children's learning this week. They then got into groups of mixed age (year 2 - year 6) and sorted statements into 'joking' and 'bullying' behaviours. This promoted lots of discussion on when friendly teasing/banter can turn into bullying. They then discussed the purpose of Odd Socks Day and prepared posters to display in their classrooms linked to the importance of celebrating our uniqueness.

Meet Bannockburn's new Smile Squad!

Last week, Bannockburn's new Smile Squad Pupil Leadership Group had their first meeting. We played some games to get to know each other and then took part in a true or false activity which uncovered what we already knew and didn't know about how to keep our teeth and gums healthy. Once we had worked out what our misconceptions were, we discussed how we could help to teach our classes. Each child took a poster back to their class giving tips on how to have good oral hygiene and also a quiz to give their class. Well done Smile Squad!

Fun lunchtimes at High Street for World Smile Day

To recognise World Smile Day, children at High Street spent their Monday lunchtime taking part in a Make Them Smile gameshow, to help raise awareness for the cleft lip and palate charity Smile Train.

The children could tell their silliest joke, do their craziest dance move and pull their funniest face to try and turn Miss Bennett's and Miss Lizzimore's frowns upside down! 

At Manor Way a similar game took place after school where Miss Truong was a fierce competitor!

Hope these pictures from our day bring a smile to your face too!

Smile Squad's special event - Monday 4th October

On Monday 4th October the Smile Squad will be helping organise an awareness event for World Smile Day. The charity which the Smile Squad are promoting is called Smile Train; they help people in disadvantaged countries access surgery for cleft lips and palates.

There will be a special guest teacher in the Manor Way playground who will be doing their best grumpy face - your challenge is to do or say something funny to break the teacher's frown and get them to show a lovely smile instead.

Come along to the stall to have a go and win a small prize, plus you can find out more about the Smile Train charity.