This week, some of our Year 6 pupils have been celebrating National Storytelling Week as well as Children's Mental Health Week with Mrs de Jager.
The Year 6 pupils that took part were tasked with writing a story that expressed their feelings regarding COVID-19 and Home Learning as the theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2021 is Express Yourself. They could create their story as a comic strip, take inspiration from their favourite book chapters, a 'drabble' story of less than 100 words or create their very own children's book.
Take a look at what a few of our Year 6 pupils created this week as part of National Storytelling Week:
Drabbles
By Amelia Bates:
You know the world feels like it is about to end. The cloudy weather, the rain splashing against your window. The wet cold grass, squelching along your wellies,; the mud splashing up at your legs. The two only positives with lockdown is that you get to wear whatever you want and you can eat whatever you want. Like biscuits, cake, hot chocolate you wouldn’t normally eat cake and drink hot chocolate. Being on the meets feels like it's blinding your eyes. The screen shining brightly onto your face. The very cold wintery wet days. The warm food I get to eat.
By Tanya Sangaraju:
I snuggle down in my duvet, thinking what to do today. Toast or cereal? Shower or later? Ok, time to get up. I stomp down the dark stairs looking at the grey clouds. Time for breakfast! While I am eating I think of all the things I will do today on and off the computer. Have I printed all my work for today, have I looked at all my google meets? I travel up the stairs looking for the charger to plug into my computer. I log into my google meets staring and staring at my computer.
By Oliver Palmer:
When we were all put in lockdown I was sent to school still so I could see my friends and because my mum and dad are key workers, it has been quite hard for me. I moved school not knowing anyone and two weeks later put into lockdown. I go in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but this week I am in all week. We are in secondary school. It is really loud here because there are a lot of people in. But a good part is I still get to see my friends, (and the field is really big).
By Saffron Ward:
Some people like it, some people don't. I personally don't like lockdown because it's not the easiest to stare at a computer all day. In fact it's not that easy at all learning online. All the shops are closed, you can't see your friends and it's absolutely dreadful! I wish covid-19 hadn't happened if it wasn't here I would still be able to see my friends and actually be in school. It is very deafening in key workers' places at school. You can’t normally hear anything or think in this place despite that I still try to work hard.
By George Toms:
In 2020 a nasty virus came and went all over the world! Everyone had to hide in their houses and not come out not even to see their friends! Everyone had to do all their school work at home on a computer. People started buying loads of toilet paper. When we were allowed to go to school everyone was happy but then after Christmas we needed to hide away again! But now they have a special medicine that kills the virus so soon we will be allowed back outside.
