Home Learning and this week's PSHE

 

This week the children have been continuing to develop their ability to tell the time using an analogue clock. We will continue give the children regular time telling practice, including 24hr and digital clock until the end of the year but any additional practice at home is always useful. 

Home Learning

This week's home learning is time based. All the children should have come home with a hard copy of the below time worksheet, although if your child's has got lost in transit and electronic copy can be found here:

Spellings

Again children should have come home with the spellings worksheet below but should it not have made its way home you can click here for an electronic copy. Children are also encouraged to use ed shed to practice their spellings whenever possible 

This week's PSHE

In this week's PSHE lesson we will be talking about emotions and how during puberty emotions and feelings can be heightened. 

The neuroscience behind brain development in adolescence is fascinating and  understanding the development of teenagers brains can help us understand physically why they may have certain reactions. One part of the brain which can explain why teenagers can suddenly start interpreting hostility and conflict from events and spoken words (that adults may see as neutral and well intentioned) is the limbic system. The limbic system is responsible for processing emotions such as anger and sensitivity to danger and as this area develops teenagers and preteens can become very sensitive to perceived criticism and potential threats. Meanwhile the prefrontal cortex which is responsible for reasoning, thinking, logic, creativity and controlling ones behaviour, doesn't fully develop until the mid twenties. This is why teenagers and young adults can be ruled by their emotions and can have less regard for potential consequences. 

We won't go into the details of neuroscience with the children but I thought it may be helpful for you as parents and carers to have an understanding of why your child might start acting differently in the future and to try to not take these behaviours personally. 

In class, children will engage in role plays as either a teenager or parent to practice the art of compromise exploring potential areas of conflict, using the below approach:

Listen. Share. Sort

I listen to you and understand your feelings and thoughts.

I share my feelings and thoughts

We sort this out together (finding a compromise) 

At the end of the PSHE session, the children will be reminded that it s so important to talk to parents/carers/trusted adults as they can help us to work out the best thing to do.