whole school assembly 'welcome'

The school welcomed the Reception class in our school assembly and discussed what it meant to feel included, part of, to belong to our school.

The children then looked at some unusual shells. Mr Macbean, Mrs Mewett and some children tried to blow into a conch shell to make a sound. A group of children also came and chose a favourite shell from Mrs Mewett's holiday collection of shells. We all agreed we love touching shells, some are shiny, bumpy, rough, have spiral patterns on them, big and small. We talked about how every shell is special and unique, each has had an important role to play and has been created to carry out a certain role. 

The assembly ended by us all thinking about how special we are, how unique we all are and we all have our own skills and strengths. School will help us develop these strengths as we grow.