At Beaufort Primary School, children across all age groups took part in the charity Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme of the week was “know yourself, grow yourself’.
Pupils dressed up in clothes which expressed themselves. Interpretations included Stephen, 10, who wore a shirt and shoes with splashes of bright yellow. He said: “To me the colour yellow represents joy and I wanted to be joyful.”
Michelle and Lilian both wore dresses which shared something about their culture.
Lilian said: “My aunt made my dress, she is Nigerian. I sometimes where it to church and it is part of my culture.”
Michelle said: “My dress is a traditional Indian dress and I wear it to family events because it represents me and my tradition.”
Other children wore their favourite fancy dress costumes from princesses to policemen. Meanwhile, on the same day at Portway Junior School, children were in fancy dress of a different kind.
They donned digits to celebrate all things numbers for the NSPCC’s Numbers Day.
Teacher Rachel Abbott said: “Today was about having fun with numbers and encouraging children to enjoy their maths.”
Children took part in quizzes such as “Who wants to be a mathionaire” and created number costumes – included a giant calculator and a machine for which calculated the number of exercises for people to do. All children also gave a donation to the NSPCC to dress in clothes which had something to do with numbers. They included football kits and personalised clothes.
Ian Dewes, Chief Executive Office of Odyssey Collaborative Trust said: “It is wonderful to see all the ways our schools get behind national events designed to help our children thrive. From supporting positive mental health to encouraging a love of numbers, colleagues across our schools go out of their way to ensure our children experience fun activities which support their learning and growth.”