What's In a Brain

As a school we have just started the Growth Mindset journey. To help start things with a bang Year 3 have been learning about brains first hand.

They have, with gloved hands, looked at,  and explored,  pigs brains.

Question 1.  How much does a pig's brain weigh?  They had expected them to be heavy but after careful investigation a pigs brain weighed about 120 grams. We did not know if it was an adult brain.

Question 2.  What does the inside of the brain look like?  One pupil, Marc, very quickly answered that brains have neurons in them.  He was invited up to have a look for himself.  Sadly he could not see the individual neurons but he could see the different areas.

Question 3. What could you do if you were feeling ill looking at the brains?  Mrs Taylor worked with the few pupils who need to escape. They were making an image of the brain using cord which will be decorated to illustrate what the different parts of the brain do.

The summer and beyond

July already seems a long way away as both schools opened their doors for a new school year.  Much has changed over the holiday as the campus continues to grow.

BJPS is bulging at the seams and LJFS has now grown to 48 students (having started with 8 students in 2013)..

Deborah Taylor Nursery has now been incorporated into BJPS and for the first time all our BJPS staff are employed by the school.

My biggest treat today was to try the first dish on our revised menu.  Today the pupils were offered either chicken curry or vegetable curry.  It was well spiced but not too hot and I can safely say the food was delicious.  Of course, for some, it was too spicy and they will have to spend some time developing a palette for the flavours on offer.  As a parent I have had the same battles at home.  However a significant number went for seconds, which is always a good sign.

The LJFS OfSTED inspection finally took place last summer and the report is now to be published. It will be available on the LJFS website soon and I will post it here tomorrow. You will, when you read it, see how far we have come in such a short time and with a model that is still unique in the country.

Time to get back to my work but I will be busy adding to the blog over the next few weeks.

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