At Dacre Braithwaite we run Theme Days from time to time (at least one per term). The children will explore a range of activities linked to the Theme and it makes their learning more fun. The children work in their House Teams (so a mixture of ages) and enjoy the opportunity to support and help each other out.

They really enjoy these days and look forward to them.

Easter Theme Day

On our Easter Theme Day we talked about the Easter story and what happened. Then we Easter biscuits with chocolate chip crosses, we made Easter cards, cracking Easter eggs, Palm Crosses and Palm prayers as well as Easter carousels. We had a really exciting time and at the end of the day we shared our results in a whole school Easter service.

Circus Theme Day

We had a fantastic time when we did our Circus Day. Jon showed us all lots of different skills and then we had great fun trying to master them all. At the end of the day, we had a show with  our very own ringmaster. It was a fabulous way to keep fit, learn new skills and have fun all at the same time.

Eco Theme Day (Day in the Dark)

On our Day in the Dark we turned most of the electricity off in school and the children completed a range of activities including making bird feeders, threading peanuts for the birds, acrostic poem posters, designing a t-shirt, completing mosaics from recycled materials, woodland walk in our Forest schools area and making plant pot holders from paper and planting seeds in them. Many of the ideas were suggested by our Eco Team who are excellent at raising environmental awareness across the school.

Advent Theme Day

This year for our Advent Day we really enjoyed all of the children across the school working together in their House Teams. They learnt about the season of Advent and completed different activities including baking and decorating stained glass angel and star biscuits; making Christmas cards; making Nativity Story wheels; their own angels and Advent wreaths.