<![CDATA[Nelson Junior and Infant School Blog Feed - Pupil News]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D9%26amp%3Bnid%3D17 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:07:42 GMT Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:07:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Issue 45: Valentine's Day 14.02.25 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=119 In this week's issue, we look at who is Saint Valentine and how people around the world celebrate this day. We also have our Women in Science, Maths Problem, Child Hero, our Book Review and Top 5 ... as usual.

]]> Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:07:42 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=119 <![CDATA[ Our 44th Issue: Debate and eloquence 06.02.25 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=118 Ilyas and Mama from 4RR interviewed Miss Chatz about debate and why it's important to debate and discuss ideas. Imran 4RN wrote about the longest word in the English language while Emily 5AI wrote about Cris Kesz Valdez in her Child Hero section this week.

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:14:26 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=118 <![CDATA[ Our 43th Issue: Chinese New Year 31.01.25 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=117 Happy Chinese New Year! In this week's issue, we write about the Chinese New Year origins, celebrations, traditions and Ilyas 4RR and Tyler 6DC wrote about Jackie Chan in our new Who, When and Where section. Sai 5AI wrote about Nicolaus Copernicus in her Interesting Science Fact section while Imran 4RN and Chaima 5AI wrote about the carnivals.

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:09:40 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=117 <![CDATA[ Our 42nd Issue: A French Special 24.01.25 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=116 As Miss Hendricks is leaving us, we are having a special French issue this week. Imran from 4RN, Jan, Chaima and Darine from 5AI interviewed her. Alex from 5AI wrote a book review from 'When the sky falls' by Phil Earle.

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:03:09 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=116 <![CDATA[ Our 41st Issue: The L.A fires 17.01.25 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=115 You’ve probably seen the images of the fire in Los Angeles, USA earlier this week. Emily & Darine from 5AI report on it in this week's issue while Tyler from 6DC tells us about which city was the most affected in WW2.

 

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:57:33 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=115 <![CDATA[ Our 40th Issue: New Year Resolutions 10.01.25 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=114 Happy New Year! In this week's issue, we discuss New Year traditions and resolutions! Do you have some? New Year's traditions have deep historical roots, starting with Julius Caesar, who established January 1st as the first day of the year in 45 BCE, to ensure the Roman Empire would have a common calendar to follow (avoiding lots of confusion!).

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:52:38 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=114 <![CDATA[ Our 39th Issue: Santa or Krampus 19.12.24 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=113 Mama and Ilyas from 4RR discussed Krampus or Santa- who will it be this year? While Adam (4RR) and Darine (5AI) wrote their piece about Heroes Day (19th Dec) and who are the top 3 heroes. Here's a joke from Ronica and Amelia (4RR):  Why do mummies love Christmas? (They like wrapping!)

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:46:53 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=113 <![CDATA[ Our 38th Issue: Climate Change 13.12.24 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=112 This week, Haddy tells us about the legend of Mistletoe. Darine writes about Internation Mountain Day and

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:39:22 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=112 <![CDATA[ Our 37th Issue: Christmas Time 06.12.24 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=111 As the halls and classrooms seem to be taken over by naughty elves, we are diving into the history of Christmas in this week's issue!

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:32:09 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=111 <![CDATA[ Our 36th Issue: Thanksgiving & Music 27.11.24 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=110 Thanksgiving is an annual holiday in the United States and Canada (North America). This is another version of the harvest festival. It also celebrates the blessings of the year. This year, in 2024, Thanksgiving is on the 28th November 2024.

]]> Sun, 9 Feb 2025 21:26:49 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=110 <![CDATA[ Our 35th Issue: AntiBullying Week ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=103 In this week's issue, we wrote about Anti-Bullying week and why Odd Socks Day is important. We also wrote about the Cenotaph and Remembrance Day, while Sai chose to write about Marie Curie for our Women in Science column.

]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:27:41 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=103 <![CDATA[ Issue 34: 8th Nov 2024 Bonfire Night ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=101 In our 34th issue, we explore the history of Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes. Additionally, Year 5 and Year 6 students share their experiences from recent educational visits while Sai introduces our new weekly "Women in Science" with Ada Lovelace-mother of programming. Zion from 5AI drew a Bonfire comic featuring our Nelson Goats.

]]> Sat, 9 Nov 2024 12:36:15 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=101 <![CDATA[ Our 33rd Issue: 23rd October 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=98 This week we are running a special Diwali & Halloween issue as both celebrations are on the 31st of October 2024.

]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:17:26 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=98 <![CDATA[ Our 32nd Issue: 17th October 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=97 This week, we've run a special edition on Food! It is one of our sustainable development goals: zero hunger!

]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:06:36 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=97 <![CDATA[ Our 31st Issue: 9th October 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=96 We are celebrating the pets in the Nelson Family this week! Read about Bruno, Miss Davy's pet and Sasa, Miss Robee's pet.

]]> Tue, 8 Oct 2024 21:53:31 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=96 <![CDATA[ Our 30th Issue: 3rd October 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=93 To celebrate Google Classroom's 10th birthday, our team is writing a special issue on computers. We interviewed Miss Palmer, our ICT lead, and Mr Siviter, the IT techni-magician who is always helping us by fixing our Chromebooks!

]]> Wed, 2 Oct 2024 21:39:05 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=93 <![CDATA[ Our 29th Issue: 25th September 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=91 This week we are highlighting our views on gender equality. We learnt about the Rule of Thumb (law) from Mrs Dawes relating to history and gender. We've also interviewed children from Year 2 to Year 6 about what they are learning in school this week.

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:48:50 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=91 <![CDATA[ Our 28th Issue: 18th September 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=90 This week we are looking at farming from ancient times to modern times. Sai wrote an acrostic poem about farmers and Jan shared some fascinating news about plastic-eating fungi and bacteria!

]]> Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:39:55 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=90 <![CDATA[ Our 27th Issue: 11th Sept 2024 Back to school ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=88 We are happy to be back at school and writing our newsletter again! Emily, Kurusumu and Sai from 5AI wrote about "being back to school" while Jan talked about the plight of the two astronauts from Boeing's Starliner, and Zion drew us another lovely Goat Comic!

]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:30:57 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=88 <![CDATA[ Our 26th Issue: 17th July 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=82 Our last newsletter for the academic year 2023-2024 where we focus on the summer holidays and summer! Sai and Jan shared some fun facts about summer. For example, in 1816, there was no summer. It was called the ‘Year without Summer’ due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in April 1815.

]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:35:58 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=82 <![CDATA[ Our 25th Issue: 3rd July 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=81 On Transition Day, Kurusumu reports about the Bamboo school in Thailand where children are often taught by other children. Bamboo School was founded in 2009. Dina wrote about our Child Hero of the week: Orion Jean, an 11 year old who founded the Race to Kindness in 2020.

]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:21:18 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=81 <![CDATA[ Our 24th Issue: 26th June 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=77 This week, Darine and Kurusumu from 4RR interviewed Miss Hemans, the Art subject leader, about Arts and its benefits. Jan highlights the recent discovery of the black room in Pompeii, a beautiful dark room with paintings of Paris and Helen of Troy amongst others. Above is a drawing Miss Hemans reproduced from a painting at her parents' home using wax crayons when she was in primary school.

]]> Mon, 1 Jul 2024 20:17:33 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=77 <![CDATA[ Our 23rd Issue: 19th June 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=69 Our latest issue centres around the upcoming Sports Day and the Olympics games which is coming up at the end of July in Paris.

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:10:48 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=69 <![CDATA[ Our 22nd Issue: 12th June 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=67 Darine highlights how the election is an important part of our democracy, while Emily, Chaima, Kurusumu and Tasneem interviewed the Year 2 and Year 4 children about their SATs and MTC tests. Jan reported on the discovery of a prehistoric reptile in Somerset, England back in 2020 by 11yr old Ruby.

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:20:28 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=67 <![CDATA[ Our 21st Issue: 5th June 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=66 In this issue, we discussed Environment day and how riding a bicycle can help us save the environment. Idris and Rana interviewed Mr Garner about the Forest School, Dina talked about the sea turtle while Jan offered us some information about solar windows!

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:13:02 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=66 <![CDATA[ Our 20th Issue: 21st May 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=65 It is World's Bee Day and Tea Day! This special issue centres around the bees and how important they are to our environment! Please, don't cut too many grass and have some wild green space to help our friendly bees.

]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:06:57 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=65 <![CDATA[ Issue 19: 15th May 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=63 Celebrating International Nurses Day and International Family Day, this week's issue has tongue twisters and a maths problem to be solved around 'nurses'. Dina was inspired by her science lesson and wrote about the Proboscis Monkey while Jan reported on the elephants' communication with each other.

]]> Wed, 15 May 2024 20:46:41 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=63 <![CDATA[ Issue 18: 10th May 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=61 Jan and Chaima wrote about Teachers' Appreciation Week and offer us some tips on how to celebrate and show our appreciation to our teachers and TAs. Darine wrote about Screen-free week and Scratch week! We love our coding program and maybe we can challenge ourselves to create a maze game after having rested our eyes from the screen! Kurusumu shared some news from the UK and around the world and lastly, Alex wrote about his top 3 books for the week!

]]> Fri, 10 May 2024 10:08:28 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=61 <![CDATA[ 17th Issue: 3rd May 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=60 Did you know that in Mexico, there is a celebration for the 5th of May? On Saturday 4th of May, we are celebrating free comic book day (FCBD), go visit your local retailers for a free comic. On the 5th of May, we are also celebrating World Laughter Day!  In this issue, we have an interview with some of our Year 6 and their teacher, Mrs Dodds about the upcoming SATs!

]]> Thu, 2 May 2024 22:08:10 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=60 <![CDATA[ 16th Issue: Earth Day Special 22nd April 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=58 Our Earth day special issue: why do we celebrate Earth Day and how can we all help!

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:42:42 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=58 <![CDATA[ 15th Issue: 18th April 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=57 In this week's issue, Jan wrote about his Easter break in Poland and how they celebrate Easter there. Chaima shared some highlights of Ram Nawmi, a Hindu celebrations of the birth of Rama while Darine wrote about the latest news and discoveries of the week: animals have a sense of numbers! Finally, Alan and Zion penned a lovely poem about our dear school.

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:37:29 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=57 <![CDATA[ 14th Issue: 22nd March 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=54 In our latest issue, Jan and Chaima from Year 4 present some historical information and interesting facts about Easter and the children's favourite: the Easter Egg hunt! Did you know Queen Victoria loved Easter egg hunts? Prince Albert and Queen Victoria favoured this German tradition that brought many children so much joy.

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:38:52 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=54 <![CDATA[ 13th Issue: 13th March 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=52 In this week's issue, two Year 4 children interviewed some pupils from the Afterschool Club while Diana interviewed our student councellors. Adam reported on our child hero of the week: Ryan Hickman, who started recycling since he was 3 years old! Seerat reported on Semana Santa (the holy week), Lent and Ramadan. 

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:38:57 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=52 <![CDATA[ 12th Issue: 6th March 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=51 Diana reported on our two new goats: Lottie and Dottie. They are only 3 months old and are settling well with Poppy, Lionel, Homily and Arrietty. 

This week's issue is celebrating our love of books! We are looking forward to seeing everyone in their costume to celebrate their favourite characters and book tomorrow!

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:33:02 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=51 <![CDATA[ 11th Issue: 7th February 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=50 This week's issue reports on the Chinese New Year also known as the Lunar Festival. 

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:28:01 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=50 <![CDATA[ 10th Issue: 31st January 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=49 In this week's issue, Diana discussed the main festivals in January around the world. Seerat wrote about an endangered tiger species that was spotted in Malaysia while Adam reported on Francia Simon and how she campaigned for over 900 children to have a birth certificate. 

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:16:39 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=49 <![CDATA[ 9th Issue of Nelson News: 24th January 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=48 Our 2nd issue this year focusses on the big white tent on our basketball pitch and features an interview with Miss Barnes. 

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:07:07 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=48 <![CDATA[ 8th Issue of Nelson News: 17th January 2024 ]]> https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=47 Our 8th issue of Nelson News with a new team- the first issue this group of Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils worked on. 

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:17:45 GMT https://www.nelson.bham.sch.uk/blog/?pid=9&nid=17&storyid=47