1. The Big Conversation Thursday 12 th December 2013

2. Why do we have The Big Conversation?

3. What did we say at our last Big Conversation? We talked about: How our school has changed since last year - changes we liked and didn’t like so much. And How we have managed to deal with those changes things that have helped us.

4. What did we say at our last Big Conversation? Having a new Reception class Having new teachers Moving up / changing classes Feeling more confident Learning new / different ‘stuff’ New people have come to our school New curtains in the hall Having football back Having new plates and bowls for school dinners Making new friends Behaviour New topic work – WW2

5. What did we say at our last Big Conversation? Having harder work Moving house and having my own room Hot dinners have got nicer – fudge tart every Wednesday! ICT days New lunch time supervisors Having Peer Mentors to help with our fights and arguments Clubs Reading a story with the class teacher The new pupil jobs

6. What did we say at our last Big Conversation? People leaving our school Having harder work Moving house Changing Key Stage Coming back from the (summer) holiday

7. What did we say at our last Big Conversation? We get help from staff members Assemblies We can ask a friend We just get along with it Using a number line for subtraction Sounding words out in reading Using different methods in maths With literacy, explaining it in more detail Having football back Having Peer Mediators Transition Mentor Being nice to people Introducing yourself

8. How is our school different from the one in the story ‘Bully’ by David Hughes? How can we make our school an even better place to be? What is Today’s Topic?

9. After the Big Conversation, all of the staff, School Council Representatives and Peer Mediators will look at your ideas and think about how we can help to make our school an even better place to be. We will tell you next term we thought. What will happen as a result of today’s Big Conversation?

10. Ground rules Take turns and listen Give good listening signals Respect other people’s ideas and feelings Help each other Everyone take part