This week, we read the fourth book in the ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ series; ‘What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside’.

You can revisit the antics of Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len here:

At St. Matthew’s we use topics to guide our choice of Spotlight Stories and, this term, our topic is ‘Take a Peek’. Throughout the year, we will be helping the children to talk about the different emotions that we all feel and how they may be able to manage their emotions in different situations. The beautiful book ‘In My Heart’ by Jo Witek helped us to take a peek inside our hearts and have a look at all the different emotions we keep there.

Next, we read the story of ‘Ruby’s Worry’ by Tom Percival. This story helped us to understand that everyone has worries from time to time and the best thing to do, if you have a worry, is to talk about it!

We also thought about who we might talk to if we have a worry and the children came up with some super ideas: mummy, daddy, grandma, grandpa, a friend, a teacher and Mrs Morgan! At St. Matthew’s, all children are asked to think of two trusted adults at school who they might speak to if they have a worry. And, in Reception, we also have a worry phone and a worry phonebook with direct numbers for Elsa, Anna and the Green Ninja, amongst others! Photos to follow…