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A HUGE thank you to Homeless Aid for coming into our school and sharing their vision, work and information about how we can help others in our community! We raised an incredible £141 so far which will feed 70 homeless people. We are so excited to see what this partnership will hold in the future! #volunteering #collaboration

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International Women’s Day

Today we observed international women’s day by watching a short video, engaging in class discussions and and celebrating the women in our own lives by reflecting on how they act as role models.

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12/03- Year 5 visit to St John’s Church 

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12/03- Year 5 visit to St John’s Church 

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We had a great visit to St John’s Church. We enjoyed the Easter Experience and learning about the Christian Easter story.

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We enjoyed making a special card for our mothers and/or people who care for us. 🌸🌺🪻❤️

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Today we celebrated International Women's day- we learnt about why we celebrate and some classes explored these inspiring women from Bolton!

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/25917236.celebrating-5-unsung-bolton-women-international-womens-day/

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We have had some very special visitors in Y5 today - some gerbils called Pete and Steven. Mrs Glover rescued them last week after they had been abandoned by their previous owner. We've written letters persuading people to look after their pets properly as a result of what happened.

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Each term in our PSHE lessons, children complete an activity called the Three Houses: the House of Worries, the House of Good Things, and the House of Dreams. This activity gives children an opportunity to share any concerns they may have, reflect on positive aspects of their lives, and express their hopes for the future. The children’s responses are reviewed by the safeguarding team and, where appropriate, support or interventions are put in place to ensure that pupils receive the help they need.

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Year 3 Understand how needs and rights are shared by children around the world.

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Year 3 Understand how needs and rights are shared by children around the world.

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Year 3 looked at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. They looked at each right before deciding which one was most important to them. We also looked at the difference between rights and needs.

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Year 5 Mental Health & Poetry workshop with Ian Bland

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Year 5 Mental Health & Poetry workshop with Ian Bland

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We enjoyed our time learning about mental wellbeing. We wrote poems titled "I'm glad" and came up with all of the things that we are thankful for.

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Today we read a story about the power of friendship, giving things a go and trying again, even after we’ve made a mistake. The children gave super examples of friendship qualities and we turned these into adjectives. I introduced a basic structure for writing a friendship recipe and then the children had a go, independently. We discussed simple time openers and recapped on bossy verbs. For a first try, the children did really well. 

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8th October Discussion about the environment 

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8th October Discussion about the environment 

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Year 2 discussed what is helpful and unhelpful for the environment. This discussion will support their non chronological report when they come to write it.

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Children's mental health poetry sessions 

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Children's mental health poetry sessions 

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Key Stage 2 participated in an online workshop focused on supporting positive mental health

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Books to support our Personal development and well-being programme Protected characteristics

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Reception have been learning about the importance of Lent for Christians. We enjoyed tasting the pancakes.

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Children’s Mental Health Week is an important opportunity for our school community to focus on wellbeing, kindness, and emotional resilience. Throughout the week, pupils will take part in activities designed to help them understand their feelings, build positive relationships, and learn healthy ways to manage challenges. We encourage children to talk openly about their emotions and to support one another, helping to create a safe, caring, and inclusive environment where every child feels valued and heard.

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Picture News Class collective worships- coverage for Spring 2

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Picture News Class collective worships- coverage for Spring 2

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Our picture news class worship covers an array of worldwide and national concepts. Each concept is linked to British Values, a Protected Characteristic and a UN Article.

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Year 5B have noticed that Devon Street is a bit of a mess at the minute! We have decided that our Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 will take a turn at litter picking to try and make our school community tidier. It was 5B's turn this rainy afternoon. Some of the class tidied up the school grounds and the rest went onto the street and picked up litter there. We managed to fill 6 bags! And also collected a broken chair and other large items that would not fit in a bag! All in 20 minutes!

The children were really eager to help out, were not squeamish about any of the items they collected and have done an amazing job. Well done 5B!

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16/01- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s get crafty! 

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16/01- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s get crafty! 

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We had a great time learning about Jewish traditions and culture. We learnt about the history of The Star of David and how it linked to King David. We loved making a collage!

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05/02- We were looking at respecting diversity and tolerance for others. We discussed topics such as racism and how to overcome this using role play and freeze frames.

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We went to the local care home to sing to the residents there. 🙂

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Picture News worship- Autumn term  1 coverage

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Picture News worship- Autumn term  1 coverage

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Our picture news class worship covers an array of worldwide and national concepts. Each concept is linked to British Values, a Protected Characteristic and a UN Article.

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Picture News worship- Autumn term  2 coverage

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Picture News worship- Autumn term  2 coverage

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Our picture news class worship covers an array of worldwide and national concepts. Each concept is linked to British Values, a Protected Characteristic and a UN Article.

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6 January 2026

WALT: understand how being different could affect someones life; and

be aware of our attitudes towards people who are different.

We talked about what is different and what is the same about us all. We looked at protected characteristics in the Equality Act. Then We read about the life of Robert Cowell (born in 1918) who had a fantastic and inspiring life despite facing some personal challenges. He was transgender and transitioned to become Roberta. The children thought that he was brave and resilient during a time when society was less tolerant than it should have been.

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Children looked at the different roles and responsibilities of each of their family members and the expectations of males and females. They then sorted job roles into different categories before looking at the roles they do in their home.

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10/11/2025

Understand that everybody’s family is different and important to them.

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Today we moved on to our new unit ‘Who is Jewish and how do they live?’

We were introduced to some new vocabulary such as ‘Mezuzah’, ‘Shema’, ‘Torah’ and ‘Synagogue’.

We looked at a range of mezuzahs and a) thought about what they are and b) guessed what belongs inside.

Finally we learned about how they fit in with Jewish life and listened to the Shema.

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Year 2 gained an awareness of similarities and differences between themselves and their peers by switching places with other children who matched their statements such as “switch places if you have long hair” .The children then had to vote on different statements to say if they agreed ,disagreed or were not sure the children voted on statements such as “all boys like football” “ most girls like drawing horses “.

The children then got into mixed gender pairs and worked out any similarities they had such as we both like pizza .

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Year 2 discussed the difference between themselves and their friends such as different favourite colours,favourite foods etc .We took a class vote on likes and dislikes by standing up if we liked something The children then worked in mixed pairs to find out 4 differences between themselves and their partner .The children then decorated shields celebrating difference.

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In today's lessons we were focusing on why it is important to have laws to protect our community. We were answering questions based upon our role play scenarios.

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We are looking forward to learning about the importance of Understanding the Law with Pol-Ed this term.

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Year 5 15/01 Understanding Disabilities 

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Year 5 15/01 Understanding Disabilities 

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We had the opportunity to empathise with others and understand what it is like to have a disability.

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Year 5 16/01- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s get crafty! 

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Year 5 16/01- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s get crafty! 

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We had a great time learning about Jewish traditions and culture. We learnt about the history of The Star of David and how it linked to King David. We loved making a collage!

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Where are our Jewish Communities in the UK?

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Where are our Jewish Communities in the UK?

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In today's lesson we were focusing on where our Jewish communities are in the UK. We looked at what areas were Jewish and how many Jewish people there are in the UK. We learnt our new vocabulary and talked about what it meant to be Jewish in Britain today.

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16/01- Year 5- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s eat! 

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16/01- Year 5- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s eat! 

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We had a lovely morning learning about different Jewish festivals and tried some of the traditional foods they would be served during their special celebration days, yummy!

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16/01/2026- Year 5- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s get crafty! 

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16/01/2026- Year 5- Jewish Studies Morning- Let’s get crafty! 

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We had a great time learning about Jewish traditions and culture. We learnt about the history of The Star of David and how it linked to King David. We loved making a collage!

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We’ve danced and played games in the hall. Now we’re back in class having had a visit from Santa. We’re now crafting, drawing and being creative. We’ve even managed to complete a beautiful fairy jigsaw that took us an hour to complete!

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Today, all classes completed a reindeer run for MacMillan charity. We walked and ran laps of the playground for 15 minutes. Thank you for all the sponsors 💕❤️

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The children in KS1 performed the story of the nativity for their friends and families.

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We shared a delicious Christmas dinner together to celebrate the Christian festival.

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We learnt about "Holi" (The Festival of Colour) in our first Music lesson. Have a look at the video we watched...

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14-year-old Simran and 11-year-old Vraj are excited about the spring festival of Holi.
It celebrates new life, and the victory of good over evil.

We hear the story of Prince Prahlad, a pious boy who insisted on worshiping the God Vishnu instead of his father the king. Prahlad's aunt Holika tried to kill him on a bonfire, but the flames killed her instead.

Hindus mark the festival by building bonfires which they believe purify the air of anything evil.

We see the children at a Holi bonfire, putting coconuts on the fire.

Offerings such as popcorn, coconuts and chick peas are thrown onto the fire as offerings to God, to say thank you for the spring and the crops.

Holi is also known as the festival of colour, when Hindus celebrate the beauty of colour that God has put into the world.

The children have a lot of fun throwing coloured paint at each other with their friends.

Different colours symbolise different virtues of the soul, such as power, purity and love.

On this day there are no rules, and they can throw colours at anyone without being told off.

This is from the collection: My Life, My Religion - Hinduism

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KS2 Religious Studies: Celebrating the festival of Holi

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We find out about the meaning of Holi, the spring festival of colour, which celebrates the victory of good over evil. Suitable for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, First Level and Second Level

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Take a look at some of our amazing Christmas cards. These were taken to the local care home for the residents there. 🙂

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Take a look at some of our amazing Christmas cards. These were taken to the local care home for the residents there. 🙂

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We celebrated one of our school values- 'Fellowship'. Each class focused on a different country. We had lots of fun learning about these different places and celebrating our school diversity.

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We celebrated one of our school values- 'Fellowship'. Each class focused on a different country. We had lots of fun learning about these different places and celebrating our school diversity.

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We have regular assemblies on Protected Characteristics.

Protected characteristics are the special things that make each person who they are, and learning about them helps children be kind, respectful, and confident in themselves and others.

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Everyone enjoyed our Reindeer Run and felt proud that we were raising money for one of our chosen charities.

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Year 5 and 6 participated in the Youth workshop

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Another unbelievable turn out at our annual Christmas Fair. It was so lovely to see everybody and kick off the festivities 🎄🌲

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Another unbelievable turn out at our annual Christmas Fair. It was so lovely to see everybody and kick off the festivities 🎄🌲

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1/12/25 Collective worship: Nativity story and tree dressing

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1/12/25 Collective worship: Nativity story and tree dressing

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Today we looked at ways to be a better friend the children came up with some lovely ideas on how they can help each other such as if a friend falls helping them up and going to a grown up ,using kind words and sharing .one group even made a friendship song .

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Understand that differences and conflicts sometimes happen among family members.

The children looked at different scenarios before identifying the conflict and coming up with a resolution.

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10/11/2025

Understand that everybody’s family is different and important to them.

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Year 3 remember those who gave their lives during the Wars. They created a remembrance wreath to commemorate their lives.

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The children visited the Church of St John where they were told the Christian story of Christmas.

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Today we shared a common purpose - to support other through charity and kindness.

As you can see, we ditched the uniform and came to school in our pyjamas to raise money and awareness for Children in Need.

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Year 4 Our class worked together to create a collaborative canvas to represent Remembrance Day. This was then displayed on the railings outside our local Cenotaph. 

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Year 4 Our class worked together to create a collaborative canvas to represent Remembrance Day. This was then displayed on the railings outside our local Cenotaph. 

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Today we drew pictures of people we could speak to if we were ever getting bullied for Anti-bullying week.

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Today we made a remembrance wreath in preparation for our visit to the memorial next week.

We took great care and pride in this work as we realise its importance.

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Today we learned about the patron saints of the UK and why they became saints. We spoke about how they had to be brave when the religion of Christianity was threatened by the Romans. The children then completed crafts about their patron saint.

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Key stage 2 Black Heroes of Mathematics Youth Festival

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Key stage 2 Black Heroes of Mathematics Youth Festival

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Today we participated in a Black Heroes of Mathematics

Youth Festival

https://www.big-ideas.org/black-heroes-of-mathematics-youth-festival/

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We discussed the meaning and history behind Remembrance Day and used this to create artwork. Some of our artwork was chosen for display in the Market Place, Bolton.

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Amazing delivery, year 6. You talked about the importance of Harvest and ways in which we can show kindness at this time of year.

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Father Stephen came to meet us 😊

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We celebrated one of our school values- 'Fellowship'. Each class focused on a different country. We had lots of fun learning about these different places and celebrating our school diversity.

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We celebrated one of our school values- 'Fellowship'. Each class focused on a different country. We had lots of fun learning about these different places and celebrating our school diversity.

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We have been learning about the Zones of Regulation. We explored the different zones and the emotions that can come with each one. The children shared examples of how they might feel in each zone.

Together, we spoke about different strategies and coping methods to use when we find ourself in these zones.

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Our theme in PSHE today was rewards and consequences .

We looked at what good behaviour looks like and how it should be rewarded.

Y2 discussed the rewards they can earn

Dojos

Postcards home

Whole class rewards

Certificates in assembly

The children were able to sort pictures into positive helpful behaviours and negative unhelpful behaviours and discuss the children’s actions and appropriate rewards or consequences.

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Being Me - Lesson 3

Today we started by revisiting key vocabulary from the previous session, including 'refugee' and 'migrant'.

We then thought about some possible worries that a refugee child could have, moving to the U.K. or any other country.

We were then given the question 'What do all children need in order to be able to learn?' We considered necessities and rights and the responsibilities we each have to make sure that these happen.

To be free from discrimination

Hamza suggested that we all have a right to an education regardless of race, beliefs, gender and skin colour and that if we were to see something and not agree with it, we should stand up for it.

The need for equipment

Karim said that it is our responsibility to look after our belongings and make sure we have what we need including our book and bag.

A right to be curious and to question/A right to be heard

Abel believes it is our responsibility to give the person talking our 100% attention and to listen, which links to our oracy goals.

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We told our worry monsters any worries we had about moving up to year 2 then we decorated them in our favourite colours.

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We reviewed the British values and protected characteristics. The children created flowers to demonstrate their individuality and we linked the British values into our discussion

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Being Me - Lesson 1

We started the session by playing 'blast off' which started off as a challenge. This was because we hadn't thought about strategies, steps to success and was working as individuals. As we started to communicate and share strategies and listen to each other, the game became easier and we were successful before the final rule was implemented.

We followed this with thinking about our school environment, what we enjoyed most about it.

After that we thought about our goals for the year(s) ahead, not only considering academic goals, like improving our handwriting and gaining a better understanding in maths, but personal goals too.