10th May 2021

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  1. s14smiah says:

    Why was she known as ‘The Lady of the Lamp?
    Lily-Mae – when Florence went to check on the patients, she always carried a lamp.

    How did she make hospitals better for patients?
    Zeb – she made sure there was enough beds, made hospitals cleaner and gave the patients actual food to eat.

    How did she change the way people thought about nurses?
    Dylan – people thought that nurses were very talented and people realised the important part that nurses play.

    How did she change the way people thought about women?
    Lily – everyone thought that men could work and women had to clean up after them. Florence changed this because it made people realise how women could work and do really well with their job.

    Do you think she deserved to be awarded this medal?
    Ellis – Yes because she helped the hospitals and people get better and she made a big difference by changing people’s views about nurses and women.

    Why is it so important that we think about nurses on Nurses Day?
    James – it is a day to reflect and the day when Florence Nightingale was born.
    Jacob – because during the current times with covid, we have to think how far we have come with our health services.

  2. 14vwilson says:

    Why was she known as the Lady of the Lamp?
    Matilda- She worked day and night, carrying her lamp.

    How did she make hospitals better?
    Charlie T- She trained nurses, cleaned the hospitals and made sure patients were well fed.
    Jenson- Training nurses meant more people could be helped.

    Ellis said his auntie is a nurse!

    How did she change the way people saw women?
    Phoebe- She went to speak to Queen Victoria. This was brave.
    Georgia- She proved herself.
    We talked about her being a very determined, kind and hard working woman who wasn’t put off by comments that she shouldn’t be working because she was a woman.
    Reuben agreed that she was right to gain her medal as she had done amazing things for hospitals!

    A number of children talked about a time they had been in hospital. They recalled how well looked after they had been.

  3. Year 1 says:

    Year 1 loved the assembly this morning and were able to tell me lots of things that they had learnt about Florence Nightingale.
    Molly said she was a nurse who helped soldiers get better during the Crimean War.
    Charlie R said she made sure the soldiers ate good food to help them get better.
    Liliana said that she trained nurses and was a good leader.
    Flossie said she was known as the lady with the lamp.
    Neave said that she was awarded a medal by Queen Victoria for her amazing work.
    Finnley told us that she wrote letters home to the soldiers to their families.

    Lots of children had visited hospital and all said how kind, friendly and helpful the nursing staff had been.

    We all agreed that nurses do an amazing job and have had a very difficult year dealing with Covid 19 in hospitals.
    About 8 children in year 1 would like to be a doctor or nurse.

  4. s14RMitchell says:

    Year 4 knew lots about Florence Nightingale. They knew that she carried a lamp when she used to check upon all of her patients and that’s why she became known as the Lady of the Lamp, We talked about how se improved hospitals by making sure that they were clean and that patients had the right food to eat. She definitely needed to be awarded with a medal.
    She proved to everyone that women could make a real difference with the work they had did. She trained nurses so that more people could follow in her footsteps and make a difference.

    Nurses work hard and this year they have worked harder than ever with Covid. They have put their own lives at risk. Year 4 shared examples of people that we know that are nurses/ doctors. They are all amazing and we value the work that they do enormously.

  5. Mrs Arnold says:

    What have we learnt about FN?
    Eva – Florence helped to keep the hospitals nice and clean
    Dylan- She helped to save lives

    Why was she known as ‘The Lady of the Lamp?
    Sebby – Because she always carried a lamp in her hands when she went to look at the patients during the night

    How did she make hospitals better for patients?
    Mylo – She read books and used the information to help her become an excellent nurse in hospitals. This helped patients
    Orla – She cleaned the hospitals for the patients and made sure she had high standards.

    How did she change the way people thought about nurses?
    Gwen – They thought that were kind and helpful rather than just there to clean

    How did she change the way people thought about women?
    Eleonora – They thought women could only clean but then they realised that women could be excellent at doing skilled jobs

    Do you think she deserved to be awarded this medal?
    Chandler – Yes because she saved people’s lives

    Why is it so important that we think about nurses on Nurses Day?
    Mohammad – Because they saved people’s lives
    Holly – They have worked so hard to stop the spread of Covid-19

  6. foundation says:

    Foundation 2 enjoyed learning about Florence Nightingale and how she helped so many people through nursing. We watched lots of videos and shared PowerPoints explaining how she helped others.

    Why is it so important that we think of nurses on Nurses Day?
    Oliver: Nurses help people who are sick.
    Elsie: Nurses help people to get better. They have an important job.

    Would you like to be a nurse or a doctor?
    Rosie: I want to be a doctor because they have lots of important things to do.
    Chloe C: I want to be a doctor because they help people.

    Have you ever been to hospital?
    Esme: I went to hospital when I cracked my head open. The nurses were really nice and they helped my head get better.
    Kyton: I had injections and I was brave. The nurses were kind to me.

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