Year 2 - The Great Toy Debate - 12th October 2017

Today in year 2 the children discussed the issue of toys in school.  The children were amazingly mature in talking about the issues that bringing toys into school create.  They came up with the following:
Toys get lost.

Toys distract people.
It is not fair if you aren't allowed to bring toys in and your friends are.
It is not fair if you haven't got the toys that your friend has.
Other people pick toys up if they are dropped and you might not get them back.
Toys get broken.
Swapping things can cause arguments.
The children came to the conclusion themselves that it would be fairer and better if toys were left at home and played with out of school.  They talked about other things that they can do at playtime and were even keen to show this in our afternoon fit break where we had lots of running around and happy children playing lots of active games in the playground. 
So, the children have spoken, from this day forth toys will be kept to play with at home and after school with your friends rather than in school and at playtime.  Well done year 2 for being so grown up and understanding how we can make our class and school a fair and fun place to be!