Carcroft School

Subitise

24th November 2025Elizabeth Frost

Subitising is a crucial skill children must master to be amazing mathematicians! Subitising involves looking at an amount and instantly knowing the numerical value for example; I can see 3 dots. In today’s game crew Frost has taken it in turns to role the dice from 1 to 3. When the dice lands on a number the children have to make their way across on the subitising cards that matches the number. To stretch and challenge we even added some cards with different colored dots! Well done crew Frost! You were so kind at taking turns and showing courage taking part in our new game!

Character Traits

24th November 2025Tracy Haddock

Crew Haddock looked at the new character traits today. The children took part in a discussion about who they look up to and why? We talked about how we demonstrate courage in and out of school, plus this is something we are focusing on this term. We took part in some activities by trying something new with our eyes closed.

Launching Character Traits

24th November 2025Nicola Robson

This morning we have launched character traits in Crew Robson.

We have taken part in discussions, worked in groups and really taken the time to understand ourselves and which character traits resonate with us the most.

Wonderful Writing

23rd November 2025Nicola Robson

Grappling with Arrays

23rd November 2025Nicola Robson

This week in maths we have started our multiplication and division unit.

On Friday we grappled with arrays and understanding the difference between columns and rows.

Sharing our writing

21st November 2025Hannah McLoughlin

Last week, we had a wonderful opportunity to share our narratives with our reading buddies! After spending time learning about Dr. Seuss’s important message of caring for our environment, Crew McLoughlin wrote their own creative stories inspired by The Lorax.

Children read their stories aloud, using expression and enthusiasm to bring their writing to life. Our Y2 reading buddies listened closely, asked great questions and even shared which parts of the stories they enjoyed the most. What a lovely way to celebrate our writing!

We Stop, we look, we listen

21st November 2025Elizabeth Frost

This week crew Frost have been focusing on road safety. The children practiced using playground track, taking turns to stop, look, and listen before crossing. What a great way to build up our role play skills! We also created pictures of a lollipop lady and talked about her important role in helping people cross safely. In addition, we learned about traffic lights and zebra crossings, discussing what each color and symbol means. Well done crew Frost. We can’t wait to see you use such important skills.

Changes the Romans made to Doncaster

21st November 2025Nicola Robson

Year 3 have been investigating changes made to Doncaster by the Romans. We learnt that there was a Roman fort in Doncaster and there is even the remains that can still be seen today. We also learnt that the River played an important part in why the Romans chose to settle in Doncaster.