Crew Colclough have been working incredibly hard on writing their own versions of ‘The Journey Home’. They have changed the characters to other endangered animals and were able to explain why those animals had to leave their habitat. We are now publishing our final drafts and creating our own books. Pupils are so excited to share their stories and the beautiful work they have produced.
Writing session today. Focusing on describing the wolf from The Three Little Pigs is a great way to build vocabulary. By coming up with lots of descriptive words like “stray” , “sharp teeth”, “grey fur” and “big feet” they’re learning how to make their writing more vivid and interesting.
Using those words to create their own sentence is an important step too, because it helps them apply what they’ve learned rather than just listing ideas. Activities like this build both creativity and confidence in writing.
Crew Colclough worked hard to pick up litter around the school field today. We were shocked at the amount that had been thrown onto the field!
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Today in maths we recapped our coins and their values before starting our Yr3 money unit. It was great to see how much the children could remember from Yr2!
Crew Robson were shocked at the amount of rubbish that had been dumped at the top of the school field. They worked hard to ensure it was cleaned up and ready for sport day in a few weeks time!
In this lesson, Miss taught us about the four main components of blood. Rather than simply reading from a textbook, we explored the topic through a creative step-by-step “construct and demonstrate” activity, which made the concepts much easier to understand.
Miss explained that blood is made up of four key parts: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Each part has an important job in keeping our bodies healthy.
To help us visualise this, we carried out a fun hands-on activity by creating a blood model. We used water and yellow food colouring to represent the plasma, giving the liquid its realistic appearance. Marshmallows were added to show the white blood cells, which help fight infections. Cheerios represented the red blood cells, carrying oxygen around the body and giving blood its distinct red colour. We also included small pieces to represent platelets, which help our blood clot when we get a cut. Building our own “blood model” made it much easier to understand how all the components work together.
We finished with a kahoot to test our knowledge to exit out of the lesson.
Today, we planned our animal sculptures by doing sketches labelled with textures! Here we are designing our sculptures!
LKS2 have updated their corridor display showcasing their beautiful work from the Spring expedition From Bean to Bar. We love to see an expedition come together in a display. Well done everyone 😀
In Crew White this morning, we have continued to build on our ideas by mapping feelings of the main character, Francis, in our writing. Once we thought about how the character was feeling, we then created phrases using ‘show me not tell me’ to challenge the reader to infer how the character is feeling, rather than telling them. The feelings map helped us to see how emotions change throughout a story, ranging from positive to negative. Watch this space for our drafting coming soon!
