What a busy week we have had in Crew Godley!

The children have been working hard developing their understanding of what ‘Gold and Green Standard’ looks like in our classroom – how we Work Hard, Get Smart and Be Kind. We have introduced a visual aid to help children, they have been trying ever so hard to ensure they are on Gold Standard most of the time. We will be working hard next week to make sure ALL crew members are demonstrating this standard by making sure we are using our listening ears when it’s time to follow simple instructions.

The crew have been working so hard this week on their phonics and have made me so proud! We are making fantastic progress and will be sending home some resources to help you support your child with their phonics. This week, everyone has had a go and have joined in with our lessons which is brilliant to see!

Today we continued to practise blending sounds together. We introduced a new activity using magnetic letters, we listened carefully to instructions and were able to use our segmenting and blending skills to make our very own words.

SJ’s amazing blending IMG_7092

During the next couple of weeks the children will bring home a phonics keyring. This keying will contain the sounds we have covered in class. Please practise the sounds regularly at home to ensure children can recall the sounds confidently. Keyrings will need to be returned daily to enable us to add new sounds. Some of the children will be feeling confident with these sounds already and we ask that these children practise making words using the sounds e.g. Can you make the word as, it, sat, nap. You can also make a word and ask your child to blend the sounds together to read the word you have made.

When learning the sounds with your child it is really important to ensure they pronounce the sounds correctly. This video will show you how each sound should be pronounced. It is really important that children learn to pronounce the sounds correctly as it will make it easier for them to read words.

Work Hard: This Howl today goes to, Summer, Reggie and Dominic.

Summer did an amazing job in phonics this week and created some beautiful work. She tried ever so hard with her handwriting and used the magnetic letters confidently to spell CVC words.

Reggie has tried ever so hard to be a good role model within our crew and today was Dputy Crew Leader. A role he took very seriously helping Crew Leaders ensure all children were displaying ‘Gold Standard’ learning behaviours.

Dominic has been working hard to ensure that he is producing beautiful work. He has been trying hard to write his name and create some beautiful art work for our expedition work. Keep up the great work Dom!

Enjoy the weekend everyone! We would also like to wish Kyla a very happy 5th birthday tomorrow, we hope you have lots of fun and can’t wait to hear all about it on Monday 🎈🍰

Mrs Godley

Another wonderful week is over, it’s been a very busy one!

Maths 🧮 – this week in maths we have been working hard on comparing and ordering numbers including using the mathematical symbols <, > and =. We used lots of equipment to help us and even ordered people in our class! We must of had fun because some crew mates have even been ordering things in their homes!

Write Stuff ✏ – we have been doing lots of exploring during writing this week. We wondered about stars, clouds, birds, lollipops and playgrounds. We have been getting smart by banishing words like ‘happy’ so that we can use higher level words.

Expedition 🎨 – we began a new case study this week! We have started looking at the artist Keith Harring and how we can create tiles in his style. We started this by mixing paint to create colour  wheels using primary and secondary colours.

Celebration day 🎊 – we loved our celebration day! We made yummy pizza, did exciting cojo and created interesting stories! We even had a golden ticket winner!

HOWLs

This week our HOWL score has been on a rollercoaster and ended on a high! 🎢

Today our crew average score was a 3.6!

This means that we ended our week on a 3.3!

Next week our score target is 3.6.

Todays HOWL heroes are…

Work hard

🌟 Rome for his hard work in phonics

Get smart

🌟 Charlie E for his excellent thinking and ideas during science

Be kind

🌟 Milena for the kindness shown too a crew mate when he was upset

Learning legend 🎉

This week’s learning legend is Charlie R!

Charlie really impressed with his hard work in writing! Not only does Charlie always produce beautiful work he also asks for more things to write about! Amazing work Charlie 👏🏻

An amazing week Crew Thiede! Now relax and enjoy your weekend!

It is Friday and we have had an awesome week in Crew Wilson!

We have whizzed through so much learning this week, and the Crew are becoming much more resilient with their learning – everyone is having a go and joining in with our lessons which is brilliant to see! We are also nailing what ‘Green Standard’ looks like around the classroom, and the Crew only need 1 reminder now to show me this – we are making good progress every day!

Highlights of the Week:

Science: In Science we have been learning all about the human body and senses. Today we explored taste by experiencing some different flavours – sweet, sour and salty. We had a good look at each others tongues first, then tried some different foods.Reactions were…..mixed to say the least, and some of the faces that were pulled were hilarious! The Crew responded really well to this lesson and are confident in identifying different flavours, as well as explaining how their tongue recognises them via tastebuds – and we all agreed that olives are disgusting!

Taste testing lemons:

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Computing: Continuing with our directional language and coding lessons, the Crew have been so engaged when using the BeeBot, working together to program directions and reminding each other of the correct method to input instructions. This week we used a large map and the Crew had to reach the X, whilst dodging obstacles along the way. We also seem to have cracked using laptops this week (now we know they aren’t touch screen!) The Crew  have shown a deep understanding of directional language when moving the BeeBot around a virtual map and were great at assisting each other when issues arose and the Beebot disappeared into the sea, great team work guys!

Maths: Who knew that using Skittles in maths to assist counting would be such a memorable lesson? So memorable that they’ve asked for it every day since?! The children really enjoyed using different materials to help with matching numbers to groups, especially when the material is edible! We have also created number lines as a group and jumped down them for one less, we’ve fed the Hungry Caterpillar and we have sang 10 Green Bottles at least 20 times! All of these activities have helped the crew understand what we mean by one more and one less, as well as 1:1 correspondence – lots of big brains in Crew Wilson this week! Test your children to see if they can represent numbers in different ways!

Howl Heroes

Work Hard: This Howl goes to April for her fantastic attitude to her learning. April consistently aims for Green Standard in everything she does and it is great to see such a motivated member of our crew excelling in her learning – Well done April!

Get Smart: This Howl goes to Daisy for being a brilliant scientist in our Science lesson today. Daisy was eager to try the different flavours and worked really hard with her Crew to categorise them by taste, well done Daisy!

Be Kind: This Howl goes to Dalton, for always displaying Green Standard on the carpet, at tables, in the corridor and the dinner hall. I can always rely on Dalton to be a role model for his crew, and he is kind to his teachers by following instructions first time, keep it up Dalton!

Learning Legend

A good week for Dalton as he is also our Learning Legend, and received a certificate in our virtual achievers assembly. Dalton always gives 110% to every lesson, he is always concentrating on meeting his learning intention and is a fantastic Independent group leader, well done Dalton!

Howl Average:

We ended the week on a 3.4 – not our best score so far but we know what we need to do as both a Crew and personally to get that score higher.

Another fabulous week of learning, collaboration and fun is completed in Crew Wilson.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Mr W

Friday✔

I am so proud of the children this week. They have really worked hard together as a crew to complete challenges and cheer each other on. Well done Crew Welburn 😁

Highlights from the week:

Science:

I love teaching our science lessons in Crew Welburn as the children are so inquisitive and have so many questions that they want to find the answers to. This week, we have been looking at how our tongue helps us to taste. We had lots of fun tasting different foods and classifying them into sweet, sour and salty. Take a look at some of the photos…

Phonics:

I am really proud of all of the children this week in their phonics lessons. They have worked so hard at blending words independently and are trying really hard to read their green words. They are all so determined and it is brilliant to see 🙌🙌

Our HOWL Heroes:

Work Hard: Mason was my HOWL hero for work hard today. All the way through the science lesson, he worked hard at sitting smartly, kept his blindfold on and shared what he thought the foods were.

Get Smart: Kairen is my get smart HOWL hero today. He showed just how well he had listened during the inputs today by using the correct vocabulary to describe the foods he had tasted.

Be Kind: Nathan was awarded our be kind HOWL hero for sharing really well in PE this afternoon. This was a really kind thing to do 😊

This week’s Learning Legend:

This week’s Learning Legend is Tiarna. Tiarna has been an absolute superstar since coming into Year 1. She is showing that she works hard all of the time by listening carefully to adults, sharing her ideas and following all instructions. Tiarna is also going above and beyond with her manners to make sure she always uses her pleases and thank you’s, and she even makes sure she holds doors open to help her crew out! This is fantastic Tiarna!

Today’s HoWL average is: 3 ✅

This weeks HoWL average is: 3.1 ✅

Weekly HoWL target: 3

Have a lovely weekend, see you on Monday!

We have had a busy morning today looking at states of matter and in particular, how water can change from a liquid to a solid or a gas.  It was great to see the children thinking about the scientific language needed to describe the processes accurately.

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.1

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

I wonder if…

I wonder if we can continue to push on with our learning and strive for that green standard to improve our get smart scores from last week.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Get Smart hero today is Joseph!

Joseph has been amazing today. He has pushed himself all day to ensure that he has met the green standard for his learning today and was one of experts in maths to support others!

Learning Legend:

Tia has impressed us all in Crew Boswell with her refusal to give up when she finds something hard and her increasing confidence.  She works hard and isn’t afraid to ask for help if she needs it.  She listens carefully and always strives to meet her expected standard and is getting smart.  She always knows to be kind and will even try to help her crew when she can.  We’re glad she’s part of our crew!

Handwriting Hero:

Our handwriting hero for this week is Bobby-Joe.

Expedition:

Click the link to visit our exciting expedition website to find out more about the lovely expedition learning.

https://sites.google.com/carcroftschool.co.uk/lks2-whyshouldwebeproudoftheca/home

Attendance:

91.7%

This is working towards the attendance target of 97%.

Hi everyone!

I just want to say how proud I am of Crew Gerrard and their effort this week, you have been brilliant. It has been tough to decide on HoWL Heroes, but they are for today:

Work Hard: Everyone for being really sensible during the science talk. 🦸‍♂️

Get Smart: Lucas 🦸‍♂️

Be Kind: Belle 🦸‍♂️

Well done today and for all of this week, have a brilliant weekend and see you all on Monday!

Today, we could’ve given anyone HOWL hero… but the lucky 3 were:

Work hard: McKenzie 🧑

Get smart: Sophia 👩

Be kind: Olivia 👩

Learning Legend: 👩

🤩 We are super proud to say that our HOWL average today is 3.4! We’ve worked super hard to achieve this and we’re really now thinking about what each HOWL really means.

Well done Crew Kent 👍

The star moment of the day was our theme lesson, the children loved learning about Carcroft Primary School. They learnt that the school was built in 1913, meaning it is 107 years old! Ask them what they learnt from the punishment book? AND what happened in the School in WW2?

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.3! 🙌

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 2.9

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Next week, Crew Marsh need to make sure they are listening and following all instructions. 

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Kind hero today is Harper.

Harper has been kind all day! She has helped any one in her crew and has been a kind team player. Well done Harper.

Learning Legend:

Handwriting Hero:

Our handwriting hero for this week is …… Harlie. 

 Expedition:

Click the link to visit our exciting expedition website to find out more about the lovely expedition learning

Attendance: 94.7%

This is working towards the target attendance of 97%.

Crew Shields have had a busy morning exploring a range of emotions and how these make use feel. We looked at some scenarios and how we respond to these situations. Some of the children really thought about how their response would change depending on various factors. 

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.1

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Next week, Crew Shields need to continue developing their pace when completing learning their learning activities.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Kind hero today is Reece

Reece is always polite and tries to help his peers when he can. He will hold the door open and often supports his peers with learning.

Learning Legend:

Chloe is an amazing role model within Crew Shields. She is always eager to support her peers and never has to be asked twice to complete her learning. It is lovely to hear Chloe ask her peers their opinion when completing mini crew activities and gives everyone an opportunity to join in. She tries her best and always has a positive attitude to learning. Well done Chloe

Handwriting Hero:

Our handwriting hero for this week is Brooke. 

Attendance:

95.7%
This is working towards the attendance target of 97%.