The last blog of 2020!
We have had a lovely party day today 🎄 we had some chill time watching a film, a yummy party lunch and played party games!
HOWLs
Todays HOWL score was 3.3
Todays HOWL heroes were
🌟 Work hard – Harry for a positive attitude during the party games 👍🏻
🌟 Get smart – Charleigh for thinking carefully about her jobs 🖍
🌟 Be kind – Talia for being helpful in class 😊
We have had a great final day in Crew Wilson!
Highlight of the Day:
Our Christmas party!! We played games, danced, ate great food and had a wonderful time! Everyone got along so well and we had a brilliant end to the term!
Howl Heroes:
The whole crew are our howl heroes today! We have come so far as a Crew since the beginning of September, working hard and getting smart in their learning but also being kind to one another. Today everyone was cheering for their Crew and celebrating alongside each other so they all deserve a shout out! Well done Crew Wilson!
Howl Average:
3.5!
Lots of fantastic fours today, well done every body!
What a fantastic last day we have had in Crew Welburn! We’ve had a Christmas party, danced, played musical statues, pass the parcel and had party food! Every child in the crew has had a smile on their face all day which was fantastic to see! 🎄🕺 😁
I am so proud of each and every one of the children in the crew and how far they have come over the past term. They’ve all developed such amazing personalities and have worked hard to be the best that they can be! I couldn’t ask for anything more 🥰
HOWL Heroes:
I really couldn’t choose today, so everyone in Crew Welburn in my HOWL hero! Well done everyone!
HOWL score: 3.2 Well done Crew Welburn!
We’ve had a lovely day today, tik-toks, Christmas bingo and Christmas poetry!
Crew Fox voted for our Autumn HOWL Heroes…
Enjoy our Christmas poetry 🥰
Thank you to all our gifts and merry Christmas wishes. Have a lovely break and see you in the new year!
What a whirlwind of a first term. It is really hard to believe that we have just completed our first term together. I have been blown away by the crew this term and certainly could not be prouder of them!
This term we have achieved so much. A few highlights are:
But most of all, our biggest achievement of all has been becoming a CREW! Our crazy little crew really do love being together and are really starting to celebrate the success of each other! We were told early on when we started this journey, that if we get crew right then we will get everything right! And boy, are we definitely starting to do that in Crew Longley!
Well done to each and every crew mate. You have WORKED HARD, GOT SMART and BEEN KIND!
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year and look forward to seeing everybody again on the 4th January 2021.
Above All Compassion – What is the most valuable gift you can give?
Across the Autumn term, children in Years 3 and 4 from Carcroft Primary School began working on their XP style learning expedition entitled ‘What is the most valuable gift you can give?’.
Crews started off with a Christmas dinner in school with presents to start the children thinking about why we give presents and why. A range of presents were used to present each child with the opportunity to think about how they feel when they receive something that’s different to their peers. From here crews moved to look at how often, the act of giving doesn’t need to cost us anything. Using pumpkins, we showed that we often carve pumpkins for one night but do we really think about what we do with the insides.
From here, we started to look at who William Booth was and how he followed his religious beliefs to start to provide assistance to his community. His gift was soup, soap and salvation and so we have explored what this meant to people at the time as well as how it is still a valuable gift in today’s society. This naturally led us to the origins and work of the Salvation Army which provided us with the opportunity to link back to our pumpkins and how ‘waste’ can actually be valuable to others less fortunate than ourselves. This is especially true when we consider the current circumstances surrounding Covid restrictions and how lives have changed for a great number in our society.
The crews across school truly embraced the tradition of the Salvation army in order to collect food to aid the local food banks helping families less fortunate than others.
This linked well into looking at the Sikh beliefs and what they teach us about wealth and poverty. We focused on how selfless Sikhs are and ways that they support those people who need it. Sikhs give to charities, provide food for communities, raise money, volunteer and much more. All gifts that we can consider. We looked in particular at the ‘Langar’ and how Sikhs have created this to support those that need it (hungry, safe place, warmth, community feel, someone to talk to when lonely etc.).
After looking at the Sikh religion, we then compared this to the Christian story of the Three Wise Men and how they each gave a gift to the baby Jesus with what they felt was the most valuable gift they could offer….
After considering how we can help those less fortunate, we encouraged the children to think how they view the world and this was the foundation to creating stained glass to use as artwork for cards and as a design for a Christmas decoration to donate to the residents of China Cottage Care Home.
Each child across the Key Stage designed and made a stained glass effect Christmas decoration as a gift for others. The children were so proud to be able to provide a gift for others and truly embraced the Christmas spirit.
Visit the Lockdown Expedition page to see more of the amazing work.
Well, what an emotional last day before Christmas! 🎄
The children have been little super stars and I have had so much fun teaching them the last few weeks. I’m definitely going to miss each and every one of them after Christmas. It’s been a real pleasure to see how much they have all changed and grown since the Foundation Stage. 🥰
Today we voted for our terms HOWL heroes and discussed why the chosen children were voted for. The comments made were very humbling, the crew ethos is strong within this crew!
Kelby was voted for our “working hard” HOWL hero. She has shown real resilience to her start to year 5 and all the children commented how Kelvy tries so hard every day. Well done Kelby. 🌟
Olivia was voted for our “getting smart” HOWL hero. Sometimes Olivia gets easily distracted but this term she has tried hard to concentrate to complete her learning and work smarter. Well done Olivia. 🌟
Grace was voted for our “being kind” HOWL hero. Grace is so kind to every member of the class and tries to support everyone with their learning. Well done Grace. 🌟
Thank you crew Kent for having me. Have a lovely Christmas and a happy new year! See you all soon. Miss Ferguson xx
My star moment today was spending quality time with the children. I thoroughly enjoyed watching films with them and being all christmassy! ✨👌✔
Average is: 3.0
Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.3!
Christmas! 🎅🤶🎄👏
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas, stay safe and look after each other… spend quality time with your family and enjoy every minute!!
Happy Christmas Everyone! 🎅🎄⛄
What a wonderful day we have had to celebrate our last day of term 🎅 The children have had a fantastic time celebrating with their friends. We have danced, laughed and sang the day away. The children really enjoyed their party lunch, it was lovely to see all the children in their party clothes enjoying their pizza and jelly!
Have a fantastic Christmas everyone 🎅⛄🎄 we can’t wait to hear all about it ❤
Hi Everyone,
Our little ones had an amazing time last night at Story night!
They all enjoyed a hot dog and a hot chocolate! It was fantastic seeing all of the happy faces.
We hope they all had a brilliant night and weren’t too tired when they got home 
