Our LKS2 children had a fantastic time taking their learning outside the classroom during their fieldwork visit to Eden Camp!
The children put on their explorer hats and got stuck into discovering more about the past, using their observation skills to explore the site and learn about what life was like during wartime. It was a brilliant opportunity to bring our classroom learning to life and see history up close!
Throughout the visit, the children asked thoughtful questions, shared their ideas and worked together to make new discoveries. They were full of curiosity and enthusiasm, showing off their knowledge and learning lots of fascinating new facts along the way.
It was wonderful to see everyone getting involved, making connections with their learning and enjoying a memorable day out with their classmates.
In writing, we’ve been exploring new learning and practising how to use direct speech in our writing. We worked hard to punctuate our sentences correctly, using inverted commas to show when a character is speaking. Some of us even challenged ourselves further by remembering to use a capital letter at the start of the spoken words and the correct punctuation at the end. We’re becoming more confident writers!
Last week, we took some time out of our afternoon to get creative and make some artwork for our upcoming Presentation of Learning. We also put our multitasking skills to the test by practising our songs along the way! We’re working hard to get everything ready and can’t wait to share our learning with you all!
Carcroft School was delighted to welcome Olympic medal-winning cyclist Ed Clancy and the Bikeability team for a fantastic day of cycling activities, after we worked so hard during last year’s Walk and Wheel Challenge!
Our children had the opportunity to take part in exciting cycling sessions, build their confidence and learn more about the importance of cycling safely. Meeting Ed Clancy, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, was a brilliant opportunity to be inspired by someone who has achieved so much in the world of cycling!
The sessions helped promote active lifestyles, road safety and cycling as a fun, healthy and environmentally friendly way to travel. It was wonderful to see our children getting involved, developing new skills and enjoying such a memorable experience.
A huge thank you to Ed and the entire Bikeability team for visiting Carcroft and helping to make the day so special. We are incredibly grateful for this fantastic opportunity and the lasting memories created for our children.
What a brilliant way to celebrate all of the children’s effort, walking and wheeling to school!
We had lots of fun celebrating World Poetry Day in our crew session this week! Each mini crew worked together, chotting down interesting words and creative phrases to capture the meaning of our crew.
We then used AI as a creative tool to help bring our words and phrases together into a beautiful poem. We were amazed and rather impressed with what we created!
After reading our poem, we gave it some thoughtful critique and made improvements together. Our finished poem is now proudly displayed on our Crew Wall for everyone to enjoy and read. 📖✨
We are so proud of the fantastic progress we have made with our handwriting in Year 3! We enjoyed a gallery walk, looking at each other’s work and celebrating our improvements. We also gave each other kind and helpful critique, recognising what we are doing well and what we can continue to practise. It was wonderful to see how much our handwriting has improved in just 6 week – well done Crew McLoughlin! 🌟
In year 3 and 4, we have been learning about God’s covenants that appear in the bible.
First, we looked at the story of Noah and the Ark. Noah was asked by God to build an ark that would accommodate his family and 2 of each animal. God informed Noah that he was going to send a flood because the people on earth were evil and didn’t listen to God. Despite being laughed at, Noah built the ark and was ready when the rain came. The rain flooded the earth and killed everyone outside of the ark. When the flood was finally over, God told Noah that a rainbow would appear in the sky as a symbol to his people that he would never flood the earth again.
Next we learned about the story of Abraham and his wife Sarah. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. However, Abraham had no children and was considerable old. Despite this Abraham and his wife kept their faith in God. Eventually after many years, Sarah fell pregnant and later had a son and God fulfilled his convenant with Abraham.
Then we learned about Moses and the Israelites who wandered the desert for 40 years. Moses freed the Israelites from slavery after God inflicted 10 plagues on the Pharoah and the Egyptians. They left Egypt and went to the desert in search for the promised land. God told Moses that if he freed the Israelites that he would provide for them which he did. He protected them from the Pharoah, provided food when they were hungry and provided water when they were thristy. Noah had faith that God would fulfill his promise.
To follow on from the Moses story, we learned about Pesach which is the celebration of Passover. A time that Jewish people remember the story of Moses and him saving the Israelites from slavery. We learned about the Seder meal where each part retells the story of Moses. For example, they dip herbs in salt water to represent the tears of the slaves, the apple, cinnamon and walnut paste represents the mortar used by the slaves on the pyramids and the egg represents a new beginning.
As part of our writing unit, the children have been exploring the story The Lion and the Unicorn. We have been developing their narrative writing skills by creating our own sentences.
This week, we have been focusing on fronted adverbials. The children have been learning how to use these at the beginning of sentences to explain when or where an action takes place. They have enjoyed experimenting with different fronted adverbials and using them to add detail and variety to their writing.
We are looking forward to seeing the children apply these grammar skills as they continue developing their own narratives!
To celebrate an absolutely amazing start to the school year, we have decided to have a little bit of fun on Thursday 1st October.
Children are invited to come to school in their brightest outfits with wacky hair!
The afternoon, will be an afternoon of fun and games!
At lunchtime, Relish have organised a party packed lunch for us to enjoy. All children who have a school dinner on that day will receive a raffle ticket, entering them into a prize draw with prizes to be won!
