What is play?

We have enjoyed our first few lessons of our new expedition.

Today we unpicked what play is. We talked about how play can take lots of different forms such as imaginative and individual. Most of all we agreed that play should be fun!.

This is the definition of play that some of our crew came up with together.

“Play is when we have fun with our friends. We are kind and respectful to others. We can be a crew when we play together.”

We then went on to produce some beautiful work all about what play is.

Great work CrewRobson

Fabulous Fieldwork on Friday!

To conclude Hook Week we embarked on fieldwork to Cusworth Hall to explore the historic house, learn more about toys and continue to reflect on how we play.

We love taking part in the Gnome Trail and were extremely lucky that Eila’s Mum was able to run a workshop and give us the opportunity to play with some of the museums toys.

I was very impressed with HoWLs today too. Well done Crew Robson!

Hook Week In KS1!

This week we have been trying to guess what our autumn expedition will be! We have had experts with old toys visiting our school, a play afternoon to showcase our favourite toys and a fieldwork trip to Cusworth Hall Museum. Here we are getting hooked on expeditionary learning! We would like to say a special thank you to our visitors and experts for all of your generosity this week. Also, a massive thank you to our volunteer helpers Mrs T and Blue for coming on our trip and Eila’s mum for your toy workshop at Cusworth Hall! We are so grateful for your acts of kindness in bringing this Hook Week alive.

Gingerbread Man

In writing, the children have been learning all about The Gingerbread Man. Throughout the week, they have been busy making their own gingerbread men, creating a large gingerbread man and even making the fox!

Take a peep at what they have been up to this week and see all the wonderful learning they have been enjoying!

Toy Afternoon

To conclude our day of play we enjoyed a toy afternoon.

I was so proud to see children sharing their toys, using manners and engaging in purposeful play.

Toy box Through Time Workshop

Today we were lucky to take part in a DGLAM workshop all about the history of toys.

We learnt about how toys have changed, the origin of Teddy Bears and how Doncaster’s most famous bear was made in Adwick.

We also got to play with lots and lots of different toys. We had a great time!

KS1 Toy Afternoon

As part of our Hook Week activities we will be holding a Toy Afternoon on Wednesday 2nd September.

Children are allowed to bring one toy into school to play with during the afternoon.

Please ensure it is named and can be kept in a carrier bag on their peg until the afternoon.

Thanks

KS1 Crew