During Caring Crew, we have looked at what we mean by ‘Teamwork’ by working in small groups to build a tower. Each member of the team had a different role, and we had to showcase good teamwork and communication skills to build a tower that matched the example on the board.
When we debriefed, we showed integrity by discussing how not all of our team members completed their jobs which meant that our towers weren’t fully completed.
This week, we have been learning about harvest and why we celebrate it. We activated our learning by looking at different pictures linked to harvest and discussed what we could see with our talk partners. After watching a short video clip about harvest, we created actions to help us remember that ‘harvest is a festival that celebrates crops’.
We are always looking for ways to show kindness to our peers, and Thea and Bowiee were a perfect example of how it is ‘Cool to be Kind – ALWAYS!’. Bowiee needed a little bit of help zipping her coat up, and without even hesitating, Thea stepped in to help Bowiee, and Bowiee thanked Thea for her help. What a fantastic act of kindness, and such beautiful manners. Well done Thea and Bowiee!
We have really enjoyed our work on the book ‘Leaf Man’. We loved talking about the story, thinking of all the different creations that were made out of the leaves as they were blown about in the Autumn weather.
We followed the steps to draw our own Leaf Man, and we chose different Autumnal colours to add extra detail to our finished drawings. We then use a starting dot to trace the word ‘m-a-n’ underneath.
In maths, we have been looking at comparing mass using balancing scales. We enjoyed using the scales in provision to investigate which items around the classroom were heaviest and lightest. We used post it notes to label the heaviest and lightest side.
A round up of provision in Crew McGlone from the last couple of weeks!
We have been discussing families during our expedition lessons, and what better way to tell our friends about our families than by SHOWING THEM! We shared pictures of the people who are most special to us with our friends, and we talked about how they keep us safe. It was lovely to hear the children talking so beautifully to one another, and the questions that could be heard being asked were fantastic!
We have been spending as much time outside as possible while the weather is still nice!
There have been so many beautiful moments of crew: sharing, working as a team, positive communication, and words of encouragement and support. We have been collecting leaves, creating assault courses, helping each other to tidy… we even found a twig that looked like a spider so sang ‘Incy Wincy Spider’!
We have been looking at the story ‘The Gruffalo’ in our writing sessions this week. We have talked about the features he has and how we can show them using different shapes and colours. We then used a step-by-step guide to help us. Once we were finished, we then told Miss McGlone everything we had included in our drawings to create The Gruffalo.
We had the best time building a boat and going fishing with Miss Evans!
