After a busy morning learning patterns and phonics in Crew Haigh today – we were very excited to finish the day with a visit to the bounty castle.
Bouncing into summer term
Category : Crew
World Book Day Fun
Pupils enjoyed an interactive world book day in Crew Haigh, we shared book, sensory stories and especially enjoyed making sandwiches for our tea party
Goldilocks – Writing, Sharing, Exploring and more…
The pupils in Crew Haigh have enjoyed their latest story; Goldilocks And The Three Bears. Sensory story props, making porridge and edible bears (which we obviously loved!) all whilst developing those important motor skills that will help develop our writing – some superb communication and sharing too!
EYFS/KS1 Learning Legends and Home Learning Legends – Autumn 1, Week 4
This morning we celebrated our amazing Learning Legends and Home Learning Legends!
Crew challenges in Crew Gray
Over the past few weeks in Crew Gray, we have been working together to take on a series of crew challenges. These activities have helped us build important skills like teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. One of our favourite challenges involved giving clear instructions to our partner to help them recreate a drawing — without showing them the original! We quickly learned that using precise language and listening carefully made a big difference. By working together and communicating well, we were able to complete the task successfully!
Settling in to Crew McGlone
We have had the best 3 weeks settling in to our new crew, new classroom and new routine! We are super excited to see what is in store for us this year in F2 as Crew McGlone.
What a first week back for Crew McLoughlin!
Week 1 Highlights
We’ve had a fantastic first week back, diving straight into developing our crew. We spent time unpacking the mini HOWL (Habits of Work and Learning) strands, focusing especially on teamwork, patience and kindness through our Challenge Crew activities.
Our guiding question for the week was“How can crew be strengthened through acts of service?”
To explore this, we created inspiring postcards filled with positive quotes, aiming to brighten someone’s day and show how small acts of kindness can make a big difference.
We also explored the crew text The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan, which led to some deep discussions about the importance of belonging. We thoroughly enjoyed hot seating the characters! We learned that it’s easy to become so wrapped up in our own lives that we forget to truly see others. The story reminded us that when we slow down and pay attention, we can help others find a sense of purpose and connection.
To wrap up our fun-filled week, we celebrated with a vibrant Colour Run – a joyful and energetic way to end a week full of learning, laughter and crew spirit!
Our very first week.
The children have spent a lovely first week in crew Frost settling in and exploring their environment. They have loved the new construction area and learning all about our story of the week- Owl’s babies!
Colour run 2025
We were so excited that every child was able to join in the colour run so we got to enjoy the experience as a full crew with the rest of school. Some of us were a little bit nervous but in true style of crew, the children supported and encouraged each other and had the best time! What a fantastic way to end our week!
VR Experience
To bring Hook Week to a close, before revealing our guiding question, UKS2 took part in a Virtual Reality experience that immersed them into the rainforest. They got to look at each layer of the rainforest as if walking around it and come face to face with some of the animals that live there including sloths, tarantulas, capuchin monkeys and jaguars. Throughout this experience, the guide was sharing his wide range of knowledge with the children which they were fully engaged with listening to. What a fantastic experience!
Team Building Crew
Crew Rankin have had their team working skills put to the test with two separate challenges.
- Building the sturdiest bridge out of lego.
- Building the tallest tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows.
They had to work in teams of 4 to see who would be most successful in building a bridge that was sturdy enough to hold a pile of school books and a tower that would stand freely and still be tall. It definitely tested their perseverance but it was lovely to see how well they communicated with each other and took turns to ensure everyone had a job role or contribution to the overall product.
STEM Visit
We LOVED our visit from Dr Caragh Whitehead (aka ‘Erik’s Mum’) today! It was so interesting to learn all about the different types of science and learning that it is not always about big experiments but sometimes simply being interested in the world. We also learned that plants are used to make so many every day items that we may not have previously realised! Did you know plants help to make citronella candles and they’re even used in medicines?! It was great to get hands on and be able to explore the plants more for ourselves, using microscopes and our sense of smell to look at plants in more detail.
Firefighter Visit
We loved the firefighter visit yesterday – particularly looking around the fire engine and being able to sit inside it! Some of us had a bit of a shock when the sirens unexpectedly came on. Can you spot the faces of those that were most shocked?!
