Building Trust and Teamwork in XP Outdoors

Our children have been embracing the great outdoors as part of their Crew sessions, working collaboratively and building trust through a range of team challenges and activities. It’s been wonderful to see the children supporting each other, stepping out of their comfort zones, and showing real Crew spirit in action!

Carcroft Crew out in the Community

Our children have been proudly working with Doncaster Council and Asda’s Community Champions to help make a difference in our local area. Equipped with litter pickers, high-vis vests, and lots of enthusiasm, they took to the streets to help tidy up and learn about the importance of looking after our environment.

This hands-on project not only supported our learning about citizenship and sustainability, but also showed how small actions can make a big impact. Well done to all the children involved – you’ve made our school and community proud!

Crew clean up

The children in Crew Marsh were kindly gifted an outdoor play house. They worked as a team to clean the playhouse and make it as good as new. They’ve also worked hard to keep their playground clean and tidy by using equipment and again working together. We love our break times outside and now we’re able to role play with our new equipment to make breaktimes even more exciting.

VE Day Picnic

What a Day! Bunting, sunshine, and sandwiches galore! Our VE Day picnic was a fantastic celebration filled with laughter, music, and a whole lot of red, white, and blue. Crews came together to remember the end of World War II in Europe with a joyful afternoon of games, dancing, and classic picnic treats. It was a wonderful way to honour history, share stories, and enjoy each other’s company – just like they did back in 1945!

The King’s Trust

As part of our expedition lessons we have been learning about the Kings Trust and the work they do to support children and young people. We learnt that they try and help build resilience so we took part in some activities to try and help us become more resilient. These included cross the river, mirror challenge and blindfold assault course. 

Getting Active!

Today in Crew, we explored what it means to be active and why it’s so important for our bodies and minds.
We learned that being active helps us build strong muscles and bones, keeps our hearts healthy, and gives us more energy for the things we love to do. It also helps us feel happier, more confident, and less stressed! We talked about different ways to stay active, like playing sports, going to the skate park, walking the dog, or even just having fun outdoors. Everyone shared what being active means to them and set goals for how they can keep moving and feeling great every day.

Egg-cellent Easter!

Crew Godley have been busy creating some masterpieces for our Easter Egg Competition!

Sharni-Mae, Declan and Leon brought their own unique ideas to life with bright colours, imaginative designs, and lots of enthusiasm! We are so proud of the effort and artistry shown by everyone. Well done, Crew Godley, your Easter eggs look egg-cellent! Take a look at their amazing entries below!

Crew Building

Following on from our staff crew building activity, we thought the children in Crew Marsh would enjoy it too. They have now added their own masterpieces to make a beautiful collaborative piece of art work. A lovely activity outside painting, drawing and colouring real life flowers under the lovely sunshine! What a gorgeous way to celebrate Spring and Crew!