This week in Crew we have been exploring the importance of brushing our teeth, daily. We explored the effects of different drinks on our teeth by using eggs, the shell is similar to our tooth enamel. We placed an egg in water, dilute juice and a fizzy drink. We were shocked to see how the dilute juice impacted the egg shell, causing it to dissolve. This reiterated how important to brush our teeth twice a day, before bed and in the morning. It was fascinating to watch how the shells dissolved and made some really strange formations after just leaving it in the liquid for a day. Imagine not brushing your teeth for a day!
Scottie’s Heroes
This week in Scottie’s was such a challenge! We worked hard to be observant without using our voices. We worked as a team to patrol our forest school, to look for unknown items, which many were camouflaged. It was tricky to start with however once we started looking beyond the bright coloured objects it became much easier. Charlie was our work hard hero this week.
Water Safety
Today, we were very lucky to be part of a live talk with Yorkshire Water about the importance of being safe near water. It was really interesting to listen to some of the hidden dangers around open water. The main messages were to stay away from the edge and ensuring that we don’t try to go in after someone who is having difficulty. It’s important that we call for help and don’t put ourselves into danger. We ended the call with a quiz, safe to say we had all discovered so much and scored full marks! We then continued our work by spotting hidden dangers and creating water safety posters to share with our grown ups.
Crew Challenge
Today we had our smelly socks our in our crew challenge! Our challenge was to create a ‘Leaning Tower of Feetza’. It was such a pleasure to see the children collaborating independently and being resilient when our towers tumbled!
A smelly crew challenge
Today our crew challenge was the Leaning Tower of Feetza.
The children worked in small groups to build the tallest freestanding tower using only their shoes. It was lovely to see them all working together and supporting each other even if it was a little smelly afterwards!!
Visiting our Local Church
Year Two took a lovely scenic walk up to our local church at Owston to complete our first case study in Christianity. Along the way we ensured we were stewards of our local area and collected litter, we were praised by the public for our lovely manners and care to our community. When we arrived at the church we were excited to explore the grounds and noticed lots of old artefacts which dated back to 1086, Owston Church we discovered was also mentioned in the Doomsday Book. A fantastic piece of history, right on our doorstep!
Tranquil Tuesday
For Tranquil Tuesday we began the day with some space yoga!
Celebrating our HoWLs
Children were so excited to visit our local park to celebrate their excellent HoWLs. These children are always kind, going above and beyond to help their peers whilst also working hard and getting smart. It was such a lovely treat!
Crew in action at Scottie’s
This week in Scottie’s we had some tricky challenges to complete. Not only did we have to work in small crews in which we were blindfolded, we had to rely on our crew mates to give us specific instructions. It was tricky however we found that clear and concise instructions were the best way to solve the challenges.
Giant’s Keys – Crew Building
In crew, we played a game called ‘Giant’s Keys’. The ‘giant’ was sat on a chair in the middle of the circle, with their keys underneath. One person in the circle had to quietly steal the keys. Once they had successfully been stolen, we all put our arms behind our backs before the giant tried to guess who had stolen their keys!