We really wanted to celebrate the success of the girls tournament and here they are. Our Year 3/4 team and our Year 5/6 team. What a great tournament you all had!
Girls football tournament celebration! ⚽️🏆
Category : Crew McLoughlin 22/23
IMPORTANT- change of SATs dates for Y6
The government have released that there will be a change to the SATs timetable for year 6 next year due to an additional bank holiday for the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on Monday 8th May.
The new dates are still the same week but will now start on the Tuesday and finish on the Friday.
- Tuesday 9 May: English grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) papers 1 (questions) and 2 (spelling)
- Wednesday 10 May: English reading paper
- Thursday 11 May: mathematics papers 1 (arithmetic) and 2 (reasoning)
- Friday 12 May: mathematics paper 3 (reasoning)
Please speak to the year 6 team if you require more information.
Terrific Tuesday
Today we made a start on section 3 of our SLCs (which stands for student led conferences). This is so we can practise for January so we know what to say and are confident to present.
Next, we engaged in some active magic maths; we went around the class to answer consolidation fraction arithmetic questions which were stuck around the room. Watch us here in action…
We also started our CS3 computing, we learnt about coding and some interesting facts about binary (this is the language of computer systems).
We also fitted in some rehearsal practise so we felt ready for our presentation of learning on Thursday and to ensure it would be out of this world! – Connor
Week 4 in Crew Mcloughlin
Monday
Today has whizzed by! First, we crewed up and checked in with ‘What is the most recent kind thing you have done?’ It just showed how many kind people we have in our crew. Then, we did Maths, which was a bit tricky because we were comparing fractions. After, we had break, which was very fun! We had Expedition and before I knew it, it was Lunch. There was a vegan roll with potato croquets, and I had it and really enjoyed it. We did Arithmetic, and it zoomed by like usual. Then we continued Expedition. We got a lot of our CS2 reflection completed! We read on MYON for 15 minutes, we checked out and we went home.
Tuesday
Today we started our day with our check in, ‘what is your favourite flavour of cake?’ Everyone had such delicious favourites! Then, we started magic maths. In magic maths, we consolidated BIDMAS, then we continued our maths from Monday ensuring we got onto practising our reasoning and problem solving skills. After magic maths, we started our written comprehension. It was very interesting in reading, because we learnt about the first woman in space. When we finished our reading, it was finally break! After break, we focused on finishing Case Study 2 all the way up to dinner. Here are some examples of working hard!
Some people worked extra hard and finished before dinner, so they coached others. It was extra special today because…It was Miss Mcloughlin’s birthday! So we all began to sing happy birthday and spoilt her with lots of kind messages, cards and presents.
Wednesday
Today, we went to guitars and we sang some songs; sweet Caroline and the world’s smallest violin. We all had so much fun! We also leant a D cord, A cord and an E cord. Shoutout to Connor for getting praised. Well done! And then, we had scotty’s heroes and leaned how to survive in the ocean and what to bring (We said to bring a mirror, water, food such as army rations and so much more). Our super star for scotty’s heroes was… Gabriels! After, we did maths. During maths, we took part in a kahoot (a quiz like program and the winner was Gabriels). Also, we learnt about x by 10,100 and 1,000 to get more confident doing them.
After lunch, we did a practice for our final product (our Expo) for parents to come on 1st December. We started by picking which role we are having and ran through it a couple of times.
Thursday
Today, we came into class and crewed up and we did (what was your favourite lesson in yr6). It was mostly expedition. Then we moved on to our maths which we then recapped fractions. Later on we did our touchdowns and blast Offs as well as we finishing our case study 2 reflections. After that we tidied our tables and got our stuff ready for break time then 15 minutes later we came in and got on with finishing our touchdowns. In the afternoon, we went into the hall and acted out something special for next week.
Young Voices – MyClassmate access
Follow the link below to access the login page for MyClassroom. Enter the password from your information sheet and you will be able to find all the lyrics, tracks and dance moves for the 2023 performance.
Young Voices 2023 – Consent Form
If your child currently attends ‘Young Voices’ after school club, please ensure you have completed the consent form on ParentPay to confirm their place for the Young Voices performance at Utilita Arena, Sheffield on Friday 10th February 2023. Unfortunately, if any children do not have consent then they will be unable to attend the performance.
Girls football tournament! ⚽️
Luckily, the weather turned around after a soggy start this morning an we were able to play our long awaited football tournament. With some new players starting today, it was a great showcase of enjoyment and pride. The girls really loved the games that they played, all smiled (even after late tackles) and encouraged each other to be their best. It was a joy to watch.
Our Year 3/4 team played their first game together and managed to finish third, which we are so proud of. This was the first time for a number of them playing a football game today. There were so many great performances, but Daisy was like a hoover in defence, vacuuming up any dangerous passes. She takes the player of the tournament for Year 3/4.
For our Year 5/6 team, some of the girls had played previously, but there were some new starters. As the tournament champions, they have also made us feel really proud. With lots of great displays all over the pitch, the girls managed to win all of their games, against some tough opposition. Madi takes the player of the tournament, with some great tackles in midfield.
We can’t wait for more tournaments in the future!
World Cup Blog
Dear parents and carers,
As I am sure many of you are aware, the world cup is fast approaching. We know that there is controversy surrounding the hosts of this and that there are some issues regarding Qatar. Many of our students are asking whether we will be watching the England match next week. The purpose of this letter is to clarify our position around the controversy and what we intend to do with students to support their education in regards to this.
It is important that we share the concern regarding the ongoing human rights record in Qatar. As a school, we have activism as a pillar of our curriculum and know it is important that as citizens of the UK we support our pupils in learning how to respectfully fight for what they believe is right. At the heart of our education, we teach our pupils the importance of having choice and valuing the choices they have in the UK.
We will have special crew sessions next week planned to ensure that pupils are aware, at their sensitive level of understanding, of what the controversy is about and we are using this as an opportunity to continue to develop children’s understandings of British Values.
On Tuesday 29th November, school will have a non uniform day where children can come dressed in their football/England shirts, however this is not essential as we understand some parents may be opting out of watching the World Cup this year.
This week in Crew MC! Narrated by Max, Millie, Ellie, Lottie and Kacey
Monday
Today was very very busy, it was the first day of assessments ( which is where we take tests). We were a bit fussy due to been out of our normal routine but we didn’t let that affect our learning. We turned it around with our writing, we planned and chotted our chunk about mechanisms for our non-chronological report. Miss kept our energy levels up with some of our favourite biscuits😋 Well done everyone for trying so hard today!
Tuesday
Today we started redrafting our double page spreads (non-chronological reports) by making our title and introduction. Keep your eyes peeled for these at our expo! Next, we did our reading assessment; miss is getting us ready for our SATS. We had a wet break including extra break! We ended the day with handwriting then had crew and went home. We definitely needed some rest!
Wednesday
Today we enjoyed playing on the guitars and listening to different songs. Well done everyone for having a go at Scotty’s Heroes, it was so fun. Wow…how hard was arithmetic? Get ready for Thursdays test.
Thursday
Today we went into our groups to do two tests- reasoning and arithmetic. We then started our case study 2 reflection, recapping our learning journey. We then made a start on reading our new text, which was very engaging. It was called ’First Woman in Space’.
Friday
Today we did celebration crew and then our reasoning test, well done everybody for working so hard! Then we did a Joe Wicks workout because we were sat down for so long and it was super fun ! After, we did our double page spread for expedition and we are almost finished. After dinner, we then finally finished our double page spreads and ended the day in crew. We appreciated each other (adults and children) for being so positive and working so hard this week. Bring on Monday !
Check out our beautiful writing, we are so proud of ourselves
Grateful for guitar lessons 🎼
This week Crew Mcloughlin had their second guitar lesson and loved every minute! Our highlight was clapping along to our music instructor playing and singing ‘Sweet Caroline’. Maybe it will be one of us playing a tune on the guitar soon😬
