KS1 New Expedition

4th January 2022Stuart Longley

This half term the children will be starting their new expedition – Circle of Life: How will what I do today affect the world tomorrow?

As part of this expedition the children will be completing three case studies:

  • Case Study 1: Science – Animals and their lifecycles
  • Case Study 2: Geography – Weather, seasons, seas and continents
  • Case Study 3 : Art – Recycled sculpture.

Next week the children will be visiting The Deep. Please could we ask that all consents have been completed and lunches ordered. Please contact the office team if you have any queries.

As always, we would love to hear from any local experts. We would really like to hear from anybody who has knowledge of birds, as part of the Big School’s Birdwatch, animals or any geographers.

Throughout the expedition, you can visit the expedition website to see what the children have been learning about and seeing pictures and examples of the completed work.

If your child is isolating, this week’s work can be found by clicking this link. There are some hook activities to complete along with the children in school.

Crew Godley’s Weekly Round-Up

By Laura Godley3rd December 2021

What a busy week we’ve had! We have worked hard to develop our art skills, working alongside Natasha Clarke, a very talented, local artist. She helped us to perfect our sketching and painting skills ready for our final products. We had so much fun!

We have also been working hard to develop our Crew building skills by solving some tricky challenges. Our favourite one this week was creating ‘The Leaning Tower of Feetza’. Who could build the tallest tower using only our shoes! It was so much fun! We have some true leaders in Crew Godley.

In our expeditionary writing this week we have been researching the inspirational, Wilma Rudolph. We found out what an incredible woman she was, who never gave up despite so many challenges in her young life. We were blown away by her determination and the fact that she had 21 siblings! Nearly the size of our Crew!

Crew Godley 19.11.2021

19th November 2021Laura Godley

We have really tried to focus on our HoWL score this week in all 3 areas (work hard, get smart and be kind). Our crew have been determined to make sure we are making the right choices to show what beautiful work we can produce when we are focused. Slight disappointment this week when we reflected on our HoWLS as some crew members have found it tricky this week to keep on top of those 3’s. However, I would like to praise those children in Crew Godley who have achieved the golden 4’s this week! Keep up the great work I am so proud of you 😊

We have continued our work in art, by continuing to focus on the work of Quentin Blake, we have critiqued our work this week and I was blown away by the maturity of the children, they had some very thought notices, praises and wonders.

Over the next week, we will be creating our own heroes in the style of Quentin Blake. We can’t wait! We are ever so excited to be lucky enough to have a visit from Natasha Clarke. She is a talented local artist, who is going to help the crews create portraits of famous heroes as part of our finished product. You can see some of her amazing artwork here.

In maths, we have been investigating 10’s, identifying ten more and ten less. Using our equipment has really helped us and the crew were eager to extend this in their morning tasks 🔟

Have a great weekend everyone 😊

TWITP KS1 13.11.21

19th November 2021Laura Godley

What a great week we have had in KS1 celebrating maths week. We’ve all worked hard to produce beautiful work by challenging ourselves to complete some fantastic maths. We’ve incorporated our maths into al, aspects of the curriculum and taken part in some some great sporting activities whilst also using our number knowledge ⚽️ Keep up the great work KS1 and enjoy your weekend ☺️

KS1 Walkathon

15th November 2021Stuart Longley

We would just like to thankyou 🙏 to everyone involved in ensuring our Walkathon event was a roaring success. We have made a great start towards our £1500 target.

Currently, our total stands at £840 👏, with some sponsorship still to arrive in school. Please could any remaining sponsorship be sent into school this week.

We would like to praise the determination shown by all the children as they worked hard to complete their laps.

Super crew work by all!