Yesterday, we visited the library for some reading for pleasure time. The children chose their favourite books and enjoyed reading them. We then came back to class and the full class was engaged with our class reader Lottie reading the book Eragon.
We ended celebrating this week by Crew Mcloughlin and MI reading to Y3/4 children. Y6 were so excited to share their recent setting description and diary’s that they had written; we felt like real authors! It was lovely to see so many kind words of praise from the younger children (not so much between siblings 😬). Y3/4 praised our beautiful handwriting, how thought out and detailed our writing was and even voted some children to be hoWL hero. All the Y6 children thought it was an amazing experience and have said we should do it again!
I can’t believe that we have come to the end of another Expedition and completed another fantastic final product. Our expedition for this term was ”How can a healthy lifestyle impact our body and mind?” We completed a history, science and DT case study. These subjects allowed us to explore how medicine has changed, the circulatory system and our cooking and baking skills. The children marvelled at the weird and wonderful things used to treat illnesses during the plague. They were even given the opportunity to gain a basic first aid certificate. During DT, they loved cooking and especially the tasting of the food. The children have been fortunate to have lots of opportunities to do hands on learning.
Our final product was to create an informative video for the public and as this was a trust product, we were all given a section to complete. Carcroft were allocated the mental health section of the video and I know this is a topic we spend lots of time on as we understand the importance of good mental health.
At the moment, we have been unable to confirm where this video will be played on a permanent basis but this is being discussed and negotiated. Once this has been confirmed, we will ensure that we inform you of this.
We hope you enjoy our Mental Health video for our final product
This year, we hosted Prom at Owston Inn… and they absolutely loved it!
Don’t forget our end of Year Family Picnic on Thursday 21st July at 1pm.
GATES WILL OPEN AT 12.45PM TO ENSURE THERE ISN’T A SURGE OF PEOPLE QUEUING AT 1PM. CLASSROOM DOORS WILL SHUT AND GATES WILL BE LOCKED AT 1.15PM TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN. CHILDREN WILL BE SIGNED OUT OF CLASS OVER TO THEIR RESPONSIBLE ADULT BEFORE THEY ATTEND THE PICNIC.
Please bring a picnic and a blanket (no alcohol, vapes, smoking or dogs permitted on site). All children who usually have a dinner including the children who normally have packed lunches and have paid for a dinner will be provided with the lunch that they have ordered to bring out to the picnic. All other children should bring their packed lunch as usual.
The Y6 leavers parade will take place at 2.30pm. If you wish to leave and come back for this you are more than welcome to do so.
We hope to see you all there!
Dear Y6 parents, unfortunately due to the weather, we have made the decision to cancel our 5:30 performance Tuesday. Quite a few children have shared they’re not coming back to school for the evening show. However, our 2pm performance will continue to go ahead. Thank you for your understanding.
Over this past week the children have been impressing me ready for next year with poems and short stories. I am already so excited 😬
This morning we circled up and checked in with ’what are you grateful for?’ Which linked nicely to the crew activity. The children/parents were given a scavenger hunt checklist, IPAD, boundaries of outside and a 10 minute timer with a meeting space after the time was up.
The hunt was all around building character growth and a way of teaching gratitude – being thankful, showing appreciation and returning kindness. Having a spirit of gratitude is something that takes practice. The more we stop and reflect on everything we have to be thankful for, the easier it becomes to focus on the positives because it is easy to moan as we all like a good moan!
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
“We can always find something to be thankful for…”
Thank you to all parents that have come and engaged this week, you’ve been amazing and made the children beam ! 🤩
We have had a lovely first day settling in to Crew Mcloughlin🥰. We focused on our be kind HoWLs and how we can be the best version of ourselves. We also generated character traits that we want to see in our crew. We learnt that sometimes we may need to help each other along the way to ensure we present these, empower each other and by doing this we will create the best crew in school🤩.
What a great first day the children have had! I cannot wait for the rest of the week now.
