LKS2 Expert Questions! 🕵️🕵️

29th September 2022Simon Gerrard

As part of Expedition, LKS2 generated questions to ask their experts about life during the Second World War. This is in order to better understand how war changes lives. The experts are extra special to Mrs Lewins and Mr Gerrard, as they are grandparents to each.

The excitement from the children was amazing to see, with lots of fantastic questions being asked. We generated a list in which all the children contributed a question to ask these special experts. The engagement was fantastic and we know these experts will share lots of amazing knowledge about their lives during the Second World War!

Our KS1 Historians became Lords for the day!

29th September 2022Laura Godley

Imagine what it would be like to be at the top of the Feudal system ordering the peasants around! The KS1 children had this opportunity and took great delight in creating the ‘rules’ for the afternoon. The children took great delight in setting the rules and ordering their crew leaders to be at their beck and call. it was interesting to whip-round and ask children where they would have felt most comfortable in the feudal system, some preferred the craftsmen role and some even doing the the work when they took on the role of the peasants.

Arithmetic work in Crew MI

29th September 2022Emily Ibbotson

We have worked really hard this morning practising our method for short division. We began the lesson by answering a hinge question which then helped to guide us on what questions we needed to answer and if we needed some support. We got smart and challenged ourselves. Bring on that arithmetic paper!!

LKS2 Ration Plates! 🥬🍞🥚

28th September 2022Simon Gerrard

Today, LKS2 looked into the consequences of rationing and how it worked. As part of answering our Guiding Question, How does war change lives?, LKS2 looked into the sharing of food during the Second World War. We learned that, due to rationing, the enemy tried to make us starve so that we gave up and surrendered. We learned that chocolate, much to our dismay, would only last a week. Despite this, there were many positives! Rationing stopped us from starving and we actually became healthier as a result of the food eaten!

Expedition in Crew Welburn

28th September 2022A Welburn

This week in expedition, we focussed on the story ‘The Everywhere Bear’ and looked at the question, ‘How do we care for bears?’. We started looking at how bears are made in factories. Miss Welburn then showed us that we had our very own Everywhere Bear for Crew Welburn. We worked together to carefully stuff his stuffing into his arms, legs, head and tummy, then we added in his hearts for love and kindness, and finally, we velcroed him up. We even had a little Carcroft School t-shirt for him so that he really is part of our crew!

LKS2 Blitz Learning! 🕵️‍♂️🕵️

27th September 2022Simon Gerrard

LKS2 have had an amazing day, learning all about The Blitz. We have used various sources to learn about what The Blitz was, why it happened and how it happened. We have done notices and wonders around pictures, watched video clips, built anchor charts, read some information texts and made fact files. LKS2 really do know How War Affects Lives. Keep up the amazing work, crews. 

We have all created a wide variety of posters to show off this learning today and it is lovely to see so much beautiful work from Year 3 and 4. We also found it particularly interesting that during the Blitz, Buckingham Palace was bombed twice!

What a great start to the week, LKS2! 😆

Memory Challenge – Crew Shields

27th September 2022Ruth Shields

This morning in Crew, Mrs Rhodes tested our memory. There were 2 packs of cards turned upside down on the floor and then we had to work in groups to find the most pairs.

It took us some time to realise we needed to ensure the rest of our group could see the cards we turned over and that we needed to use our voices to help each other. Great way to get our brains kicked started after a 4 day weekend. Good job everyone!