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!!

Enjoying tomatoes in Crew Nursery.

29th September 2022Toni Ferguson

In nursery we have fruit and vegetables everyday. We always talk about why we need to eat different foods to stay healthy.

Today we tried tomatoes. All the children held a small tomato and used their senses to explore the fruit.

“It’s very juicy” said Harlow. “It’s cold and hard” said Lucas. Poor Archie smushed his onto his legs and found lots of seeds. All the children were encouraged to take a bite. We praised Keenan who reluctantly held and tried his.

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!

Challenging Ourselves in Crew

28th September 2022Matthew Boswell

We all know we’ll face challenges in our daily lives so in crew sessions, we’re looking at how we respond to challenges and what strategies we can use to overcome them. Our latest challenge was to create a paper plane in 3 minutes. Although the success of the planes varied, we all showed great teamwork, collaboration and resilience and are developing our understanding of how we can apply these skills when we face academic challenges. Great work!