Year 3/4 transition week update!

12th July 2022Simon Gerrard

What a great start to our new Year 3/4 classes. After a bit of settling in, we have been able to complete some Crew building activities. We built spaghetti and marshmallow towers – the aim was to build the highest structure we could with the same amount of items. This has helped us feel more comfortable with each other!

Throughout the week, so far, we have also been looking at the book Small Things. We have been having many discussions about feelings and worries, in order to help settle us. These interesting discussions have been a fantastic way of getting to know our new Crews and how we can help them feel better when they aren’t quite feeling themselves!

Keep your eyes peeled for the rest of the week, where we will share our sketches of London monuments. This is preparing us for our new Expedition in Autumn! 👀👀

Bullying poems

12th July 2022Ruth Shields

Today Crew Shields have been working on writing poems about the negatives of bullying. This is building on from the learning we started yesterday after watching a video that had themes around bullying and disabilities. We’ve discussed how we should build each other up, not tear them down.

Marvellous Maths

12th July 2022Ruth Shields

Great fun had by all this morning as practiced our timetables. Children were able to play board games that allowed them to use their timetable knowledge but also demonstrate their be kind howl. So lovely seeing the children working together while also supporting each other to be successful.

A carousel of maths in MI

11th July 2022Stacey McClare

Before we started transition week, we got to work on some times tables practise. We took part in a carousel of activities including bingo with Mrs McClare, rapid recall of all our times tables, times tables rockstar work and a number card game. We worked against a timer, pushing ourselves whilst concentrating on each task. Great work Crew MI 🙂

Transition – Crew Mcloughlin 22/23

11th July 2022Hannah McLoughlin

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.

Transition – New Crew Shields

11th July 2022Ruth Shields

It has been a lovely day in Crew Shields. We have spent some time reminding ourselves of the expectations which most children had remembered from Year 3. This led us into watching a short video where we inferred it was about bullying and the importance of being inclusive. We generated a range of qualities that we look for as a crew and as a good person and then children created a jigsaw piece with their chosen quality. It was great seeing the children working collaboratively and I’m looking forward to the rest of this week.

Day 2 of Crew Fox cooking

8th July 2022Olivia Fox

Today was time for the main course… traffic light chicken kebabs! Before our cooking and preparation began, we learned about cross contamination. This was important to understand so that we are staying safe whilst cooking.

First we made the marinade using paprika, tomato ketchup and chopped garlic. Then we chopped the chicken in to large chunks before we marinated it thoroughly. Whilst some of us were chopping chicken, others were chopping peppers into large chunks. Finally, we created the skewers and cooked them in the oven. Delicious!

UKS2 Final Product Celebration

8th July 2022Olivia Fox

Dear parents/carers,


Our summer expedition final product is now ready to be celebrated. The children across UKS2 have worked alongside Green Top, Plover and Norton Juniors to produce an educational video to answer the guiding question, ‘How can a healthy lifestyle impact your body and mind?’ We would like to invite you into school to celebrate this video with our pupils on Wednesday 20th July at 8:50am. A selection of refreshments will be available whilst children share their final product and also share their learning from the whole summer expedition.   

Please fill in the google form to confirm your attendance. We hope you can make it!

Thank you

PE days in transition week

8th July 2022Lauren Marsh

Hi all,

Pe slots are as follows next week (week commencing Monday 11th July) due to it being transition week.

Year 1 (Current FS2) – Wednesday

Year 2 (Current Y1) – Wednesday

Year 3 (Current Y2) – Tuesday and Wednesday

Year 4 (Current Y3) – Tuesday and Wednesday

Year 5 (Current Y4) – Wednesday

Year 6 (Current Y5) – Tuesday

Thank you

Miss Marsh