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Problem Solving in Crew FE

10th March 2022Megan Evans

This week in Crew FE we have been continuing our focus on the Gingerbread Man and putting our problem solving skills to the test! We have been thinking of the different ways the Gingerbread Man could have crossed the river safely, and decided that a bridge or a boat would have been the best solution.

The children have been using different resources in the provision areas to build bridges, experimenting which materials would work best and how they could make their structures stronger. We have looked closely at floating and sinking and will continue to test which which materials would work well for a boat next week.

This afternoon the children were tasked with another challenge. How could they travel across the hall when only being allowed to stand on the mats so they didn’t land in the ‘water’? As usual the children applied themselves brilliantly, quickly realising that they would need to work as a team to be successful. The challenge gave us lots of giggles and showed the true meaning of Crew.

Y6 Study Sessions w/c 21.3.22

10th March 2022Olivia Fox

Being a geographer – Continents

9th March 2022Stuart Longley

Declan has worked hard with Mrs Brown to learn the Continents song.

Mrs Godley commented that this was the highlight of her day hearing them learn and perfect the song!

Well done Declan!

Reading in Crew MI

9th March 2022Stacey McClare

Today in reading we played a quick game where we matched different words to their definition. Children worked well in partners to do this. We also thought about the word class of each word. From here we introduced our new vocabulary for the day (conservation) and unpicked the word together. We then read our text focussing on fluency and expression. We used a read around the robin, an echo read, a chorus read and then we read with our partner. Our fluency is really improving. Children then helped me to unpick some questions on the board looking at different question types and how we go about answering each question. I was super impressed with the amount of information children had remembered. Children are now ready to answer comprehension questions independently tomorrow.

MI Crew Time

9th March 2022Stacey McClare

This morning we all took part in caring crew where we started to look at happiness and what this means to us. We all shared our thoughts with each other and challenged others to explain our ideas further. We then looked at a variety of happiness cards and we ordered them looking at which things make us the most happy to the things that make us the least happy. We discussed why we placed them where. From here, we thought about our top 3 happiness cards as a crew.

BBK … Finding more information about Colombian endangered animals

9th March 2022Olivia Fox

Today we’re researching endangered animals ready to begin our monologue tomorrow. Again, we are using scanning skills to read at speed to build up our background knowledge. Some of us are researching the northern tiger cat, white bellied spider monkeys and others are researching giant otters.

Caring Crew (8.7.22) 🤔

8th March 2022Simon Gerrard

Today, LKS2 have completed their caring Crew activity. They were asked to think about something they couldn’t live without and then draw it. It was interesting to see what the children couldn’t live without, which ranged from Nintendo Switches to school to families. Check out some of our images below:

LKS2 independent writing planning (7.3.22)📝

7th March 2022Simon Gerrard

Today, LKS2 started planning their independent writing plot points, based on the book The Polar Bear Explorers Club. Today, we drew what we thought would happen in the plot point and then we acted it out. After completing that, we then looked through the different lenses to be able to jot down vocabulary ready to use in our independent writing. We can’t wait to write and read them!

Crew MI designers!

7th March 2022Stacey McClare

Crew MI started case study three today in their expedition learning. Today we thought more about our final product and how we want this to look. We started our first draft designing our photo frame. We thought about the measurements needed and angles of each corner. We also thought about decorations we may add to our designs. Towards the end of the lesson we all took part in a gallery walk where we had a look at everyone else’s work. We thought about if the designs were fit for purpose and if measurements would work. We offered some critique around praises, notices and wonders. We will be building on this tomorrow.