Crew SB – 1/10/21

1st October 2021Ruth Shields

it’s been a busy week in Crew SB as we have been preparing for the next take of plot points in writing. This has involved the children collecting lots of vocabulary to describe different aspects of the Harry Potter film. They are now prepared for the plot points next week. We’re excited to read their writing as it’s lovely to see their personality shine through

In Cojo, they have been working on their communication and observational skills. This was a very successful week for them as they worked collaboratively to complete the activity to the best of their ability. They supported each other and ensured used their communication skills effectively.

We have been developing our computing skills this week which has involved becoming more familiar with the Scratch programme. Working in pairs, they had to create their own background and spite in preparation for developing an algorithm to move the sprite.

Have a lovely weekend.

Crew MG/4 Weekly Review (1.10.21)

1st October 2021Simon Gerrard

Another week has been completed in Crew 4 😁 Week 5 has been an interesting week and I think that, if we are being honest, we are starting to feel quite tired now. Our HoWL averages have been slightly lower than what they normally are, as we have really tried to focus on working hard when we are feeling tired and our resilience is being challenged. It has been quite tricky at times, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t had some strong learning opportunities!

The Crew have been working on their Lindisfarne writing and have produced some really lovely similes, expanded noun phrases and tried to include a range of interesting fronted adverbial. In reading, we continue to build up our expression and fluency skills, so that we are getting smarter with our reading skills.

Maths has been the highlight this week, as we have rolled out our new maths. We’ve especially loved playing the game ‘beat Siri’, as we try to improve our arithmetic skills. We’ve also included our mild, hot and spicy challenges in order to build up our fluency. This really has felt successful and we are pleased with hour much everyone is enjoying their maths learning.

Expedition has been fun this week, as we have been continuing to link our writing to the Vikings. This is helping us answer our Guiding Question ‘Coming to Doncaster; why then and why now?’ There have been some fantastic pieces of art and we have really enjoyed looking at some beautiful work.

Next week is a fresh start Crew 4, so we wonder if we are able to listen carefully and much better? This will help us to get smarter, whilst also improving our HoWL averages. Have a lovely weekend guys! 😆

Scotty’s Heroes session

1st October 2021Hannah McLoughlin

Crew Mcloughlin were yet again put through their paces in Scotty’s Heroes this week. Mark, our instructor, has encouraged us to not just stop when we feel a little out of breath but to keep going to help us with our fitness. We can even see a difference in ourselves from last week! Our session is motivating us in our learning too, to ensure we are resilient and take the energy and enthusiasm into what we our learning.

Here’s some pics of us in action…

Crew Mcloughlin weekly blog

25th September 2021Hannah McLoughlin

Week 4 already… the weeks are flying by! In Crew Mcloughlin we started the week with revisiting what norms we would like us all to follow in the classroom and individually made pledges to ensure we meet all our expectations. Hopefully this will ensure we are getting a higher weekly hoWL average.

Our writing is coming on lovely and we impressed when visitors came into Crew Mcloughlin at just how hard the children were working. Next week we are going to up-level our writing by ensuring we are using correct punctuation.

It was also our first session of Scotty Hero’s, the children were put through their paces to show endurance and stamina. They blew me, Mrs Rhodes and the coach away and earned lots of HoWL points!

Our experience day in expedition gave us an insight into what life was like for children working during the industrial revolution. We each were given a profile as to their new age, name and medical condition. The children then tried to communicate who they were, baring in mind many had lost their hearing due to the loud working conditions. We then got into character and acted out cleaning the mill, we had to scavenge to retrieve cotton from under the loom which was very dangerous 😰but in reality we scavenged for screwed up paper dodging hurdles along the way with factory background noises playing in the background. We then had to do some tricky maths based on a typical rota to find how many hours worked etc.

We are still focusing on Be Kind next week as unfortunately this week we have not met our target and have not always thought before we have acted, but this is all part of growing up and I am sure we will smash it next week! However, I have caught some kindness as a little message appeared on the back of my board yesterday…

So to reiterate Olivias message, have a lovely weekend everyone! Miss M 😊

  • Thank you for a great start to the weekend Olivia!

LKS2 Weekly Review (24.9.21)

24th September 2021Simon Gerrard

It may have been a shorter week at Carcroft, but what a great week it has been, especially in Crew LKS2. We’ve had a fun filled week and wanted to show off a different side to our learning. We’ve been working especially hard on our reading, computing and French skills. See snippets of some beautiful work – Year 4s dragon eyes 🐲🐉.

We have also looked into our Expedition further (Coming to Doncaster; why then and why now?) as we link our writing to the Vikings. We’re creating a comic strip to discuss the raid of Lindisfarne, using a variety of art skills that include silhouettes.

Enjoy your weekend, Crew LKS2! 😆

Crew MG weekly blog

24th September 2021Lauren Marsh

What another busy week we have had this week! This week has been all about settling back into our school routine, we have created amazing stories, planned artwork, learnt about place value and practiced our football skills.

I have been massively impressed with Crew MG’s start to their writing, their stories have really blown us both away. I am so impressed with how many features they have been able to include in their work. Keep it going Crew MG, we cannot wait to read the final full story.

We have massively practiced our football skills this week in PE, we have practiced dribbling the ball and passing with the inside of our foot. Our next challenge is to work on getting better at our communication when wanting the ball.

Finally, we have finished our dragon eyes! And wow they look amazing!!

Have a great weekend and see you all Monday! 🙂

Crew MI 24.9.21

24th September 2021Emily Ibbotson

This week the children have really enjoyed their Mill day experience where they actually dressed up as children who worked in the mill. The children were given a profile of a child so they could really get into character. They got to experience what life was like for those poor children and became scavengers themselves retrieving cotton and wool from under a loom.

The children have worked hard with their Harry Potter writing this week and are really getting better at using adventurous vocabulary and including speech. Check out our sentence stackers…

As a crew we have really focussed this week on being kind. However, this is still an ongoing target in our crew so I am wondering next week if we continue to develop this and be kinder to one another.

Have a lovely weekend 🙂