Wednesday ✔

Work hard Wednesday has been our motto today! I am so proud of how the children have settled back into work today after a fun day in the snow yesterday.

Highlights of our day include:

Making alien patterns in math’s – using two and three colours. The children really enjoyed this and some children even made alternative patterns using three colours – super clever!

Write Stuff – exploring how Albie, the main character in ‘Welcome to Alien School’ felt throughout different plots points. The children blew me away with thier explanations about how and why he was feeling the way he did. This seems to be one of the children’s favourite stories so far and I’m sure if you asked them they would love to tell you all about it!

You can find it here:

HoWL Hero today was…….

Get Smart – Sydney. Sydney absolutely loves phonics and her confidence keeps on growing. I have to share with you a little video which showcases how hard Sydney works when she is at home. Keep up the great work Sydney!

We have our first HoWL hero of the day! Shelby is working so hard to ‘get smart’. I am so proud of our Crew and their dedication to produce beautiful work. I would like nothing more than to keep updating our Crew blog with your beautiful work produced at home.

Shelby’s been super busy already, she’s re-told her favourite story, The Runaway Pea and her favorite character is the runaway pea! We love this book in our crew and often compare it to the ‘Super Potato’ collection. I wonder if you could tell your grown up what is the same and what is different about the stories.

Look at this beautiful writing! Fantastic letter and number formation Shelby!

SJ has been up super early making his fantastic Snowman! It’s nearly as tall as you SJ!

Lydia and Millie have also made some fantastic snowmen! Followed by number work 🙂

Summer has produced some beautiful work – look how well she has sat her letters on the line! Beautiful handwriting, Summer! I love your snowman too, Summer! You look so proud 🙂

What a fantastic way to practise writing your name, Zach!

Sydney has been working super hard on her name! Well done 🙂

Good morning everyone!

Today is all about ‘no screens’ how exciting!

I’m sure you’ll all want to be outside playing in the snow and making some wonderful snowmen ⛄️ I would love to see your pictures on class Dojo.

I have some challenges for you today, I’m sure being super smart you’ll be able to show me how hard you work at home too!

Challenge 1: Can you write your name? Remember to keep all of your letters the same size and sit them on the line.

Challenge 2: Recite your numbers to twenty and write down as many as you can! Can you say which number is one more / one less than any number to 10/20?

Challenge 3: Use your phonics keyring to do your super speedy sounds! Can you take the sounds off your keyring and make as many words as you can? You can make real words and alien words. Your grown up could film you reading them to share with our Crew.

Challenge 4: Can you re-tell your favourite story to a grown up? Remember to read with beautiful expression! Can you tell your grown up what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story? Who was your favourite character and why?

Other challenges you might want to try are:

Get building! You could build a Lego model, a tower of playing cards or something else! Can you count how many pieces you have used? Name the colours?

Build a reading den. Find somewhere cosy, snuggle up and read your favourite book!

Use an old sock to create a puppet. Can you put on a puppet show for someone? You could make an alien puppet!

Do something kind for someone. Can you pay them a compliment, make them something or help them with a task?

Design and make an obstacle course to train to be an astronaut!

Junk modelling! Collect and recycle materials such as yoghurt pots, toilet rolls and boxes and see if you can create a rocket or a spaceship to help fly the alien home.

I can’t wait to see all of your beautiful work ☺️

We have been super busy today in F2 perfecting our handwriting! The children worked incredibly hard in RWI followed by a handwriting session to perfect our letter formation ✍🏾

The children really enjoyed observing a rocket 🚀  launching into space 🌍  it was very exciting! We then discussed what we would like to take in our rocket, lots of children said they would like to take their families and friends which demonstrates to me that the children really value the importance of crew! We then used our phonics skills to write down who and what we would like to take to the moon. I was so impressed by the children’s independence, especially SJ who wrote some really tricky words! Keep up the great work everyone!

HoWL heroes today are:

Being Kind – I would like to praise several children for always setting a fantastic example to our crew, they are:

Kyla

Evelynn

Teddy

Noah

These children always, always show green standard, they work hard on the carpet, always have their listening ears on and show that they are ready to learn. You are little superstars!

Work hard Wednesday!

The children have been developing their fine motor skills each morning by completing various morning activities when they come into school ✏ We have been focusing on developing our handwriting skills this week ✍ writing not only our first names but our second names too! This is a great achievement and a vital skill the children need to ensure they can write their own name on their masterpieces to take home 😊 We have thought carefully about our letter sizing and formation. We have some beautiful handwriting in Crew Godley, you wouldn’t believe some children are still only four years old! I will be showcasing some of this work tomorrow to show you just how proud I am ❤

I would like to encourage all parents to support their children in writing their own name independently, this is the minimum expected standard when the children enter F2. I am so impressed with how the children are progressing with this and with a little encouragement all the children will achieve this.

Todays HoWL hero is…… drum roll…….. Shelby. Shelby has worked so hard today in phonics, she was determined and resilient. She certainly worked hard, to get smart, producing some beautiful work.

Keep up the great work everyone!

The day has finally arrived and we have the unveiling of our Gruffalo production! We are so excited to share it with you and I am sure you’ll agree that the children worked incredibly hard! I am so, so proud of you all!

Follow the link to our expedition website to see our remake of The Gruffalo

https://sites.google.com/carcroftschool.co.uk/eyfsexpeditionautumn2020/final-product

Terrific Tuesday ✔

Work hard – Get Smart! We certainly did that today.

Highlight of the day – The children have been working so hard developing their addition skills and really showcased this today. they were independent and resilient! Absolutely blew me away with how hard they worked to read and solve the addition sentences, selecting the appropriate resources to support themselves.

HoWL heroes –

SJ worked so hard in maths and completed an additional challenge! His determination and success

What a whirlwind of a week ☺️ We don’t know where the time is going! We have had a fantastic week exploring infinity and beyond! We would also like to welcome our new crew members into Crew Nicholson, they have all settled so well and we are very proud of them ❤️

Terrific Tuesday!

Highlight of our day today was our ‘space mile’. We have decided in order to help the alien return to his home planet, the moon, we’d like to walk there after the success of walking to the North Pole. So we have set ourselves a space adventure! Walking like aliens we completed 40 miles today – 20 children, 2 miles each 😊 Our little legs were worn out. This lead into an exploration of how many miles we would need to walk to reach the moon. We used the internet to research and find the answer. A staggering 238,855 miles!!!!! We’ll wear our moon boots out!

Today’s HoWL heroes

Working Hard – Taylor. Taylor used his phonic skills today to write captions for his drawings.

Working Hard – Ates. Ates worked hard today in reading and read some very tricky words! Well done Ates!

Monday ✔

The children were very excited to be back in school today with lots of stories to share about their wonderful time in the snow 🌨⛄️❄️

We have worked hard today to apply our phonics skills in our writing. I was super impressed to see so many children working hard to recall sounds and write them independently.

Todays HoWL heroes were:

Working Hard – Teddy, Noah and Evelynn. I am so proud of how you all, always set a fantastic example to your peers. You always show ‘green standard’ when working on the carpet and demonstrate this effectively in crew.

Getting Smart – SJ. SJ absolutely blew my socks off today whilst writing. He independently wrote three sentences, including finger spaces and beautiful handwriting. He also re-read his work to make sure it made sense and he’d included all the sounds he could hear. Amazing work!

Being Kind – Skyla. Skyla is always so kind to her crew and is always looking to lend a helping hand. She is such a thoughtful and caring little girl.

Being Kind – Grace. Grace was so kind to her crew yesterday. When children were feeling a little upset, Grace was the first one there! She is so kind and considerate, such a credit to our crew.