During Crew challenge, children were tasked with making the longest paper chain in 3 minutes. Children were split into small groups to complete the challenge. Some groups broke off into pairs and started building a chain which they joined together before the time ran out. Other groups delegated roles to each other. By delegating jobs or splitting off into smaller groups it allowed them to be successful.
This week is recycling week! We discussed the term recycling in our mini crews and gave some examples of what we recycle. We then took part in a recycling quiz which we all enjoyed! There was some great collaborative working with some great discussions of answers together.
Today in Crew we talked about our mental health. We enjoyed some mindful colouring and some calming music.
Today we worked in mini crews to create a paper chain in a set period of time. The mini crew who created the longest paper chain were the winners! To start with, children discussed what they would do, they thought about job roles and what equipment they would use. There was lots of great collaborative working, children discussed ideas together and encouraged each other as the time was ticking! In our debrief we discussed who did which role in each mini crew and which skills were needed to make the challenge a success.
We hreally enjoyed our attendance treat yesterday of nun and juice. This was awarded for receiving 99% attendance for last week. Well done everyone. Keep coming to school and we’ll be able to enjoy this more often.
This afternoon, we helped to keep our environment tidy by litter picking around the school grounds. It was disappointing to see so much rubbish around the grounds but also large pieces that have been thrown over such as a broken electric scooter and a Christmas tree.
We completed a road safety course today. We practiced crossing the road safely. This meant we had to think, stop, look and listen before we crossed the road. We also had to have safe feet, walk in a straight line across the road and continue to check for traffic. We had lots of fun and can’t wait to keep practicing crossing the road safely.
In crew, we completed some mindful colouring to work on our fine motor skills and pencil grip as well as our focus and concentration. We made sure we were using the correct pencil grip and writing posture as well as staying in the lines.
Due to use having no community meeting this week, we took the opportunity to have a mindfulness crew session instead. This was such a lovely activity where we listened to instrumental music and used our pencil/pen to outline a splatter of paint. You could have heard a pin drop in our classroom yesterday morning. Definitely something we’ll be doing again.
In Crew challenge this week, we had to work together as a small crew to keep the balloon from touching the floor. We realised very quickly that we needed to use small taps and try to hit it straight up. Some great team work.
