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 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.

Today we started to talk about our responsibilities towards a team. We thought about why it is important that everyone on a team fulfils their responsibilities. We worked in mini crews to think about what our responsibilities are as children. We thought about what these may be in school, at home and whilst in the local community. We produced an anchor chart with all our ideas. We then thought about how these compare to adults. We discussed respect in more detail and respecting the rights of others, caring for others and also standing up for our rights in the correct way. Some great discussions MI 🙂