So in magic maths today we were playing maths games and using our knowledge to work out the answers.
Category : Crew Blogs
Reading outside crew MI
Challenge crew
This morning we headed to the forest to play forty forty for our challenge crew; its just like hide and seek but with a twist. We had to excel in communication and teamwork skills and ensure we made it back home to our base! Well done Crew Mcloughlin.
Challenge Crew in Crew Boswell
Today our challenge crew was to follow a simple instruction: “build a tower of shoes”. After enthusiasm saw multiple towers, we worked together to build one taller tower which we then measured. The question is, can we do better next time? And before you ask, we took it outside to enjoy the weather, not because of the smell! 😉
We love a challenge on a Tuesday morning in Crew MI
This morning, we worked in pairs to play table football and other challenges. It was quite tricky to control but then we kept on practising.
Cleaning the Moon 🧹 🌙
In our story ’The Man on the Moon’ it is Bob’s job to make sure the moon is clean and tidy. CrewRobson made sure our playground was clean and tidy too with a spot of litter picking! Great work crew!
Rosie’s weekend adventure 🍔🧸📚
This weekend Rosie enjoyed spending time with Mila and Miss Holdsworth. They read books, sang songs and even went to a bbq! I wonder who Rosie will meet this week?
Carcroft staff continuing to work on being ‘crew’…
This morning, we started our school week by developing our staff crew. At XP Trust we work hard to build crew with our pupils but also within our staff team too. We started the week talking about the highlight of our weekend with staff from other phases as we don’t often get enough time to mingle across phases.
Then we paired up and played the communication game. We had to describe the picture in front of us to our partner who could not see it. We thought carefully about our use of language and how to explain things to our partner so that they would understand. We managed a quick debrief to discuss what barriers we faced when completing the activity before dashing off to greet our crews ready for another fun filled week.
It was a lovely start to the week, with lots of smiles all round.
Maths in MI
We enjoyed lots of chanting of our timestables in our magic maths sessions today. Then we did some quick recall on whiteboards, really pushing our pace. We recapped our knowledge of place value before taking part in a loop card activity. This involved quick thinking and working out answers quickly to see who had the answer to the question.
We then did a carousel of arithmetic, thinking about our pace and ensuring we remembered all the methods we had been taught. We worked with a partner for the carousel and there was some great coaching taking place. This was a pleasure to see where children were coaching children through the different methods needed whilst offering support at the same time.
Book Talk – Monday
Today we started our new book ”The Rhythm of the Rain”. First, we completed a jigsaw of the front cover and then we unpicked the title and blurb. We had a fantastic class discussion where we identified the audience, purpose and genre of the book. We are so excited to start and read this book tomorrow. 📖📚
