Summer Fayre Today, Thursday 7th July

7th July 2022Laura Godley

We can’t wait to see you all at the Summer Fayre later. Children can be picked up at 2.30pm form their classroom doors where they will be signed out. 

There will be activities on the field / playground and in the school halls. . 

You can enter the hall via the white doors next to Year 6 where activities will also be taking place. 

Can we please ask that you fetch loose change if possible, most activities will be 50p /£1. 

Activities include: 

Ice cream van 

Disco Bouncy Castle

Face painting 

Raffle 

Transfer tattoos 

Stocks 

Hook a duck 

Splat the rat 

Tin can alley

Balloon burst 

Lemon or Lime 

Chocolate tombola 

Tombola 

Bottle stall 

We will also be selling hot dogs (available at the servery) 

Cartons of pop 

Foundation Stage will be selling the ice cream they have produced for their final product

James Dasaolu Visit (4.7.22) 🏃🇬🇧

5th July 2022Simon Gerrard

Carcroft was lucky to have a visit from the second fastest man in Britain – James Dasaolu. We were lucky to hear about the journey James took to reach the top of his sport and even compete at two Olympic Games.

James was very inspiring as he spoke about his lows and how it motivated him to reach the highs, which led to him setting the second fastest time in British history for the 100m. He ran a staggering 9.91 seconds, which was the equivalent of 25mph.

The children listened amazingly well and were hanging on James’ every word. They loved asking a variety of questions and some were unique, which James had never been asked before. After the the questions, each year group was lucky to have a circuit training session with James. He definitely put Years 1 to 6 through their paces.

We will be handing out the gold, silver and bronze awards when we receive them in due course. This should be soon.

Check out our video below of our awesome visitor:

Pizza and Soup – busy day in Crew Shields

5th July 2022Ruth Shields

This week has seen us testing and developing our culinary skills. To begin we have made some healthy tomato soup and it was great to see everyone trying it especially the children who said they don’t like soup. This really demonstrate a positive attitude to new things. Even better that some children have asked for the recipe so they can try it with their family.

Once we had finished our soup, we made some healthy pizzas. We have even been tried a gluten free pizza base today. This was so we could experience the food that one of our crew members has to eat due to having to follow a gluten free diet. Most of us couldn’t taste the difference which was great.

Best part was obviously tasting it. 😊

Healthy cookies on the menu tomorrow…

Carcroft’s visit from gold medalist: James Dasalou

4th July 2022Olivia Fox

The whole school had an assembly with James this afternoon, and now each crew will participate in a physical activity with James! Such an inspiration to our young athletes in the making.

Cooking has began in Y5!

4th July 2022Stacey McClare

Today we thought about how we use and follow a recipe. To start with we made a fruit salad. We made sure we recapped food hygiene and cross contamination and ensured we were really thinking about food cleanliness. We discussed the recipe in mini crews then decided who would be responsible for each part of the process. We really developed our work hard howl by working well in mini crews ensuring we were actively participating and had a positive attitude to everything we did. We really did get smart aswell by supporting others to succeed by working collaboratively. We then moved onto our first starter, chicken traffic light kebabs. Some children were responsible for making the marinade, some cut the chicken and others chopped the peppers. Some children then used the ingredients to make the kebabs. We loved eating them at the end! A fantastic morning Crew MI, Crew Shields and Crew Boswell! We are all looking forward to making our second starter and main tomorrow.

Next week at Carcroft – It’s a busy one!

1st July 2022Lauren Marsh

(Week commencing – Monday 4th July)

Monday – Children to come in PE kit for the Sports For Champions visit.

Tuesday – Children to come in non-school uniform and bring a chocolate donation for the Summer Fayre, Nursery to come in sensible footwear as it is their sports day in the afternoon at 1:30pm.

Wednesday – Children to come in PE kit in for Sports Day (KS2 9am-11:30am/ KS1 1pm-2:30pm)

Thursday – Summer Fayre (2:30pm – 4:30pm)

UKS2 Thackray Museum Visit

29th June 2022Ruth Shields

Today has been a great day for UKS2 as we had the opportunity to explore the Thackray Museum. It was very interesting exploring life for people from 1840 and how that has changed in the present day. Some great discussions especially around how in 50 years time there will be children visiting the museum, who will learn about the covid pandemic.

As we walked round, we had a range of questions to answer in our pairs for each of the different medicine rooms that we entered. We had lots of reading to do in order to really understand how medicine has dramatically changed over the years. This meant our Work Hard and Get Smart HOWLS had to be secure so that we could be successful in our comprehension work!

Swimming kit – Year 5

28th June 2022Ruth Shields

On Friday (1st July), the children will need to bring shorts and t-shirt that they can get wet in the pool, in addition to their costumes. This lesson is to focus on safety and how to swim when potentially wearing clothing other than their swimming costumes.

Please remember to also have dry clothes to change into after swimming.

Thank you – Year 5 Crew