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:

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.

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)

John Bull Confectioners and Beach Trip! (28.6.22) 🍭🍬🏖

28th June 2022Simon Gerrard

What a fantastic (and tiring) day we have had at Bridlington. Firstly, we visited the interesting John Bull Confectioners sweet factory. We saw how hard sweets are made and even had the chance to create our own rock. This took a lot of perseverance and effort to be able to role and mould the rock. Throughout the tour, we were lucky enough to eat a variety of sweets, chocolate and biscuits made within the factory. We even wanted to eat our rock that we had made.

After lunch, we then went to the beach. We loved our time playing with our friends on the glorious sand, under the beautiful sun. Although it was windy, it did not stop us having fun. After burning off a load of energy, we were treated to a delicious ice lolly, which helped us cool down. We would not have been able to have this, had we not raised an amazing amount of money from our cake sale a couple of months ago.

Check out the video below of our day in Brid!

Bridlington Trip Information! 🏖

24th June 2022Simon Gerrard

Good morning. We just wanted to share important information about our trip to Bridlington on Tuesday.

Please can children wear their school uniform, but with sensible shoes – this can be trainers. Under no circumstances should the children bring or wear sandals/flip flops.

Children are not to bring any spending money, either.

In case the weather changes (it’s looking warm so far) can they wear sun cream and bring a coat, should that change.

Remember to be at school at the normal time, so that we can leave at 9.

We will update via the blog for when we leave and arrival times, which are expected to be at 3.30.

Thanks and see you on Tuesday! 😆

Rounders Tournament (15.6.22) ⚾️

15th June 2022Simon Gerrard

Today, LKS2 were representing Carcroft at a tournament held at Campsmount Secondary School. Despite it being the hottest day of the year so far, the competitors gave it their best shot and had a fantastic time. They loved being able to support each others’ successes, whilst enjoying a game in the sun. Although it was hot, the children still managed to bat with great effort and field with enthusiasm.

There were very few breaks, apart from eating an ice lolly, which went down a treat and cooled us right down. One of our teams from Carcroft managed to achieve a fantastic 3rd place for the tournament, which has been celebrated by all who attended and I am sure will be celebrated across the rest of the school. Finally, I just want to say how well the children not only represented Carcroft as a school, but how they represented themselves. They did us proud today!

A special shout out goes to Lydia S and Charlie E for their efforts and leadership during the 5 games that we played!

Here is a peak at what happened at the tournament today:

Paul Chrystal Author Visit (13.6.22) 📚

13th June 2022Simon Gerrard

Today, LKS2 were very lucky to have local author Paul Chrystal lead a discussion about our Guiding Question. Mr Chrystal has published over 120 books and we wanted to get his expertise on sweets, of which he had tonnes of knowledge to offer. During the talk, Mr Chrystal looked answered the Guiding Question ‘Why is sugar not so sweet?’ through a health angle. He talked us through how sugar is not always the healthiest, even though we all love sweets.

Thanks for a great talk Mr Chrystal, I know LKS2 appreciated the knowledge and tips to enjoy sweets healthily. Check out our images below for how the talk looked! 😆