Crew MW – PE

19th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

We have been continuing to work on our ball skills during PE this week. We began by rolling the ball to our partner who used their foot to stop it before passing it back by kicking it. Once we were feeling more confident, we then moved on to passing the ball with our feet, trying to increase the distance between us and our partner. We then built on this by dribbling the ball around the hall, stopping at the cones to pass the ball to our partner between them before continuing to another pair of cones. We worked really hard to keep the ball controlled when moving around the hall and we did a great job of working well together.

Crew MW library visit 📚

19th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

Today we visited one of our favourite areas of school… the library! 🥰 Very kindly, Harlow brought in one of her lovely books from home ‘Peppa goes to London’ and we decided to take that with us to read as we got comfy in the library.

Before we left, we chose a book from the basket to take back to the classroom to read during snack time later on this week.

Chinese New Year 🐲🧧

12th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

As part of our expedition, we have been looking at Chinese New Year and the traditions associated with it. We looked at the tradition of giving red envelopes containing money to children to bring them good fortune, good luck and blessings. This tradition now extends to giving envelopes to extended family, friends and colleagues.

To spread good fortune, luck and blessings to our school community, we decided to fill red envelopes with chocolate coins to give to the adults in our school who help us and keep us safe. We worked together to fill them and then took them around school, wishing each crew a happy Chinese New Year.

Crew MW – PE ⚽️🏀👟

8th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

This week we have been looking at ball skills, in particular dribbling. We talked about what dribbling is and how it gives you more control over the ball. We practised this by working with a partner to dribble the ball towards each other, making sure that we were keeping it controlled as we moved.

We then played a game where half of the crew had to stand with their legs apart (this made a rainbow) and the other half of the crew had to dribble the ball (the sun) around the hall. As we were dribbling the ball, we had to carefully direct the ball through the rainbows to try and score as many points as possible. We showed really good control of the ball during this game!

Crew MW – Music 🎶🥁

8th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

This week we have continued with our music learning by practising the song ‘Shake My Sillies Out’. We made sure we included the actions we had looked at in the previous lesson and continued thinking about how we keep in time with the beat of the track. We did a great job of this!

We then talked about how you can use instruments to keep the beat and so we chose an untuned percussion instrument from the box and practised at playing the beat, being sure to keep in time with each other. We worked extremely well as a crew and it sounded wonderful!

Crew MW – Music 🎶🥁

8th February 2024Sarah Mcglone

We have been looking at a song called ‘Shake My Sillies Out’. We have been practising warming our voices up whilst building our beat-finding skills by singing ‘Jelly On A Plate’, adding a new verse called ‘Ghostie In The House’. We had to make sure we were staying in time with each other and only clapping on the right beat, not on every word.

Once we were warmed up, we then started by learning the lyrics to ‘Shake My Sillies Out’ before adding in some actions to help with our performance. It was really tricky because we had to remember to do our actions on the correct beat so that we were all doing them at the same time. We worked hard at it though and we followed instructions so that we all ended up doing them at the right time together!