After a busy morning learning patterns and phonics in Crew Haigh today – we were very excited to finish the day with a visit to the bounty castle.
Bouncing into summer term
Category : Crew
World Book Day Fun
Pupils enjoyed an interactive world book day in Crew Haigh, we shared book, sensory stories and especially enjoyed making sandwiches for our tea party
Goldilocks – Writing, Sharing, Exploring and more…
The pupils in Crew Haigh have enjoyed their latest story; Goldilocks And The Three Bears. Sensory story props, making porridge and edible bears (which we obviously loved!) all whilst developing those important motor skills that will help develop our writing – some superb communication and sharing too!
World Poetry Day
We had lots of fun celebrating World Poetry Day in our crew session this week! Each mini crew worked together, chotting down interesting words and creative phrases to capture the meaning of our crew.
We then used AI as a creative tool to help bring our words and phrases together into a beautiful poem. We were amazed and rather impressed with what we created!
After reading our poem, we gave it some thoughtful critique and made improvements together. Our finished poem is now proudly displayed on our Crew Wall for everyone to enjoy and read. 📖✨
Enjoying our time outdoors 🍁🍂
We have been spending as much time outside as possible while the weather is still nice!
There have been so many beautiful moments of crew: sharing, working as a team, positive communication, and words of encouragement and support. We have been collecting leaves, creating assault courses, helping each other to tidy… we even found a twig that looked like a spider so sang ‘Incy Wincy Spider’!
Fantastic Friday in Crew White
This afternoon, we celebrated those learners who are aiming high! Crew White students selected several names of those children that they believed were going above and beyond this week and then we held a secret vote to give postcards to them. Well done you three!
Helping Everyone to Learn in Crew White
In Crew White, we know that children don’t all learn in exactly the same way. Throughout our classroom, we have lots of simple tools and routines that children can use to help them become more confident and independent learners.
Children can use help cards when they need adult support and brain-break cards when they need a short reset. Personal journals give children a space to organise their thoughts, while movement and fidget resources are available when to help with concentration.
We use visual timetables and timers to make the day and learning clear and predictable. Instructions are broken into manageable steps where needed, and we make sure children have enough thinking and processing time before being expected to respond.
We also regularly revisit previous learning, helping children remember what they have learned and make connections between different lessons. In Maths, helpsheets with key concepts are in their books for them to refer to throughout lessons and there are a number of maths games that we have played which children are encouraged to go back to when they have finished their learning.
Classroom resources are clearly labelled to support with independence and children are encouraged to use the zones of regulation check-in at least every morning and afternoon to support them to notice how they are feeling and why.
An important part of Year 6 is learning what helps you to learn. We want children to become increasingly confident at recognising what they need, choosing the right support and getting themselves ready to learn.
You’ll see some examples in the photos of the different strategies and resources we use every day in Crew White.
Crew challenge – parachute fun!
In our Crew Challenge, we were working as a whole crew to listen carefully to follow Miss McGlone’s instructions. We used the parachute as ‘waves’ and made big waves, little waves, and still waves. We then added a ball to the parachute as ‘sea treasure’ and we had to listen carefully and work together to move the ‘waves’ to the size that Miss McGlone called out, all without letting the ‘sea treasure’ roll off! We then added a smaller ball and had to try to keep BOTH pieces of sea treasure on the waves!
We then really tested our listening skills because we had to listen carefully to see if Miss McGlone shouted our name. If she did, we had to swap with the other name that was called before our crew brought the parachute down!
We worked really well together as a crew and we kept all the sea treasure safe! We felt really proud of our crew – great work Crew McGlone!
Crew challenge – build the tallest tower!
In Crew Challenge, we had to work in small teams to build the tallest free standing tower. We worked hard in our small sub-crews to try to communicate effectively so that our towers were not only tall, but capable of standing on their own without falling down! We enjoyed this challenge, and in our debrief we were very honest about how we could improve certain things to do this challenge again. We also talked about the things we found tricky, but said that these things were things to help us to do better next time.
Fantastic Friday in Crew White
We finished our week by celebrating some of the fantastic learning that has taken place across Crew White!
Each member of our Crew chose a piece of learning from the week that they felt particularly proud of. We then took part in a gallery walk, giving everyone the chance to look carefully at each other’s work and celebrate the effort, care and determination that had gone into it.
Afterwards, we voted for the Crew members who we felt had really worked hard to produce something they could be proud of.
A huge well done to Harrison and Emelia, who were our Fantastic Friday winners this week and had special postcards sent home to celebrate their efforts.
A great way to finish the week and recognise what it means to work hard and get smart!
Could You Be a Change Maker?
As part of Mindful Monday this week, Crew White explored what it means to be a Change Maker and how we can make a positive difference to our school community.
We discussed the qualities that make a strong Change Maker, including being a good listener, showing courage, representing the views of others and being willing to take action rather than simply waiting for somebody else to make things better.
The children were then given the opportunity to apply for the role. Some children began their applications in school, while others chose to take an application home to complete for homework, giving them more time to think carefully about what they could bring to the role.
For those children who chose not to apply, they took on the important role of evaluating their school currently and making suitable suggestions for improvement.
Who will be Crew White’s Change Makers?
Being a kind and respectful crew
This week we have continued to build on becoming familiar with our learning environment, working beautifully with other members of our crew, and treating our resources with respect. It has been lovely to see our crew being kind during choosing time.
Crew McGlone – Tough Runner!
Crew McGlone absolutely loved taking part in Tough Runner to bring our first week in Reception to an end. Thank you to Crew White for helping us through the tricky parts and supporting us with words of encouragement!
