Challenge Crew in Crew Boswell

26th September 2023Matthew Boswell

This morning in our challenge crew session, we looked at ourselves and how frustration can affect us. The task was simple: follow the instructions to make ‘The Harrier’ (a simple, effective paper plane). We learned that following instructions can sometimes be tricky and that it can sometimes be difficult to ask for support, especially when those around us seem to be finding something easy. Our debrief gave us the opportunity to think about how to overcome these reservations and frustrations during lessons so we can be the best versions of ourselves and develop our resilience!

Caring Crew ❤️

20th September 2023Laura Godley

I was very lucky this morning to be able to visit Crew Thompson and what a lovely treat I had! The children were checking into crew with the question, ‘What is your spirit animal and why?’. The care and compassion the children held for each other showed how much this crew worked hard, to be kind. The children articulated beautifully why they were protectors, shy, resilient, emotional and many more qualities….. They supported and praised each other, I was blown away by the language used and how much the children had already adapted to the challenges of Year 3.

Mindful yoga 🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏼‍♀️

19th September 2023Sarah Mcglone

During crew on Monday, we talked about different ‘sad’ feelings. We discussed that not only can people feel sad, they can feel anxious, worried, frightened, upset, afraid and scared at times too. There are lots of different reasons why people might be feeling like this and we decided that we would like to think about how to make people happy and calm again and get them into the green zone. One way that could help someone feel positive again is by doing mindful yoga. We decided to give it a try ourselves and it certainly made us feel happy – look at those super smiley faces!

Super Scottys!

13th September 2023Kate Thompson

This morning, we had a fab scottys session outside. We focused on working as a team and building crew relationships! This is definitely something we are going to continue to work on and develop in Crew Thompson! 🛞💪

Caring crew in MI

11th September 2023Stacey McClare

We started to discuss our families in crew time this morning. First of all, we played a game of swap where we had to move places with others in the circle if we shared something the same. This included brothers, sisters and pets! We were then given different pictures that were cut up, we had to build the pictures thinking about what we could see and what was the same and different. From here we started to think about our own family, we drew them, described them and added words to describe their characters. We then shared our creations with our partners and then the whole crew. Our debrief involved us thinking about our role as a member of our crew. We discussed our ideas well and related lots of our discussions to our howls. A great start to the day in MI 🙂