Today we built on our discussion last week, talking about the members in our family and creating our own family tree. We talked about how our family members support us and how we support our family. We worked in mini crews to create a family alphabet, using each letter to describe how we help our families.
In crew, we discussed how important our families are and how these might look different to other people. We started by swapping seats with others based on whether they had siblings, pets etc. Then the children has the opportunity to draw their family.
This afternoon in nursery, some children decided to help Mrs Mason make our new batch of playdough! We looked at the ingredients and helped to tip the correct amounts into the bowl before taking it in turns to mix. We then waited patiently for Mrs Mason to take the mixture to the microwave which is when the magic happened! Whilst we waited, we decided to tidy away the mess and wipe the table so we left no trace (Dexter even got the hoover from the home corner out to hoover the table!). When Mrs Mason returned, as if by magic, the mixture was now playdough! We then spent the afternoon playing with it, using our hands and some tools to manipulate it into lots of different creations.
Today we started to talk about who is in our family, the people who love us and why our families make us safe. First of all we played a game standing in a circle. We changed places with others in the circle based on criteria eg. If we have a brother, sister, a dog, a pet. We enjoyed seeing who shared similar family members. We then looked at a series of pictures and thought about what we notice about the pictures, what is the same and what is different. This allowed for some great discussions. We then discussed our families in more detail, describing them, talking about what they do and what they like. Our debrief allowed us to think about our job within our families. We talked about being kind and showing respect. We then discussed our school crew and how our jobs within the crew are very similar. Some great discussions today MI 🙂
Today we started to think about changes and how they make us feel. We thought how it felt starting a new class, what we are looking forward to and the things we will miss from the last academic year. We talked about the changes we have experienced since we started our school journey in FS2. We talked about the effects of change and the importance of a positive mindset. We then thought about the word resilience, what this is and how we can show we are resilient in everything we do. We then worked in mini crews to share the ways in which we can show we are resilient.
Crew Mcloughlin really delved into ‘what is crew?’ last week. The children came up with their own definition and discussed their expectations of what they would want their crew to be like in order to adopt good habits and be the best versions of themselves. We spoke about Year 6 expectations and we just know this year is going to be a good one!
Throughout the week we have also been answering our Crew guiding question ‘How can Crew be strengthened through acts of service?’ We unpacked this question and discussed acts of service further – giving but not expecting to receive. As a Crew we decided to create postcards and bake in order to spread happiness around Carcroft. I was quite impressed with our beautiful work but even more so to see some children used their initiative and further carry this on throughout the week – giving cake and compliments to staff members and pupils. How lovely!
We participated in Challenge Crew on Tuesday where Mrs Rhodes (the queen of Challenge Crew) wrote a shopping list – It was the team leaders job to read the list and try to remember the five items, then go back to their teammates and verbally pass this down the line. The winning team was the first person at the back of the line to recite the shopping list exactly. We had lots of fun! When debriefing we realised we had used team working, listening and communication skills and critiqued how we performed at these specific skills.
As a morning task we also thoroughly enjoyed reading First News – we found lots of articles that linked to expedition and reading newspapers reminded us of our grandads.
This year we have the great opportunity of Y11 pen pals and got to meet them on hangout! We introduced ourselves and asked them lots of questions. We cannot wait to write to them further into the year, watch this space!
Overall, a very productive and successful week focusing on establishing Crew!
Today we thought about what makes our crew special. We thought about our crew norms and the non-negotiables we expect to see every day. We then moved onto creating a collage of all our crew members, we drew our selves then added 3 things we like. This is now displayed in our classroom for all to see. Our debrief allowed us to reflect on why our crew is special and the things we need to do together to make our crew the best it can be. Well done Crew MI 🙂
This week we’ve started building some background knowledge about World War 2. We also put the main events into a timeline which took some great team work. Children had to consider days and months due to quite a few events happening in the same year. When we’d completed this, we used the timeline to help us create a knowledge organiser that highlights the key events and people.
One of our crew challenges this week was the human knot. Children had to work together to untangle themselves. It was good hearing some children taking a lead and helping to instruct their peers.
We’ve had a lovely week back in school and we kicked the week off by spending time focusing on crew and building positive relationships. This will allow us to have a successful year.
Our guiding questions was ‘What does crew mean to me?’ and we’ve spent lots of time talking about the importance of crew. When we shared our thoughts today some of the things children said crew is a big family, happiness, supporting each other and holding each other to account.
On Wednesday we were lucky enough to take part in an escape box challenge. This required us to really put our heads together and use each other’s strengths to help us work out all the clues. The clues were maths linked and had problems solving elements. Even I had to get the odd clue to figure out the next step.
