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Crew White – Guest blog posts by Tiarna, Greatness, Heartley and Frankie

26th March 2026Thomas White

This week I have been working on my non- chronological report. I have produced 2 pages full of writing including the Carcroft School logo and 4 paragraphs in different lengths. Firstly, I researched my subject. Secondly, I wrote. Thirdly, I edited my work improving and ensuring a perfect piece. Lastly, I published my work on to 2 different pieces of paper. Written by Tiarna.

I am proud of the work I have created; it’s a non chronological report I’ve been working on for the past week. I hope you like it. It’s about the Solar System. Written by Greatness.

This week in Crew White we’ve been working on non-chronological reports based on our favourite things:

Dogs
Carcroft School
Anime

My non-chronological report is all about dogs and how they help people in different ways, sometimes without us even realising! Written by Frankie.

In Writing, we have been creating a non-chronological poster about things we like. I wrote about Football (my title was Football The Beautiful Game). This was the process of writing the non-chronological report:

First, we had to practise writing sentences; some skills we learnt were compound sentences, complex sentences, colon to introduce a list, semi colons and cohesive devices;
Then, we had to write an introduction about the topic we were writing about;
Also, we had to write 2 main paragraphs so I did a history paragraph about football and then a modern paragraph about football;
After we edited it all, we had to write the paragraphs onto the poster and mine had footballs as the border.

Here is an example of the finished product.

PE

26th March 2026Tracy Haddock

The children in pe blind folded each other and tried to get them round the maze and through the gates .

Maths

25th March 2026Tracy Haddock

In maths today the children were looking at half and quarters in fractions. The children used concrete evidence to work out half and quarter of a number.

My non-chronological report by Val in Crew White

24th March 2026Thomas White

This week, I have been writing a non-chronological report about dogs. First, I researched my subject and wrote it in my book, then I checked and edited my work. After that, I designed where I would do my writing on a practice sheet then published it; here is my final piece of writing.

Non-chron turtles! By Ruby

24th March 2026Thomas White

In Crew White, we have chosen a subject that we are interested in. We have written and published it in order to inform you about our interests! We have enjoyed writing about it all and we hope you learn something when we come to share it! Personally, I have chosen turtles since they are a big interest of mine and I hope to inform you about our impact on their world!

Touch counting.

23rd March 2026Elizabeth Frost

Today, Crew Frost continued their Easter-themed learning—with a mathematical twist! This week, we have been focusing on number recognition and touch counting as part of our early maths development.

The children were encouraged to count out the correct number of rabbits for each hutch. This supported their understanding of matching quantity to number, which is a key aspect of the EYFS Maths area of learning.

During the activity, the children worked both collaboratively and independently, developing their confidence as well as their communication and language skills. We also saw lots of perseverance and problem-solving as they checked and corrected their counting.

Using their “pinchy fingers” to pick up the rabbits helped to strengthen their fine motor skills, supporting Physical Development—an important foundation for later writing.

Furthermore, as the children develop positive attitudes towards maths through play this makes us so proud as a Crew. Well done, Crew Frost—we are so proud of the fantastic learning we are seeing and can’t wait to watch your confidence in maths continue to grow!

Sentence games in Crew White

23rd March 2026Thomas White

This week, we have been continuing to refine our use of relative clauses and accurate punctuation of parenthesis. We split our main clause, found the correct place to add our relative clause and then used correct punctuation. Then, we applied this to our previous writing, editing and improving.

Super Sentences: Adding Extra Detail!

23rd March 2026Charlotte Newman

Last week in Crew McLoughlin’s grammar lesson, the children became “clause detectives” as they explored how to add extra information to sentences using relative clauses.

Each child was given a main clause and worked collaboratively in pairs to decide where additional detail could be added to make their sentence more interesting. They then used their mini whiteboards to choose an appropriate relative clause from the board, carefully matching it so the sentence made sense. Once they had confidently built their sentences together, the children challenged themselves further by moving on to create their own relative clauses using new sentences provided at the front of the classroom.

It was fantastic to see their growing confidence in expanding sentences and adding detail, helping to make their writing more engaging and precise.

Ph-o-n-i-c-s w-i-th F-r-e-d

23rd March 2026Natasha Holdsworth

Unfortunately the English language is very tricky to learn. However, with the help of Fred, our children absolutely love giving it their all to be the best readers they can be! We use ‘Fred talk’ to decode words and then blend them together, we then are able to get quicker and become speedy readers. Alongside working hard to read the words, these children work even harder to spell them in sentences, remembering the fundamentals like capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Not forgetting the beautiful handwriting! I am beyond proud of how hard the children work during their Read Write Inc lessons 🐸

Ready, Set, Multiply!

23rd March 2026Charlotte Newman

Today in maths, Miss Newman’s maths group took part in a fun and engaging multiplication wheel starter activity, where the children were randomly paired up to race against each other to complete the calculations as quickly and accurately as possible.

The friendly competition created lots of excitement and motivation, helping the children to build confidence in recalling their times tables while also improving their speed and accuracy. It was great to see such positive attitudes, with children encouraging one another and showing determination when faced with more challenging questions.

Everyone worked super hard and showed courage by participating in this exciting starter activity.