Curriculum | Carcroft School

Phonics in action.

6th February 2026Elizabeth Frost

During this focused activity, the children’s early phonic awareness was assessed and further developed. The children were challenged to sort a range of familiar objects according to two initial sounds they have been learning through the Read Write Inc. phonics scheme.

This activity provided a valuable opportunity to observe the children’s ability to listen attentively, recognise initial sounds and apply their growing phonics knowledge with confidence. The children demonstrated strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they discussed their choices and organised the objects appropriately.

Activities such as this highlight the importance of secure foundational phonics skills and how these can be applied meaningfully to support future reading and writing development. We were extremely impressed with the progress the children have made and the confidence they showed throughout the task. Well Done Crew Frost. Keep up the hard work.

Maya Glyphs

6th February 2026Nicola Robson

In expedition, we have been learning about Maya glyphs. The children then made their own glyphs and carved them into clay.

Year 6 Spelling Relays

5th February 2026Thomas White

We got active today in Crew White in order to learn this week’s spellings. Each team had to send one person at a time to write a letter of the word that needed to be spelled. The first team to spell the word correctly, won the point. I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-E!

Build a sentence! Grammar practice in Crew White

5th February 2026Thomas White

In Crew White, we have been perfecting our knowledge of word classes by building funny, strange and…interesting sentences. Ever heard a sentence including brainrot before? Apparently, it’s something a lot of Year 6s are very familiar with. At least we now know that it is a noun, can be modified using adjectives and we can give extra detail about it using parenthesis, which can be embedded into a sentence using brackets, dashes or commas. See, grammar can be fun!

Case Study Two!

5th February 2026Betty Ramsay

This week we launched our learning for Case Study 2: Geography. We learned the seven continent names and learned a song to help us retain it! We used atlases and maps to locate the continents and had some fun looking at various styles of maps such as topographical and OS. What a brilliant start to our local Geography unit.

Independent Writing

5th February 2026Betty Ramsay

We have started our independent writing which is a recount inspired by The Day The crayons Quit. Here we are taking great pride in our work and getting smart by being aware of our targets.

Concrete Maths To Launch A New Unit!

5th February 2026Betty Ramsay

We have been busy in our concrete maths session using sticks to build numbers as part of our Multiplication and Division unit. To kickstart this unit, pupils used sticks in bundles of 12 to make equal groups. They drew upon their shape learning to make equal groups too. We then had a gallery walk to see the different representations and orientations before making ‘unequal groups’. What a brilliant day of hands on Maths!