Today we discussed the attributes that make a good team. We thought about any teams we admire then thought about the attributes of these teams. ‘Together everyone achieves more’ We thought about what this means in a variety of situations. We discussed any good teams we already know and what actually makes a good team. From here we thought about our crew and how we are also a small team. We worked in mini crews to discuss which attributes make a good team and what we need to be part of crew MI. We then shared these with the whole crew. Some great discussions MI 🙂
This week, we’ve had a visitor in our classroom! The Gruffalo wrote us a letter to go and explore the woods and to see what we could find from his checklist. We found leaves, dandelion clocks, rough bark, daisies, a bumble bee and some birds!
Next week, on Wednesday 13th September 2023 we will be celebrating Roald Dahl Day here at Carcroft Primary School! We highly value reading and as a school feel that as Roald Dahl was one of the best-known and best-selling authors of the 20th century, that we should take part in this special day to celebrate him and his books. As well as take the opportunity to continue to promote the love of books and reading.
During the school day each crew will participate in a range of engaging activities, including sharing their favourite Roald Dahl books, listening to staff read an extract from their favourite Roald Dahl novel, watching movie adaptations, learning interesting facts about Roald Dahl including the history of Roald Dahl and lots lots more! We hope that by providing our pupils with these carefully planned activities that these will support our drive to maintain, promote and engage our pupils in reading. Each Crew Leader will create a blog at the end of the day/week so that you can see all of the exciting things that your child/ren have been getting up to throughout the day!
As part of this exciting day we are asking for the children (and staff!) to come to school dressed as their favourite Roald Dahl book character. We are aware that the event is next week so do not expect new outfits to be purchased for the event. Just simply have a look in your child’s wardrobe and see what they can wear. Such as, a blue dress for Matilda or a pair of jeans and red top for George. If you feel your child does not have anything suitable then they can simply just their own clothes for the day that they feel comfortable in (non-school uniform), of course if they wish to dress up they can! We know the first few weeks of school life are manic and do not wish to add to this! We also won’t be asking for any monetary donations on this occasion.
Either at the end of this day or in preparation for the day it would be lovely for you to discuss with your child/ren the different characters that appear in some of the famous Roald Dahl story books and maybe even share a favourite Roald Dahl story (there are lots online!).
We look forward to celebrating this special day!
Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.
Yesterday as part of hook week, we made mosaics. Mosaics are made of glass, stone and rock and during the Roman times they showed a sign of wealth and importance. Crew Thompson really enjoyed making shield and sword designs and tried really hard to replicate a mosaic. ☺️
Today we tested our listening, team work and problem solving skills! MI took part in an obstacle course where they worked in pairs. One team member completed the obstacle course whilst their partner gave them verbal instructions. There was however one catch, the person completing the course was wearing a blind fold! MI what a great job you did 🙂
Carcroft have loved having our cooking club in today, everyone loved making their Welshrarebit muffins. I loved seeing everyone working as a team and helping each other. Well done!
After building our houses yesterday, today we recreated the Great Fire of London. We all sat and watched how quickly the fire moved from one house to the next so quickly – it only took 30 minutes to burn down all of the buildings, like the 3 days it took for the Great Fire of London. We spoke about what language we could use in our writing such as fire, smoke, spreading, roaring, burning.
Following on with the Roman theme, the children were given time to create their own mosaic patterns. Some children went for repeating patterns and others tried to create pictures with the mosaic. We worked well and even enjoyed some Roman music in the background.
