Careers week starts in MT

14th July 2025Stacey McClare

Today we started careers week with the theme in KS2 being ‘Find your future’. We will explore different themes all week, todays theme being media and communication. We kick started todays theme thinking about what aspirations are and what we dream of for our futures. We thought about the kind of person we want to be and the things we enjoy doing now that will add to our dreams for the future. Next we watched a video clip that showed us a variety of different jobs. We discussed these jobs at the end in mini crews, some of us changed our job choices for the future after watching! From here we explored the types of jobs… trades, professionals and unskilled. We discussed qualifications needed, experience needed and the skills and personal qualities required.

From here we headed into the hall to hear from a journalist living in Doncaster! We loved learning about what he has to do in his job and some of the personal qualities required. We answered lots of questions at the end 🙂

Listening really set us up for the next part of our learning back in the classroom. We watched newsround and thought about the journalists role. We were then given the headline… ‘Mysterious creature spotted on the playground’. We explored the headline together then became journalists! We interviewed all involved and took part in a hot seating activity! From here we created our own quotes to be part of our own class news article. Here it is…

Breaking News: Mysterious Creature Spotted on the Playground!
Reporter: Crew MT, Year 4 News

Excitement filled the air at Carcroft Primary this morning when pupils claimed to have seen a strange, furry creature running across the playground. It had a long tail, it was approximately 1 metre tall and it had bright blue eyes! 

“It was covered in brown fluffy fur and it flew across the field at lightning speed! Also it had crazy rabbit teeth!” said Shania from Year 4.

The mysterious animal was last seen disappearing into the bushes in the forest school. Teachers have checked the area but say they found only a few large footprints, some brown fur and some half eaten bagels with a can of doctor pepper. 

Some pupils believe the creature may be a lost pet, while others think it could be something magical.

“I think the creature is very mysterious, it was a cross between a tiger and a bunny,” announced Summer from Year 4. “It was so weird!”

The school has asked pupils to stay calm and not feed any mystery animals. More updates will follow after lunchtime.

From here we looked at presenting! We explored a KS1 video around dance. We unpicked the video thinking about the traits needed in order to be in this line of work. We then had a go ourselves, working in mini crews to do this. We thought about ways to engage the audience and had to work together to create the script. We then presented our video to the rest of the crew.

A fab first day in MT 🙂

Reading buddies

11th July 2025Hannah McLoughlin

Our confident Year 6 readers teamed up with our curious Year 1s to enjoy stories side by side. The room was full of quiet voices, big smiles and lots of turning pages. The best part? We’re not just building better readers—we’re building social skills, confidence and a real love for books. Stay tuned for more stories from our Reading Buddies because when we read together, we really do put the fun into reading!

Times Table Carousel

10th July 2025Laura Hamill

This week, our crew has taken part in a times table carousel, taking part in four different activities: times table stick, TT Rock Stars Battle, heat map challenge with a friend (testing their friends knowledge on any times tables that are not green) and a times table worksheet. We began in one group and then moved around the room to take part in each challenge.

Food Technology

10th July 2025Laura Hamill

This week, Year 5 have begun their DT slice in order to learn about healthy, balanced diets, seasonality and how to prepare a savoury meal. They began by looking at example menus and deciding in mini crews whether or not they were healthy, balanced meals. We then ranked the menus in order from most to least healthy. Following this, each person created their own healthy meal, ensuring it had the correct amount of carbohydrates, vegetables, fats etc.

Once we had done this, we then moved on to look at seasonality and we found out where different ingredients are sourced from when it is not the correct time of year in the UK to grow things. We then used our knowledge of this to find seasonal meals for July that we would be able to make. We then used iPads to have a look on Asda’s website to create a list of ingredients and a price list, so Miss knew what ingredients to buy and how much money she would need. Finally, we put our DT skills to the test: chopping, mixing, stirring, boiling and grating. We cannot wait to see how our vegetable crustless quiche turns out!

Electricity

10th July 2025Hannah McLoughlin

In year 6 we have been constructing and representing simple circuits in a diagram using recognised symbols. We have been fully engaged in experimenting with our physics learning, so much so we have even stayed in at breaks to construct circuits with different components. It has been great to watch us as scientists researching how cells affect the brightness of bulbs and the sound of buzzers.

Rounders Champions!!

9th July 2025Natasha Holdsworth

Today I couldn’t have been prouder of our KS1 children. Rounders isn’t a sport we usually play, so a quick turn around of learning the basics, Miss Holdsworth shadowing 2nd base with her life and most importantly working as a crew… we did it! Something we have never done before, we came first place in the Rounders tournament. We won every game, got noticed for our hard work, resilience and sportsmanship. Holding up the trophy even made one child say “This is the best day of my life” what an absolute honour it has been to attend todays competition!