We are all so excited that we have not got a cheerleading club running at lunchtimes. We cannot wait to see your routines!
Cheerleading club
Category : Personal Development
Personal Development
Casualty rescue…
Thankfully we were saved from the rain yesterday and had our Scotties session in the hall. This allowed children to practice their casualty rescue. Children were split into the lift crew and of course the rest had to be an injured patient. They took it in turns and learned the importance of being a team. This was put to the test when Mick was the patient however they were successful because they worked together.
Citizenship Crew 🧍🏻❌
In crew this morning, we looked at what happens to my body and I can get help with any concerns. To be successful in this lesson we had to understand what sort of touch we are happy with and what sort of touch we are not happy with, know the difference between a little deal and a serious problem and know how to get help for myself or others. First, we looked at the choices we make at home, school and outside. Then, we used colours to highlight areas on our body which we were ok for people to touch, areas only our close family and friends could touch and areas that are private and only ourselves can touch.
Crew Marsh – Music 🎶⚽️
To finish our current music unit ‘Football’, we identified the notes E, D and C on the glockenspiels. We worked with a partner to play a selection of 4 beat pieces of music. We then added our ‘Football’ chant lyrics and created a backing track using the notes E, D and C.
Crew Shields – Music 🎶
We continued our music unit ‘The Doot Doot Song’ by warming up doing ‘The stomp canon’. This gave us the chance to warm up our voices and our bodies.
To begin our lesson, we talked about chords and triads. Using glockenspiels, we worked as a group of 3 to play C major, F major and A minor. Once we had practised keeping in time with one another as a group, we then tried playing each chord as a whole class ensemble before moving from chord to chord to create a short 3 bar piece of music.
Finally, we recapped the notes B, A and G on the recorder, and applied this to a short tune where we had to move between the 3 notes seamlessly.
Crew Hamill and Crew Thompson – Music 🎶💃🏻🕺🏻
We have been continuing with our music unit ‘Latin Dance’. We warmed up by practising the salsa step we looked at during our last lesson, we then learnt a new step and practised dancing both of them together.
We looked at keeping the beat of our song using untuned percussion instruments. We talked about, and then applied, crotchets and quavers using the instruments. Once we were confident with keeping the beat, we then added vocals and began to sing the song whilst playing.
We were introduced to chords, when you play two or more notes at the same time. Working with a partner, we tried playing the chords for A minor and F major on the glockenspiels. We found it tricky at first to play the correct notes at the same time as our partner, but we showed resilience and continued to practise keeping in time with one another. We then split into two groups, one playing A minor, the other playing F major at the same time. We thought it sounded really good when we all fell into the same time. We finished off this part of the lesson by continuing to learn the song lyrics, thinking about the melody and where we needed to clap.
Finally, we recapped the notes B, A and G on the recorder, and applied this to a short tune where we had to move between the 3 notes seamlessly.
Crew MW – Music 🎶🥁
Today we listened to a story called ‘Hippobottymus’ that introduced us to a number of animals who make different noises to create music. We talked about how we could represent some of the animals using the untuned percussion instruments. Working in small groups, we decided who was going to be each animal before carefully choosing an instrument from the box that best represented that animal. We then performed together as each animal before then creating a soundscape that added a new animal each time, building up to a whole class performance, showcasing all the animals from the story!
Crew MW library visit 📚
Today we visited one of our favourite areas of school… the library! 🥰 Very kindly, Harlow brought in one of her lovely books from home ‘Peppa goes to London’ and we decided to take that with us to read as we got comfy in the library.
Before we left, we chose a book from the basket to take back to the classroom to read during snack time later on this week.
Mindful Monday – Butterfly Hug 🦋
During crew this morning, we talked about times we might have ‘big feelings’ and feel overwhelmed. We discussed why we might feel this way and how we could begin to regulate ourselves. We looked at butterfly hugs and how they can help us feel calm. We finished our session by saying positive affirmations to start our day on a high!
Things that make us happy 😊
Today we explored the term ‘loneliness’ and how we can support ourselves when we may be feeling a little lonely. We had some really meaningful discussions around the vocab ‘alone’, which was our word of the day and ‘lonely’ comparing how some people like to have some alone time and how this is different to feeling lonely. Here are the things that we like to do to ensure we don’t feel lonely.
Leo loves a family games night and Thomas loves to go out for his tea with his family 😊