In Crew we like to learn life skills and brush up our fine motor skills. The children are getting used to sharing and taking in turns, which is fantastic!
Cutting and Cleaning
Category : Personal Development
Personal Development
Exploring this week’s text – Paddington!
This week in school, we have been exploring a new story – Paddington Bear! We started by reading the story and learning all about how the Brown family found Paddington at the train station and took him home to look after him. We thought this was really kind of them! After we had read the story, we talked about the different ways that the Brown family had shown they were kind. They took Paddington to the cafe for some food, they let him have a bath after he got all sticky – although this was a bit of a disaster with shaving foam and bubbles all over the bathroom! Finally, they gave him a nice cup of tea and some marmalade on toast in a comfy armchair. Miss Welburn set us up lots of different experiences so that we could feel like Paddington did in our expedition lessons!
We thought the shaving foam was soft and fluffy, and we know why Paddington got it all over the bathroom – because it was so fun to play with and splat!
The warm water and bubbles in our baths helped us to feel warm, cosy and clean – just like Paddington!
Finally, we got to make marmalade on toast which we thought was delicious! We loved filling up our tummies, and we all agreed that the Brown family were very kind to Paddington.
Crew F2’s ‘Be Kind’ challenge
Last week, Crew F2 worked hard to show that they were a kind crew. We talked about how in Autumn, the leaves fall off the trees and stay on the ground. We decided that we would get our brushes out and clean up some of our outdoor area to make sure that we could see all of our equipment when playing, and to get rid of the rubbish from outside that had blown in off the street. We did a fantastic job sweeping and using the wheelbarrows to collect the leaves!
Litter Picking
This afternoon, we helped to keep our environment tidy by litter picking around the school grounds. It was disappointing to see so much rubbish around the grounds but also large pieces that have been thrown over such as a broken electric scooter and a Christmas tree.
Star Reader
It was such a pleasure to have Lily-Ann offer to read her book to the Crew today. She read with such a confident voice and demonstrated good sounding and blending when she came across a word she wasn’t sure of. Great work.
October camps
We are holding October camps from Active Fusion again this October, please click the link below to sign up https://www.activefusion.org.uk/camps/
Life skills.
This week in crew Tymon we have been exploring life skills within an indoor and outdoor environments.
‘Dark Nights’…
Two members from Doncaster Council visited our school this week to talk to all of our Year 5 and 6 pupils about ‘Dark Nights’. As the nights are starting to draw in, the volunteers discussed Halloween and Bonfire with us all and how we can ensure that we stay safe during these exciting occasions! We have learnt a lot about firework safety including how to hold sparklers and how to dispose of these safely, we are fully aware that only adults should be in charge of fireworks. We also learnt a lot about fire and how dangerous this can be, especially bonfires. The two adults also discussed anti-social behaviour such as breaking people’s windows, ‘knock a door run’ and swearing in public, and the consequences of these if we get caught. They also talked about ‘peer pressure’ and how common this is as we get older and mix with older children in the local community. They also briefly touched on water (ice) and road safety. They concluded the visit by showing us a clip similar to this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfFenwyoZcg to reinforce how important it is to keep ourselves and others safe during the upcoming ‘Dark Nights’. We learnt a lot from our talk and now feel fully prepared on how to enjoy Bonfire night and Halloween safely!
South Yorkshire Fire Service
This afternoon, Crew Shields welcomed a visit from the fire service. They had come to school to talk about how to keep themselves safe at home and also while near open bodies of water.
They were given the opportunity to discuss where we should have smoked alarms inside our homes to keep us safe. Then they started to identify fires that are good and bad.
Hopefully children have come home today and asked where the smoke alarm is and if they could check it was working.
We also learned what to do if we were ever in a position where our clothes had caught fire. We should STOP, DROP and ROLL.
Children then role played calling in an emergency and someone being the operator.
Being an evacuee for the day…
In Crew MI, we came to school dressed up as evacuees and participated in a range of exciting activities. First, we learnt about the blitz. We watched clips and listened to sound effects to imagine what it was like during this awful time. We even had a go at working in mini crews to create our own Anderson Shelters. Next, we learnt what evacuation was and why some children were evacuated to the safety of the countryside. We then became evacuees ourselves and packed our suitcases with what we thought we needed, decorated our train ticket and then got on the train waving goodbye to our families. Overall, we had a great day and learnt so many more interesting facts about life in WW2.
