We had a great lesson learning about plants. We actually dissected a flower so we could see the different parts and we labelled them. We learnt about pollination and even acted it out.
Crew MI science lesson
Category : Science
LKS2 Experience Day!
As part of Expedition and English, we are going to be writing a letter, as well as a song – keep your eyes peeled for the latter! We worked collaboratively on iPads to be able to see how humans are causing climate change. Check through the images to see how well we worked together!
Crew Shields – 1/2/22
Great team building activity to start our morning after the long weekend.
This was a great opportunity for children to develop their speaking and listening skills but also consolidate their maths knowledge.
Each child had a number on their head and they had to ask their peers questions about their number.
E.g – Is my number a 1, 2, 3 or 4 digit number? Is it a multiple? Is it odd? Etc.
Expeditionary learning so far …🗺🌍🌧🦥
Here’s some snapshots of what we have been getting up to during our new expedition this term Why should we help our planet survive? We are currently engaging in science and geography case studies and the children are loving it!
Crew Shields – 21/1/22
It’s been a busy week in Crew Shields as we continue to explore the guiding question, Why should we help our planet survive?
The crew have done lots of collaborative learning this week and it has been such a pleasure to see them learning from each other. They have learned about vertebrates and the features of the 5 categories. Can your child tell you the 5 animal groups?
The children have also been learning about the water cycle and the different stages. Children worked in mini-crews to research an area before sharing with their peers. It was great hearing children share their knowledge to help others learn.
We have started writing out Plot points for the Lorax and the children are becoming more confident with using cohesive devices. There were some great similes added to their description. They really do work hard in writing while developing their stamina for writing.
I would like to praise Crew Shields for setting their personalised pledges based on the feedback they’ve been given in class. This demonstrates great listening but also an eagerness to develop their learning and skills.
Have a lovely weekend and I will see you Monday.
LKS2 Yorkshire Wildlife Park Trip (13.1.22) 🦁🐾🐅
LKS2 have had a great day on their trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. This has really hooked us into our new Expedition, where we’re looking into answering the Guiding Question Why should we protect our beautiful planet?
We loved seeing all of the different wild animals that are on our door step, especially the Polar Bears, which we will be looking into great detail in future Expedition lessons.
The children were fantastic with their behaviour and should be really proud of how they represented Carcroft today. We will be sharing a video soon of our day, so here is a sneak peak!
Crew MI
Happy new year everyone! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
It has been so lovely to welcome all the children back into school. We have had a busy couple of days! Children have made a great start to hook week, they have taken part in both a Geography day and a Science day. The children have really enjoyed both days and have made a great start thinking about our next expedition.
On Monday children thought hard about climate change, what it is, how it has an impact on the world we live in and what we can do to help. We watched a variety of clips to support us with this. We then thought about climate change in our local area and the wider world.
From here we started to think about the benefits of rainforests. We used a variety of media to support us with this. Next we started to think about what Geography was. We discussed the different types of Geography and our thoughts on our next case study. From here we started to discuss key terms and showed these terms on a map and atlas. We then got creative and took part in an activity outside looking at key terms. We had to use a map and coordinates to do this.
In the afternoon we started to think about the country Colombia. We worked together and took part in a Kahoot quiz. We then built a bank of facts for our display. After this we looked at the story of coffee before taking part in some Colombian dancing!
Science jamboard
LKS2: Visit and new Expedition
This half term the children will be starting their new expedition – What a wonderful world – Why should we protect our beautiful planet?
As part of this expedition the children will be completing three case studies:
- Case Study 1: Geography
- Case Study 2: Science
- Case Study 3 : Music
Next week the children will be visiting Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Please could we ask that all consents have been completed and lunches ordered. Please contact the office team if you have any queries. This can be found on parentpay.
Throughout the expedition, you can visit the expedition website to see what the children have been learning about and seeing pictures and examples of the completed work.
KS1 New Expedition
This half term the children will be starting their new expedition – Circle of Life: How will what I do today affect the world tomorrow?
As part of this expedition the children will be completing three case studies:
- Case Study 1: Science – Animals and their lifecycles
- Case Study 2: Geography – Weather, seasons, seas and continents
- Case Study 3 : Art – Recycled sculpture.
Next week the children will be visiting The Deep. Please could we ask that all consents have been completed and lunches ordered. Please contact the office team if you have any queries.
As always, we would love to hear from any local experts. We would really like to hear from anybody who has knowledge of birds, as part of the Big School’s Birdwatch, animals or any geographers.
Throughout the expedition, you can visit the expedition website to see what the children have been learning about and seeing pictures and examples of the completed work.
If your child is isolating, this week’s work can be found by clicking this link. There are some hook activities to complete along with the children in school.