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In Crew Marsh, this afternoon we have learnt about algorithm’s – an algorithm is a set of instructions. We had to follow Miss Marsh’s instructions to get the same outcome.
We first looked to see if children got changed in the same order.
After that we came up with an algorithm for Lincoln to follow so he did get changed the same as Destiny.
We then followed instructions to dress the human the same.
Today is our computing lesson we explored what an algorithm is. We learnt that they are a set of instructions to help carry out a task.
We started by exploring getting dressed and how sometimes it matters which order we get dressed in for example tie and shirt and other times it doesn’t matter. We used paper dolls to practice writing and following our own algorithms to dress the doll.
Finally we ordered instructions for crossing the road and we decided we must do this in the correct order to stay safe.
Have you seen this awesome Instagram page, created to showcase the beautiful work from the 150 (and counting!) artists at XP Gateshead? You can see everything they’ve done and follow them here.
Here are some examples recent work they’ve produced…
This week, beautiful work from LKS2’s last Expedition ‘Coming to Doncaster – Why then, why now?’ has been curated outside the school! Be sure to stop and take a look at their work on migration, Roman history and sharing stories!
In Autumn 2023, Green Top School’s UKS2 children undertook a learning expedition called Earth Emergency. The guiding question was: How can we help our planet survive? Their beautiful artwork is on display on a shopfront on Fieldside in Thorne.
Beautiful work from Arlo and Daniel @ XP Gateshead
Exploring and Embedding Goldilocks and the three bears @ Norton Infants
Safer Internet Day @ Green Top
Crew RPU/ABT getting SLC ready @ XP
Crew Rashford sharing the love @ XP East
Fun in the snow @ Carcroft School
Ponder, Persevere, Practice but never Procrastinate @ Norton Juniors
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Today we made bananas for our experience lesson, when Handa started walking to her friend Akeyo she walked past a tall tree which had a cheeky monkey in it, who pinched Handa’s bananana!!
We tried really hard at balancing our banana on our head just like Handa does. Look at our balancing!
Our experience lesson today was totally bananas!
We are exploring the book Handa’s Surprise and in the story fruit is taken out of her basket as she walks to her friends house. A cheeky monkey swings down from a tree and steals a yellow banana without Handa knowing. Once we had made out bananas we walked around school balancing them on our heads. We were on the lookout for monkeys but luckily we didn’t spot any this time!
In today’s lesson, we learnt more about worship but focussed on the differences between Anglican and Baptist churches. We watched a couple of videos and then sorted features to match the churches. We then drew pictures to represent what we had learnt.
We had a great session today in Crew MI really focussing on vocabulary and inferences. We used APE today to explain how characters were feeling and used evidence from the text. We also challenged ourselves to think about what impression we have of characters and why.
This week we have been looking at ball skills, in particular dribbling. We talked about what dribbling is and how it gives you more control over the ball. We practised this by working with a partner to dribble the ball towards each other, making sure that we were keeping it controlled as we moved.
We then played a game where half of the crew had to stand with their legs apart (this made a rainbow) and the other half of the crew had to dribble the ball (the sun) around the hall. As we were dribbling the ball, we had to carefully direct the ball through the rainbows to try and score as many points as possible. We showed really good control of the ball during this game!
Last week, in storytelling week, Crew MI wrote a story which, this morning, they shared with Crew Marsh. All the children really enjoyed it. Well done to children who had the courage to stand up and read- you read so fluently and with expression. Super proud of you all.
