LKS2 Blitz Learning! 🕵️‍♂️🕵️

27th September 2022Simon Gerrard

LKS2 have had an amazing day, learning all about The Blitz. We have used various sources to learn about what The Blitz was, why it happened and how it happened. We have done notices and wonders around pictures, watched video clips, built anchor charts, read some information texts and made fact files. LKS2 really do know How War Affects Lives. Keep up the amazing work, crews. 

We have all created a wide variety of posters to show off this learning today and it is lovely to see so much beautiful work from Year 3 and 4. We also found it particularly interesting that during the Blitz, Buckingham Palace was bombed twice!

What a great start to the week, LKS2! 😆

Memory Challenge – Crew Shields

27th September 2022Ruth Shields

This morning in Crew, Mrs Rhodes tested our memory. There were 2 packs of cards turned upside down on the floor and then we had to work in groups to find the most pairs.

It took us some time to realise we needed to ensure the rest of our group could see the cards we turned over and that we needed to use our voices to help each other. Great way to get our brains kicked started after a 4 day weekend. Good job everyone!

A great Tuesday in MI

27th September 2022Stacey McClare

MI started the day well in our challenge crew session. MI had to work together to pass around objects without making a sound. As we made progress with this, we added more objects, changed the direction in the circle and added time limits. A great sense of team work and encouragement from all.

MI have started planning their independent write today. We built our own target grids based on the features from the rubric that we had used previously in our first narrative and used the lenses too. We then used our graphic organiser well to build our own ideas. Children used post it notes to build some of their own sentences using both their target grids and graphic organiser as support. I can’t wait for children to get writing tomorrow and to read their first plot point.

No Smoking

27th September 2022Michelle Wilcox

Please can we remind parents that we are a smoke free zone. This means that smoking, including e-cigarettes, are not permitted on any areas of the school premises including the playgrounds and car park.

LKS2 Beautiful work! 📝

22nd September 2022Simon Gerrard

LKS2 have created some Beautiful Work this week. We have been writing postcards, putting ourselves into the shoes of an evacuee. We really loved how the children used the vocabulary built up from our drama days to put into their writing. We noticed some great adjectives to describe their experiences. We loved how the children worked really hard to add feelings and emotions – these were great. The children have have critiqued each others work and edited; they have then made a best draft which they wrote up on to a postcard!

XP Doncaster (XP School and XP East) Student Showcase

22nd September 2022Trust User

XP Doncaster Schools are pleased to invite Year 6 students and their families to our annual Student Showcase. This is an opportunity to find out more about our fantastic schools before decisions are made on the best secondary setting for your child.

To book your place at this event, please click on the link in the poster below.

Blown away by the HoWLs in Crew Welburn this morning!

21st September 2022Kirsty Atherton

This morning I visited Crew Welburn- F2 during their Expedition lesson, whereby they were focussing on developing their creative skills including painting using a fork to create texture and pattern, using their body parts and paint (hands) to create images and practising their drawing and cutting skills. I was blown away by how focussed the children were throughout the Crew. I spotted some fabulous modelling from all of the adults today and the children were really watching so that they could get smart. Finally, I just loved the kindness in this crew, so many children supporting one another to help them to be the best they can be. What a fabulous lesson for Crew Welburn- keep up the ‘great’ work!