Today was our final PVPG lesson and I was extremely impressed by how much the children have learnt and remembered from Year 2. It can’t wait to see what we can achieve together in writing this year!
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Tinkering with Scratch
Year started a new unit in computing this week which will be starting to explore the coding programme Scratch. Children had the opportunity to explore the different blocks, starting to build a code and changing their background and sprite. Before we ended the lesson, some children shared their code with the rest of the class on the big screen.
Making variables
In computing this weel, year 4 were continuing with variables but this week they were making variables and adding to the code we used last week. Once they got the hang of it, children started to expand their maths games by adding additional questions to the code. Children really had to grapple with this and be resilient to ensure that they were successful.
Crew Colclough Attendance Reward
Huge well done to Crew Colclough who won the LKS2 attendance award of juice and biscuits. They had a crew average of 98.85% which is above the attendance target of 95%.
Year 4 Litter Picking
We headed outside to tidy up the Year 1 area, making it a clean and pleasant space for the younger students. They worked diligently, picking up loose leaves and stray litter, and organising the outdoor toys and equipment. By taking on the task of tidying the space, the children demonstrated responsibility and a shared commitment to keeping their school environment tidy.
October camps
The Active fusion camp booking link is now open for October half term – https://www.activefusion.org.uk/camps/
Being Artists
We have loved being artists just like Dennis Creffield, we have been using charcoal to start creating our artwork. We firstly practiced by drawing the school using lines and shapes.
We then applied this to our final artwork, creating mood from the tissue paper for the fire and drawing 19th century houses with charcoal.
Staff Day Crew Challenge
Just as we expect our children to work together, communicate effectively, and adapt with creativity, we placed ourselves in the same position. What is good enough for the children is good enough for us – showing that crew culture is for everyone, not just pupils.
Our Carcroft Crew Bake Off brought teamwork to life, with everyone taking on a role and responsibility to make it a success. Clear communication and smooth handovers proved essential, while creativity and adaptability helped turn simple recipes into something special. Most importantly, the challenge reminded us that fun, shared activities strengthen crew spirit, boost morale, and highlight the power of collaboration.
Making our pledges…
This term, we have been focusing on becoming more independent and reflective learners and one way we’re doing that is by making our own learning pledges!
Each child has made a personal pledge to help them remember to refer to their tables during lessons in reading, writing and maths. we make pledges to help us take ownership of our learning.
A pledge is a promise we make to ourselves. It’s a way of setting a goal and saying, “This is something I’m going to try my best to do.”
By making pledges, we learn to:
- Be responsible for our progress
- Think about how we learn, not just what we learn
- Build good habits like checking our work or using learning tools
- Stay motivated and focused
- Celebrate small steps and big improvements
The children voiced that pledges help you to be the best version of yourself and like LTs they are something for us to achieve towards. We discussed they remind us that learning doesn’t just happen – it takes effort, reflection and the confidence to keep improving. When we stick to our pledges, we feel proud because we’re doing something that helps us become better learners!
Why Should We Help Our Planet Survive?
To summarise our geography learning so far this year, we referred back to the purpose of our guiding question. We used our knowledge as geographers to answer why we think it is important to help our planet survive. Before we were tasked with writing a balanced argument, we experience our argument and role played a conscience alley. The children not only loved arguing but they enjoyed playing various roles and were able to justify reasons for specific viewpoints.
