Today I managed to get into most classes, with the exception of Y3/4 because they were on their Fieldwork Trip. I loved my visits to every classroom, where I saw children focussed and working hard to get smart. I saw children working as ‘Crew’ in EYFS, Pledge setting in Y1, Getting smart at Maths using Ipads in Y2 and then more Maths in UKS2! What a way to start our new term but also to finish our first week.

Happy Friday everyone, see you bright and early on Monday.

Mrs Atherton (Was Miss Laing) x

This morning I have had the pleasure of spending a bit of time in classrooms. I was really pleased to see our new F2 pupils ‘being kind’ with their new crew mates, in particular at the water area, where children were working together to transfer water from the tray to the funnels.

I have also been particularly impressed by the work taking place across UKS2, their poetry work is really beautiful and includes such powerful messages for those reading. Thank you UKS2.

I look forward to dropping into a few more classrooms on our final day of transition tomorrow.

This morning we opened our doors to our families, it was so lovely to have families back in school with us. In KS1 (Y1&2), the children worked with their adults to create a range of structures using a range of materials. It was so lovely to see parents collaborating with their child and I know the children loved it too. Thank you to all those parents who attended this morning and we look forward to having more of you in school with us this week.

Yesterday morning Year 5 pupils were working hard on their written methods. They were extremely focussed throughout my short visit and impressed me when checking their work to ensure it was accurate.

Great work Crew Shields!

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are looking to introduce a slight change to our School Day from September 2022, however, this will only effect a Friday.

From September, we are planning on finishing at 3pm every day, including a Friday.

Our school day will start at 8.40, Monday to Friday and will finish at 3pm, Monday to Friday.

We are now in a position to be able to provide our Teachers with their PPA time during the school week whilst maintaining ultimate consistency for the children, therefore, the earlier finish for pupils on a Friday is no longer a necessary measure and we would love to have our pupils back in school for a full day on a Friday.

If you have any queries or concerns that you would like to raise, regarding this slight change, please do not hesitate to contact me via email, on [email protected].

Kind Regards,

Miss Laing

Today we celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee at Carcroft School. For the first time in two years, we came together as a community, on our school field in order to enjoy a big royal picnic.

The children were provided with a royal lunch from the kitchen, including burgers, hot dogs and chips in their special Union Jack boxes. The grown ups brought along their own picnics and everyone ate lots of ice-cream for dessert.

The children enjoyed spending time with both their family and friends. There was lots of bouncing on the bouncy castles, dancing in the disco zone, face painting galore, tattoos and so much more.

It’s been an absolute pleasure seeing our school community come together today!

Thank you to all of our parents and carers and other family members for coming along today, we really appreciate your support in creating memorable moments for the pupils of Carcroft School.

On Monday this week, I spent some time in classrooms focussing on our HoWLS. I wanted to see if pupils were working hard to get smart. In particular, I was focussing on whether pupils had a positive attitude towards their learning and whether they were contributing when their Teachers were checking for understanding.

Pupils were focussed and engaged in every classroom. School was extremely calm and allowed for high quality Maths and English teaching to take place. Every pupil demonstrated at least ‘secure’ HoWLs with many demonstrating ‘Great’ HoWLs.

Foundation stage had circled up to reflect upon their HoWLs for the day before heading out into their beautiful new playground to burn off some of that Monday energy.

I spotted Y1 pupils getting smart in Maths by working together to understand how they can use their Maths knowledge to solve problems and our Y2’s were learning how to tell the time, in order to get smart.

In Crew Boswell, there was a fabulous buzz for learning when estimating angles. Children were showing such amazing attitudes towards learning.

Crew MI were working hard on their writing when I dropped in. The pupils were extremely focussed on getting smart using their writing plans during the time I was in.

Whilst in Crew Fox the pupils were drafting a stunning piece of writing using the Y6 framework to ensure it was of a high quality.

Both Crew Marsh and Crew Shields were checking out for the day. I loved listening in to the children’s reasoning behind their HoWLs, they articulated this so well referring back to their school day. Simply beautiful everyone!

What a lovely afternoon Mr Sharp and I had visiting our classrooms.

Today I wanted to show my appreciation to some of our fabulous members of staff. I am sure that nearly every school in the world would argue that they have an amazing team of staff but I really do feel we have such a dedicated and hardworking staff crew, who go that extra mile for our children and are out of this world.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank some of our staff for moving classes this half term, in order to better support the pupils of Carcroft School. Like children, change can be unsettling for adults too, but our staff have embraced the change and have just slotted into their new crews. Without such flexible and understanding staff, our school would not be the fabulous place it is today.

In addition, this week, Mrs Ibbotson along with a number of dedicated Teachers and Support Staff, Ms Gilliland, Miss Hart (Mrs Adams), Mrs Taylor, Mrs Flaherty and Ms Haddock, took the children to Young Voices in Sheffield. This is always a long day for our staff but I know they would not miss this for the world. We really are so lucky to have such fabulous staff, who are willing to go above and beyond for the children, in order to provide memorable experiences, such as this one. None of this would be possible without the support of Mrs Wilcox in the office. Mrs Wilcox was Mrs Ibbotson’s right hand woman during the last few months, in terms of getting it all organised. Events such as these really are a whole school effort- thank you to you all.

We have had a fabulous first week back, the children have been awesome this week, but they really cannot be the best versions of themselves without the support of our amazing staff crew.

So, finally, a big thank you to all of the Carcroft Staff Crew for all that you do throughout the year.