Another great week in Crew Shields even though we have missed Mrs Lowe being in with us. Thankfully we have had Miss Hart supporting us and she has been amazing. Thank you so much. Crew Shields have had a lovely day taking part in some Children in Need activities and completing our next Expedition hook. They had the opportunity to make cupcakes using pumpkins. This was to encourage children to think about food waste, for example, at Halloween when pumpkins are thrown out when the flesh could be used to make things such as pies, cookies, pancakes or bird feeders.

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.8

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we develop this Next week?

Next week, Crew Shields need to make a conscious effort to ensure that they are being kind to each other. This includes thinking about how their actions impact the others around them.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be kind hero today is: Georgie

Georgie is a superstar! She is polite, respectful and extremely helpful to everyone in Crew Shields. She supports her peers in learning and is friendly towards everyone she encounters. We are really lucky to have Georgie in Crew Shields.

Today has been lovely to spend time with the children and painting for our newspaper articles. The children put a lot of time and effort into their artwork and as a result they are looking fab! 👌💕

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.7! ✨✔

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.2

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Next week, Crew Marsh, again….. needs to make sure that we are leaving the classroom tidy! Miss Smith and I have had to tidy up tonight. 😢

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Smart hero today is Preston!

Preston has worked really hard all day to make sure he is getting smart. Well done Preston!

Learning Legend: Harlie 

Handwriting Hero:

Our handwriting hero for this week is Mia.

This Week in Phase:

Watch the video to see what we have been up to in phase.

Expedition:

Click the link to visit our exciting expedition website to find out more about the lovely expedition learning

Hi everyone,

Today, we could’ve given anyone HOWL hero… but the lucky 3 were:

Work hard: Alicia 👩

Get smart:  Tyler 🧑

Be kind: Ms Penfold 👩

Learning Legend: Belle 👩

Golden Ticket: Sapphire 🎶

We are super proud to say that our HOWL average today is 3.3! We’ve worked super hard to achieve this and we’re really now thinking about what each HOWL really means. However we really need to improve attendance in order to increase our HOWL average!!

Well done Crew Gerrard and have a great weekend! 😃

Today, we could’ve given anyone HOWL hero… but the lucky 3 were:

Work hard: Maxi 🧑

Get smart:  Kelby 👩

Be kind: Grace 👩

Learning Legend: Kelby 👩

Golden Ticket: Abigail 🎶

🤩 We are super proud to say that our HOWL average today is 2.8! We’ve worked super hard to achieve this and we’re really now thinking about what each HOWL really means. However we really need to improve attendance in order to increase our HOWL average!!

Well done Crew Kent 👍

Take over Thursday 😵

After a CRACKING 🥚🍳 day, Miss Clarke was so proud of Crew Elmer she’s hijacked the blog! 😬

Star moment of the day: ⭐

As part of our expedition and thinking about the question ‘What is the most valuable gift we can give, we have been discussing homelessness, what it would feel like to be without a home and what would be the best gift to give homeless people. We generated a list of ideas such as, food, shelter, warmth, and money. We collectively made pumpkin (butternut squash) bread with the intention of giving it to the homeless shelter. As part of COVID-19 restrictions, however, we were unable to do so and instead have chosen to gift it to Crew Marsh. 🎁

This is of course if I don’t eat it before tomorrow as it smells delicious and I haven’t had my tea yet! 😂😋🍞

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.3

Well done on keeping above minimum expectation which is 3! Let’s aim for even higher tomorrow!!

This HoWL target is: 3.3

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Tomorrow Crew Elmer needs to focus on saving their chattiness for crew play to help them work hard and get smart.

Today’s HoWL hero:

Todays HoWL hero was Frankie for her super focus on learning! Even with the busy and hectic afternoon we’ve had, Frankie’s concentration never wavered. Great work Frankie! Keep up the good work! 👏👍🙌

I’d best hand the blog back over to Mrs Elmer for now before she notices! 🤫 See you all tomorrow! 🖐

Thrilling Thursday

Highlight of the day

Today we had a Diwali dancing session with Coach Shelly! 🥻She was blown away with the enthusiasm we showed and how well we performed! Fingers crossed we can share our video soon 🤞🏻

We also began to make our diva lamps ready for our celebration at the end of term. 🪔 we can’t wait to show you them when they have been painted!

HOWLs

Today our HOWL score was 3!

Another great day Crew, well done!

Today our HOWL heroes were

🌟 Work hard – Harry

🌟 Get smart – Charlie R

🌟 Be kind – it was too difficult to pick just one person today after our fantastic effort in dance and throughout the day! Well done to the whole crew, you did yourselves and us proud!

From ‘the best reading session ever’ and a ‘really fun’ writing session to thinking about homelessness and soup kitchens, we’ve had a great day today.  Apologies for the slight delay in coming out this afternoon, but we were putting the finishing touches to our butternut squash and bacon soup as part of our new expedition.  I know the children were disappointed that I didn’t cry when chopping the onion but hopefully they’ll be proud of the soup we’ve made when they have the opportunity to share it tomorrow!

Don’t forget it’s Children in Need day tomorrow so pyjamas, yellow or spots is the order of the day!

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.3

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

I wonder if…

I wonder if we can have a great end to the week and beat 3.3 for our daily HoWL average by focusing on one area that we want to improve.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our HoWL hero today will have to wait until tomorrow to find out who they are!  We ran out of time with the cooking so will need to ask what the crew thinks in the morning, sorry.

 Thursday ✔

Today we all children were working hard, ‘getting smart’. In maths today we used our prior knowledge to solve some tricky maths problems including ‘one more’. We then extended our learning by exploring ‘one less’. We used cubes to explore the concept of one less and then deepened our understanding by using a number line.

HoWL Hero

Today’s HoWL hero goes to, Ates. Ates has been working really hard to show that he is getting smart. He has come into school with a great big smile on his face and settled well into crew circles with his peers. Well done Ates, keep up the great work ⭐️

Today the children have continued to show great enthusiasm and they have all impressed me by working hard in many different ways 🌟 Today we have been bakers and made owl buns 🦉 This was a perfect opportunity for lots of learning and discussion. The children thought about their answers to questioning such as ‘where do eggs come from?’ ASDA was the most common answer 🙊 Carrying out simple activities at home such as baking, colouring or looking at books can provide so many opportunities for speaking and listening development. Encourage your child to speak in full sentences and ask them questions to deepen their thinking.

The children have all shown great resilience today practising putting their coats on and doing the zip independently. This is something we are hoping to have cracked within the next couple of weeks 🤞🏼 If you practice every day before you set off for school, they will pick it up very quickly. Sometimes it is easier to do things for them yourself if you are in a rush etc however just spending a couple of minutes helping them to become independent is a huge step in their development. Keep up the great work and as always thank you for your support 🌟

See you all tomorrow for Children in Need day 🐻💕

Hi everyone,

What a great day we have had in Crew Gerrard today. I am so proud of how hard we have worked and I think we’ve had a really enjoyable day. It was difficult to choose the HoWL heroes for today and they are:

Working hard: Kian 🦸‍♂️

Get smart: Sapphire 🦸‍♂️

Being kind: Lucas 🦸‍♂️

Our HoWL average was 3.2!

Let’s keep this up tomorrow! 😆