What a magical day we have had 🎄 The children were so excited to come into class today to see the final touches to our Christmas decorations. Our advent calendar was ready to go and Shaina was the lucky one to be chosen to find out what was in ‘number one’ today. Before the children are able to find their treat they have a special job to do 😊 They have to complete a little activity – this includes telling a Christmas joke 🤣 singing a Christmas song 🎶 or doing a little trick ⛄. Shania sang a lovely version of Twinkle, Twinkle little Star ⭐

The children have worked hard today during their writing session, we explored characters feelings in ‘The Stickman’ and wrote some fantastic sentences! I was so impressed that the children remembered to use their fingers spaces and Fred talk to spell some tricky words. We have also been getting smart by supporting each other with our reading. Children have worked fantastically in pairs to support each other to read CVC words. Some of the children were amazed they could read when they doubted they could. I am so proud of the progress the children are making ❤

Our HoWL heroes today were:

Be Kind – Reggie was kind to his peers and supported them in their play. The were in fits of giggles.

Work Hard – Ameena persevered when writing her name even when it got a little tricky.

Get Smart – Lilly used her math’s skills in provision today to complete some addition sentences.

Well done everyone!

We’ve begun our Advent countdown and have taken a slightly different angle on it this year.  We’re looking at toys of the past.  Today, we’ve started with marbles.

Did you know there is evidence of marbles being used as far back as Ancient Greece and Egypt?

It’s been a good day for us today and we’ve coped with the slight changes to our timetable well.  Our star moment today has to be the improving handwriting and growing independence that everyone is showing!

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.9

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.1

I wonder if…

I wonder if we can continue our effort to ensure that the work that we’re producing is beautiful and something that we can be proud of.  I wonder which parents will get to see some beautiful work next?

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Kind HoWL Hero today is Lexi!

Lexi would have had a great day even without the HoWL Hero and very nearly missed out on her recognition today.  A lot of what Lexi does is quiet and done without attracting much attention; a fact that those she helps often appreciate.  However, it’s important to recognise what she does do to support us all in crew and it was great to see us doing just that this afternoon.  Thank you, Lexi.

Our Expedition lesson fit perfectly with the fact we have now entered December, The children had the opportunity to learn about Christingle and even got to make one. They learned the meaning of each part of the Christingle.

Can the children remember what the red ribbon represents?

Can they remember what the orange represents?

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.9

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we develop this tomorrow?

To improve further, Crew Shields need to ensure they are sitting correctly in their seats which will support their writing and presentation.

Today we found it difficult to choose just one child for Howl Hero as there were a few children that have blown us away. Therefore, as a one off we have selected a few.

Our Be Kind hero today is RiRi!

RiRi was awarded Howl Hero because she has been going out of her way to support Mrs Lowe since she returned from shielding. Mrs Lowe has really appreciated RiRi helping to limit the things she comes into contact with. Well done RiRi.

Our Be Smart Hero’s are:

Maddie!

Maddie blew me away to day with her scores in the arithmetic test. It was evident she has taken onboard the strategies we have been learning to help us work out the questions. Well done Maddie.

Alicia

Alicia has been working really hard in Maths and this showed in her arithmetic scores today. I am so impressed with her determination to learn. Well done Alicia.

What a wonderful day we have had in Crew Wilson today!

Highlight of the day:

Today we had a special visitor into school – Reverend Paul- who taught us all about Christianity. The Crew were so interested in what Rev Paul had to say and asked some fantastic questions about God, Jesus, Christianity, Christmas…… and coronavirus😂

We also had another visitor in the classroom today – our naughty elves! The children loved writing about him in our morning task, shoutout to Jake for his brilliant sentence – The elf is cheeky and naughty! Well done!

Howl Heroes:

Work Hard: Debbie Mae for blowing us away with her independent sentence for instructional writing, well done!

Get Smart: Stevie and Toby for collaborating when they were stuck, working together to find the answer, well done!

Be Kind: I couldn’t pick just one hero for this one today so it goes to the whole class for being kind to our visitor and also to our teachers today by listening carefully to instructions, well done everyone!

Howl Average:

3.5 today, we are staying strong with a high score and will be able to maintain or get even higher by the end of the week.

Hi everyone,

We’ve had another great day in Crew Gerrard, where we have been working hard, during our first day of assessments. I have seen so much effort from everyone. The children have also enjoyed seeing and critiquing their own product that they will be making, as part of their expedition – more on this soon! It was difficult to choose the HoWL heroes for today, and they are:

Working hard: Amelia 🦸‍♂️

Get smart: Evie 🦸‍♂️

Being kind: Alicia 🦸‍♂️

Our HoWL average was 2.9!

Let’s keep showing the same determination tomorrow! 😆

My star moment today is watching the children dancing in PE! It was great to see them express themselves and show me their rhythm. 🎶😊🙌

Average is: 3.5! 🙌✨

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.3!

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Again, I want the children to continue to make sure they are listening to every single step I am giving and following the instructions.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Smart hero today is TommyE!😁

Tommy you have blown me away with how smart you have gotten today! Well done, keep it up!

Our work hard hero today is Mark! 😎👏

Mark, you have really impressed me with how you have applied yourself to all of your learning! Well done!

Hi everyone, Hope you enjoy our first Advent Calendar song🎅🌟  The children have worked so hard to learn the songs! ❤

Come back tomorrow for Day 2 of our Advent Calendar 🎄🎅

Tuesday ✔

Highlight of the day: 

Today we have had a special visitor into school. Reverend Paul came to teach us about Christianity and Christmas. We worked really hard and got really smart in this session! 🌟

Work hard: Charlie 👏

Get smart: Lylah 👏

Be kind: Tiarna 👏

Our HOWL average was 2.9 today. We can do better than this tomorrow Crew Welburn.

Today in crew we have really impressed Miss Ferguson with our resilience and attitudes towards our learning. We started our day by completing several laps of the Muga Pitch on our quest to reach the North Pole before Christmas. We worked as a crew to complete 41 laps towards our total. We have worked as a crew to decorate our classroom and create a Christmassy atmosphere to work in until Christmas.

Today our HOWL average was: 3.6! Amazing everyone!

Today we have decided as a crew that we should all receive HOWL hero’s for “working hard” “getting smart” and “being kind”.