What a wonderful Wednesday we have had! We have worked so hard today, the children really get stuck into their work and have tried their best 🌟

Highlights from today:

In phonics we used our listening ears 👂🏼 to match instrument sounds. This might sound easy but we are at the beginning of our phonics learning journey and being able to match and identify sounds is a crucial aspect! The children were excellent at this and did so great that they got to play the instruments at the end! At home you can play listening games to develop their listening and attention and there are some useful phase 1 resources on the following websites:

ttps://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/1

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-1

During crew time we have been talking about why we are special and today we discussed different feelings and how we can tell if someone is happy or sad. The children looked at themselves in a mirror and showed us their best smiles and sad faces. They then did some ICT and used the iPads to take photos of each other 📸

HOWL Hero

Working hard – Messiah

Messiah worked so hard during crew time. He was able to talk about different feelings and did some excellent demonstrations 🌟

What a wonderful Wednesday we have had 😊 I am so impressed with the attitudes of some of our children today, I have had a great big smile on my face, all day! Such a wonderful Crew to be part of. We have had another very busy day!

Highlights of the day: 

This morning in Crew we thought about how we looked, we looked at our body parts and how we could represent this whilst mark making. Some of us yesterday found this a little tricky, however, today we persevered and worked together as a Crew. We helped each other to think about the shapes we could use to draw ourselves and like by magic we were all able to! Some of us even added our names 😊

Math’s 

Today we collaborated and worked in pairs to create on tricky teen numbers using cubes, I was so proud how the children worked with their perfect partner to problem solve.

The biggest highlight for me today was a group of children working independently, without any help from me! I was absolutely bursting with pride and some of these children were confident to share their learning with Miss Laing and Miss Whitehead. They were able to articulate what they had to do and knew it was ok to make mistakes as we have special purple pens to help us correct them. I am so, so proud of you all  🖤

We have had a wonderful day of working hard in Crew Mcloughlin and really focused on our learning, especially this morning!

HoWL Heroes 

Work Hard 🦸‍♀️ Logan M

Get Smart 🦸‍♂️ Lila

Be Kind 🦸‍♀️ Lucia

HoWL average: 3.2! We have met our target AGAIN! 🤩

I wonder if we can start to see our focus of being kind run throughout the day, ensuring we are going above and beyond to achieve excellence for those Crew member’s that are always kind.

Wonderful Wednesday! ⭐

Today has been a lovely sunny day both inside and outside of the classroom! ☀

Star moment of the day: ⭐

Today I praise how hard children worked in PE this morning. The children were great at generating warm up ideas which was fabulous to see! The children also enjoyed developing their attacking and defending skills! 🏏

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.7

This is the same as yesterday and again as crew we discussed that this was down to a few fall outs at lunch time today and some children not using kind words in class.

This week’s HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Tomorrow Crew Elmer need to make sure that we are continuing to ‘be kind’ at all times especially at lunch times as this seems to be where most problems are arising still. Remember our rules for ‘playing kindly’ at crew times. 💕

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Crew Elmer nominated Jazmin for being our ‘kind’ ‘HoWL Hero! I praised Jazmin for how supportive she was this afternoon during our computing session. Other crew members also praised Jazmin for being kind at play and lunch times, which was lovely to hear. 💕

Crew Shields have been learning about mining this in their expedition. It was lovely hearing them generate some questions for our visitor tomorrow. They have used the information they gained in lesson to ask interesting questions.

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 build up their resilience when completing learning that provides some challenge to their thinking.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Get Smart hero today is Chloe!

Chloe demonstrated that she had done good listening in writing today because she was able to use the model to write a great sentence. Well done.

Hi everyone!

We have had another fantastic day in Crew Gerrard, particularly the morning where we continued to work hard, get smart and be kind. After another difficult decision, our HoWL heroes are:

Work hard: Kian 🦸‍♂️

Get smart: Hassan 🦸‍♂️

Being kind: Ellie-May 🦸‍♂️

Well done everyone – I know tomorrow will be even better! 😄

Crew Longley have been continuing to add using the column method, write about feelings in the heart and learning about mining today.

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.1

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Tomorrow, Crew Longley really need to show a positive work hard ethos. This has been a little bit mixed today

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Howl hero today is Isabella

Isabella really has embraced Crew. She sets the tone and will readily hold others to account. A future Prime Minister in the making!

A wonderful Wednesday in Crew Wilson!

Highlight of the day:

Today we had our Phase assembly and got to show Year 2 what we have been learning. Perrie, Mia and Daisy have made our Crew so proud by standing at the front of the hall and confidently presenting about what we have been doing in our Theme lesson. Well done girls!

Howl Heroes

Work Hard: Stevie

Get Smart: Perrie

Be Kind: Eva

Howl Average

Today we have gone from a 3.8 to a 2.8 – but not to worry, we know what we need to do as a Crew to get this back up tomorrow! Everyone is going to be showing their teachers they are going above and beyond in every lesson tomorrow to get those fantastic fours!

Crew Welburn have been working really hard today ✔

Highlight of the day: 

Today, we have had our phase assembly. The children were so eager to get up in front of the phase and tell everyone about their expedition learning. Well done Crew Welburn 👏👏

Our HOWL heroes are…

Work hard: Harriet

Get smart: Harrylee

Be kind: Elijah

Our HOWL average was 2.9 today…Let’s aim for 3 tomorrow!

My star moment in class today is litter picking at the end of the day. The children loved picking litter off the school field. They got dressed up in the proper equipment and picked litter using a litter picker.

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.3

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Crew Marsh needs to make sure they are working hard on their learning and showing this by completing work.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Kind hero today is Jessica!

Jessica has tried really hard today to make sure she is being kind to her peers. This has been amazing! Jessica has also learnt to apologies if she has hurt someone’s feelings. Well done this is really grown up!