Year One:

We have worked really hard on our trees this week to put into our model village. We completed the structure of these last week but we knew we needed to make them stronger. First we had to paper mache them, then paint them and then make leaves to attach to the branches. Our teachers were really proud of the way we pulled together as a crew to do this.

We had lots of fun in science this week. We were learning all about our sense of smell. We tried to answer the question: Is our sense of smell better when we cannot see?
Our teachers made us smell some super smells like fabric softener and lavender, and some weird whiffs like eggs and coffee!

Year 2:

Crew Thiede have had a great time den building in their Kixx lesson this week. They collaborated so well, and the dens they built were super strong!

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Join us for a digest of everything that’s been going on in  Years 3 and 4 in the last week…

Crew Shields have had another great week. I am really proud of how well they have settled and how hard they are working. We had the pleasure of working with another school this week when we sent them our Be Kind videos. They had lots of positive things to say about the work they have been doing. We also had the opportunity to take part in a work shop with Parliament which we all found very interesting.

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.7

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Next week, Crew Shields need to continue working on being kind and how their actions impact others.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Work Hard hero today is: IJ

I have been really impressed with IJ’s positive attitude to learning and how eager he is to take part in his RWI lessons. IJ is starting to use the skills from RWI in all his lessons.

Learning Legend: Holly

Holly has been working hard on her independence since we returned in September. She is becoming more confident and willing to give things a go before asking for help. She is becoming more resilient and perseveres even when she finds something tricky. This is demonstrating a positive attitude to learning and shows she is eager to learn. Well done Holly.

Handwriting Hero:

Our handwriting hero for this week is Georgie.

I think it’s safe to say this week has tired nursery children out! (And staff 😂😴) Each week we are making small steps in our progress and I can’t believe the difference in the children  when I think back to week 1 🥰 They come in lovely in a morning, they know to find their coat pegs and sit ready waiting for morning crew time. They have adapted to school routine and structure and are really thinking about their learning behaviours. They all really want to stay on gold standard 💛Lets keep trying really hard with our listening and keep being kind to get our HOWL average up.

One specific highlight for me this week is noticing the children’s relationships and how they look out for each other. It is funny how at this age when their best friend wants to play with someone else, they say they have had ‘the worst day of their life’ or their ‘heart is broken’. These moments may be comical but it is how children learn to regulate and manage their emotions, which is a big part of the Early Years curriculum.

We have some fun learning activities planned for next week and a surprise for the children on Monday… I wonder what that could be.. 🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️

Have a lovely weekend everyone ☺️
Some of my fave pictures from this week 🥰

👀 A week in our phase blog: https://carcroftschool.co.uk/category/twitpks1/ 👀

I want to give a big shout out to the 6 children in Crew Welburn who earnt their chocolate bars by reading 4 times this week! 👏👏👏 I am really proud of you all for trying so hard to practice your sounding out and blending at home and I can’t wait to see how many more of you earn a chocolate bar next week 📚 🍫

Our HOWL Heroes:

Work Hard: Darcie 🙌

Get Smart: Evie 🙌

Be Kind: Heartley 🙌

This week’s Learning Legend:

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.5 ✅

This weeks HoWL average is: 3.2 ✅

Weekly HoWL target: 3

Weekly attendance: 97.2%

Keep up the hard work Crew Welburn!

Crew Marsh thoroughly enjoyed carrying out their science experiment today. Their scientific question was: how does the temperature of the water effect the time it takes for an ice cube to melt?

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.9

Our Weekly HoWL target is: 3.2

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Next week, Crew Marsh need to make sure that they are always listening.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Kind hero today is Aaron!

Aaron has worked really hard today to make sure he gets smart. He has made a real effort to show he is always listening.

Learning Legend:

This Week in Phase:

Watch out for the video coming soon.

Expedition:

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

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

Work hard: Sapphire 🦸‍♂️

Get smart: Belle 🦸‍♂️

Be kind: Tyler 🦸‍♂️

Learning Legend: Ruby 😎

Golden Ticket: Tyler 🎉

🤩 We are super proud to say that our HOWL average today is 3.0! 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 👍

Hi Crew Marsh,

As of Monday 19th, we are making an adjustment to your start and finish times.

Start 8.20

Finish 3.05 and 1.40 (Friday)

Thank you