Afternoon everyone!

We have had a lovely day in Crew Thiede.

Highlight of the day

This morning we all worked really hard during Maths. We partitioned and compared numbers using < > and =.

This afternoon we worked as a Crew during PE following an assault course and facing new challenges!

HOWLs

Today our class HOWL score was 3.2

Today our HOWL heroes were…

Work hard

🌟 Ellie-May for an improved attitude to her learning and trying her hardest in every lesson

Getting smart

🌟Cohen for using equipment in maths to help with his learning

Being kind 

🌟 Preston for always being a lovely friend

Good afternoon everyone,

As we returned to school today for week 5 of our half term, the children spoke about how they were all feeling a little tired. We discussed how we could make ourselves feel better within the classroom and support one another to feel more positive. The girls suggested we could read to our “buddy bears” as well as each other, as most children expressed they enjoyed a story when they were feeling in the “blue” zone. The friendships and closeness of the children have been lovely to watch grow over the past few weeks. They are definitely enjoying being back with their peers.

Hi all,

Star moment of the day:

My star moment of the day today was our theme lesson, it was so nice to read the sentences that the children came up with that explained why they are proud of people who work at Carcroft Primary School! 😊

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.4! 🙌

Weekly HoWl target: 3.1

How can we improve this tomorrow?

Crew Marsh, need to make a real effort to be kind to each other and make sure that all of our comments are positive, nice ones.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

This week we are concentrating on being kind.

Our work hard hero today is: Sophia!

Sophia is the kindest member in our crew, among others, she always makes an effort to make sure she is kind and respectful to anyone and everyone she comes across in School. Well done Sophia, this has not gone unnoticed!

Brilliant day yet again Crew Kent!! You’ve blown me away with how well you have presented your English work after we made some changes. You have taken our push for perfect presentation on board and are really trying to improve the neatness of your work. This also goes for Math’s as we have been learning about Roman Numerals today which the children have enjoyed a lot!!

This afternoon has been very interesting as well looking at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Carcroft. The children really have some brilliant ideas about what Carcroft could become.

Howl Heroes today – Working Hard = Milena, Getting Smart = Chloe and Being Kind = Crystal

Howl average for today = 3.4

Well done again Crew Kent 👍

Wow Crew Flaherty, what a great week we’ve had.

Highights of the week

You have all worked hard this week and I have noticed our Crew supporting each other with the expectations in lessons, which has been lovely to see. Crew Flaherty, your acts of kindness do not go unnoticed.

Watching the children’s reaction to spinning our HOWL-OPOLY wheel has got to be my favourite moment this week. Our Crew loved finding out that our weekly Crew average had improved which means they get a treat.

In writing, our Crew have worked hard to meet the gold standard and some children have started to challenge themselves to meet the green standard. I am very proud of our Crew for showing such a positive attitude to writing. Keep up the great work Crew Flaherty.

Learning Legend

Honey-J Dixon for working hard in every lesson and being an amazing role model to her peers. Honey has a positive attitude to her learning and produces beautiful work. She shows a determination to succeed whilst always being kind to her peers, which is such an admirable quality. I am very proud of you Honey

Well done Honey

HOWLs

Our Crew average for the week was an amazing 3.1. Well done Crew Flaherty, we have improved from 3.0 last week.

Happy Friday People! 🙌

Yay! 😁 Today we have definitely been experiencing that ‘Friday Feeling’ in Crew Elmer! 🤩 Mrs Elmer is very much looking forward to some much needed sleep 💤, being able to eat my breakfast sitting down 🤣 and of course spending time with my little family 💕 It was lovely during Crew to hear about all the exciting things that Crew Elmer will be up to this weekend: baking, playing football, biking, going to the park and much more! Have a fab weekend Crew Elmer and a much deserved rest! 💆‍♀️💆‍♂️

Star moment of the day:

Today I spent most of the morning with Miss Laing looking at ‘The Write Stuff’ across LKS2 which in itself was pretty much a star moment of the day! However, it was lovely when I came back to class to see and hear all about the excellent work Crew Elmer had been doing in Science this morning. There were some fantastic illustrations showing ‘changing state’ from water to ice cubes to steam. Children used the correct scientific vocabulary including ‘particles’, ‘vibrate’, ‘collide’, ‘freeze’, ‘melt’ etc. They were also great at explaining the process to me too! Great work Crew Elmer! I wonder if you could freeze some water this weekend and make your own ice cubes? Or even watch a grown up boil the kettle and see the steam that comes out? Remember not all of your learning has to happen in the classroom! Here are a few photos of the children’s great work!

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.1

Today our Crew average is back up there! 🙌 I believe that this is down to so many children trying to ‘work hard’ at all times today and lots of children using kind words, which has been much nicer to see! 😊

This week’s HoWL target is: 3.0

How can we improve this next week?

Next week, Crew Elmer still need to continue to work on all three HoWLS. Children also need to remember to use kind words and as I said today… ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say then please don’t say it’, as well as ‘think before you speak’! I am really hoping that next week ALL of Crew Elmer can be kind to each other EVERY day! 🤞

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Crew Elmer nominated Sienna for our class HoWL hero for ‘working hard’ ALL day! Sienna has achieved ‘Green Standard’ in EVERY lesson today and despite Mrs Elmer not being in the classroom at times she continued to try her best and stayed focused on her work, despite others around her being noisy! Well done Sienna! 👏

Learning legend: 

Firstly, I love that this was a total surprise to this little lady today! Thank you to her mum for keeping quiet 👍 It was lovely to see the surprise and smile on her face! 🤩

The children have had a great week in Crew Elmer this week. They have learnt lots, done lots of celebrating (spinning the wheel for our average HoWL score, celebrating daily HoWL Heros, celebrating the Golden Ticket winner for handwriting and finally celebrating our Learning Legend!), and produced some beautiful work for our Science and Expedition displays! Well done Crew Elmer! The children’s maths knowledge is continually growing and this week we have really tackled number lines and different intervals well. In ‘The Write Stuff’ children have been writing their own stories using the FANTASTICS. In Science they have learnt more about changing state (hopefully next week they will get to see this! 🤞) and in Expedition we have been exploring Carcroft community looking at who is in it and what they bring to the community. In Spanish the children have learnt some basics which I can’t wait to test when we do the register next week! Finally in PE the children have been working as ‘mini crews’ in relay races and scavenger hunts! What a busy week! Next week I am hoping for us to squeeze in some more computing and music!

Crew Attendance: 

Our latest attendance was 95%. This is an improvement on last week and it means that we are even closer to achieving the minimum expected standard (97%)!

Wow! What a week.

We’ve had a great week in Crew Longley, but we are definitely ready for the weekend! 🤩 We have all certainly earned our work hard badge this week. We have even had visitors to see our learning this week.

Star moment of the day:

Today’s star moment goes to Alkim today. Seeing him so engaged with his writing was fantastic and I loved hearing him read his repetitive sounds. If you see him this weekend ask him to tell you Thump! Thump! Thump!❤️

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.9

Today our Crew average is back up there! 🙌 I believe that this is down to so many children being engaged in their learning today and really trying to impress when Mrs Elmer and Miss Laing came to visit. Well done Guys

This week’s HoWL target is: 2.7

This week’s HoWL average is : 2.7

Today the chidren had a visit from Mr Tucker and Miss Whitehead, who praised the children for being honest with their HoWL scores. They have certainly embraced the system and are determined to beat our target next week and have a spin on the Howlopoly wheel. Who knows they might even get to cream pie Miss Laing (but hopefully not me! 😂)

How can we improve this next week?

Next week, Crew Longley need to continue to ‘work hard’, ‘get smart’ and ‘be kind’. I would especially like to see EVERYONE in Crew Longley being kind and trying to improve our crew, school and community environments.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Crew Longley nominated Keaton for HoWL Hero today for ‘work hard’. Keaton sometimes finds it hard to get started, but today has really worked hard to produce some interesting work. Well done Keaton!

Learning legend: 

Where do I even begin with our ‘Learning Legend’ for last week?

Weekly overview: 

This week we have continued to get smart in Crew Longley, but also continuing to develop our crew bond. In crew this week, we have worked in teams to complete Cojo challenges, created a carrot car and made a stunning video to show what it means to work hard in Crew Longley.

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Happy friday everyone! Another fantastic week and after reflecting today, I can’t believe how great the children have settled. They are learning something new each day and we are having some great discussions sharing our learning and we are having fun too!

Star moments 🌟

We sang action songs including ‘row your boat’ and ‘wheels on the bus’ and the children showed me their best singing voices! We learnt some new parts of ‘row your boat’ and worked in pairs to sing and do the actions. We had lots of fun 🎤

We are always looking for ways to improve the classroom and the provision and today the children explored the new sand area. This again was a great opportunity to work together and the children worked hard to tidy the classroom!

HOWL Hero

Being Kind – Leo

Leo helped to tidy areas that he had not played in, setting a great example to his peers and helping the adults. Well done Leo!

🤩Happy Friday everyone🤩

Today we created lapbooks in science to explain what the circulatory system is 👩🏼‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬. We loved researching using a range of books and browsing the web 👩🏾‍💻👨🏽‍💻.

After our Spanish lesson🇪🇸, learning how to introduce ourselves, we completed a training circuit in PE with lots of activities: squats, lunges, sit ups, press ups… 💪🏼we were pretty worn out😰!

We have worked super hard on our HOWLS this week and have an average of 2.7 which we were SUPER happy with 🥳. This means we get to spin the wheel next Friday. Crew Fox really are making great progress and trying hard to be the best crew that they can be 🦊

Well done to our Learning Legend Lewis. You really are a super role model to all your peers🤩.

Have a lovely weekend everyone 😃