Where has the sun gone? 🙁

We have still managed to be positive today even without the glorious sunshine. Go Crew Fox! Myself, Mrs Rhodes and Mr McCusker have said this morning has been one of the most focused mornings that we have had since the beginning of September.

During English sessions, we have finished plot point 5…

We’ve continued to read chapter 3 of The Giver and are learning more and more about Jonas and his community. Can you summarise to your adults at home what we have learned about the characters so far?

Working Hard Wednesday completed- It’s been a wet but jam-packed day!

Today we have been looking in depth about what ‘Working Hard‘ looks like around school, and Crew Wilson have really taken this on board! They have been showing me how they can work hard in the different areas of the classroom all day!

Highlights from today:

Maths: We have been learning to count ‘one less’ using a variety of resources, we really enjoyed playing bus drivers and counting the total number of passengers on the bus. Shout out to Tia for leading her group independently!

Theme: Our box model village has had it’s final coat of paper mache and we are ready for painting. I witnessed some fantastic collaboration in this lesson between so many of our Crew – as we had a time limit, some children rushed to the aid of their peers to help them finish in time, great work guys!

Howl Heroes

Work Hard – This Howl goes to Stevie for her brilliant effort in our writing lessons. Stevie really concentrated hard on her task and produced some beautiful work as a result, well done Stevie!

Get Smart – This Howl goes to Mia for listening carefully to instructions and keeping her group on task at all times – Mia is a teacher in the making!

Be Kind – This Howl goes to Perrie, as she always considers the needs of others before herself. Perrie was willing to sacrifice her box model being finished so she could help someone else finish theirs. Luckily there was time for both to be completed, but that was such a kind thing to do, well done Perrie!

Howl Daily Total: 56!

WH – 26

GS – 11

BK – 19

211/200 – Well done Crew Wilson, our target is smashed and we’re only halfway through the week! Keep up the fantastic work!

Hi all,

Star moment of the day:

In phase assembly, I was extremely proud of the children that spoke in assembly this afternoon. They were asked to explain what work hard looks like in Crew Shields and they did this in a loud, clear voice. It was lovely to see their confidence with speaking in front of other children.

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.7

How can we improve this tomorrow?

Tomorrow Crew Shields need to ensure that they are listening to and following instructions to ensure they know what they are doing in their learning.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Our Be Kind hero today is: Alicia!!

Alicia is a well mannered and polite girl who is always willing to help her peers. She includes her friends and listens to them when they are contributing to class discussions. It has been lovely seeing Alicia develop new friends in Crew Shields which is down to her kindness to others. Well done Alicia.

Really good day Crew Kent!! I was not in today but I have had great feedback from the staff that covered me today. In math’s children continued their rounding of 10’s, 100’s and 1,000’s even learning a catchy song. After break children continued with their writing with some very imaginative pieces being developed and I cannot wait to see completed tomorrow. In the afternoon children had P.E. out in the wet but they battled through and thoroughly enjoyed their session. Well done Crew Kent for showing all the other staff members how well we behave as a crew and the hard work we do in all lessons.

Howl heroes – Work Hard = Kelby, Get Smart = Deacon and Be Kind = Olivia

Howl average today = 3.3

Wednesday✔

Wow! What a great day we have had! We’ve worked really well together as a crew today which was great to see 😊

Highlights from today:

Maths:

We have been looking at 1 less in maths today which was really tricky but we didn’t give up! We tried looking at in in lots of different ways, but our favourite was sitting on a bus and ringing the bell for one person to get off each time. This really helped us to visualize 1 less. We also used playing cards to find 1 less of a number within 10. We did boys v’s girls for the fastest finger first!

 

 

Our HOWL Heroes:

Work Hard: Bronwyn has worked so hard with her writing today so she had to be the HOWL hero! She made sure her work was beautiful by carefully forming her letters, and worked hard to contribute ideas to the crew discussion.

Get Smart: Kairen was nominated by Kyden in our crew today for get smart. Kyden wanted to nominate Kairen as he always does the right thing and tries really hard in lessons to do the tasks.

Be Kind: Harry was really kind today in our DT lesson. He made sure that once he had finished his paper mache on his model, that he helped his friends to get theirs finished. This was brilliant teamwork!

HOWL average: 3.2. Well done crew Welburn! 👏🙌

Hi all,

Star moment of the day:

My star moment of the day was when in crew we all shared our “I praise….” about each other, this made me feel really happy hearing the kind things the crew had to say to each other. 💕

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.5 😢

Weekly HoWl target: 3.0

How can we improve this tomorrow?

Listening to instructions and following them the first time.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

This week we are concentrating on working hard, as if you work hard, you get smart!

Because the children were late out, I did not have time to share the HoWL Hero with them…..

Our work hard hero today is: TommyB

Tommy has tried extra hard today to make sure he has been working hard every lesson, he has shown me his listening and ensured that his work looks beautiful!

Well done Tommy!😊

Hi everyone! We have had a busy day in Crew Thiede today.

Highlight of the day
The children enjoyed drawing maps of our walk to Coffee Corner, including the human and physical
features that we saw on the walk. They also had a go at making their own compass and were great at remembering North, East, South and West.🙂

HOWLs

Our CREW average for the day 3.2 today ⬇️

Our crew average was a little bit lower today, how can we improve this tomorrow? 

Tomorrow we need to focus on following instructions carefully. Following instructions is really important to make sure that we are working hard. Working hard = getting smart!

Our HOWL heroes were:
Work Hard
🌟Taylor – For focussing on her work all of the time.
Get Smart
🌟Ellie – For contributing fantastic ideas in every lesson and producing beautiful work again all day.
Be Kind
🌟 Preston – For being kind to others and always respecting his equipment and books.

A lovely sunny day and it was lovely to see our Crew enjoy Kixx in the sunshine this morning.

 

Highlight of the day:

Today, we discussed what it means to work hard at school and what it looks like in our Crew ready for our presentation in our Crew assembly on Thursday. Here is a sneaky peak to one of our thoughts…

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In maths, all the children could confidently use equipment to partition a 2 digit number. I am super impressed with how many children could write an equation to show how they had partitioned their 2 digit number. Keep up the hard work Crew Flaherty. We are very proud of you.

In geography, we worked hard and collaborated with each other to create our own compass.

               

HOWLs

Our HOWL average for today is 2.8.

HOWL heroes

Work Hard

Lacey-Jo has demonstrated a positive attitude to her learning today especially in English.

Get Smart

Archie has listened carefully all day and followed instructions the first time they were given. You are a role model to our Crew

Be Kind

Archie always uses his manners when speaking to everyone.

 

Well done to our HOWL heroes. I wonder if we are can all listen carefully tomorrow to improve our HOWL average.

Hi all,

Star moment of the day:

Crew Marsh were fab in our maths lesson today, they used 100, 10, and 1’s to help show how you add 100 more or less to the correct columns. The children really worked hard!

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.1!

Weekly HoWl target: 3.0

How can we improve this tomorrow?

Again, in the afternoon Crew Marsh need to make sure that they are listening to instructions and working hard. We have got really good at doing this in a morning.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

This week we are concentrating on working hard, as if you work hard, you get smart!

Our work hard hero today is: Lottie!

Lottie you have shown me so many times today that you were working hard, this was super to see! Keep up the hard work! 👍

Tantalizing Tuesday! 🤩

Today has been a tremendous day in Crew Elmer full of lots of learning, lots of working and lots of fun!

Star moment of the day:

Today I was really impressed with how quickly Crew Elmer grasped the concept of 10 and 100 more or less in our maths lesson this morning. The children were able to use their previous knowledge of place value and multiples, as well as number lines, number squares and money to support them in finding 10 and 100 more or less than a range of 3-digit numbers. Lacey, Harry, Lily and Ray you were fantastic at this well done! 👏 See below for some snaps of their great work! 👍

                 

Another ‘star moment’ of the day was the great team work in our Kixx PE session this morning. Crew Elmer were great at cheering each other on, shouting encouraging words and praising each other for their hard work. This was lovely to see! 💕

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.1

This is the same as yesterday and just shows how consistent children are being in achieving those 3’s and 4’s. Keep this up Crew Elmer! 👍

This week’s HoWL target is: 2.9

How can we improve this tomorrow?

Tomorrow Crew Elmer need to make sure that we are ‘working hard’ at all times. We need to fiddle with equipment less and spend less time wandering around the classroom when we should be sat down ‘working hard’.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Crew Elmer nominated Ray for ‘working hard’ all day. Ray is always focused on the task in hand, whether this is specific work in lesson time, walking down the corridor or being ready to learn. He is always just doing the right thing. You are a great role model to others Ray! Well done!  👏