Well, we can’t quite believe another week is over in Crew Godley, time certainly flies when you are having fun! It is so great to see the children settling into our daily routines and working hard a crew to ensure we set out to achieve our goals.

Next week we are starting our ‘Crew Rewards’. We will be working hard to fill our jar full of pasta, as a crew, to earn a special treat! We are very excited to work together to achieve this.

Today’s highlight was developing our fine motor skills by snipping some beautiful flowers to make our own creations! This activity helped us to strengthen our fingers whilst also using our imagination to create some wonderful storytelling and art work.

Positives for this week:

-We have worked hard to make sure we are working smart on the carpet – this is shown by good sitting, good listening and eyes on our teachers. We are beginning to ‘circle up’ much quicker!

-We have worked hard in provision to practice our independent skills – this has included being kind by respecting our environment and working as a crew to be the best we can be.

-We have had lots of fun outside in provision – including ball games, bike races, fun on the trim trail and water play.

Have a lovely weekend everyone 🌞🌞

Good evening,

Star moment of the day:

What a great day we’ve had today!  I’m not sure whether our star moment was the concentration and focus during science or the speed and concentration which we displayed in maths so it’s only fair to say they both were!

Today’s HoWL average is: 3.2

How can we improve this next week?

We need to show this concentration and focus more consistently next week and I challenge our crew to demonstrate the same HoWLs they showed all today in their writing next week.

Today’s HoWL Hero: 

Be Kind – Freya!

Freya has really shown her caring side today and her kindness, respect and manners have been immaculate.  Not only has this helped her to Get Smart, but she’s also been able to help those around her to Get Smart as well.  What a day, Freya!

Our Learning Legend: 

Lexi!

Lexi has produced some great work this week and her work ethic and attitude has been a great example for the rest of her crew, especially those on her table! Well done, Lexi!

Weekly overview: 

We have had a strong week this week as we are becoming more familiar with the routines and expectations while in school.  Concentration is improving and this is helping everyone to see their own progress in lessons.  There’s too much to mention so some snippets would be the fitness session in PE (there are some very flexible members of our crew!), the excitement of looking at coding in computing and the energy in demonstrating what the particles look like in solids, liquids and gases!  I know I can’t wait to see what we achieve next week!  Thank you Crew Boswell and enjoy a thoroughly deserved weekend.  I’ll see you on Monday and may even have a surprise for you all after succeeding in our science challenge

Crew Attendance: 

Our latest attendance was  92%. This means that we are working towards the minimum expected standard (97%) this week!

Wow! Another week over, and Crew Wilson have achieved so much!

Highlights of the Week:

In English we have been writing a recount of our journey to Coffee Corner. Throughout the week the children have worked fantastically as collaborators, helping each other with sounding out tricky words, letter formation and extending vocabulary through discussion. Every child has ‘Worked Hard’ at writing words for the sentence stackers

In Science we have been looking at how the different parts of our body work, this week focussing on eyes. Again, Crew Wilson supported each other throughout the lesson, helping each other sound out the different elements of the eye (who knew eye was such a tricky word to sound out?!?). We discussed what is different about our eyes, such as colour and shape – they also enjoyed trying my glasses on and experiencing life with bad eyesight – highlight of the lesson from Toby – ‘Wow Mr Wilson I didn’t know you were THAT blind!”

In Computing, we have been learning about coding – the children are now confident inputting instructions to a BeeBot to make it move to where they want on the map (they also know how to make it spin in circles and dance!) The Crew have responded really well to this and have experimented manoeuvring objects physically, on a laptop and on the Interactive White Board

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In Maths we have been exploring numbers 1-10, and have practiced counting forwards and backwards, as well as ordering and grouping and writing both numerals and number words. Some wonderfully collaborative work displayed again, the Crew really want everyone to achieve their best and are great cheerleaders for children who feel that they can’t do it, they have such wonderful empathy skills and it’s such a pleasure to watch them discuss problems and explain the answers to their friends!

Howl Heroes

We have ended the week with a 3.4 Howl average, Crew Wilson have blown me away time and time again this week with their fantastic ideas, improving listening skills and empathy for one another – we really are building a Crew here!

Bobby-J is our Howl Hero for the week as he consistently has a positive attitude towards his learning, is always reminding others of the right way to do things and has had a fantastic week across all subjects, keep up the good work!

Mr W signing off after a busy week, have a lovely weekend everyone 🙂

What a lovely ending to the week we have had today! ☀️

Today we have practised our mark making skills, ensuring we are using the correct pencil grip and working hard to follow lines using our fine motor skills! The children loved this activity and I was so amazed how great they were at this. We are going to have some fantastic writers! ✏️ 🌟

We have been really trying our best at becoming more independent in all aspects of our learning and self care. Today was a perfect opportunity to have a go at this when peeling our own bananas at snack time 🍌 Again, such a small thing which we need to learn but the children were so proud of themselves.

The children have also loved using scissors to snip and cut flowers up ✂️ 🌺🌸🥀 This is a great way to practice our cutting skills and to strengthen our fingers, which again will help us to become excellent writers!

Our HOWL Hero

Working hard – Porsha

Porsha’s persistance and effort when mark making was excellent and she took so much pride in her work. This is a great attitude to have to her work already, well done!

Hi everyone!

In Crew Gerrard, we have had another fantastic day of working hard, getting smart and being kind. The children loved watching the learning legends and seeing the other Crews. We learned about how the foetus develops over 9 months of pregnancy. The first activity involved matching the stages of foetal development to the description. The children looked into some of they myths and facts about pregnancy during a quiz. These activities really helped the Crew understand the stages of development ready to create a timeline. The children were really interested in this. We then practiced our Spanish vefore lunch, as the children learned how to ask their friends what their name was.

Our Learning Legend was Sapphire for being an absolute role model for Crew Gerrard. She always works hard, focusing on all of her tasks. She always tries to get smart as well, by making sure that she achieves her very best and listens carefully all the time. Sapphire is always kind to everyone in class too and makes sure that she encourages others around her. Sapphire, you are an absolute star and we’re very lucky to have you in our Crew!

Our HoWL average for today was 3.3!

We have had a fantastic week and I’m sure next week will continue that trend. You should be really proud with how you are settling in and how well you are getting on. Have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the rest!

Mr G 😄

This morning we enjoyed our Spanish lesson, learning how to meet and greet each other. We took part in multi-skills in PE and learned all about the circulatory system in Science.

Here is Alex’s diagram of the circulatory system.

We have improved our HOWLS from yesterday too!

Next week, we are looking forward to presenting our Work Hard product and can’t wait to share it with you all too.

Well done to our Learning Legend Layla – you are such a superstar.

Hi everyone!

What a great last day of the week we’ve had!
We’ve upped our HOWL average to 3.1 which is great! Well done Crew Welburn!👏👏

Our HOWL heroes for today are:

Work Hard: H

Get smart: Evie

Be Kind: Lylah

Here’s some highlights from our week…

In writing, we have been looking at the different lenses from The Write Stuff. We have focused on what we could see on our walk, and what actions we did on our walk. The children have also been practicing their phonics skills independently by sounding out and making words using the magnetic letters.

In computing, we were programming the beebots to follow our algorithms. We had to debug them when they went wrong, but we were very excited when they went right!

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Positives for this week:

-We have worked hard to make sure we are listening on the carpet.

-We have worked hard in provision to practice our independent skills.

-We have had lots of fun outside in provision.

-We have all written lots of sentences in pairs, by ourselves and in groups! Well done Crew Welburn! We are getting back into the swing of things 😁😁

Our Learning Legend for this week was Darcie – Well done Darcie, you have worked hard, got smart and been kind!

Have a lovely weekend everyone 🌞🌞

Hi all,

Star moment of the day:

The children worked really hard in Science today, they have learnt what particles make up a solids, liquids and gasses.

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.7

Weekly HoWl target: 3.0

How can we improve this next week?

Crew Marsh need to continue to show me that they are working hard when sat at their table or on the floor.

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: Frankie T

Frankie you have tried so hard to be quicker in lessons today, and this has showed me that you are working hard and listening to instructions. Well done!

Learning legend: 

Max

Max has tried really hard to make sure he is always working hard in all of his lessons, this has meant he has produced beautiful work in writing. Well done Max keep up the hard work!

Weekly overview: 

The children have had a settled week in Crew Marsh, their confidence has really started to flourish and they have started to show me a lot more that they are working hard in all subjects. The children have loved doing computing this week and I am sure that they have already told you about scratch. I look forward to seeing you all after the weekend, have a well earned break!

Crew Attendance: 

Our latest attendance was  92.9%.  This means that we are working towards the minimum expected standard (97%) this week!

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Hi all,

Star moment of the day:

Today in writing, we managed to get through the 3 chunks for the plot point for today. The children tried hard to keep to the timings and they encouraged each other to keep going.

Today’s HoWL average is: 2.8

How can we improve this tomorrow?

Next week, Crew Shields need to work on their listening and ability to follow instructions.

Today’s HoWL Hero:

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

Our work hard hero today is: Maddie!!

Maddie always models good listening skills and shows a good attitude to crew. She completes her learning to the best of her ability.

Learning Legend:

Georgie –

Summary of the Week:

During this week, the children have really started to settle back into school life. We have been trying hard in all aspects of learning and I know this will continue in the coming weeks. It has been lovely to see the children tapping into their prior knowledge to support them with their learning. The confidence of some children is starting to bloom and I’ve every confidence that this will grow for all, as we move through the year. Have a lovely weekend!

Crew Attendance: 

Our latest attendance was 100%. ✅ This means that we have exceeded the expected standard (97%) this week!

Well done Crew Kent another brilliant day!! First thing this morning the children enjoyed a socially distanced Learning Legends assembly in classrooms. Children then spent all morning working hard on their Science. They had to match up cards and then talk about the development of a baby within the mothers womb. After a fantastic game of Myth and Fact the children then created a timeline to show the development of a baby including information and pictures. Lunchtime came very quickly again with all the children being very focused throughout the morning learning how to greet each other in Spanish. After lunch children enjoyed a quick singing lesson before the end of the day.

Howl heroes for today – Work Hard = Deacon, Get Smart = Kai and Being Kind = Maxi

Learning Legend = McKenzie Groom

Have a fantastic weekend!! 😊