Wow what a whirlwind of a first day back we have had! Not quite the day we had planned for our return but it has gone as smoothly as it possibly could have all things considered!

The Crew both in school and on-line have been so patient and resilient today when technology failed us, but we have managed to get through all of our lessons and everyone has worked really hard, super proud of you all Crew Wilson!

Also, thank you to the parents that have supported online learning today, we have faced our challenges and muddled through it together, hopefully with the tweaks made today tomorrows sessions will run with ease!

Highlight of the day:

Getting to explore our new expedition topic – What mysteries do the castles keep?

Not only are we learning about castles but we’ve also got one in the classroom!! We had some great fun preparing a banquet for the King and keeping the castle walls safe from our enemies attacks!

Howl Heroes:

Work Hard: Jake for his fantastic sentence in our writing lesson. His sentences was so long and detailed and created independently, well done Jake!

Get Smart: Tommy T for his enthusiasm in expedition when learning about castles. Tommy noticed some very interesting things when exploring this new topic and couldn’t wait to share them with the Crew, great work!

Be Kind: April for being such a great role model in the classroom, being the brilliant mother hen that she is and keeping the Crew in check all day, well done!

Howl Average:

3.7  – A brilliant start to the week Crew Wilson! Well done!!

Well what a start to the year! Not what we expected but we have totally got this after today! I praise parents for your support and patience today especially the ones who didn’t get on with ease, fingers crossed tomorrow will be easier🤞🏼

Crew Mcloughlin’s bubble and online learners have just blown be away today with their resilience, engagement and participation! 🤩 They really are just amazing! Hopefully tomorrow will run smoother but for the first day I think we did amazing! So a massive thank you everyone😊

HoWL heroes 🦸‍♀️ 🦸‍♂️

Every child could have earned all three hero awards today but the lucky three were…

Working Hard: Harry

Getting Smart: Chloe

Being Kind: Logan

Stay safe and thank you again for such a successful first day!

Welcome back! 👋🏻

What a truly wonderful start to a new term! 😄 I am so proud of the crew today they really have been superstars! The commitment to learning shown by the children today has blown me away. They have considered each other and how they can support their crew in this new style of learning, been patient with staff while we solve problems, adapted to the new way of teaching and above all they have followed work hard, get smart and be kind without a blip! The way they have taken the last few days in their stride has been amazing!

I could talk all day about how amazing they have been and how proud we are but we’ll leave it there for now (incase I start to blub)!

Also a big shout to all the adults at home for their time and support, thank you!

HOWLs

Todays HOWL score was 2.5

This doesn’t reflect the day our online and in school learners had (they achieved a 3.7 – our highest ever crew score) but unfortunately lots of our crew haven’t engaged in learning today this means that our score has gone down a lot, make sure you are engaging in learning tomorrow so we can get that score up!

HOWL heroes

🌟 Work hard – Theo for an amazing attitude to learning ✍🏻

🌟 Get smart – Rome for showing he was listening carefully by asking insightful questions 💬

🌟 Be kind – Taylor for been a great member of the online learning team 💻

Wonderful Wednesday! 😊⭐

Although today has been a different day under the circumstances it has still been a wonderful day! 😊 I have been blown away with the children today! 🤩 Most children were able to access remote learning if they weren’t in school today which was great!

Star moment of the day: ⭐

This has to be our Expedition lesson this afternoon and how kind the children were to each other. The children created some great storyboards to show the story of Romulus and Remus. Once they had completed them the children then offered each other praises, wonders and notices. The praises were so lovely and just what we all needed to hear today 💕

Todays HoWL average is: 2.7

Despite lots of children at home accessing their learning and some children not being able to join us this is a great score! Well done Crew! 🤩⭐🙌👏👍

This week’s HoWL target is: 3.3

How can we develop this tomorrow?

Hopefully we can get more children online tomorrow so that they can contribute some positive HoWL scores! 🤞

Today’s HoWL Hero:

Today’s HoWL Hero was Bobby-Joe! Bobby-Joe has settled really well into our crew today and shown just how resilient he can be. There have been lots of changes today (times of the day, timetable, staff etc.) and Bobby-Joe has just got on with it. He created an excellent storyboard in Expedition, completed his arithmetic questions well and contributed some great answers during reading. Well done Bobby-Joe! 👍⭐👏🙌📝✏

First day back ✅

We’ve had a great first day back. It was great to see some of the children back in the classroom and lovely to see their smiling faces 😁 They were all so excited to learn about their new expedition – What mysteries to castles keep? And they were amazed by some of the castles we looked at! We wanted to say a big thank you to the parents supporting their children with online learning as well. We know at times it was difficult, but thank you for persevering and for supporting your children 🙏

HOWL Heroes:

Work hard: Harrylee 👏

Get smart: Harry and Scarlett 👏

Be kind: Bronwyn and Scarlett 👏

🌟 HOWL Score: 3.1. Well done Crew Welburn, this is a great score for the first day back! 🌟

Note Crew Elmer Start and Finish times have changed

Start 8.55

Finish: 2.55 (Monday – Thursday)

1.05 (Friday)

I am overwhelmed with the day we’ve had today. Crew Fox have been amazing – online and in school! We’ve had only a few problems but we’ve been resilient and continued to work hard in order to get smart. Thank you to all our parents for supporting to ensure children were online on time and ready to learn – they really have been amazing. We are missing the home learners being in school and are counting down the days!

Stay safe everyone and again, thank you for a great first day!!

Hi everyone,

What a first day we have had in Crew Gerrard, from all of our various learning stations. First of all, I would like to say how proud I am of you guys for the effort and help you have given Mrs Gilliland and myself, in less than ideal circumstances. You guys really are Crew! It has been really difficult to choose our HoWL heroes for today, but myself and Mrs Gilliland have decided that they are:

Work Hard: Everyone 🦸‍♂️

Get Smart: Everyone (and the special pet visitors we saw)🦸‍♂️

Be Kind: Everyone 🦸‍♂️

Our HoWL average for today was 3.3 and I couldn’t be any happier with effort today.

Keep it up, as we need to stick together as a Crew (socially distanced of course!)

🐶

Hi everyone, well here it is the final piece of Nursery’s Advent Calendar. We hope you have enjoyed them all, it has not been an easy task to say the least 🙈 Trying to get 27 children to learn the songs, learn some actions, sing in time to the music, remember their turn to sing, the list goes on 😂 Some songs took many, many attempts, (the most being 13 attempts) However it has been worth every second to see the joy that it has brought to so many people. The nursery team are off for a lay down now 😂😴 Have an excellent Christmas and new year xxx