Crew MI Looking at Jesus’ Mission Statement: Luke 4:18-19.
Diwali Dance Workshop
We had a fabulous Wednesday morning taking part in a Diwali dance workshop! We worked on moving freely and with self-expression in the hall. Building up confidence, and gaining knowledge of multicultural celebrations through different styles of dance. Developing agility, coordination, flexibility and balance.
Why don’t you try some of our favourite dance moves at home!
- Lotus position – Start with palms facing the sky. Curl the fingers up towards the sky starting with the little finger. Cross the arms over at the wrists to create a flower shape (lotus flower)
- Prayer – Palms of the hands together to make a prayer. Can go up high above the head, down low, or even flip upside down.
- Changing light bulbs – Start with palms facing the sky. Curl the fingers up towards the sky starting with the little finger. Twist at the wrist as if changing a light bulb.
What a lovely day in FS1!
Leaving our trace in the woods … again
After reading the next part of Hansel and Gretel we learnt that Dad took them to the woods AGAIN! However, this time we dropped bread crumbs in the woods to be able to find our way back out. We saw lots of animals and felt even worse than we did the time before!
Hand 🤚 painting 🖌️
We painted our hands different colours to make some handprints to turn into police men and firemen for our display.
Expert visitor in KS1
Today we were lucky to be visited by Mrs Godley’s Grandma who talked to us about what it was like during World War Two and her experience of being in hospital.
The children asked some great questions and we all learnt a lot!
Role play
Our crew enjoyed playing shops this morning as our maths topic is money.
Mass in maths!
Crew MW have been exploring mass in maths today. We have been using our scales to weigh objects and compare which one is heavy and which one is light. We were really good at using our mathematical language to compare!
DRAX visit for UKS2
A great day at DRAX exploring the power station! Tomorrow we will reflect on the trip, thinking about what we observed and discussed and how it links back to our guiding question. We hope todays visit will also help us to answer our guiding question 🙂
French – Crew Hamill, Crew Thompson and Crew Mcloughlin 🇫🇷
During French, we have been looking at ways to communicate feelings. We looked at the new vocabulary before playing a number of different games to try and better our understanding. First, we played ‘Thumbs Up’ which involved us working with a partner to hide gestures representing each feeling ‘I am good, I am very good, I am sad, I am very sad, and neither good nor bad’. Our partner had to guess, in French, which gesture they thought we were hiding behind our back before it was revealed to us! We then played a game of ‘Captions’ where we had to listen carefully to the phrase that Miss McGlone said. We then had to choose the correct picture from around the room to go and stand by that we thought was the matching image to the phrase. To finish our lesson, we had a go at applying all of our knowledge so far in the form of a conversation.
In Crew Mcloughlin, we deepened our understanding of feelings in French by working with a partner to practice our pronunciation. One person pronounced one of our new phrases whilst the other drew the matching face. If the face was correct, the drawer got a point. If it was incorrect, the speaker stole the point for themselves!
Gymnastics club
We have loved gymnastics club today! The children worked so hard to warm up their body and then learn new shapes using our core.
