What a fabulous first week back!

3rd September 2023Hannah McLoughlin

This week we have been busy establishing a strong crew, building character and getting back into those relentless routines in order to create a safe and happy environment in Crew Mcloughlin. We did this by answering our guiding question ‘How can we get everyone to the top of the mountain?’, which will be a common thread throughout Y6. On Thursday morning we took this literally and set off to Langsett Reservoir to achieve our biggest challenge yet. Our journey to the mountain was filled with laughter, great scavenger skills, a desire to be successful and not forgetting chocolate biscuits to help us along the way. Throughout, the crew did nothing but impress, from taking it in turns to carry each others belongings, giving reassuring words to those who needed it the most and even picking up litter left behind. It’s safe to say I am looking forward to what this year brings as I am already so proud of them all🤩

Cracking Crew

2nd September 2023Ruth Shields

Wow! It’s been an amazing day as Crew Shields took part in a full day of Scotty’s heroes.

The children started the day off taking part in a murder mystery. They had to find clues to allow them to open the chests so they could discover the victim and the murderer. Throughout the task, children had to use their communication skills and make inferences from the information they’d been given. They learned that if they were to complete the task again that it’s about taking your time and processing the information. Well done to the second group that pretty much cracked the case.

Then they had to solve the mystery of the stolen sweets. Outside, children had to play detective to find the missing sweets. We had an evidence officer and another officer who marked the evidence found on the map. Children had to work slowly and carefully to find the evidence and report to the evidence officer. By marking it on the map, they could track the movements of the sweet thief. As with the previous task, they reflected that they needed to slow down and be methodical in their search methods. Added bonus they’ve been given the sweets to share next week. 😊

Next, children spent time in the forest where they had to get a fire going and keep it burning. Once the fire was going, they had to boil water to purify it. This required lots of team work as some children needed to find fuel for the fire while others kept it going. One team was successful and got their water boiling.

The day ended with a recon operation. Children had to observe an enemy camp and they replicate it using the same equipment. They had a certain length of time to look and go back to their own camp. Throughout the time they were given further opportunities to check the camp so they could ensure theirs was correct. 1 team did a great job of replicating the enemy camp and this was due to their great observational and communication skills. They were able to allocate certain areas to each person so they had a small area to focus on.

It’s been a great day and one I feel the children have taken a lot from. When we completed our debrief of the day, they were able to articulate that they were successful by working together. That communication, cooperation and patience were important skills for today. It was also lovely to be able to observe the children in a range of activities and get a real feel for how they work with each other.

Perfect, pictorial printing!

1st September 2023Kate Thompson

Today we completed our art project, printing! Over the last 3 days we have carefully designed our print, crafted the template and then printed it onto card. First we had to think about the design, something to represent us and our hobbies. We then meticulously added the string to our template, making sure we followed our design and had the string in the right places. Finally, we then painted the string on the design and printed it onto card. The results are fantastic and really show how hard Crew Thompson worked and concentrated. Well done! 🎉

Crew Thompson – First week back! 🎉

1st September 2023Kate Thompson

What a first 3 days back! This week we have been working towards answering our guiding question: What does crew mean to me? As a crew we have focussed on developing our communication skills and our ability to work as a team. We have done lots of different activities such as jigsaw puzzles, communication games and baking!

We created a crew bunting from leaves we found in the forrest. We worked together to collect lots of leaves and even managed to find some huge ones!

What a fantastic first week back in Year 3!

Day 2- Crew Marsh working hard to get smart in English

31st August 2023Kirsty Atherton

Today I had the pleasure of spending an hour with Crew Marsh during their first English lesson. They listened again to the Rainbow Fish story and talked about how this linked to our ‘be kind’ HoWLs. Then they completed some activities linked to their ‘be kind’ story to help them to really understand the importance of being kind in Crew Marsh and how being unkind can make people feel.

I was blown away by the way they all concentrated throughout the lesson. They carefully watched Miss Marsh model sentence writing and then had a go. I cannot believe how amazing they did. I also loved seeing the children work independently in their labs creating their fish.

Spreading Kindness 🥰

31st August 2023Laura Godley

This week in Crew we have explored what it means to be kind and how we can show this in the wider community. Tomorrow KS1 will deliver their kindness stones and books to the local community for them to find, here’s a little sneak peak of our product being developed……