Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral, will be a national bank holiday which will be Monday 19th September. School will be closed this day.
International Teddy Bear day in nursery.
We had a brilliant morning on Friday celebrating everything Teddy Bears. The children (and staff) all came to school wearing their PJs so we could enjoy our very own Teddy Bears picnic. The children shared their favourite bears and made jam sandwiches to share at snack time. We worked hard while listening to Teddy Bear stories and enjoyed a special treat as a crew.
Music – Y3/4
This week we have started looking at Jazz music and how it was important during World War II. We identified the instruments used and began to learn the song ’We’ll Meet Again’, originally performed by Dame Vera Lynn. Keep an eye out for a sneak peek of our further practise of the song in the coming week!
Music – Y1/2
In Year 1/2 we started to look at becoming musicians by being introduced to different percussion instruments. We started off by clapping and repeating patterns before then trying to repeat patterns using our percussion instruments. We had so much fun and loved hearing all the different sounds made by the instruments!
Music – Year 5/6
We started our musical learning journey this week by listening to and appraising a piece of music by composer Gustav Holst, that was created to represent the character of the planet Mars. We discussed the instruments used, the tempo and dynamics of the piece before thinking about how Holst used all these elements to portray the characteristics of war usually associated with Mars.
SECONDARY APPLICATIONS – SEPTEMBER 2023
Applications for September 2023 are now live.
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/secondary-admissions
The national closing date is 31 October 2022 and the announcement date is 1 March 2023.
Sharing our Stories: 09/09/22
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust this week!
To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit http://xptrust.org/stories #WeAreCrew
Day and night / Phases of the moon
It’s been very busy today as the children have been exploring why we have day and night before recreating the phases of the moon.
During the practical lesson, the children were able to recreate the rotation of the earth on it’s axis and we used torches for the sun. While they completed this task, it helped them understand day and night and why our shadows move throughout the day.
After lunch, the children discovered more about the phases of the moon and were able to recreate each stage. Of course, it was made even better when they could eat the moon at the end.
LKS2 family learning 🕵️🕵️♂️
Today, LKS2 have been lucky enough to have their family learning day. It was such a lovely vibe seeing lots of happy, smiling faces in the hall today. What a great turn out – thank you to everyone who came. We excitingly made our own gas mask boxes, just in case there are any surprise attacks from the enemy!
PE – Crew Shields
It has been an active morning in Crew Shields as we have taken part in both Scotty’s Heroes and Active Fusion. As always PE can be an area that pushes children out of their comfort zones but they showed great resilience, which is what we want to develop as we go through Year 5.
Huge well done to Izzy who was selected as Hero of the Week.
