Crew Shields have spent some time today starting to unpick our Howls so that when we return in September we have a basis to allow us to have a great start to the term. Children really challenged themselves to really delve into what ’being nice’ looks like or what good listening would look like within our crew.
We also created some non-negotiables for our Crew circle which we felt is very important to ensure everyone is given the respect they deserve.
Great job Crew Shields!
I’m so excited for next year and seeing the amazing things you all achieve.
This morning was a busy one in Crew Shields and we had to ensure we had our brains switched on from the get go.
We started the morning with some challenges in the hall such as could they turn the opposite way without letting go of hands or twist their arms. Thankfully we had Mrs Rhodes on hand to support us. This was then followed by splitting into teams to see who could get the hula hoop from one end of the line to the other end without letting go of hands.
When we returned to the classroom, we gave our brains a challenge. Using matchsticks, everyone had to fix the equation and there were 3 possible solutions. Most people got 2 of the solutions.
Thanks once again for our parents joining us and getting involved. I even got to hold baby Dalton so mum could get involved.
Tonight, we have been blown away by how amazing our pupils truly are. Our hearts are really bursting with so much pride. As part of the XP Climate Conference, Carcroft was invited, along with other Trust schools, for the very first event including primary schools.
We were lucky to witness some fantastic speeches, as Year 3 and 4 pupils spoke along with high school pupils in front of about 200-300 people! This did not daunt our very brave pupils, Chloe, Honey, Lilly and Tommy, as they spoke beautifully about the Expedition they completed in the Spring Term. We answered the Guiding Question Why should we protect our beautiful planet? Their confidence shone through as they spoke so clearly and incredibly well as they spoke about their learning and final product – a charity song. We could not have been prouder!
After premiering the song video and listening to a question and answer with some expert visitors, it was time to sell our CDs. Luckily, we had some fantastic sales people who walked around confidently, persuasively and persistently. They have raised a boat load of money for the charity, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation. Without their kindness and can-do attitude, I don’t think we would have raised nearly as much. Most importantly, the manners shown were impeccable whether or not items were sold. A lot of people are leaving XP with lighter pockets tonight thanks to your efforts!
Tomorrow, LKS2 will be selling the charity singles tomorrow for £3, in order to raise more money for the Foundation. It would be great if we could raise even more money. LKS2 will also be selling sweets as part of the current Expedition. See more information below about the CDs:
Finally, we would just like to say a massive well done to Tommy, Chloe, Honey and Lilly again. You guys absolutely smashed it and represented yourselves and Carcroft impeccably. We could not be prouder! A big thanks as well to the parents of these children as well for bringing them – without that, we could not have had as much success!
This morning we circled up and checked in with ’what are you grateful for?’ Which linked nicely to the crew activity. The children/parents were given a scavenger hunt checklist, IPAD, boundaries of outside and a 10 minute timer with a meeting space after the time was up.
The hunt was all around building character growth and a way of teaching gratitude – being thankful, showing appreciation and returning kindness. Having a spirit of gratitude is something that takes practice. The more we stop and reflect on everything we have to be thankful for, the easier it becomes to focus on the positives because it is easy to moan as we all like a good moan!
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
“We can always find something to be thankful for…”
Thank you to all parents that have come and engaged this week, you’ve been amazing and made the children beam ! 🤩
Today, Crew Shields have created some posters using the vocabulary we collected yesterday about the negatives of bullying. Children were using the quote, ‘Words hurt more than you know’ and had to create a poster. Some lovely posters created and loved how some children reflected on their first attempt and asked to do it again because they knew they could make it better.
This afternoon we used the poster we had created around the anti bullying slogan ‘words can hurt more than you know’ to create a piece of art work. We tried really hard to use sketching techniques on our art work. We showed a great positive attitude and great resilience by continuing to try when we found things difficult. Here are some examples of our work…
An exciting start to our Wednesday morning as we welcomed some of our parents to join us. We started the morning by getting ourselves into height order including the grown ups to get our communication skills warmed up. We then completed a cojo challenge where we had to get the ball from one end of the hall to the other. Children worked collaboratively to get the ball into the bucket but what really made me smile was how they encouraged each other even when they missed the bucket. Some great crew skills being demonstrated during this activity.
Huge shout out to the parents who got full involved with the activity. Thank you for joining in and coming to visit us in our new crew.
We have had a fantastic few days in MI for transition week. On Monday we watched the clip ’WING’ This clip allowed us to explore different themes including bullying, friendship, disability, kindness and friendship. We linked this to our be kind howl and explored the clip in detail. From here we looked in more detail at bullying and we explored different anti bullying slogans and what they aim to do. We used one anti bullying slogan in particular to think of vocabulary that comes to mind when we see it. We found that alot of these linked to what we see in a good friend. From here we used our language bank to create our own jigsaw piece. Our jigsaw piece included 3 words that we expect a good friend to hold, 1 piece of language we had created and then pictures to show our likes, this was so we could get to know others a little more. Here are our finished jigsaw pieces.
We then moved onto looking at more of the negative language that comes with bullying. We looked at another anti bullying slogan and worked in mini crews to build language. We then put ourselves in the shoes of a victim of bullying and created our own poem.
Here you can see some of the work from our parents stay and engage session…
