Appreciation for our Awesome Staff Crew

Today I wanted to show my appreciation to some of our fabulous members of staff. I am sure that nearly every school in the world would argue that they have an amazing team of staff but I really do feel we have such a dedicated and hardworking staff crew, who go that extra mile for our children and are out of this world.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank some of our staff for moving classes this half term, in order to better support the pupils of Carcroft School. Like children, change can be unsettling for adults too, but our staff have embraced the change and have just slotted into their new crews. Without such flexible and understanding staff, our school would not be the fabulous place it is today.

In addition, this week, Mrs Ibbotson along with a number of dedicated Teachers and Support Staff, Ms Gilliland, Miss Hart (Mrs Adams), Mrs Taylor, Mrs Flaherty and Ms Haddock, took the children to Young Voices in Sheffield. This is always a long day for our staff but I know they would not miss this for the world. We really are so lucky to have such fabulous staff, who are willing to go above and beyond for the children, in order to provide memorable experiences, such as this one. None of this would be possible without the support of Mrs Wilcox in the office. Mrs Wilcox was Mrs Ibbotson’s right hand woman during the last few months, in terms of getting it all organised. Events such as these really are a whole school effort- thank you to you all.

We have had a fabulous first week back, the children have been awesome this week, but they really cannot be the best versions of themselves without the support of our amazing staff crew.

So, finally, a big thank you to all of the Carcroft Staff Crew for all that you do throughout the year.

Hook week in Year 1!

This week in Year 1, we’ve been hooked into our new expedition: Diverse Doncaster, Where do we belong?

We’ve had a visit from our expert, Geoff, who showed us our school and the surrounding area using his drone…

Then we discovered a time capsule full of objects and photos from the past!

And finally, we experienced what our school would have been like in Victorian times! We learnt all about the rules and what happened if children didn’t follow them. It’s safe to say that we prefer our school now, not in the past!

We can’t wait to show you what else we get up to in this expedition!

If you go down to the woods today…

The children in Crew FE had a very mysterious note delivered to school yesterday. They were asked to follow the map to find an interesting object that the sender had left there many years before.

The children quickly worked out that they had to head to the forest school area, as George said “X marks the spot!”. When we got there, we found a suitcase filled with lots of different items such shells, sand, rock and a swimming costume. We pieced the clues together to figure out that our note sender must have been to the seaside!

Food Tasting Session Tonight!

Tonight we will be opening the school kitchen for parents and children to come and try some new and current menu items. We’re hoping it will encourage our children to try some new things and open up an opportunity for them to pick something new from the menu.

Please can you collect your child(ren) from their class at 3pm and make your way to back playground entering the school through the white double doors.

Hope you can join us.

Young Voices

If your child is attending the Young voices concert tomorrow and you have not purchased tickets and would like to, we have 5 tickets and also 3 t-shirts available to buy. These will be on a first come, first serve basis. The tickets are £20 each, t-shirts £12. If you would like to purchase either of these please ring the Admin team on 01302 722353.

Y5 Swimming 🏊‍♀️

Morning all,

Y5 swimming commences this Friday for the next 12 weeks. Y5 children can come to school in their swimming kit ready as this makes it easier when we arrive at the pool – swimming costumes for girls, trunks for boys and a towel. Girls I would also recommend having your hair up or bringing a bobble with you. Please don’t forget to pack your undies for coming home in!

Y5 will be leaving for swimming lessons at 8:45am so if children could be at school promptly this will massively help getting to the session on time, doors will be open for Y5 from 8:35am.

Happy Swimming! 👍

Caterpillar watch crew FE.

Happy Easter everyone! 🐣 We hope you have had an amazing day in the sunshine.

We had a great surprise this morning, our first butterflies 🦋 appeared! We have ensured they are happy with some juicy fruit and water and will be releasing them soon.

We have 3 cocoons still waiting to pop (shouldn’t be too long now), as soon as we have all of the beautiful butterflies together we will set them free. It has been amazing seeing their transformations.

Have a lovely night and see you all soon.

Young Voices

FAO of children going to Young Voices concert on Thursday 21st April

Hi everyone

Just a reminder that the children, who are in the choir and have consent, are attending the Young Voices concert at Sheffield Arena on Thursday 21st April. We will be leaving after dinner so children who have a dinner will be able to eat theirs before we go. ALL children will need a packed lunch for their tea in the evening and plenty of drinks. We will get to the arena at 1:30pm and the concert begins begins at 7pm. The concert is due to finish at 9pm so we hope to back to school between 9:30pm and 10pm.

Children, who have ordered t-shirts, will be given them to get changed into on the day and all children need to be in a white t-shirt (their school one is fine). Children, who have ordered tickets, these have arrived in school and will be given out on Wednesday.

Any questions, please get in contact with the school office when school reopens on Tuesday.

Have a lovely Easter weekend!