Covid Reminder

15th March 2022Helen Lythe

The government have removed the legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive test.

However, adults and children who test positive will continue to be advised to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for at least five full days, and then continue to follow the guidance until they have received two  negative test results on consecutive days. We will continue to follow this guidance and proactively encourage staff and pupils to remain at home and follow the self-isolation guidance. 

Please can you ensure you inform you school if your child has tested positive and follow the guidance above.

Thanks CS Crew

Food tasting event

14th March 2022Helen Lythe

On Thursday 24th March 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.

Problem Solving in Crew FE

10th March 2022Megan Evans

This week in Crew FE we have been continuing our focus on the Gingerbread Man and putting our problem solving skills to the test! We have been thinking of the different ways the Gingerbread Man could have crossed the river safely, and decided that a bridge or a boat would have been the best solution. 

The children have been using different resources in the provision areas to build bridges, experimenting which materials would work best and how they could make their structures stronger. We have looked closely at floating and sinking and will continue to test which which materials would work well for a boat next week.

This afternoon the children were tasked with another challenge. How could they travel across the hall when only being allowed to stand on the mats so they didn’t land in the ‘water’? As usual the children applied themselves brilliantly, quickly realising that they would need to work as a team to be successful. The challenge gave us lots of giggles and showed the true meaning of Crew.

Ambassador tour this morning

10th March 2022Olivia Fox

This morning, we have welcomed teachers from across our trust to spend sometime in our classrooms so our Y6 ambassadors, Emily and Shaydon, have taken our visitors on a tour of the school. A lovely start to the morning ☀️ 😃

Reading helps us to better understand the world in which we live

9th March 2022Kirsty Laing

Today I spent the morning with Mrs Ibbotson, our Reading Leader, looking at our Reading Strategy in action. It was a pleasure to see children so engaged in their Reading lessons across Year 2 to Year 6, whereby we spotted pupils practising their reading aloud, in order to develop their fluency so that they can then better understand their text. They were engaging in texts which would support them to better answer their guiding question for their current expedition. In some classes, the children were answering questions about the text and their Teachers were checking their understanding using protocols such as whip around and cold call. I particularly loved being in Crew Boswell, where they were being challenged by Mr B to further develop their oracy skills by providing a detailed response when asked a question. This session really made my day, to hear our pupils articulating their ideas with such elegance. Finally, I loved seeing so much collaboration in nearly every class including lots of paired reading and supporting one another to answer questions. Another lovely morning where I left feeling proud of what we are achieving together as a school.

Staff Days

9th March 2022Helen Lythe

Reminder that school will be closed on Friday 11th March and Monday 14th March.