What an amazing day in Crew Nursery! We have loved seeing all of your fantastic costumes, some of us even got to dress up twice!
We have had so much fun talking about our favourite stories, looking at different books and drawing pictures of ‘The Gingerbread Man’.
Well what a day in Crew FE! We have had so much fun dressing up and sharing a love of reading. We enjoyed sharing some of our favourite stories whilst tucking into a biscuit and a cup of milkshake.
The Crew FE staff came dressed as the characters from the story we are focusing on over the next few weeks, The Gingerbread Man. We have spent time this week retelling the story in different ways and the children have loved it! Why not see if they can share the story with you this weekend?
Thank you to all of our grown ups for helping us to celebrate World Book Day.
A friendly reminder that children are not allowed to ride their bikes or scooters on the school playground. This is to prevent accidents occurring.
Thank you for your cooperation Carcroft Crew
Yesterday I saw some fabulous learning going on across our school. I started off in Year 5, where Crew Boswell were practising their spelling rules using a range of methods in their spelling book. Then next door, Crew MI had moved into their English lesson, where I spotted children using Mrs Ibbotson’s anchor charts at the front of their classroom to help them to generate their ideas.
Next I visited Year 6 where I spotted Year 6 working as Geographers. They were discussing the concept ‘Fairtrade’ following a silent conversation. I noticed pupils answering questions and Miss McLoughlin was supporting the children to develop their answers to provide a more in depth response. Deacon worked hard to extend his answer in order to get smarter today which was fab!
Crew Fox were using a silent conversation to help Mrs Fox to understand what they already knew about ‘Fairtrade’; everyone was fully immersed in their learning and were working sensibly as a crew.
After that I went upstairs to have peak in Y4 and Y5. Y5 were being Geographers, they had learned facts about Columbia and were using this information to then create information posters. The children were extremely focussed.
In Y4 the children were Musicians. The children were able to recall subject specific language such as ‘Forte’ and ‘Piano’ when chanting their rhyme with actions. Awesome crew work!
Finally I spent some time in Crew Gerrard and Crew Welburn. In Crew G, I was amazed that every single child was so focussed on their learning. The learning environment oozed ‘working hard’. And in Crew Welburn, children were enjoying their reading for pleasure book whilst sipping on their milk. I also spotted Shania undertaking her stewardship role, ensuring all pencils were sharp and ready for the writing lesson.
A lovely morning with our fabulous pupils! There really is some great Teaching and Learning going on around our school.
I spent Monday afternoon with Mr Longley (our Maths Lead) talking through the Mathematics curriculum at Carcroft School as it’s a little bit different to the Maths Curriculum we had in place last year. Mr Longley showed me ‘Magic Maths’ in practise and I spotted our Y3 Crew Flaherty and Crew Gerrard practising their written methods for addition.
We then went and had a little look at Magic in Y5, where we spotted Crew MI practising converting mixed fractions. They were able to use Mrs McClare’s anchor chart to support them with the new method they had been taught.
Next we had a little look in Crew McLoughlin, who were working hard to get smart using metric measures. Mrs McLoughlin was re-modelling some of the learning with a small group of pupils and I noticed other children working on either fluency or reasoning and problem solving questions.
It was great to see nearly every pupil working hard to get smart on a Monday afternoon. Keep up the great work Carcroft Mathematicians.
Crew Nursery have made their own pancakes today! They talked about where the ingredients had come from and they explored them by touching and smelling them. The children watched the ingredients change as they were mixed together and observed safely as the ingredients were cooked in a hot pan.
The children chose their own sauces and toppings before eating their pancakes. Chocolate sauce with banana and a sprinkling of icing sugar was the crew’s favourite topping!
Crew Nursery = Star Bakers!
As part of Case Study 3, Crew Nursery are answering the question, ‘How can you be a maker like me?’
This week, the children are going to be bakers who make delicious sweet treats! Yesterday, after reading ‘The Gingerbread Man’, the children explored various collage materials and used them to design their own Gingerbread Men. In provision, they also used role play and small world resources to reenact the story and take on the role of bakers in the play dough, sand and role play areas. We can’t wait to see and smell their very own delicious Gingerbread Men later in the week…
Don’t forget we will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 4th March.
Children can dress up as their favourite book character.
The children have returned to school after the half term break in great spirits this week. They have been finishing off their learning on Hansel and Gretel and how as a community we can support each other.
They were very excited to play and support each other in our own class shop. We found during crew a few of the children’s parents work at our local supermarket. So as a crew we decided to role play these community heroes in our very own shop. They worked hard to share resources, and work our how many pennies they would need to purchase their shopping trolley full of items.
Next they looked at other community heroes and discussed the local bin men and council workers. We found these people really support our community to look nice and ensure the streets are kept clean. We deepened our own understanding of rubbish and recycling. We found as a crew we could recycle lots of our daily rubbish. We sorted the rubbish into the different bins.
The children used the play dough to create 3D figures of these community heroes. They looked closely at the different uniforms and how we could spot different jobs by just looking at what a person wore.
We will be starting case study 3 next week and we can not wait!
Well done crew FE, another fantastic week of leaning. X
Today was my second day back after my maternity leave and I was blown away by some of the beautiful work going on across school.
I also spent yesterday in every crew and spotted every pupil engaged and on- task- it made me so proud! But I forgot my IPad. However, today I made up for it and ensured that I captured some of the fabulous-ness going on across our school.
Today I spotted:
Crew Longley developing their teamwork skills and communication skills in particular during their morning Crew session. They had to move pieces of spaghetti from the table to the floor! They were concentrating so hard!
Then I ventured into Crew Fox whereby they were working hard to ensure that their independent writing was of a Year 6 standard by critiquing a piece of work and checking it against the gold standard on their rubric. The children were certainly working hard to get smart in there today.
Next I had a swift visit to Crew MI whereby pupils were listening to Mrs McClare modelling reading aloud. Children then used her great model to then read fluently in their pairs. There was some fabulous peer work going on in Crew MI today. Great reading guys!
After being in UKS2, I then visited our youngest pupils in school. I visited Foundation Stage. F1 pupils were working hard to use their construction skills to create a fabulous structure, which they shared was a slide. What I loved about this crew, was the way in which they worked together as a mini crew to take turns with support from Miss Chapman.
I had a little nosey in Crew Godley who were busy on their IPads reading their books on Accelerated Reader and also a flying visit to Crew Flaherty, who were working collaboratively to read their text and answer questions. Some great reading opportunities for our children which was great to see.
I had a quick catch up with Jess and Miss Smith as I whizzed through the hall. Jess was busy burning off some energy, practising her gymnastic skills before heading back to her crew. It was lovely to see you both.
Finally I concluded my morning with a visit to F2, whereby I spotted children cooking up a real treat in the cafe but also children working hard to improve their letter formation with Miss Evans. Some children were also practising their fine motor skills drawing people in the writing area.
I loved spending time in and out of classes and I can’t wait to visit more classes over the next two weeks! Keep up the great work Crew Carcroft!
