In maths this week, we have continued on with our statistics unit and learned how to draw bar charts. During input, we had an opportunity to demonstrate our understanding before going into our books.
Drawing Bar Charts
Investigating rocks
Today we carried out three different experiments to test the hardness, permeability and buoyancy of different types of rocks. First, we completed a prediction on whether we thought the rocks would be hard or soft, permeable or impermeable, or sink or float. We used a range of equipment to test a variety of rocks including chalk, sandstone, granite, basalt, slate and marble. We found that chalk is soft, sandstone is permeable and marble is not permeable. After carrying out the experiments, we checked our results against our predictions to see if we got any right.
Chotting in MT
Today we worked really hard on an extended activate where we recapped adjectives and expanded noun phrases. We linked our work to some of the pictures we are using throughout our plot points. The chotting part of our session allowed us to build ideas around the notice and hearing lense along with applying our knowledge of adjectives and expanded noun phrases. These ideas supported our shared writing then we were able to apply some of our ideas to our own writing. We are really loving our new writing unit and are excited to finish our first plot point tomorrow.
Summer camp
Please find attached the link for summer camps: https://www.activefusion.org.uk/camps/
Experience day in MT
Today we started our next writing unit- a 3rd person narrative using a picture book called ‘Flood’. After exploring the front cover and blurb, we took part in a silent conversation where we explored different pictures from the story. We used the notice, feelings and action lenses to note down our ideas. After sharing these in mini crews and with the whole crew, we then used our inference skills further to tell the story from the book using the pictures. We all showed lots of empathy towards the characters in the story and were shocked by the devastating consequences of flooding. We then worked in mini crews where we watched a series of clips to build further background knowledge on floods. We thought about what floods are, why they happen, the damage they cause, why they are dangerous and how they affect peoples lives. Finally we explored a model text, exploring the features we had discussed earlier in the lesson. We used our narrative checklist to find the features and we discussed their purpose. We really loved exploring the picture book and are all looking forward to creating our own stories!
Crew clean up
The children in Crew Marsh were kindly gifted an outdoor play house. They worked as a team to clean the playhouse and make it as good as new. They’ve also worked hard to keep their playground clean and tidy by using equipment and again working together. We love our break times outside and now we’re able to role play with our new equipment to make breaktimes even more exciting.
Canaries House KS1 – Sports Day 2025
The children in KS1 thoroughly enjoyed all the activities within their Sports Day. Lots of competitiveness, fun and sportsmanship. We encouraged our team on even when they found certain activities tricky, great team work and resilience throughout! What a lovely afternoon we had!
Sharing our Stories: 23/05/2025
Beautiful Work This Week
Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust from this week. To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.
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Astronaut Experience Day
As part of Case Study Two KS1 experienced some astronaut training which included testing their reactions, trying space food and climbing the ropes!
Turns with Tiny
Today we consolidated our learning of position and direction with the help of Tiny the Tortoise. We used the language we have learnt to move tiny safely across our 4×4 grid. Great work CrewRobson!