We have had a great first day back in Years 3 and 4. Our new expedition title is: From Bean to Bar. The guiding question our children will be answering is: What’s the cost of a bar of chocolate? Instead of simply considering the financial cost of a bar of chocolate, we will be working closely around ‘Fairtrade’ and looking at how farmers in equatorial countries are supported by the ‘Fairtrade’ foundation.

The children played a ‘Catchphrase’ style of game to work out the expedition title and guiding question – well done to Alec in 4H who used the clues on the screen to solve our conundrum first!

This afternoon we became chocolate connoisseurs by tasting a range of different ‘Fairtrade’ chocolate products. We have been considering the appearance, aroma, taste and texture of these different chocolates so that we can produce our own chocolate ‘bark’ later in the term.

Mrs Haycock

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Our super sewers have blown me away this week in Year 5/6. These children have absolutely demonstrated craftsmanship and quality and I can’t wait for you to all see the finished product.
Christmas cards and calendars will be sent home tomorrow.

-Miss Blackham

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We are so proud of our Year 5&6 pupils who produced numerous hand crafted bird boxes to share within our local community. We really wanted to leave a lasting legacy and therefore donated them to a range of schools within our trust along with some local schools. We have also donated some to care homes, the RSPCA, Sandall Beat wood and some to our experts who came to support us when making the bird boxes.

We are so so proud of our children and their hard work. To build on activism, we will be selling some of the bird boxes at our Christmas fayre on Thursday and all the money raised will go towards the bird sanctuary at the RSPCA- our Crew charity.

Please see some of the photos showing where our bird boxes now live!

-Miss Blackham

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I am so proud of 6B who have worked so hard on the draft and re-draft process in their recent final write. The children have shown great examples of craftsmanship and quality when writing instructions on how to make a bird box.

-Miss Blackham

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Just look at this superstar sharing her amazing bird box design in today’s DT lesson. I was blown away by Ellie’s drafting and re-drafting to ensure her bird box incorporated all of the features we discussed to ensure it would be sustainable, sturdy and the most successful design. 10 crew coins for working hard!

-Miss Blackham

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