We are motivated!

29th February 2024Mrs Haycock

Our crew challenge this week was to solve matchstick problems. I think it’s fair to say that Crew Haycock found this more challenging than some of the other tasks they have been set! The frustration that they displayed when I showed them how simple it was really was amusing to see from my point of view. However, I don’t think they appreciated how easily I solved them! Sorry guys, I pledge to be more supportive and less competitive in the future.

Keep grappling with our motivational challenges everyone!

Mrs Haycock

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Yorkshire Wildlife Park

29th February 2024Josie Farrow

Today, Year 3 went on a trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We saw lot’s of animals, including some very playful polar bears. We also went to a polar bear work shop, and got to learn more about polar bears and climate change.

We Are Storytellers

29th February 2024Amy Wood-Samways

Over the past two days we have been working hard to re-tell the story of the Gingerbread Man, using masks. The children have become very good at remembering key phrases and leading their own learning to re-tell the story during provision.

Miss Wood

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A big thank you

28th February 2024Mrs Price

Thank you to all those who have supported our fundraising this term. We have raised just over £700. We are going to buy books to create book baskets for places in the community, books for the children’s wards in the hospital and Kiddiewinks. We are also going to add to our reading for pleasure books that the children take home and all our EYFS children will have their own book.

If you know of a venue in the local area that would like a basket of books for children to read/share at the venue please let us know.

Mrs Price and the EYFS team

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Decorating biscuits

28th February 2024Mrs Price

The children decorated the biscuits ready to take home. They were careful in how and where they put the icing. We hope they enjoyed eating them.

Mrs Price

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We Are Scientists

28th February 2024Amy Wood-Samways

Today we tasted our gingerbread men that we baked yesterday. We spoke about how the state of the gingerbread changed from; being ingredients, to crumb like, to a dough, to going hard in the oven. We used our senses to explore how the cooked gingerbread felt, looked, smelt and tasted. We went on to make predications about what would happen if we was to put our gingerbread man in water. We got some excellent answers such as; go soft and change colour. We then used our senses again to explore the wet gingerbread man, and see if our predications were correct.

Miss Wood

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We are scientists

27th February 2024Josie Farrow

Today, we conducted a scientific experiment to see what sides of the magnet attract and repel each other. We also found out that Earth is one big magnet, because there is iron in the middle of Earth.

Reading for Pleasure

27th February 2024Mrs Lewis

In Crew this morning, children enjoyed sharing one of their favourite books while having a biscuit. We discussed why reading is so important and why we should read as often as we can. It was great to see children reading for pleasure and lovely to find out their reasons for choosing their book.

Crew Lewis Wacky Hair Day

27th February 2024Stuart Longley

Good evening,

As a reward for winning our crew incentive, the children in Crew Lewis have won a wacky hair day! On WEDNESDAY 6th March, they will be invited to come to school with special hair (if they choose to).
​We have attached some ideas, but we look forward to seeing their special hair creations.

The reward is for the following children only:​ Arez, Regan, Dolly, Nevaeh B, Paisley, Blake, Corben, Zuzanna, Zara, Kyryl, Ibrahim, Isla, Ines, Reign, Sergei, Evanas, Rahoz

Gingerbread Man baking

27th February 2024Mrs Price

We had 2 expert bakers to visit us to teach us how to make Gingerbread men. We learnt new words and remembered ingredients and equipment. We then had a go at baking some. We weighed the ingredients, rubbed the butter into the flour, mixed in the other ingredients and made the dough. We rolled and cut and baked. Finally, we ate them. They were delicious!

Mrs Price

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