Wow! We have had the absolute best day at YWP today! The polar bears were fantastic and we loved watching them play in the water. We learnt so much about polar bears in the workshop and it was great to see the learning we have been doing in the classroom come to life!

We have a lovely end to the day celebrating World Read Aloud day with our grown ups and friends! It was lovely to hear everyone reading out loud and enjoying lots of stories.

Crew Knowles worked hard to plan their setting descriptions of Bear Island this week. They thought carefully about what the character might be able to see, hear, smell, taste and touch on the island and how these could be described. They’ve worked really hard on figurative language including alliteration, similes and personification so I can’t wait to read their final touchdowns!

Thank you to Hope who came from Year 3 to share a story with our crew! She read the story beautifully and was so brave reading it to an older year group! Well done and thank you!

In our crew session this morning, we focused on looking at our Green Top character traits. We cut out all of our character trait statements and tried to match them back up to the correct headings: respect, courage, integrity, compassion, and quality and craftsmanship.

The discussions about each one and which character trait it could link to was amazing and I was blown away! Well done Crew Knowles!

We’ve had a lovely start to National Storytelling Week today in Crew Knowles! We’ve read Chapter 4 and started Chapter 5 of our class text ‘The Last Bear’ and can’t wait to see what happens next! We also enjoyed the Y3 Learning Council coming to support our Accelerated Reader session and everyone was keen to show off their reading to them!

Crew Knowles enjoyed investigating magnets and exploring how they attract and repel depending on the poles that are facing.

After we investigated the magnets, we used them to create some art work inspired by the Northern Lights! It’s safe to say we had lots of fun!