Digital Leaders

27th January 2022Jake Taylor

Notice for all students in Year 2 to Year 5!

Students in Year 2, 3, 4 and 5 have an amazing opportunity to become a Digital Leader within their class.

This is a fantastic opportunity for children to develop their own individual skills when it comes to the latest technology. Children who are successful will get the opportunity to visit XP East and potentially the Apple Store to have further training on how to use technology including iPads, MacBooks and some of the other great products that are used throughout school. Our Digital Leaders will then become the experts who can then pass on their knowledge to others.

Below is a link to the Digital Leaders website where you can find out further information.

https://sites.google.com/xpeast.org/digital-leader-applications/home

Applications will need to be sent to Mr Taylor by Thursday 3rd February explaining why you would make a fantastic Digital Leader. This can be done in a format of your choice including a letter, slides or even a video showcasing your IT skills.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

A journey through the story

26th January 2022Sophie Myers

Yesterday, Year 4 went on a magical arctic adventure through our book ‘The Last Bear’. We used the hall and made it dark, twinkly and COLD to create the experience of life in the arctic.

The Children read extracts and investigated images from the story and made inferences about what has happened so far. After visiting each station, they then left their responses on the paper to show their understanding of the text. We were all amazed with the amazing learning behaviours in the hall and the great reading that was taking place.

Look at the AWESOME responses that were made from the story – absolutely great learning and understanding of the text and our Expedition so far! We are super impressed.

Miss Myers, Mrs Faulding and Mr Oldridge x

TT Rockstar Club

18th January 2022Amy Faulding

Check out their concentration!

I’ve been well and truly blown away the last couple of weeks at TT Rockstars by how hard the children are trying.


The focus and dedication they have got to beat their scores, or improve their times is fantastic!


We have certainly got some rock legends in the making here and I have no doubt that they will be whizzing through the multiplication test at the end of Year 4.

Well done everyone, see you next Monday.

P.s you’ve all got 30 HoWL points for working hard and getting smart even after the school day has finished!

Mrs Faulding x

Getting smart with an Equivalent Fractions treasure hunt!

18th January 2022Amy Faulding

Super proud of Crew Faulding today for their hard work and determination solving our Equivalent Fractions treasure hunt!


They worked great with their partners combining their knowledge to match the fractions to the correct equivalent, supporting each other when needed.

Keep up this up guys, you’ve all earned a whopping 50 ‘get smart’ HoWL points!

Mrs Faulding x

Year 3/4 Crew Assembly

18th January 2022Amy Faulding

A huge well done to our HoWL point winners for this week in Year 3 and 4. You are all setting the example for the rest of our crews for working hard, getting smart and being kind! Keep it up!

It was great for our crew leaders to share some lovely shout outs about individuals in our crews today. Those people who have really gone that extra mile this week and got recognised and praised for their super attitudes towards their learning, it’s wonderful to hear!

Also, well done to Crew Myers on being the overall HoWL score winner this week. I wonder who it will be next week spinning the wheel for a crew reward?

Finally, a big well done to Crew Myers and Crew Faulding on being the attendance winners this week too! Let’s keep this going guys as we want to keep building our attendance money up!

What makes a great setting description?

14th January 2022Sophie Myers

Today it was a pleasure to teach English to both my Crew and Crew Faulding. In groups, the children read through a model text of a setting description which was taken from our new Class text. They then identified the features that had been included and spoke about the purpose of each feature.

I was so impressed with all the children’s knowledge as well as their collaborative skills and how kind and helpful they were to each other! I can’t wait to see lots of great writing features in our extended write on Monday!

YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE PARK!

14th January 2022Sophie Myers

Here are some more pictures of Year 4 enjoying our day at YWP yesterday. We had such a great time seeing all the animals and learning lots of amazing facts about Polar Bears and how they survive in the wild.

A big well done to you all for your fab behaviour representing the school yesterday.

Becoming Geographers in Year 4

12th January 2022Amy Faulding

To kick off our Case Study 1- Geography this week, we’ve been learning about different locations and identifying them on a map. We started focussing on places close to home; Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire and England. We then got even smarter learning which countries make up the UK and the capital cities.

Well done guys, I was really impressed by your prior knowledge and your skills when reading a map!

I’d like to award you all with 30 howl points for working hard collaboratively!

Mrs Faulding x

Reading Immersion in Year 4!

12th January 2022Amy Faulding

This week we took our learning outside!

In English, we wanted to fully immerse ourselves in to our new text ‘The Last Bear’ where the story is based in Svalbard, Norway. This was the perfect way to put ourselves in to the mindset of our main character April who had just arrived in the baltic, arctic conditions on her new adventure.

After reading the first two chapters outside, we retreated back in to our toasty warm classrooms for a yummy hot chocolate and to write some fantastic predictions about what we believe will happen in our text.

We’d like to make a shout out to all of the children for their excellent listening skills and for sitting so sensibly- you were all super stars! It was a really lovely experience!

Mrs Faulding, Mr Oldridge and Miss Myers x