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Category : Mrs Shaw’s Class
Crew Shaw Target setting
In crew yesterday, the children set their own target for what they wanted to work on. They had a choice of what they felt they needed the most practice with and then they independently worked on this area…it was great to see them being so pro-active and leaders of their own learning.
Class 8 are geographers!
Class 8 have started their geography case study this week. They have been exploring maps, atlases and globes and discussing the different features. They found lots of keys, scales and images that needed to be unpicked to help us to understand the information. The children then presented some of their information that they found in their groups to the rest of the class. It was great to see them grappling together.
Diverse Doncaster – Where do I belong? KS1 extended study menu and parents overview.
Today we began our learning for our new expedition. Please find below links to the overview of what we will be learning in the summer term and extended study menu’s for Y1 and Y2. There is no obligation to complete all of the homework, but past experience has shown that studying themes at home linked to our expedition has helped the children to consolidate the learning they have done in class. Plus they LOVE sharing their new knowledge with you. Don’t forget to send the work into school or email photographs so we can celebrate their achievements.
Miss Rodgers, Miss Schon, Mrs Shaw, Miss Hilton and Miss Good x
Class 8 visitor and more classroom immersion
The children have drawn some fantastic coloured pencil sketches of landmarks in Thorne. They have looked at the lines and shapes and added detail to the buildings. I am really impressed with the effort that they went to. They have also drawn some of the logos of places that they see in Thorne.
On top of that, we have had a visit from a fantastic Doncaster author called Phillip Sheppard who has shared some of his stories and shown us his sketch book. He was a great expert to have in school who knows a lot about the history of Doncaster. We will be using his books throughout this expedition!
Class 8 Thorne landmarks
Class 8 have been exploring lots of landmarks in Thorne by tracing them and adding details of the features. We can’t wait to use maps and find some of these places in our Summer expedition.
Also, a big shout out to Tilly and Mckenzie for doing some great maths work today on capacity! Well done!
Class 8 Summer term hook fun
Class 8 have had such a busy but fantastic first day back at school. We have played some crew games, done a quiz on Doncaster, had Geoff, our ICT expert in to school to talk about drones and show them aerial photographs of Thorne and the children have matched photographs of some adults in school with their baby photos to look at how they have changed over time.
Hope the children aren’t too tired…see you all tomorrow
Mrs Shaw x
Supporting Motor Neurone Disease Day 2024
Jake, in Year 6, approached the school and his crew with wanting raise awareness around MND. Being a big fan of Leeds Rhinos, he has been inspired by Rob Burrows’ bravery and the superb effort of his ex-team mate, Kevin Sinfield. As a crew, we have planned a MND day for Friday 19th April for the whole school.
We are encouraging all children to wear something white, yellow or blue for a small donation that will go directly to the MND association. We will also be holding a coffee and cake morning in our school hall, all of our parents and carers are welcome to join us from 8:45. Jake has also secured a fantastic raffle with many excellent prizes which includes:
4 Leeds Rhino tickets
4 Wigan Warrior tickets (x2)
2 Doncaster Dons tickets
4 Bradford Bulls tickets
1 signed Doncaster Dons shirt
1 £20 voucher fot Canterbury House
1 £25 voucher for Attitudes Salon
1 cut and dry voucher at Nume
1 £20 voucher at Beauty Garden
1 £10 voucher at Beauty Garden
1 30 minute facial at Nume
1 back massage at Anne Wynne
1 £20 voucher at Bradbury Butchers
1 £10 voucher at Bliss Cafe
1 voucher for KFC
1 voucher for 12 cupcakes and 2 brownie trays at Cake It
1 large sweet hamper
1 voucher 2 medium carvery at Kings Chamber
1 voucher for a man and child cut at Clippers
2 bottles of prosecco
4 bottles of wine
Tickets can be purchased at the coffee morning or by sending your child with the money- Y6 children will visit classes daily with raffle tickets. Tickets are priced at £1 each or £5 for a strip.
Alongside this, children from Crew Mumby will be selling wristbands and badges throughout the week (week commencing 15th April) and will visit all classrooms daily. Wristbands and badges are priced at £1.
I’m sure you will agree that this is a fantastic cause to support, particularly when our students organising these fantastic community events.
KS1 Artists
We are so proud of the artwork produced by the children in KS1 during this terms expedition. The children put lots of effort into their work. First the children sketched their animal. Then they painted the background and their chosen animal using watercolour paints. Next they edged their painting with water colour pencils and finally they embellished their picture using collage skills. It was lovely to spend quality time with the children teaching them the different skills required to produce their artwork. The children completed each stage in small groups which gave us a lovely opportunity to spend time together chatting away as we spent hours building up our pictures over the past few weeks! The children have demonstrated a lot of pride in their work and so they should! The results are fabulous.
We are so proud of you all and hope your artwork will remind you of all the fabulous memories made during our expedition this term.
Please take a photograph of yourself with your framed artwork and email them to your class teacher! We can’t wait to see where you put them!
KS1 and LKS2 – Presentation of Learning
We had a lovely time at our presentation of learning on Friday sharing all our beautiful artwork in our pop up gallery. Thank you to everyone for your support as always!
