Next week, we will be taking part in a week full of activities linking to Kindness. This is part of the NSPCC fundraising and awareness week.
We will be taking part in lots of fun activities during Crew each day and there will be lots of opportunities for children to complete Kindness Challenges at home too.
Next Friday, to raise money for the NSPCC, we will be holding a Non-Uniform Day for donations of £1.
We have started reading our new text in year 2 today, which is called ‘Let the children march’. It is a beautiful text which explains how desegregation started in 1963 because of the influence of Martin Luther King Jnr. In collaborative groups, they all read sections of the text and then answered questions based on what they had read. I was really impressed with them today and how understanding and mature they have been about the subjects we have been discussing.
The children then wrote some sentences using some of the ambitious vocabulary that we had learnt from the text, such as; revolution, discrimination, activists, racism and equality. This is a picture of some of the children who had beautiful presentation today and I was very excited for George to be the second person to choose a sparkly pencil because of his gorgeous pre- cursive handwriting! Well done class 8…you impress me more and more every day!
Mrs Shaw x x x
These are treasures that I keep,
I hold them close when I sleep,
A Nintendo switch, a very clever little watch,
An xbox, a personalised money box,
Pictures of me dancing, lots of colourful paintings,
These are treasures that I found,
I keep them safe, I keep them sound.
In crew this morning, year 2 read a poem about our most prized possessions. It was called ‘My treasures’and was written by Kate Wakeling. The children drew pictures of their own prized possessions and then we collaboratively wrote our own poem, with rhyming words. The children really enjoyed writing it and I am impressed at their use of phonics to support finding rhyming couplets.
Well done class 8, Mrs Shaw x
Class 8 really enjoyed making their houses, that we used today to deliver our fire safety session. They worked hard to make them look traditional in style. Well done class 8! They look amazing on display in our corridor!
Mrs Shaw x x
This afternoon, Year 2 worked with our resident fire-starter Mr Kershaw to recreate the Great Fire of London on the playground. We lined up our box model houses and watched as the flames crept from house to house, fanned by the warm air and wind – just like in 1666! Then we created fire breaks, just like they did in the real fire, and we saw how this helped to stop the fire from spreading.
Today year 2 have had a visit from two local PCSO’s this morning. They told us how to help and support our local community and what they do to keep us safe. The children have asked some great quesitons and have really enjoyed the visit. Thank you PCSO Ben!
Class 8 used ipads yesterday to take a photo of some of their art work or a picture that links to the Great Fire of London and then with a partner they inserted it onto a new slide. They then learnt how to add a text box and wrote a title on the slide. We are going to be learning a lot more skills on our ipads but I was very impressed with their Stickability Stan attitudes. Well done Class 8
Mrs Shaw x x
A huge number of certificates handed out this week for reading, maths, stewardship and howl points. Well done to all of our winners and our community crew champions this week. Crew Shaw have won attendance again this week with 100%! Well done everyone, keep working hard.
The key stage one team.
We took a lovely walk to Thorne library this morning to enhance our Reading week. We had such a fantastic time there and and the librarians were so welcoming. The children got to choose a book to read for their own pleasure…something that interested them. We then had a chance to share some books that they wanted to recommend to their friends. We looked at non-fiction books about prehistoric animals and space, as well as a couple of pictures books; one about nature and another about owls.
The children have been given a form if they would like to sign up for the library and I would love to hear if any visit again during half term.
They made me feel very proud of their great manners and respect for the library, as well as being so sensible, walking through Thorne
In club today KS1 have been improving their skills in number bonds to 10 and 20, finding missing numbers, using TT rockstars and Numbots. Well done everyone!! 😊
