We kick started our crew challenges this week by creating structures using only marshmallows and cocktail sticks! Each group had to work as a crew to create the tallest and nicest looking structure!

It is safe to say that by the end, the marshmallows were very sticky!!

On Friday, we did a couple of different crew activities which involved being completely silent! The children really had to think outside of the box to communicate as they weren’t allowed to write things down either!

Each child had a coloured sticker of their forehead and they had no idea which colour they were! They had to find the rest of their matching colour group without actually speaking to each other! They were really successful and I’m so proud of my crew and their resilience!

Crew Knowles were inspired by Crew Mumby yesterday and decided to take on the paper cup challenge! The children had to stack cups by using only string and elastic bands! If the cups ever tumbled, they had to start right back at the beginning!

The collaboration and resilience that was shown throughout was truly inspiring! Not once did the children give up!!

Today’s challenge in Crew Knowles was to form different letters of the alphabet using just our bodies! Don’t be fooled – this task is really not as easy as it sounds! We tried some different letters before regrouping and reflecting on what was successful and also how we can get better next time! Watch this space for our second attempt!

I am SO proud of my crew today! Before we attempted the tarp challenge again, we had a reflective circle to think about what went well yesterday and what didn’t go so well. The children really thought about these things and were able to reflect with each other on what they could do to approach the challenge differently today.

It is safe to say that after their reflections and really supporting each other as a crew, they managed the challenge!!

Well done Crew Knowles!

It has been wonderful to see Crew Knowles and their lovely smiley faces back in the classroom today!

As we have all been away from each other for so long, we spent some extended time thinking about and talking about crew. After lots of reflections about how we are going to ‘come back stronger’ we launched in to our crew challenge!

The whole crew had to stand on the tarp and flip it completely over without touching the floor! Throughout the challenge, we got better at being crew and involving each other and we are going to try this challenge tomorrow to see if you can do it even more efficiently!

I can’t wait to welcome Crew Knowles back on Monday! I have missed you all so much and can’t wait to see your smiling faces filling our classroom again.

Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to our online learning over the past couple of months – you have done yourselves proud!

I will see you all very soon!