Lauren and Riley have come top of Crew O’Neil and Crew Good’s HOWL points this week! Well done for racking up them points by working hard, getting smart and being kind!
Ethan and Hunter were chosen this week for their manners, kindness to their friends and for always respecting our classroom too. We love to see people living up to our Be Kind HOWL.
Ayla and Liam were chosen from both Crew Good and Crew O’Neil this week to be our Work Hard champions. They have really been making some good choices and we are super proud of the work they are achieving. This award has been so difficult to give this week, I am seeing some AMAZING work being produced by all of class 5!
Finally, our reading champion this week has been Isla. She has been doing so well with her reading, in class and at home too. I love to see you all engaging in reading, it doesn’t have to just be your school reading books.
WOW what a day we had at THE DEEP on Monday. Class 5 had an amazing day out looking at all the animals we had been learning about in Science. We learnt that the world has changed lots over the past few million years and once upon a time looked very different.
We even got up close and personal with a giant turtle, how lucky were we?! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as me, I think my favourite part of the day was seeing the turtle, or maybe the penguins, or actually it could’ve been the beautiful star fish… what was yours?!
We had a lovely discussion today as part of children’s mental health week about where or rather who, we could go to if we were feeling sad, lonely, upset or scared. It was wonderful to hear that the children had a wide ranging support network of adults that they could share their problems with. The children learned a new saying ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’ and we talked about some of the things that make us sad. Well done guys.
Bobby won our learning legend postcard today for his fabulous listening which led to awesome learning.
Keep on getting smart Bobby, it really does make a difference.
I was so proud of the behaviour and engagement of class 6 yesterday on their first ever official off site trip. We had a marvellous time exploring the wonderful sea creatures at The Deep in Hull and showed just how much we have learned during our workshop. Please see below for a pictorial record of our day.
Any help you could give your child with recognising the sounds and practising the spellings would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks for your continued support and to all those who practised last week’s spellings. It really does make a massive difference for the children to see that the work they do in school is considered just as important at home.
A very special visitor was put in the hot-seat today in year 1 when Mr Nick Fletcher, our local member of parliament came to Green Top to answer questions about plastic pollution and climate change. The children certainly didn’t let him off lightly! Here are class 6’s awesome ‘I wonders’….
Miss Rodgers – Why is single use plastic still being produced when we know the effect it is having on our world? (It’s production is being reduced but we need to stop buying so much and chose alternative packaging too.)
Deacon – When will we stop making petrol and diesel cars? (Production in this country will end in 2030, although some cars imported from other countries will still be used in Britain.)
Junior – In Scarborough there is a ‘re-cycling’ fish where people can collect waste plastic from the beaches and put it in the fish for re-cycling. Could we have something like this in Thorne? (Mr Fletcher suggested we contact our town council to ask.)
Kalab – Why can’t there be a recycling centre just for plastic? (Mr Fletcher suggested we take the lids off plastic bottles so they would crush more easily to reduce their size and gave us some handy tips on how to make our plastic waste cleaner by not putting anything in our re-cycling bins that had touched food, or rinsing before re-cycling.)
Hunter – Is there a different, safer alternative to plastic? (Scientists are working on bio-degradable materials to replace plastic, but we can help by choosing snacks without packaging such as fresh fruit.)
Harrison – How could you make it easier to re-use our plastic bottles? (By choosing a hard plastic water bottle or by encouraging our school to go single-use plastic free as he has just suggested they do in the Palace of Westminster.)
I was so proud of the intelligent questions you asked and of the discussion we had afterwards about Mr Fletchers suggestions. It s awesome to see just how much you have learned about protecting our beautiful planet.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit us Mr Fletcher.
Well deserved learning legend postcards today for Rhys and Anais for smashing effort in their work and this weeks yellow t shirt winner Florence, who has blown me away this week with her Can-do Colin attitude. Sorry Florence, I can’t find your photo. I will post one next week.
KS1 were very grateful to local M.P., Nick Fletcher, who visited our school this morning to talk with us about littering and pollution in Doncaster.
We gave Mr Fletcher an advanced screening of last term’s final product, a video showcasing our expedition learning about everyday superheroes, and he answered some of our questions.
Mr Fletcher also urged us to consider how we can reduce plastic before the need for recycling, encouraging us to choose foods and items with either no packaging or more eco- friendly packaging. For example, choosing an apple over a bag of crisps or a glass bottle of pop as opposed to a plastic bottle.
BIG WELL DONE to Elizabeth this week for her amazing attitude to learning, earning her our OOTW certificate. Elizabeth has been working hard to take pride in her learning, making good choices in lessons to work with new people, asking questions and answering them too! Keep up the hard work, superstar!
