We spent our Mindful Monday crew thinking about human rights. We had a chat about the difference between wanting something and needing it. We discussed what our rights are as a human and we learned that in some parts of the world people are not living with access to their basic human rights. We are eager to spend some time in crew thinking about how we can make a difference to these people.
We have been really busy in our expedition and English lessons. We have been learning all about different materials, we have also been reading different versions of the Three Little Pigs.
We decided to write our own version called The Three Little Knights and the Big Bad Dragon.
What do you think of our story? We are super proud of it!
Once upon a time there were three little knights. They lived in a beautiful, big castle with their mum, the Queen.
One day the Queen said, “Your fighting is too much. You must leave!”.
So the three little knights set off to find a new home.
The first little knight built his castle out of cardboard. Then the Big Bad Dragon knocked on the door. “Little knight, little knight let me come in!”
“No, no, no” said the little knight. “Not by the point on my shiny metal sword!”
“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll burn your castle down!”. So he huffed and he puffed and he burnt the castle down but the little knight ran back to his mum as fast as he could.
The second little knight built his castle out of wood. Then the Big Bad Dragon knocked on the door. “Little knight, little knight let me come in!”.
“No, no, no” said the little knight. “Not by the point on my shiny metal sword!”
“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll burn your castle down!”. So he huffed and he puffed and he burnt the castle down but the little knight ran back to his mum as fast as he could.
But the third little knight was smarter than the others and he built his castle out of stone and cement. Then the Big Bad Dragon knocked on the door. “Little knight, little knight let me come in!”
“No, no, no!” said the little knight. “Not by the point on my shiny metal sword!”
“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll burn your castle down!” So he huffed and he puffed and he tried and he tried but he could not burn the castle down!
The Big Bad Dragon got upset and started to cry.
Even though he had been mean, the little knights wanted to cheer him up. The Queen and the little knights had some fireworks so they invited the Big Bad Dragon to breathe fire and light them. They had a beautiful night watching the fireworks together.
Our guiding question in crew today was ’What makes a good friend?’ We thought about Andy and Woody, Lilo and Stitch and Mr Bean and Teddy and what made them such good friend. Then we worked together to sort different scenarios into whether they were things that would make us a good friend or a not so good friend.
We finished off with reading The Selfish Crocodile – maybe you would like to watch it again? https://youtu.be/0-NhjfJ_RZI
Our check out was sharing what makes us a good friend – we felt really proud hearing our friends say such lovely things about us.
We started the morning sharing a good book today 📚
This morning we had an awesome crew session! We challenged ourselves to build the biggest tower we could – it was tricky.
Next, Mrs Parsons challenged us to work as a crew to build a line that stretched from class five all the way to Mrs Smith’s office! We had to communicate and really work hard together. Eventually we made it!
Crew Parsons really can do anything!
I was terrified opening the door this morning! I’m usually met with lots of smiling faces but this morning this scary bunch turned up!
We had a great time doing lot’s of different spooky activities – our favourite was the mummy challenge!
Miss Tunney and I have had the most lovely day! We wanted to see and hear about all the amazing learning going on across our campus, so rather than sit in our office flicking through work, we invited the owners of the exercise books to share their work instead.
We have had children in our early years reciting We’re Going on a Bear Hunt with actions, students in key stage one sharing some fantastic knowledge about castles and how their expert visitor helped them towards answering their guiding question, lower key stage two being so enthusiastic about their core text, The Lion and the Unicorn and finally year five and six explaining how clear and specific critique has helped them to improve their work into versions they are incredibly proud of.
To all of those children who shared their learning with us, thank you. It was a real privilege to hear about your learning so far this year. You all spoke confidently and showed real enthusiasm for your expeditions and the beautiful work you are producing.
Mrs Parsons and Miss Tunney xx
Our determined team of year 2s set off to Campsmount this afternoon for the football festival. We are so proud of them, not only did they behave impeccably, but they acted with great sportsmanship.
They also won every game they played and returned to school champions with a beautiful new trophy and their medals!
A huge thank you to Mrs Wojcik and Mrs Thurman for accompanying them. (and cheering very loudly! 📣)
You are all great ambassadors for Crew Norton.
Mrs Parsons xxx
Class Five did a great job this morning completing their jigsaw puzzles to discover what the core text for our science case study is going to be.
I wonder if they could retell the story to you at home?
Mrs Parsons xx
We have been so impressed with the beautiful work that has been done at home. We have had fieldwork with families, crafting and researching. Keep bringing it in and sharing with your crew – it’s great to keep learning from each other.
Mrs Parsons xx
