World Mental Health Day in Reception

10th October 2023Rebecca Kendrew-Jones

Today is World Mental Health Day, so in our crew sessions we discussed why it is important to talk about how we are feeling and what we can do to help ourselves feel good.

We decided to take our crew session outside as the sunshine and fresh air can help to us to feel happy. We listened to one another share how we were feeling this morning and then took part in some fun activities together. The children enjoyed collecting leaves and creating their own leaf rubbings using paper and wax crayons or using hole punches to cut out different shapes. What a lovely start to the day!

World Mental Health Day Crews.

10th October 2023Sarah Winkley

Nursery spent their “Tranquil Tuesday” Crew time outdoors today to mark World Mental Health Day. The children discussed why being outdoors makes us happier and how being happy is good for our brains to keep us healthy. We played “copy me” games, where an action was modelled first by the teacher and then repeated by each child together as a group. Next the children took turns to model and their crew mates copied their actions. We finished our Crew session by singing Nursery rhymes, loud and clear for all to hear!

KS1 Community Meeting

8th October 2023Laura Parsons

We were really lucky this week that National Poetry Day was on the same day as our community meeting! In crew we have been sharing, writing and performing poetry in preparation for today. Instead of our usual ‘news from the crews’ we had our very own poetry jam. It was brilliant to hear the children performing the poetry they have been enjoying this week to all of the other crews.

Thank you for an awesome community meeting 😀

Mrs Parsons xx

We love our PE

6th October 2023Anna Wojcik

This term we have been developing our football skills and we enjoyed playing our team games and football matches in PE.

Sharing our Stories: 06/10/2023

6th October 2023Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful Work This Week

At The Coalface: A Plover Expedition Story

Beautiful Curation in the XP Ideas Cafe!

Top of the Blogs

Crew MW’s School Trip @ Carcroft School

Beautiful Work from Scarlett @ XP Gateshead

Year 3 Glow Day Crew Maths and Science @ Plover

Rainforest Research @ Norton Juniors

Reading for Pleasure @ Green Top

Class 2 Make Bird Feeders @ Norton Infants

This Week in PE @ XP

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Class 2 make bird feeders 🐦

6th October 2023Rebecca Kendrew-Jones

This week as part of our expeditionary learning we have been using our fine motor skills to make bird feeders. The children loved carefully threading the cereals onto pipe cleaners, bending them into a shape and hanging them in our outdoor areas. It’s been great fun checking each day to see how much the birds have eaten. Well done Class 2!

Thoughtful Thursday – Life skills.

5th October 2023Sarah Winkley

Today Nursery dedicated their “Thoughtful Thursday” Crew to learning the life skill of putting on their own coats. These skills are essential for teaching independence, boosting confidence and developing gross motor skills in young children. We have a special song for doing just this in Nursery, which we practised and then I modelled step by step, just how it was done. The children also learned how to turn their sleeves the correct way after removing their coats, as this is a real issue for little people as they often end up inside out, making it tricky to put it back on. We practised several times.

At “playtime” significantly less help was needed to help the children put on their coats. It is a skill which we will continue to practise in school and I hope the children are encouraged to do this idependently at home also. Well Done Nursery! You are “Go for it Gorillas” and “Persevering Parrots” also.

We are Gruffalo’s, Gruffalo’s, Gruffalo’s!

4th October 2023Sarah Winkley

This week Nursery have been creating Gruffalo’s hats, (as part of our second case study “What do you see if you take a stroll in autumn?”) using a variety of 2d shapes. Nursery have been learning about matching shapes and using language such as “Pairs” and “The same”. The children have thought hard about the names of the shapes and how many of each shape they will need when creating their Gruffalo’s faces to match the model… They have done a wonderful job so far, here are a few!