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We've had a brilliant first full week back in Hazel this week! In Maths, we have started a new topic to further our Multiplication and Division skills. We have been looking at multiplying and dividing 2 digit numbers using the methods that we learned last term. We have also been using Mathletics to support our Times Table knowledge. If anyone is missing a log in, please let us know! In English, we have continued reading our new book Myth Raiders: Claw of the Sphinx. The child

Happy Friday! This week we have been looking at the story 'One Snowy Night'. The children have enjoyed drawing their favourite character, acting the story out in our small world, home corner and construction area and making animals using play dough. We used the story to help our learning in maths. We talked about if one more animal came in or one animal fell out of the bed. In Maths, we have also been using our subitising skills to talk about what we can see and ways to make

Welcome back to everyone! It has been great to get back into a routine this week. We are nearly half way through the school year but have so much left to pack in! This week the children have enjoyed The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. It is a very popular book and they all thought they knew the story but we delved deeper about how the mouse tricked the animals and then the Gruffalo. We prepared to write setting descriptions by going for a virtual walk through some woods. We list

We have had a great week in Willow Class. In Reading, we have begun our new class text Pig Heart Boy  by Malorie Blackman. The children are already intrigued by the story, and we are looking forward to exploring the powerful themes within the book, including ethics, friendship and difficult choices. We started by learning about the author and her background to help us better understand the context of the text. In Writing, we have been developing our non-fiction skills by writ

English This week in English, we have continued reading The Twits  and have really enjoyed getting to know the mischievous characters. We’ve been exploring their personalities and settings, and the children have been busy writing detailed character and setting descriptions of Mr Twit and his house and garden. In our writing, we’ve been focusing on using adjectives  and adverbials of place  to make our descriptions exciting and vivid. Note:  Please refer to our recent post abo

Good afternoon, We have had a fun and productive week in Year 4. In English, we have come to the end of our unit on character description. Some children have written brilliantly, showing great imagination and improving their descriptive skills. In Maths, we are working with bigger numbers in multiplication and really testing our times tables understanding. Please continue to practise times tables at home, as this support makes a big difference. In history we have continued to

The Sleep Tight group below will be running at Crowmoor from 24th February. If you would like to book onto the course, please use the QR code below or contact Mr Taylor to book onto the sessions. Family Service email: family.support@crowmoorschool.co.uk

As part of our current reading and writing work on The Twits  by Roald Dahl, we will be watching short snippets from the film adaptation The Twits , which has recently been added to Netflix. These carefully selected clips will be used to support pupils’ understanding of characters, settings, and themes, and to inspire discussion and writing linked directly to the book we are studying in class. We will be watching brief extracts that are relevant to our learning objectives. Pl

Dear Parents/Guardians, We are excited to share that for the Spring term, our Design and Technology unit will focus on Global Food. During this unit, the children will have the opportunity to prepare, cook, and taste (if they wish) a variety of foods. Some of the ingredients they will work with include: carrots, apples, mango, lemongrass, root ginger, Pak Choi, lime, and figs, as well as making dishes such as spring rolls and pretzels. Please be assured that we take allergies

We will be closed today due to adverse weather conditions. The safety and wellbeing of pupils, parents and staff remain our top priority. Stay safe and warm. Thank you for your understanding. Our team are still available remotely should you need to get in touch. Team Crowmoor.

We have been notified by Shrewsbury School that they are closing the pool tomorrow due to the weather. Therefore, Years 3 and 4 will not be able to start their swimming sessions tomorrow. This will continue next week. As previously communicated we currently are open tomorrow. However, if this changes parents/carers will be notified.

After taking guidance from local authority, we will be closely monitoring and reviewing conditions throughout the day.  As it stands, school is open as normal today and tomorrow. However, all after-school clubs and meetings will be cancelled as a precaution. This is to ensure students, parents and staff are able to travel home safely before the weather is forecast to worsen. If for any reason this is a problem e.g. due to last minute childcare, then please let us know and we

Dear Parents and Carers, Year 4 will start their swimming lessons this Friday as part of our PE curriculum. Children should come to school wearing their normal school uniform, remembering a coat no matter the weather.  Please ensure they bring the following items in a suitable bag: A swimming costume A towel Similar to P.E., please do not wear earrings. Due to swimming, we will just be having PE lessons on a Wednesday, so they will only need to wear their PE kits on Wednesday

Firstly, welcome back, Happy New Year! We hope you all had a restful break and a enjoyable Christmas. It was lovely to welcome the children back this morning. We shared prior to the Christmas break that we would be sending out an attendance survey after Christmas and we are pleased to attach the link to this survey below. As always we welcome Parent/Carer feedback and therefore, we would be grateful if as many Parents/Carers as possible can complete this. Please see link belo

What a fantastic week it has been to end the children's first term at Crowmoor School! We have had our Christmas dinner day, Christmas disco and been busy making and decorating gingerbread men. Our certificate winner this week is Ivy. She has been joining in more during our carpet time, especially in phonics, where she has been working hard to blend to read words and segment to spell words with her class. Well done! We are so proud of how much the children have settled into s

As we reach the end of the term, I would like to thank all parents and carers for your continued support in helping the children settle into Year 6. It has been a positive and productive term, and I am incredibly proud of the effort, resilience and enthusiasm the class has shown across all areas of learning. In English, we have been writing winter poems, focusing on key grammatical and poetic features such as repetition, rhyme, personification, similes and imagery. The childr

Good afternoon, We have had a very productive last week of term; the children have revisited their addition and subtraction understanding using column method. In English the children had a go at creating their own winter poem, looking at rhyme, the use of adjectives and how to structure it with verses. The children did a fantastic job and have created some lovely poems. For our design and technology this term we have explored sewing, looking at different stitches and then tri

Good afternoon, We have had a very productive penultimate week in Sycamore, the children have produced some fantastic fantasy narratives, which flow very well and cover a lot of their writing targets. In maths, we have come to the end of our multiplication and division unit, those children who have been practicing their times-tables have done very well. In science we continued looking at teeth, exploring how we can tell if an animal is a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore from

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