Today in crew, we have been sharing work from our current STEAM expedition, ‘High Voltage!’

We talked about different pieces of work which we felt showed mastery of our learning so far.

Ben read out a piece of writing which showed an excellent understanding of the national grid.  He said it showed excellence because he had taken into account the advantages and disadvantages of different types of cables.

Adam explained about how he had worked with Denzil, playing a memory game to remember the names and roles of electrical symbols / components.  Adam graded his understanding secure as he achieved 100% on his test.  Well done, Adam!

Theone showed her answers to different ‘Charge Problems’ which were challenging questions about the positive and negative charges of protons.  The questions got progressively harder.  Theone achieved 13 out of 14.  Excellent!

Alyssa and Ruby shared their written responses for one of the immersion activities – Capital Punishment.  They were both proud of their work and the arguments they had written to show whether they were for or against it.

So, Crew Churchill are certainly powering on with their STEAM work.  Well done!

Over the last two weeks, Crew Churchill have been analysing our recent grades for academic attainment and HoWLs.
We were delighted to find out that all of our Crew’s HoWLs grades have improved. So, well done, Us!

We are now busy making notices, wonders and writing questions about our data.
From this, we will be talking to staff to help us set targets and make pledges to help us progress even further!

We’re on it!

It’s been a great week in Crew Churchill!

After our weekend and HoWLs check-in on Monday morning and an excellent day at Leeds University on Wednesday for fieldwork, we have had two excellent crew sessions led by us!

On Tuesday, Tyler and Alyssa led a session based on our HoWL ‘Work Hard’ and encouraged everyone to participate and take part in a game of dodgeball. Before playing, we circled up and they led a crew discussion about how working hard as a team can help everyone succeed.

Take a look at our dodgeball skills!

Today, our crew session was led by Theone, Aran and Ruby and they had planned their session around another of our HoWLs, ‘Be Kind’. Working in pairs, we had to work our way across an obstacle course. To make things even more tricky, the crew member who was moving across the course had to be blindfolded!

We had to work with each other, taking note of our partner’s instructions as they guided us along. It was great fun, particularly hoolahooping wearing a blindfold!

Crew Churchill have been celebrating today as we have achieved 100% hand in rate for our extended study so far this week.

As a crew, we have been working extremely hard to ensure that all students are being held accountable for completing their extended study on time but, at the same time, supporting each other to do this.

Keep it up, Crew Churchill!

This morning in Crew Churchill we shared work we have been doing in STEAM so far in our new expedition.
We shared a piece of work we were proud of and told crew key facts we had learnt.

Theone shared her piece of work focusing on the structure of cells. Her work also demonstrated beautiful craftsmanship and quality.

Lewis was proud of his paragraph where he could name and describe some of the bones in the human body.

Kaiden spoke confidently about an experiment he had carried out which investigated how finches had adapted to life on the different islands of the Galapagos, with their beaks adapting depending on the type of food they ate.

Take a look at some of our beautiful work!

We also had a HoWLs check-in and then Crew Churchill used this session to make a pledge about how they are going to drive their learning even further forward throughout this week.
We can’t wait to find out how we have done at our check-in on Friday!

Well, it’s fair to say that Crew Churchill have had one of our best weeks ever!

Throughout our first week back, we had to think about the guiding question:

‘How can I hit the ground running?’

After sharing our HoWL grades for Work Hard, Get Smart and Be Kind, we decided we wanted to do even better. We revised the pledges we had made following our SLCs as these are our foci as we move forward.

At the end of the week, we had a HoWLs check-in to see how we are getting on in our different classes.

Take a look:

Churchill Crew have spent time in our product lab creating their final product for the expedition ‘Earth, Wind and Fire’.

The final product involves planting trees around our school site and then commemorating each tree with a plaque designed by each student.

Take a look at their handy work…

So, today in Crew Churchill, we have continued to work hard preparing for our SLCs which begin next week.

We have been finishing our presentations, critiquing our partner’s work and supporting each other with sections we are finding challenging.

Parents and carers!  Don’t forget to sign up for your child’s SLC using the following link:

Crew Churchill (Mrs Poncia)

Crew Churchill are currently working hard, preparing for their first Student Led Conference of Year 8.

Following reflections about our last SLCs in Year 7, we have created an action plan so we know what needs doing and when.  We are now selecting the work we want to share, and reflecting deeply about how it shows our learning and links to our expedition.

Aran is super organised, making notes on cue cards and working hard at home to make sure she is prepared!

An exciting dodgeball rematch took place between Crew Churchill and Crew Young!

This was a follow-on from our previous encounter when Crew Churchill were the winners.  Crew Young were hoping to equalise.

Crew Churchill won the first game.  Crew Young made a valiant comeback during the second game, however, Crew Churchill proved too strong and were victorious!

Both teams played with true sportsmanship and integrity and congratulated each other at the end.

We can’t wait for our next Dodgeball challenge!