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Did you know…?

By K Poncia22nd January 2018

…that the three smallest bones in the body are found in the ear.

They are called the anvil, stirrup and hammer.

And …that the cells in your eye come in different shapes.

Rod-shaped cells allow you to see shapes, and cone-shaped cells allow you to see colour.

We found this out during our Crew sessions while we were discussing illnesses and accidents we have had at some point. Different Crew members shared different things that had happened to them. Some stories were a bit gruesome!

What do you know about the ear and the eye?

A busy week in Crew 7DPE!

By D Pearson21st January 2018

Monday 15th Jan- We checked in, by sharing with each other what we had been up to over the weekend and also our initial thoughts and reflections on the learning that occurred during Immersion Week.

Tuesday 16th Jan- Our Crew Leader explained the style and format of XP East Grade Cards. We learnt that for learning targets in boxes that are shaded grey there is no concern, whereas work that needs our attention in order to be improved, or fixed, is shaded in yellow. We then spent the last 20 minutes identifying examples of when we had witnessed crew members exhibiting the HOWLs last week. We were delighted that everyone was mentioned!

Wednesday 17th Jan- We dedicated our session to improving our levels of literacy on the Accelerated Reader programme.

Thursday 18th Jan – Our entire Crew session was devoted to reviewing and checking work in our portfolios. Our Crew Leader signed off some work from five portfolios and highlighted the small amount of work still needed.

Friday 19th Jan – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about. XP East held a further school-specific Community Meeting in the afternoon.

100% attendance!

By A Parker21st January 2018

I’m absolutely delighted to report that Crew APA not only managed 100% attendance this week, but also did so with no lates!

This is a big deal for us, as we’ve been working very hard on our timekeeping and attendance over the last few weeks, and the Crew support has been amazing!

A huge ‘Well Done’ to everyone for making the effort to come in every day, and on time. We now need to make sure that we keep it up!

😊

Crew Take Over: Brendan and Aden

By A Parker21st January 2018

Wednesday’s are Crew Take Over Days, where two of our crew are responsible for planning and delivering our morning crew session.

This week Brendan and Aden led a session on character traits. This was a mind mapping exercise and crew members were instructed to think about what each character trait meant to them, and add their thoughts to each poster.

This was a great session as it’s always good to spend some time revisiting and reflecting on our character traits. Well done, Brendan and Aden!

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year from Crew 7DP!

By D Pearson22nd December 2017

Monday 18th Dec- We did some Accelerated Reader because we have not done reading in Crew since last week…. though we do read in human and steam as well!

Tuesday 19th Dec- We watched 30 mins of the Lion movie and we took copious notes (notices and wonders)

Wednesday 20th Dec- Today we did a Star Reader test to make sure we are on the right colour group for our reading material.

Thursday 21st Dec – We held an XP East Community meeting, following the success of our first ever Celebration of Learning event held last night.

Friday 22nd Dec – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about.

Whole School Community Meeting was held in the afternoon, allowing us an extra Crew session this morning. We opened our Secret Santa gifts and held a whip-round to discuss how we were intending to spend the festive break and what we might have included on our Christmas wish list.

Special thanks to Izzy for editing our blog this week.

Latest news from Crew 7DP

By D Pearson19th December 2017

Monday 11th Dec- We all checked in to Crew following the weekend and then our Crew Leader shared with us the true story of Cliff Young. In 1982 Cliff Young was a 61 year old Australian farmer. He entered an ultra-marathon from Sydney to Doncaster in Melbourne, Australia. The most remarkable thing was he didn’t know that you had to sleep. He ran in his work boots against younger, and much fitter world-class athletes, and won. He didn’t know that there a prize and refused it, and he then shared the money between the other runners. This encourages us to do things differently than they may have been done before.

Tuesday 12th Dec- Accelerated Reader. Next week we will take another literacy test.

Wednesday 13th Dec- Due to technical issues we couldn’t watch Lion that would help with our learning. So that we made productive use of Crew time, we read our Accelerated Reader books.

Thursday 14th Dec- We watched 30 minutes of Lion to anchor the text we read. These were our key notices and wonders:

The people were just standing there and when Saroo was lost. He asked for a ticket for Ginestlay but he got slapped in the face and told to move.
Lack of compassion in the country and ignoring him.
Two different parts of India and they both speak a different language.
It wasn’t a very safe place.
Stronger sense of community in Ginestlay than in Calcutta.
Women working on the railway.

Friday 15th Dec – Our whole school Community Meeting provides a weekly opportunity to give apologies and pledges, share appreciations and make stands for things that we feel strongly about.

Thanks to Ella for editing this week’s Crew blog.

Desert Island Discs with Crew KPO!

By K Poncia18th December 2017

Today in crew, we have spent time thinking about songs which hold a special place in our hearts and remind us of a memorable time in our lives.

Have a look at our choices: have a listen!

Kyle	Budapest by George Ezra
Teagan	Silence by Marshmallow
Lewis	One Last Time by Ariana Grande
Kaiden	Happy by Pharrel Williams
Tyler	Seven Years by Lucas Graham
Ruby	Once I was in Year 1
Theone	Goodbye My Friend
Ben	Nerfgod by Papa Jake
Alyssa	Angels by Robbie Williams
Adam	Proud by Heather Small
Arandeep	In My Head by Far Places
Denzil	Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran
Mrs. P	You and Me Song by The Wannadies

Which songs would you choose if you were asked to write the soundtrack of your life?

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

By K Poncia14th December 2017

Thursday 14th December:

Today in Crew we were sharing what we would like to do in our crew sessions until Christmas. These are our ideas so far:

A Christmas present sharing session (7 votes)

Clean up crew (9 votes)

Watch a film (with snacks and scones) not ELF (10 votes)

Treasure hunt (2 votes)

Soundtrack to our lives (12 votes)

Non-Educational electronic day (56 votes)

Chillax day (56 votes)

Cosmos, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut (order in) (56 votes)

Xblock activities, eg, art, music (2 votes)

Dance Off (4 votes)

Party :):):):):):) (1000 Votes!)

Further discussions will follow…

Ho Ho Ho!

By K Poncia14th December 2017

Wednesday 13th December:

In today’s Crew session, we talked about ‘Secret Santa’. Using our whip-around protocol, everyone in the circle said at least 3 things that they like so that the person who had picked them had an idea of their person’s tastes and what they like and dislike.

We can’t wait to share our gifts!

Aran K

Soundtrack to our lives

By A Parker13th December 2017

I’m frequently humbled by what my Crew choose to share during our time together, and today was no exception as we shared our ‘Soundtrack to my life’ songs.

For this session, I asked my Crew to pick a song and tell us why it means something to them before we listened to it together. Music can evoke so many emotions and memories of special people and special times, and can make us happy or sad.

The Crew shared some very personal – and very moving – stories, and I was blown away by the compassion and support my Crew showed to one another. We cried together, we laughed together and yet again I was reminded why Crew is so important to us as a network of social and emotional support.