Welcome back to E28. Students spent the morning resetting Crew by playing a round of The Floor is Lava! Students had to work in Crews to move their whole crew across the sports hall without touching the floor or the obstacles on it, all the while keeping a tennis ball in a bit of drain pipe. Students developed their teamwork and communication skills, all while having a great time!
The E28 Team
We popped in to see our Crew this morning in Art and we were floored by their beautiful artwork. Enjoy.
Mrs. Collinson and Mrs. Batty
A one night only Macbeth Production.. Thursday the 30th of March.
If you would like to reserve tickets for the evening, please complete the google form attached in the letter.
We look forward to seeing you in the evening.
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This last couple of weeks Crew Malala has had some really significant successes!
Not only have we had 100% attendance for the last two weeks and been top of the attendance league, but we also won the World Book Day quiz achieving 34 out the 35 questions correctly!
However our success is also paying off in lessons. Crew Malala is working hard, getting smart and being kind.
Fasia earned the most praise points in year 8 for the week beginning 20th February.
We also dropped into Maths on Friday lesson 5. At the end of the lesson every member of Crew Malala was nominated for praise from either their peers or Miss Mountain (their maths teacher). It was a really proud moment to hear other students recognising that our Crew are working hard.
A big shout out to Jack and Emily too, as last week they both represented the school at the Indoor Athletics tournament.
Finally, Deanna and Alex have both won major speaking parts in the school’s production of Macbeth. Please keep checking the website for details and performance dates.
Well done Crew Malala!
Mrs Batty & Mrs Collinson
Well done to the members of crew Boseman for their fantastic effort in completing their student led conferences. I have been really impressed with the level of reflection and attention to detail in their work. Keep up the good work!!
Mr Stables
Crew Malala had a brilliant term 2A. Here are the best bits:
We are looking forward to what Term 2B might bring!
After our regular Mindful Monday check in crew Moore were set the challenge of working as a team to create banner of Christmas bunting. Each table was given just a craft pack and a set of instructions. The activity was time bound meaning they need to work quickly and communicate well. Both teams grappled with missing parts and elements falling off before achieving their goals. We ended with a quick clean up maintaining our leave no trace moto.
Crew Malala spent a Crew session quietly creating beautiful art in watercolours. We put on some quiet music – pianist Ludovico Einaudi – and losing ourselves in colours and creativity. During our debrief, students said how much they enjoyed the activity and that it’s something they’d like to do on a regular basis.
Mrs. Batty/Mrs. Collinson
C28 English
There has been some beautiful work produced across C28 in English sessions as part of the Being Human expedition. Students have begun to explore our new anchor text ’We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices’. There were some excellent examples of quality and craftsmanship alongside some mature and insightful ideas predicting what the book may include.
We are all very excited to get reading!
Crew Malala have been working on communication and team skills. We talked about how working together means listening to one another and learning how to communicate in a productive way. To practice these new skills, Crew Malala played the spider web game. Standing in a circle, one person had to hold onto the end of a ball of wool and throw the ball across the circle to another crew member. That person had to hold on to the wool and throw the ball to someone else, and so on, until everyone was holding onto the wool. This created a spider web in the middle of the circle. Crew Malala then had to work together to untangle the wool without letting go, with the final goal of standing in a straight line while still holding on to the wool. There was some frustration but by working together, giving clear instructions to each other and listening carefully, they finished the game in a straight line! Well done Crew Malala!
Mrs. Collinson & Mrs. Batty
