Hi Everyone
Massive thank you to Stanley ASDA who have dontated £1000 to Croft towards to cost of horticulural equipment. This is going to buy gardening equipment and other horticultural supplies to help support the delivery of land-based studies in school. Soon pupils will be starting to plant seeds and begin rennovation of the garden area in school. Thanks again ASDA! 
Good afternoon everyone
Please see letter attached about some of the Covid updates we are reintroducing from Monday 8th November.
Hazel class has been set up to represent different parts of the United Kingdom ready for pupils returning to school on Monday.
We have a fun packed week talking about the different countries that make up the UK.
Making and trying different foods and researching the different countries.
There are different switches set up around the classroom with facts and sound effects on.
Have a lovely weekend Hazel, we are all excited for Monday!
We had a birthday in Maple class this week, so we decided to bake a cake.
We mixed up all the ingredients together which made a very slimy mixture, some of the smells were very yummy.
Once all the ingredients were mixed together we poured our chocolate mixture into cake tins. This was very sticky and messy. When we put the mixture into the cake tines we had some left in our mixing bowl and we might of had a sneaky taste. We loved the taste of the chocolate.
After the cake was cooked we brought it out of the oven and let it cool down. We decided we would use jam in the middle to keep the two cakes stuck together. We then mixed up our chocolate, syrup and caster sugar to make our chocolate topping.
Look how amazing our cake turned out. Everyone in Maple sang happy birthday and enjoyed some delicious chocolate cake for snack.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Hazel class enjoyed exploring different types of materials in Science today.
We spoke about their different properties, how they felt and what we thought they could be used for.
In the afternoon we then used different types of materials to print in art.
Well done Hazel class.
In Art today Hazel class explored colour changing.
They discussed what primary are and how we can make secondary colours.
Some pupils used PECS to request the colours and then comment on what colour they had made. Being able to use PECS in a more cross curricular way enables pupils to generalise the skill.
Other pupils made predictions on what colour they thought they would make.
Well done Hazel class great work and everyone could select or name a primary colour by the end of the lesson.
8G had a brilliant trip to Newcastle castle today. Students had the castle to themselves as they had a guided tour and then looked at weapons Norman soldiers would have worn. A special thanks to Mr Nichol who drove the minibus and the enthusiastic staff team!
Pupils in 9R have learnt about colour mixing, and used the secondary colours that they created to recreate an iconic illustration from the book ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’. Using shape recognition and cutting skills and also thinking about placement on the page in order to recreate the image. They all captured the bright colourful shapes and bold brushstrokes really successfully in their own versions.
Year 11 have been working towards increasing their independence in the community and went out this afternoon to practise their personal and road safety skills in the community. Whilst they were out they visited a local shop and made a small purchase ensuring they followed safety rules in the shop and remembered to use their manners when being served. The cashier at the end of the visit commented “What a lovely respectable group of pupils we had”. The group really enjoyed it and worked together as a group to complete the risk assessment and identify rules to abide by when representing Croft school in the local community. Timur said “Always respect your environment and be aware of your surroundings”. Peter reminded the group to be polite to other members of the public. As a treat for half term pupils made a small purchase of a snack and a drink where staff assessed their management of money skills. We will continue to work on this next term.