Croft Community School

Oak’s trip to Beamish museum

By l.robson October 24, 2023

Oak class had a wonderful if a bit wet day at Beamish.

To continue with our learning about transport through time we explored the old vehicles at Beamish.

We went to the pit village first and learnt about the Coffee pot, Glitter and the Edward Sholto.

Whilst we were at the village we popped into the church to see if we could spot some of the features that we had been learning about in our RE lessons with Mrs Ridley.

We then went to the farm house and found the old tractor and the carts that the horses used to pull.

Finally we went to the town and had a look at the old cars in the garage. We even managed to find a Penny-Farthing.

On the way back on the tram we spoke about our class story ‘The Naughty Bus’ and what adventure the tram could get up to if it was to become naughty.

Well done Oak class!

We have had another busy week in Rowan Class.

In DT we have been looking at practicing stitching. We started off using our threading activities and when we were super good at that we got out our needles and practiced some stitching on materials.

Everyone was doing brilliant and were super safe with the needles.

In Science we have been carrying on learning about absorbance and waterproof. We have carried out an experiment to see which materials are waterproof and which ones absorb the water.

We then recorded the results into our Science books. The children were brilliant in giving examples of items that were waterproof and absorbent.

We have also has our first week on our new PESSPA activities at breaktime which has been a lovely change for the children. These get changed every 2 weeks.

All aboard the Oak class train!

By l.robson October 12, 2023

Oak class had an amazing day at the Locomotion museum.

We learnt all about the different trains and how they have changed over time.

We were told about all the different things trains used for such as; carrying coal, cattle and people. We even learnt that one of the trains had a hotel on and a bathroom!

We then finished off our wonderful trip with sometime in the park.

We had such a busy day, it was only right we had a nap on the bus on the way back to school.

Well done Oak class brilliant day!

Oak Science

By l.robson October 4, 2023

In Science we have been learning about materials and their properties.

This week we enjoyed our recap activity where we spoke about which of the three little pig’s houses were the strongest against the big bad wolf.

We then decided to investigate which of the pigs houses might be waterproof. We made a prediction and then tested the material.

We then moved on to investigating different materials ourselves to discover which were waterproof and would keep our pig dry.

Pupils remembered that they were completing a fair test and would put the same amount of water on each material.

Fantastic work Oak class!

Eight of our fantastic Year 11 pupils presented to all of secondary and Year 6 this morning during the head pupils’ assembly. Students spoke about their intentions as head person and the improvements they would like to bring to the school as role models and leaders. All students have voted this morning and the votes are currently being counted. An amazing achievement for all of the candidates.

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By n.beckham September 27, 2023

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Welcome to Oak

By l.robson September 25, 2023

Oak class have settled into Croft brilliantly.

We have worked hard in every lesson, learning the new routine and sharing with each other.

In English our focus story is ‘The Naughty Bus’ by Jan and Jerry Oke. We can’t wait to find out about the adventures the naughty bus has.

In Science this half term it is all about materials and what they can be used for.

History is all about changes in living memory and we are focusing on transport. We are SUPER excited for our trip to the Locomotion museum.

Keep up the hard work Oak class. Well Done!

Rowan Week 22.09.23

By d.franklin September 22, 2023

We have all settled well into Rowan class. It is lovely to see some new faces and some friendships continue to develop.

We have got right back into our new year and are busy bees straight away!

In History we have been finding out what chronology means. This has been linked to our English Story the Stone Age Boy. We have been learning about how they made their very own tools out of materials around them. Of course Maple wanted to have a try of making our very own. We began by going on an adventure around the school grounds to look for our perfect flat stones and sticks.

Once we had found them we went back into the classroom and used wool only to tie our flat stones onto our stick. This was a lot more difficult than we thought!

The concentration is real!! Our lovely Rowan pupils worked very hard on these! The hard work payed off! Look at our amazing final products.

In science we have been learning the words ‘waterproof’ and ‘absorbent.’ We carried out an experiment to see what materials are waterproof and which ones absorbed the water.

We found out the clay and the wood absorbed a bit of water.

Miss Garrity