Crookhill Primary School

Today, we kick started our Creativity Week off with a special production of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Looking pretty normal so far?

We were all very excited to see Buttercup.  She had some super dance moves.  We liked the way she moooooooooooved!

Can you spot what flavour milkshakes were on offer?

It all still looked like the original Jack and the Beanstalk UNTIL...

They climbed the beanstalk and ended up in...

NURSERY RHYME LAND!

Oh no it wasn't just any old Jack and the Beanstalk, it was Jack and the Beanstalk with a twist!  All the nursery rhyme characters came to life! 

Everybody loved it including Miss Welsh and Miss Teasdale who couldn't resisit joining Numpty in a bogey on down with Squire Bogey!

But in true panto style it all had a happy ending.

Please look in the gallery for more pictures and keep checking the website next week for more Twisted Tale fun from Creativity Week.

Today we have been learning about a Greek myth called Pandora's Box. We thought about how tempting it would have been for Pandora not to open the box; and how she would have felt afterwards when she realised what she had done.

The moral of the story was - There will always be hope! 

The rain didn't put Year 6 off visiting the Forest School tonight. They got straight to cooking, exploring and constructing. Tonight we toasted apples and dipped them in sugar (for energy).

We used the tarpaulin we put up last week (in all that rain) to protect us tonight when the rain was particularly heavy.

As part of our Be Seasonable topic, Class Six have planted their own potaotes. We have had them wrapped inside some cardboard (from the Comic Relief noses!) and waited until little shoots started to appear.

We then carefully planted them in the compost and have put them onto the decking area.

Hopefully in a few months there will be lots of lovely spuds for us all to enjoy!

Year 5 and 6 teamed up this week for some Heroes and Villains PE!  We has the apparatus set up like building tops, and we had to move across them like either a hero or a villain!  We also had to try to think about moving in different ways.  Can you tell who we are trying to be?

We had lots of fun and found lots of different ways of being Heroes and Villains!

Miss Howson

Crookhill were in for a treat this morning as they were transported to the Magic Kingdom to listen to the Music Workshop perform music from some of the greatest Disney movies. We were given clues about the movies ranging from Snow White which was the 1st feature length film to come out of Disney Studios to a finale of Toy Story.

In true Crookhill spirit we joined in and even got to sing into the microphone.

Some of us were dressed as characters from the film. Can you tell which Disney Movie we are from?

If you look closely you will see Bashful, Sleepy, Happy and Grumpy. Can you tell who is who??? We played our parts well.

The whole school (especially the teachers) thoroughly enjoyed being whisked away into the magical world of Walt Disney. We can't wait for the music workshop to come back again!  

Today Reception and Year 6 visited Stowell Street for a Chinese banquet. Both classes have been learning all about China and Chinese New Year. We went to Lau's Buffet King to sample some delicious Chinese cuisine.

The staff in the restaurant were really impressed by our fantastic behaviour and attitude to trying new things.

Can you believe some of us had more than 3 plates of food and then pudding?

Some of us were very brave and tried to eat using the chop sticks.

The year 6 children were great and helped the Reception children to fill and re-fill their plates.

After our delicious banquet we went into the Chinese Supermarket to buy some decorations for our classrooms and to take home.

Take a look in the gallery for the rest of our photos.