Celebration of Learning

XP Climate Conference #XPCC22!

Tonight, we have been blown away by how amazing our pupils truly are. Our hearts are really bursting with so much pride. As part of the XP Climate Conference, Carcroft was invited, along with other Trust schools, for the very first event including primary schools.

We were lucky to witness some fantastic speeches, as Year 3 and 4 pupils spoke along with high school pupils in front of about 200-300 people! This did not daunt our very brave pupils, Chloe, Honey, Lilly and Tommy, as they spoke beautifully about the Expedition they completed in the Spring Term. We answered the Guiding Question Why should we protect our beautiful planet? Their confidence shone through as they spoke so clearly and incredibly well as they spoke about their learning and final product – a charity song. We could not have been prouder!

After premiering the song video and listening to a question and answer with some expert visitors, it was time to sell our CDs. Luckily, we had some fantastic sales people who walked around confidently, persuasively and persistently. They have raised a boat load of money for the charity, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation. Without their kindness and can-do attitude, I don’t think we would have raised nearly as much. Most importantly, the manners shown were impeccable whether or not items were sold. A lot of people are leaving XP with lighter pockets tonight thanks to your efforts!

Tomorrow, LKS2 will be selling the charity singles tomorrow for £3, in order to raise more money for the Foundation. It would be great if we could raise even more money. LKS2 will also be selling sweets as part of the current Expedition. See more information below about the CDs.

Finally, we would just like to say a massive well done to Tommy, Chloe, Honey and Lilly again. You guys absolutely smashed it and represented yourselves and Carcroft impeccably. We could not be prouder! A big thanks as well to the parents of these children as well for bringing them – without that, we could not have had as much success!

Celebration of Learning!

We would just like to say a massive thank you again to parents attending our celebration event this afternoon, it was great to have parents back in school celebrating the children’s hard work. We loved sharing our final product song with you and will be in touch soon to tell you about purchasing the CD.

Keep your eyes peeled out on the blog and website where the video and song will be shared for others to see.

Thanks again,

From a proud LKS2 team 😆

Flick through our gallery below to see the photos of this fantastic occasion:

Children's praises!

I really enjoyed Geoff coming into school and teaching us how to be musicians. (Chloe Y4)

I enjoyed that everyone from all the schools worked really hard to produce a charity song together, which can now enjoy and raise money with. (Sophia Y4)

I loved going to the XP high school to record our song! (Kaitlynn Y4)

I really enjoyed when we were all musicians and recorded our song at XP. (Lydia Y4)

I really enjoyed our fieldwork visit to the wildlife park because we got to see lots of animals and especially enjoyed seeing the polar bears. (Maddie Y4)

I enjoyed it when we went to Yorkshire wildlife park, my favourite animals were the giraffes and sea lions. (Reece Y4)

I enjoyed learning about Svalbard and how climate change and global warming impacts their lives. (Layton Y4)

I enjoyed being scientific and carrying out a range of different science experiments to see how climate change and global warming affects the world. (Ava K Y4)

Year 3s wonders on why we should protect our beautiful planet!

We can help by doing more exerice like walking and using less cars. (Ellie, Year 3)

We should help because the ice is melting. (Jake and Theo, Year 3)

Animals homes are being destroyed. (Sasha, Year 3)

Climate change is making the Earth too hot. (Harry, Year 3)

We are being mean to Earth and hurting it. (Isaac, Year 3)

There is more plastic in our seas and people are throwing garbage everywhere. There is climate change and less polar bears. (Milena, Year 3)

We need to keep it clean because people throw their rubbish away. (Ellie-May, Year 3)

Parent praises!

"I praise that my child has worked very hard and has improved so much. She has learnt a lot on the subject and spoke a lot about it at home." Y4 Parent

"I praise the work produced by the children and the song they have created" Y3 Parent

"I praise for all the hard work from everyone and II noticed the children were all having fun" Y3 Parent

"I praise how all the children have worked so hard together to produce a beautiful meaningful song. I notice how proud my boys are as are all the other children" Y4 Parent

"I notice how all children were smiling and having fun as well as their teachers." Y3 Parent