The children explored North East inventors and their inventions – Swan’s light bulb took a lot more time and hard work to perfect than you might think!

We particularly enjoyed the Science Maze though. Air hockey is amazingly good fun and Que was a bit of a pro! Luke investigated each science activity to the full, working out the theory behind it. Oliver did some great problem solving with the gravity ball spiral, working out how to get the ball back when it got stuck.

We have had an amazing first day at Allenheads, settling in at the lodge, enjoying team building games and a brilliant night walk. We are so proud of our students’ attitudes and behaviour; they are role models for Croft. More updates tomorrow! We we have some very tired students tonight!

All staff and students  had a brilliant first day yesterday at Allenheads. After arriving and settling into their rooms, we participated in team building activities before a yummy spag bol followed by a night time walk and chocolate bananas and marshmallows on the fire!! Photos of today’s adventures to follow later!!

Just a few photos from the residential last week,  all the students were extremely well behaved and we all had a great time.  We all learnt lots of new skills and took part in a range of different activities.  It was great to see .students try new things and watch as the days went by their confidence grow.     We went rafting, climbing, weaselling, gorge walking and took part in a nightline walk, roasting bananas and chocolate over a fire.  Somehow, after all that many of the students said the best bit was the spaghetti bolognaise cooked with Quorn!   We are going to send a photo montage home and will give out a few certificates when all the residentials are completed in the next couple of weeks.

Evening Everybody
Just some dates for your diaries. We have the Year 9 Options Evening on Monday 10th June from 3.15 to enable you to come and discuss your child’s Key Stage 4 Options.
During our Coffee Morning on the 18th June Julie Temple (MCT Rep, Making Changes together) will attend.
Elaine Chandler (SENDIASS) will attend on the 9th July.

P2 have been studying the brilliant work by Michael Rosen. We have learnt about his life and written a mini biography. This week we have performed one of his poems which has inspired us to write our own. Here is a snippet of our performance

performance poetry