Welcome to The Sirius Crew!

Staff Crew: Miss Barratt, Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Dow

Sirius – The Dog Star

Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky and can be found within the constellation Canis Major, also known as the Great Dog. This is why Sirius is often known as the ‘Dog Star’. Located around 8.6 light-years away from Earth, Sirius shines so brightly that it is one of the easiest stars to spot in the night sky.

Fun fact:

Although Sirius looks like one bright star to us, it is actually a binary star system, made up of two stars – Sirius A and Sirius B – which are bound together by gravity and orbit each other.

We have loved learning about Sirius and the constellation it belongs to. We discovered that although each star has its own place, together the stars create the bigger picture that we recognise in the night sky. We have used this idea to think about our own Crew. Each of us brings our own strengths, qualities and personality to Sirius, but when we support one another and work together, we shine even brighter!

Individually we shine, together Sirius shines brightest!

To start our year, Sirius Crew spent our Crew Days getting to know one another and building a strong and supportive class community. We thought about what it means to be part of a Crew and how we can build each other up, celebrate what makes us unique and make sure everyone can shine.

We brought our Sirius theme to life by creating and decorating our classroom door. Each member of our Crew thought about how they shine bright and what they can do to bring brightness to our classroom. We also took part in a Random Acts of Kindness Challenge, looking for opportunities to brighten somebody else's day through kindness, encouragement and compassion. We have learnt that shining brightly isn't only about our own achievements – helping others to shine makes our whole Crew brighter.

Alongside building our Crew community, we have been getting stuck into our new topics for the term and are really enjoying our learning so far! We have approached our new learning with enthusiasm and curiosity, sharing our ideas, trying new things and supporting each other along the way.

We are excited to see where our learning takes us and look forward to continuing to grow, challenge ourselves and shine bright together as the term goes on!

Keep an eye out for more Sirius Crew updates on the ReachMore Parents App and our school Instagram page to see what we get up to throughout the term!

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