The annual survey of parents and carers is open for you to tell us your views. Thank you to the parents and carers who have completed a survey so far.
We’ve extended the closing date for the survey to 22 June to give even more of you a chance to tell us your views.
Thanks
At Moortown Primary, we’re always keen to hear your views.
Visit the survey site and respond to a series of statements – either agree / agree strongly or disagree / disagree strongly (or say that you don’t know). There’s also the opportunity to add any comments you may have. The survey should take you about five minutes – maybe a bit longer if you add lots of comments. The survey is open until 11 June.
Thank you for sharing your views.
We recently welcomed some new headteachers to Moortown Primary. Their visit to school was one of a series of support sessions organised by Noctua Teaching School, of which we are a lead partner.
Here are some comments we received following the visit:
Thank you ever so much for taking time out to meet with us… It was very much appreciated. From my point of view, it was a great opportunity to remind me of everything I am working towards in my own setting – a focus on quality first teaching and consistency throughout school…
Thank you for the time you gave us… not only was it great to talk through [various aspects of school leadership], but also having the opportunity to walk around your school was a bonus. I was most impressed by the attitudes of the children towards their learning, and the consistent approach you have to non-negotiables across the year groups. This is something that I’m trying to embed at [my new school], and seeing the impact it has at Moortown has renewed my energies.
We recently received a lovely email from a current parent wanting to tell us how great a particular teacher is at Moortown Primary. Here are some extracts (fully anonymised in terms of pupil and teacher):
My children [benefit from] the effectiveness of high-performing teachers at Moortown Primary School. Specifically, [one teacher] has made a large and positive difference to my son’s performance at school. He has managed to succeed…by not only making my son feel happy about attending school, but also by enabling the progress of his students by working tirelessly to create a highly engaging, challenging and nurturing environment… [The teacher] appears to adopt a teaching strategy that incorporates every individual child’s personality and abilities… [The teacher] is an effective and highly skilled [person].
My son [has been shown] that he is a valued member of his class… my son… loves attending school…
[This teacher] is what many teachers should aspire to be… a positive, caring leader that encourages a sense of belonging in the classroom and has high expectations for all… students that does not discourage but inspires… students to keep on achieving.
Year One thoroughly enjoyed their cricket taster session from Tom from ‘All Stars Cricket’. The children were taught basic cricket skills in the short session and had great fun in the sunshine.
This week, Year One’s spellings are words ending in the suffix ‘est’ where no change is needed to the root word.
| oldest |
| softest |
| loudest |
| warmest |
| fastest |
| longest |
| lowest |
| neatest |
This weeks homework is again, Practice Makes Perfect. The homework is consolidating learning we’ve been doing in maths on halving. The worksheet requires you to add amounts of money and half it.
The homework is due on Thursday 17 May.
Next week, Year 6 are invited to join us for breakfast each morning at 8.30 in the space.
There’ll be toast, jam, Nutella, cereal, yoghurt, fruit, juice and crumpets (my fave) available each morning whether they’ve already had breakfast or not.
I hope to have a busy, happy and well-rested room full of children on Monday morning.
This week there’ll be no homework or spellings for Year 6. We’ve worked really hard this week and are all ready to face next week confidently and with a smile. By not giving any homework, it allows the children to take ownership of their own learning and, if they want to do anything over the weekend to prepare themselves, they can choose what that may be. Feel free to use a page of the Homework Book to do some practice.
You could:
We’re all ready so I look forward to seeing 29 smiling faces at breakfast club on Monday morning (8.30 sharp).
At Moortown Primary, we’re always keen to hear your views. Most parents and carers are happy to let us know at any point if something’s gone wrong – and even sometimes when things have gone well! However, it’s always useful to collect your views on some standard questions – the same questions that Ofsted use during inspections.
We ask that you visit the survey site and respond to a series of statements – either agree / agree strongly or disagree / disagree strongly (or say that you don’t know). The statements include:
There’s also the opportunity to add any comments you may have. The survey should take you about five minutes – maybe a bit longer if you add lots of comments. The survey is open until 11 June.
The results of the survey are used by school leaders, including the governing body, to shape what we do in the future – your views do matter.
As always, if you’ve any questions, comments of concerns, do let us know.