Author: Mrs Taylor

After-school clubs update

We’ve had a great response to our summer term after-school clubs with a number of the clubs already full.

There are the following places available so please contact the office if your child would like to join.

  • Tuesday: 1 place netball Year 3-6
  • Thursday: 1 place skipping Year 2-6
  • Thursday: 1 place multi-sports Year 3-6

Measuring

Today, we’ve continued our maths learning about measurement looking at mass and weight.  So far, we’ve been investigating how heavy and light objects are using different equipment.  If you’ve any measuring scales at home, find some things to weigh to practise this skill.  We’ve investigated when to use grams (g) or kilograms (kg) as the units for measuring mass and weight.

Taken from the Year 2 age related expectations, here are the related objectives we’ll be learning.

24. choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels
25. compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =

We consolidated this learning using a word study.

Here are some example questions of how this learning might appear in a maths reasoning SAT paper.

Also, take a look at Mathletics as new activities have been assigned for the children to follow up this learning at home.

Big Pedal

The Big Pedal continues this week.
  • We’ve had 179 journeys recorded by bike or scooter so far.
  • Wednesday 25 April was our highest participation rate with 28% of children taking part.

We’d love to improve these figures for this week.

Don’t forget, a brand new scooter and other prizes are available to win at the end of the week.

Netball

Well done to our Year 5/6 netball team who took part in the Leeds North East High 5 netball competition at Allerton Grange today.

There was some great netball skills and teamwork from the children in all their matches.  The team were proud to be complimented on their play by one of the umpires.

If you’d like to improve your netball skills, our after-school club starts next Tuesday and there are a few places available.

 

Do you need wheels for the Big Pedal?

Do you have any unused bikes or scooters (in reasonable condition) that you’d like to donate?
Just bring them to the donation station by the main playground entrance any day during The Big Pedal (23 April-04 May) and they’ll be made available for others to take away and enjoy for free.

Big Pedal Day 3

MORE PRIZES announced for The Big Pedal!

It’s been a great start to The Big Pedal with numbers increasing each day and there are still seven days left to make a difference by scooting and cycling. As well as all the great national prizes on offer, pupils at Moortown Primary could win a brand new scooter (donated by the PTA) or three lucky winners will have their name inscribed in a signed copy of “The Boy Who Biked the World”, written by world famous (Yorkshire born) adventurer Alastair Humphreys! The trilogy of books is being donated to the school library so everyone has the opportunity to be inspired by this amazing adventure.