Living and Learning: democracy
This week, Year 5 spent our Living and Learning session considering what is democracy and how we can become involved in democratic decisions.
Democracy, one of the British Values, means ‘rule by the people‘. It comes from the Greek words dêmos (people) and krátos (rule or strength).
Democratic means people having a chance to say what they think should happen.
We learnt about how democracy works in this country. This included learning about central and local government, what services government provide for the people and the role of political parties.
After that, we held our own democratic vote to decide who was the ‘reading champion’ for our class!
Reading with Reception
Last Friday, Year 5 spent some time reading with the Reception Class.
Each child in our class was paired with a child in Reception to read a book that they had chosen. Year 5 loved the opportunity to share their love of reading with the Reception class.
Hopefully, this is something that will be happening more frequently now that we are out of COVID chaos. Hurrah!
Living and Learning: democracy
This week, Year 2 spent our Living and Learning session considering what is democracy and how we can become involved in democratic decisions.
Democracy, one of the British Values, means ‘rule by the people‘. It comes from the Greek words dêmos (people) and krátos (rule or strength).
Democratic means people having a chance to say what they think should happen.
Our Junior Leadership Team elections and voting for our new school charity are ways the children can take part in democratic decisions at school. These events will take place in the autumn term.
All children can still use their pupil voice to make suggestions for the JLT meetings by telling their junior leaders or putting a suggestion in the Living and Learning box.
This week, we took part in a democratic decision by voting for the Wake up Shake up song. We also discussed a future class vote to decide our next whole class reward when we complete our class ladybird spots.
Before learning about voting in real life, we heard about a Go Givers story about voting.
How did Anna feel when her choice didn’t win the vote?- What is the best way to behave if you lose a vote?
- Ahmeti didn’t want others to know what she had voted for. How did the Go Givers solve that problem?
Catalan Soccer
This week, all classes are taking part in sessions led by Catalan Soccer.
Thank you to the Year 5 pupil, who currently attends Catalan Soccer sessions outside of school, who requested they came into school.
The classes have been brilliant and the coaches have fed back what a delight the kids have been to coach!
The coaches also commented how welcome they have been made to feel by your staff and teachers, so a huge thanks for that!
If your child enjoyed their session, please contact Catalan Soccer to find out more about the classes and holiday camps they run in Leeds.
Living and Learning: democracy
This week we are looking at democracy and making democratic decisions. We discussed the importance of democratic decisions and everybody having a say. We understood that some people might be disappointed in the result of the vote but it is the fairest way to decide. We talked about how important a secret ballot is so that everyone has the freedom to decide themselves.
We learnt a little about how adults use their vote to decide who runs the country. Our JLT in school is also decided by a vote and we discussed why this was fair system for everyone.
Finally, we held our own secret vote to decide which book we should read at home time. The three choices are below and the result was:
Specs for Rex – 6 votes
Are you the Pirate Captain? – 13 votes
Rosie is my best friend – 9 votes
A clear winner! We all enjoyed the story no matter how we voted!
KS1 SATs information session
Ratio Experts
Y6 have absolutely nailed their learning about ratio this week! Take a look at these amazing examples.
Using a table organises the information that you know from reading the question and helps you understand which parts you need to work out for the answer.
“Miss Wilson said ratio was hard but we smashed it!” grinned Sam.
“You can have loads of different ratios like 1:3 or 2:5 but read the question carefully,” said Harman.
“Tables are your BEST FRIEND!” exclaimed Sasha.
Living and Learning: First Aid
Last half-term, we learnt all about how the emergency services can help in certain situations.
We also learnt some basic first aid:
What to do if someone has an asthma attack
After our two weeks off for the Easter holidays, we asked Avneet how much she could remember. This was her response.
First, check if they have an inhaler.
If they don’t, I would check if they have one in school – maybe in the inhaler cupboard or at the office.
If not, call 999 and tell them what’s happened and where we are.
If they do have an inhaler, go and get it and give it to them and advise them to have 2 puffs every 2 minutes for up to 10 minutes.
I would also check on their breathing at the same time.
Awesome remembering, Avneet!
See if your child can remember what do if somebody has an asthma attack!
Living and learning: manners
We always encourage good manners in class and around school but manners also features as part of our Living and Learning curriculum. This week, our Living and Learning statement has been all about table manners. At lunchtime this week, we’ve been putting this into practice. It was great to hear some nominations from the kitchen staff for those children who consistently say please and thank you for their food. Well done, Year 2!
Unfortunately, the Goops aren’t quite so well mannered at mealtimes. Ask your child to read this poem to you.
Welcome back!
We hope you had a restful break. It’s been great to see the children back at school ready for the summer term of learning.
We’ve has lots of recent success with children reaching their next level in Lexia.
Well done to Matin, Nate, Aaron, Saavi, Hollie, Talha, Charlie, Aliza and Sophie.
As well as Lexia (to support reading and phonics), Numbots (to support addition and subtraction) and Times Tables Rock Stars (to support multiplication and division) are both available for the children to practise their maths knowledge at home.
Our Numbots top three this week were:
1st Daniyal
2nd Aaron
3rd Rico
Since we have started using TTRS, our top five children who have earned the most coins are:
1st Hadi
2nd Grace
3rd Aaron
4th Rory
5th Elena
Great work! Keep working hard at home.