World Book Day!
Today was World Book Day and we had a fantastic day celebrating all things reading! The theme for this year was reading for pleasure. We want all our children to develop a love and a passion for reading and we discussed lots of different ways we can encourage this.
We started the day by doing a class swap with Reception. Your children each paired up with a child from Reception to share their love of reading. It was lovely to watch them read together and share their favourite books with each other. It was also a great opportunity for Year 4 to demonstrate their oracy (speaking and listening) skills as they made sure they were reading with prosody and clarity. We were all wowed by Reception’s incredible reading!
We then joined the BBC World Book Day live lesson where we discussed reading for pleasure and sharing how we like to read.
We also had time for your children to discuss their favourite books and favourite characters with their peers and share with the class what they’d dressed up as. Everybody looked amazing!
Overall, we had a fantastic day in Year 4 and look forward to the Book Fair coming 16th-18th March to spend our £1 book tokens!
Help at home: read daily with your children to continue developing their love of reading as well as their fluency.
World Book Day!
After a particularly busy week for Year 5, it was lovely to celebrate World Book Day together! We started of the day with an assembly lead by Mr Wilks where we got to hear from teachers about their favourite book.
After Wake Up Shake Up we went to Year 2 to do some shared reading. The children were very kind and read wonderfully with their Year 2 partner.
After break, we took part in the BBC live lesson which was all about finding our reading vibe. Do you like adventurous books, funny books, fact books?
In between these times, we talked about the books we have enjoyed as well as listened to teachers share their favourite books. We also completed some activities on Authorfy and explored new and exciting authors.
Help at home by sharing your favourite book and talking to your children about what they love about reading!
Reception parent/carer survey
If you’re a parent of a child in Reception, please complete this short survey.
At Moortown Primary, we’re always trying to keep getting better and better. Your views help us to do that. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and you’ve got until Wednesday 18 March to complete. (If you’d like us to follow-up any of your responses with you, we can only do this if you leave your name.)
We can’t guarantee to meet the needs and wants of every parent / carer, but we do assure you that we consider all the points raised and aim to act on specific points that are raised by many, or a useful idea raised by just a few.
Previously, based on your feedback, for example, we alternated the days Stay and Learns were held – to give all parents an opportunity to attend.
Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. We’re looking forward to reading your views.
World Book Day Thursday 5th March
Tomorrow is World Book Day and we are looking forward to a day celebrating and enjoying reading.
As part of World Book Day, the children are invited to bring in a favourite book to share with the class. This maybe linked to the character they are dressed as or a different book.
We’re looking forward to a reading filled day!
Cross country
We’ve had two cross country events this week.
First of all, it was the final Saturday morning race at Middleton Park. Well done to all of the children who have taken part in the four races held across the year and for parents who supported at these events.
On Tuesday, five of our Key Stage 2 children represented Leeds at the West Yorkshire cross country final at Temple Newsam in the glorious sunshine.
We are very proud of all our runners who raced in tough, competitive conditions, with the best runners from across West Yorkshire. They all put in 100% effort and were a great support for each other. The children should feel proud of competing at this level.
A special mention to our Year 5 runner who finished 10th place out of 151 runners and has now qualified for the national cross country final later this month. One of our Year 4 runners narrowly missed out on this qualification by two places.
Thank you to parents who helped with transport and supported at the event.
Topic: Computing
This half term, our new topic is Computing! Here’s the key vocabulary we’ll be learning along the way.
Today, we had lots of fun working together to design our own games. We thought carefully about the commands we would need to create an algorithm that helps the player complete the game successfully.
Help at home: Can you think of any algorithms you do in your daily routine? For example brushing your teeth or getting ready for school.
Living and Learning: I know that some drugs can be harmful.
In L&L this term, we’re looking at drugs, alcohol and tobacco. In Year 3, we discussed what a drug is:
A substance that changes the way the body or mind works.
To begin this topic, we looked at a range of medicines and household products and spoke about their benefits.
Medicine can help us feel better when we feel unwell.
Cleaning products keep our homes clean.
Soap keeps us clean and kills bacteria.
We then discussed the importance of staying safe when using these products. We identified the risks of these items and how we can reduce these.
Always put medicines and cleaning products up high or locked up so children can’t touch them.
Never take medicine that isn’t given to you by a doctor or a trusted adult.
Always read the label on medicine to make sure you’re using it safely.
Help at home: talk about some household products or medicines you have at home and how you make sure you’re always using these safely.
World Book Day – Thursday 5th March
Thursday is World Book Day! World Book Day encourages more children and families to find the fun and enjoyment in reading, because reading for pleasure changes lives.
Read more here: https://www.worldbookday.com/about-us/
As part of World Book Day, I’d like the children to bring in their favourite books! This might be linked to the character they’re dressed as. We’ll have time to share and discuss their books which will give the rest of the class inspiration for their next book to read.
I look forward to hearing about them!
Thanks, Miss Birch
Writing: narrative
This half-term, Year 4 are writing a narrative inspired by The Dragon Slayer.
purpose: to tell stories to interest and entertain
audience: children sat around a campfire listening to stories of legends from the past
Our narratives will..
– describe the main character (and his back story)
– create tension as he rides towards the dragon
When we’re writing, we’ll be thinking about including our R2s (remember tos):
- adverbs
- verbs
- apostrophes for possession
- ENPs (expanded noun phrases)
Keep your eyes peeled to see our writing develop.
Help at home: watch The Dragon Slayer (up to 1 min 53) and discuss the character with your child. What might his background be? What words could you use to describe him? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_f3AtPfuiw
Reading: Oracy
In today’s Reading lesson, the children performed the poem ‘Railway Carriage’ by Robert Louis Stevenson written in 1885.
We recapped our oracy targets from this year and identified which ones would be relevant to this lesson.
Help at home: Can your child learn this poem off by heart?