Cross country opportunities
We are pleased to invite KS2 children to compete in an upcoming cross country race as part of the Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross country programme of Saturday morning races. Children will compete against pupils from other Leeds schools.
The race will take place at 10am on Saturday 16th October at Cardinal Heenan (Tongue Lane LS6 4QE).
There are opportunities for Year 3 and 4 girls and boys (under 9) to race 900m and Year 5 and 6 girls and boys (under 11) to race 1500m. Once your child has completed their race, you are free to leave the event.
Please note, parents/carers are responsible for taking and supervising their child/children.
If your child is interested in taking part, please respond to the the message recently sent out.
We look forward to pupils representing our school at this event.
If you are unable to take part in this event, you may want to join the free Sunday morning junior parkruns held locally at Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam and Boddington.
Filtering as chemists
This week in Science, we have been learning as chemists.
We conducted an experiment to investigate whether paper, coffee paper or Binca material would make the best filter. See if your child can remember what filtering means!
We discussed how to conduct a fair test and brainstormed the method for our experiment.
After an engaging (and mucky!) experiment, we concluded that the coffee paper was the most effective filter.
After-school clubs return
Our autumn term after-school clubs return next week.
Here is the schedule that has recently been sent out to all children.
We invest part of our government PE and Sport Premium in subsidising these clubs and we hope to get as many children as possible active after-school.
If your child is interested in joining a club, please sign up via School Gateway or contact the school office.
More great learning at home
Every week, the children are rewarded with certificates from their Numbots and Lexia learning at home.
Well done to the following children this week.
Lexia
Hadi
Numbots
Keira and Aaron
Keep working hard at home!
Year 2 scientists
This half term, Year 2 are being chemists with our learning about materials. Here’s the key vocabulary we are using in this science learning.
Today, we had a note from Nothing (who spent time with us in Year 1). He needed our help to see what material would be the most suitable for a tent so he could go camping with his family.
First of all, we had to think about what properties are the most important.
It needs to be waterproof so that Nothing stays dry inside.
The tent needs to be strong so it doesn’t blow away.
It doesn’t want to be transparent.
Here are the stages of our investigation. We used lots of science skills and our focus for today was carrying out a simple test and recording our results.
Then, it was time to carry out our test. We used some great Living and Learning skills in our groups too including turn taking, helping others and resilience.
Finally, we used our results to answer the original question, ‘Is the material waterproof?’ and to make a conclusion.
The foil and the plastic were waterproof because they didn’t let the water in and no water was absorbed.
The fabric and the paper were not waterproof because they let water in. The water soaked in.
We think plastic would be the most suitable material for the tent because it is waterproof and it is also strong.
Wow, Year 2 – you have been fantastic scientists and Nothing will be so pleased with your testing to find the most suitable material for his tent.
Settling and ready to learn
This week we began learning phonics and the children were all excited and eager to learn.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Phonics meeting last week. We hope you found it useful. If you would like a copy of the slides we used, please let us know.
Phonics
Your child will have brought a book home with the first four sounds. Please practise these. We will learn the next set this week and send the letters home for you to stick in the book.
Reading
We will begin sending reading books home this week. Please read with your child and comment in the reading record book. We will change books once a week and may read with your child often throughout the week. Please keep the book in their bookbag.
Maths
We are continuing to learn about the number 1 and taking part in sorting and matching activities.
The children will be learning to subitise. This means recognising a small number of objects without counting them.
If you have any questions or want to share those ‘wow’ moments please email.
moortownreception@spherefederation.org
A busy week in Year 5!
This week, Year 5 have challenged themselves to become more independent when completing their steps in writing.
We practised helping our partners by proof reading their writing and using dictionaries to correct our spellings.
On Friday, we reviewed our reading records. The task that was set this week was ‘draw it’ – where the children were set the task of drawing a picture based on the book they are currently reading.
Our reading record task for this Friday is fact file. Please ensure that you child has completed this activity by Friday and it is accompanied by your signature confirming that your child has been reading at home.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please ask!
Living and Learning – Mental Health
Reading Record
Well done to everybody who gave Book Wars such a great go. I was thrilled listening to what you’ve all been reading and why you liked your book so much! Well done to Avneet for earning a certificate for her efforts!
This week, we’d like you to complete the ‘question maker’ activity in your reading record – don’t forget to ask an adult to sign this, too.
Thanks
Mr Wain
Our local area
Today, Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their walk to view our local area. The main focus of our walk was to look for human geography and physical geography.
Human geography in our local area
Physical geography in our local area
We looked at how Moortown had changed over time on the maps displayed in Moortown park.
We enjoyed spotting school from the park.
We discussed how this tree (physical geography), had now become a human feature because humans have made the old trunk into seating.
The children could explain that the hills in the park weren’t physical features. We knew that humans made the hills for the playground equipment.
The children all represented Moortown primary School with impeccable behaviour and a fantastic understanding of human and physical geography.
