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?
Writing: Francis
This film is perfect at building tension: the narrator uses pauses and varies the speed at which he speaks in order to build the suspense. As well as speech used to create tension, the music also plays a key part in creating suspense.
Help at home: Watch the video with and without music. How does this alter the tension created?
Forest School
Today the second half of Year 5 got out to Forest School. They were very excited to get out there this afternoon.
Last half term, the first group experienced making dens, building fires and just enjoying being outside and the second group have been doing just the same!
Maths: First, Then and Now addition stories.
Our wonderful Year 1s are back and ready to go.
They have had a great first week, settling straight back into the swing of things. Over the week they have learnt about computing, maths and have even started a new story called Nothing by Mick Inkpen.
Although, they have learnt so much this week, one lesson in particular stood out, and that was maths. In our maths lessons this week the Year 1s have been learning about First, Then and Now stories, so we took them outside to practise and show their own addition stories. We had some great stories with some really imaginative ideas. Look below to see a photo of one of the Year 1s stories.
