Class News

Living and Learning – Just Different

Y6 enjoyed a visit from Julie who works for a charity called JustDifferent. She came to talk to us about living with a disability.

Having been diagnosed with myoclonic dystopia, she gave us loads of insights and information about coping with a disability. There are lots of different types and everyone is different and deals with theirs in different ways.

Did you know that over 10 million people in the UK have a disability? Some you can’t see – these are ‘invisible disabilities’.

Her main message: people with disabilities are just that – people. We talked about how that made them just a bit different but how we are still similar in lots of ways, too.

Juile – a former police officer – was fascinating to listen to. Everyone came away with an increased awareness and understanding of what disabilities are and how to show our support.

OS Maps

Recently, Y5 have been using Ordnance Survey maps in order to locate places using six figure grid references.

We really enjoyed using real OS maps. Thank you Miss Rushbrooke for letting us borrow them!

Challenge your child by asking them to locate places using six figure grid references at home or when you’re out and about!

Topic: computing and geaography

Year 4 combined their computing and geography knowledge today to practise learning counties and using compass language.

We created algorithms using compass directions to get from one county to another, gradually making our algorithms more complicated and challenging each other to follow our algorithms to see where they turned up.

At home, see how many cities and counties we can name and whether we can tell the eight points of a compass.

We cracked the code!

Resilience was oozing out of the Y6 classroom in our geography lesson today. They cracked a code by using six figure grid references and solving an anagram.

Sam said, “It was so challenging. I feel tired now! But also proud.”

Zidaan said, “I thought it was super challenging. Our problem was that we were overthinking it and made it too complicated for ourselves.”

“I feel really proud. We worked so well as a team,” said Poppy.

Topic: compass language

A distressing message appeared in Year 4 this week informing us that someone had abducted Miss Rushbrooke’s highland cattle!

We had to use our knowledge of compass directions to find the correct envelopes that would lead us to the location of the cow before the end of the day.

Year 4 worked incredibly hard to ensure they redeemed the cow and I am happy to inform that he is now safely back in Miss Rushbrooke’s house.

22 November 2019

This week’s spelling activity focuses on adding the suffixes er and est and is due in school on Thursday 28 November.

When we add er to a word like nice, it creates the meaning of more. So, nicer means more nice. Adding er to a word like build, creates the meaning of someone who. So builder means someone who builds.

When we add est to a word like nice, it creates the meaning of most. So, nicest means the most nice.

Think of 8 words which you can add the suffix er to and use three in a sentence. Then, think of 8 words you can add the suffix est to and use three in a sentence.

Outdoor PE

This half term, we welcome Leeds Beckett Sports Coaching students who are beginning their placements delivering PE to the class.

We aim to be outside for PE, when we can, so please ensure your child has their outdoor PE kit at school.

Great Lexia learning

Lexia, a computer based program to build reading skills, is a valuable learning tool that we access in school. It is also beneficial for your child to access Lexia outside of school, too.

Each child is progressing at a different rate – one that is specifically tailored to your child’s needs.

For your information, by the end of Year 2 your child should be aiming to achieve Level 9. This will ensure the Year 2 learning has been covered.

We have been particularly impressed with the children’s positive attitude to Lexia with 15 Lexia certificates awarded so far this month. Well done, Year 2.

If you are not set up already please see below for information in helping to set up:

For use on a computer, go to www.lexiacore5.com for Lexia Reading® Core5® or http://www.lexiastrategies.com/ for Lexia Strategies™

If you’re experiencing some difficulties with setting Lexia Core 5 up on your tablet or device, use the following email address when prompted:

y2@moortown.leeds.sch.uk

Your child can then log in using the student username and password. This is the same username and password used at school (these details can be found inside their reading record book).

A typical home session may last from 10-15 minutes.

It is important your child works without any help while using the program. All of the work your child does at home is recorded and reported to school. This means we can see when help is needed and provide additional instruction at school.

Thank you for your support with this learning at home and please come and see us if you have any questions about using Lexia.

Working Scientifically

This half term, our focus in Science is working scientifically. During our last session, the children were using their observations and ideas to suggest an answer to a question.

Which car will roll the furthest?

First, the children were given a range of cars of different shapes, sizes and weights. Their first job was to roll them and start to think about which type of car rolled the furthest.

We asked ourselves these questions:

Was it the heaviest? Was it the lightest? Was it the one with the biggest wheels? Was it the one made from metal?

After, the children were shown three cars.

The children had to decide (based on their observations) which car would travel the furthest down a ramp.

Once they had made their predictions, we carried out the test.

Homework Champions

Last week, the focus for the  homework task was I know how to STOP bullying.

This homework was set in response to our learning  during anti-bullying week.  Today, we discussed each others work and celebrated some super ideas of how to spread the all important message;

• Start
• Telling
• Other
• People
• 

  

  

 REMEMBER

Bullying is when you hurt someone, physically or emotionally, several times on purpose.