Finger Spaces
Today, we worked in pairs to help each other write sentences about our class novel, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. The particular focus of our writing this week is to use a finger space between each word. In the pictures below, you will see the children pointing out to their partner where they should use a space in their sentences
Hot Seating
This week, Year 6 have been practising their inference skills. Challenge your child to explain what this means!
First we wrote down the thoughts and feelings of our class novel’s protagonist and questions we’d ask her if we could whilst listening to a chapter of the book.
Next, we got into Marianne’s shoes and answered questions as if we were her.
There were some carefully thought out questions and authentic answers – well done, Y6!
Resilient and resourceful
Our Living and Learning statement this week is ‘I am resourceful and resilient’.
When learning about how to be resilient, the class we asked to build a tower and they were warned that something may happen but they needed to still be resourceful.
Occasionally, their towers were knocked over which was very frustrating as they needed to remain resilient and keep rebuilding their towers.
Ask your child how they remained resilient throughout the challenge.
Bike to School Week
This week, it is Bike to School Week. Bike to School Week is a week long event designed to showcase the benefits of cycling to school.
Have you been inspired by the current UCI Road World Championships to get on your bike? Could you make biking to school one of your active methods of travelling to school this week?
To link with Bike to School week, our Year 1 class will be completing their Balance, Pedal, Go bike training this week.
If you are wanting to explore the area further by bike, this West Yorkshire Cycle map can help to find recommended routes.
Finally, have you visited the local Brownlee Centre? Take a look at some of their Let’s Ride sessions.
Another busy week
The children are settling well and enjoying their learning. Lots of friendships have been formed and they’ve played creatively and collaboratively to create zoos, shops and the Burj Khalif tower!
Drama to inspire writing
On Thursday, Year 2 brought their class novel ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to life with a drama session led by Sam from Leeds Playhouse. The children took part in lots of fun games and loved becoming some of the characters from the story. Each child got to act out being a ‘Wild Thing’ just like Max in the story. All the children were extremely imaginative in their acting skills and we plan to use this creativity to inspire our writing.
Homework Review
Year 5 spend time on Thursday mornings reviewing the previous week’s homework.
This week’s homework involved spending some time talking about safe risks and responsibility.
This had been carefully thought about by many, and was evident through some great suggestions in their books. The children are starting to show a responsible and conscientious attitude in school.
The class demonstrated this on Thursday by going around the room, looking at the homework of their peers and writing constructive feedback on others’ work.
There were also some really creative ways of practising times tables!
Keep it up Year 5!
Leeds Playhouse
Today, we brought our class novel ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to life with a drama session led by Sam from Leeds Playhouse. The children took part in lots of fun games and loved becoming some of the characters from the story. Each child got to act out being a ‘wild thing’ just like Max in the story. All the children were extremely creative in their acting and will hopefully use today to inspire them to do some amazing writing.
Super Homework
We’re enjoying our weekly homework reviews where we share our home learning with each other and Miss Rushbrooke gets to enjoy it too. When our homework has impressed, we get stars which we can add to our star charts.
Here’re some examples of homework and spelling practice that has impressed us so far this year.
The Design Process
We’re moving ever-closer to making our treehouses. Today, we found out the groups we’re working in and the ‘tree’ we’re working with. Having explored the sorts of materials and tools that will be available to us, we had a go at a first design.
