Showcase of skipping skills
Thank you to all parents, carers and family who came along to see the fantastic skipping skills on display at our recent skipping assembly.
Jodi, from Skipping School, provided skipping sessions for Reception class, Year 1, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 throughout the day and it was great to see all the new skills learnt. Year 2 and Year 4 have already been involved in their skipping projects this year and have taken part in festivals representing the school.
Skipping is one of the ways we encourage the children to achieve their 30 active minutes at school by providing short and long ropes at playtime and lunchtime.
If you didn’t get chance to buy a skipping rope after the assembly, we do have some available for sale. Please come to the Year 2 classroom on Monday or Tuesday, after school, if you would like to purchase one.
What is Light?
It’s been getting spooky in the Year 6 classroom this half term while we investigate a very serious crime.
A laptop has been stolen from school and there’s a mountain of evidence to trawl through, most of which seems to require specialist knowledge of light and how it behaves. Therefore, we have all become physicists to investigate the evidence and find out ‘who dun it’.
We’ve explored how light can be reflected because it can travel in straight lines.
We’ve found out how the angle of the light beam entering a mirror affects the angle at which it is reflected.
We’ve also investigated what factors change the length of a shadow.
So far, we’ve eliminated two suspects from our investigation. We’ll keep you posted on how it progresses in the coming days.
Living and Learning: NSPCC PANTS
In our Living and Learning lesson this week, we have been talking PANTS.
‘The Talk PANTS campaign helps parents of 4-11 year-olds keep their children safe from abuse. Like the Green Cross Code, it takes a potentially tricky subject and gives parents and teachers the tools to talk about it in an engaging and age-appropriate way.’
Using the NSPCC website, we talked about and learnt the PANTS rules.
While the Pantasaurus animation made us giggle, the song had an important message for us to learn.
As with every Living and Learning lesson, we thought about the different ways the children could seek help if they needed to. This included the people in their life who they feel they could confide in and trust.
NSPCC have produced a Talk Pants Guide for Parents if you would like to follow up this learning at home.
Wimbledon themed menu
Catering Agency, our school meal provider, will be running a special themed menu on Tuesday 9th July. Please contact the office, as soon as possible, if your child would like a school meal on this day (no action needed if your child normally has a school meal on this day). Subject to the weather on the day, we hope the children can enjoy this picnic themed meal outside.
Topic
Our Topic is Curiosity. We are looking at the Mars rover Curiosity and other rovers that have been sent into space.
Year Three are designing their own Mars rovers to be sent into space and to a given criteria.
The rovers need to:
- travel over rough terrain
- have the ability to carry something or someone
Here are some pictures of Year Three inspecting the equipment they will be using and designing their rovers.
We are Total Warriors!
Year 6 had a fantastic morning at Bramham Park on Friday conquering the Total Warrior junior course.
Before the event, we enjoyed getting our race numbers attached and our bandanas on – truly warrioresque.
The course threw muddy obstacle after muddy obstacle at us and we took them on head first.
Very muddy and very pleased with ourselves, we celebrated each of us crossing the finish line.
And the prize for muddiest warrior goes to…
Come and play tennis
On Friday, ten pupils from Year 3 attended the come and play tennis session led by coaches from Roundhay Tennis Club. This was a great opportunity for children to try out the game of tennis or if they had already played before, get some coaching to improve their skills.
For any children wanting to continue their tennis learning, Roundhay Tennis clubs offer holiday clubs during August.
Tennis
Each Thursday afternoon, Year 4 have been enjoying some tennis sessions. These are led by coaches from Chapel Allerton Tennis Club.
Please ensure your child has their correct PE kit in school. Quite a few children are regularly missing their kits or have clothing that does not adhere to the School Uniform Policy. Please see below if you are unsure.
PE kit item description
indoor: plain white t-shirt (long or short sleeved)
outdoor: as above, plus fleece / warm top – this should be a round-necked top, not a collared polo-shirt (must not be same shirt as that worn in class)
shorts black shorts / PE skirt tracksuit bottoms black tracksuit bottoms / leggings ideal for outdoor use
footwear indoor: pumps / trainers outdoor: trainers – trainers could be the same as those worn to school
Total Warrior – what you need
Tomorrow, Year 6 are going to Total Warrior in Bramham Park – it’s going to be great fun!
You need to come to school wearing clothing you can run comfortably in and you don’t mind getting VERY muddy (especially your trainers). You also need to bring the following with you:
- clean clothes to change into (don’t forget shoes)
- an old towel (to wipe mud off)
- a plastic bag (to put muddy things in)
- a packed lunch
- a water bottle
- your homework book (with homework completed)
- your script
Can’t wait! See you tomorrow.
Clean Air Day
Today is Clean Air Day to help tackle air pollution and protect the health of everyone in Leeds. It is all about making people more aware of the changes they can make to their day-to-day life to support this aim.
We support the aims of Clean Air Day to create a safer, healthier and more enjoyable environment for people around school.
‘Improving the air we breathe in Leeds is a huge priority and one we can all play a role in. We can’t always see it, but air pollution has serious effects on our health and our environment. As one of the biggest cities outside of London, Leeds has not surprisingly been identified alongside many other UK cities as one which needs to reduce pollution levels as quickly as possible. By working together to improve the air we breathe, we can protect the health of the people of Leeds.’
We promote active travel to school such as walking, biking, scooting and park and stride (using our preferred site at Marks and Spencer) to reduce congestion around the school gates and therefore to improve air quality.
Have you spotted our new banner outside school aimed at reducing engine idling?
