Mini Mermaids running club
Mini Mermaids running club are starting a new block of sessions, open to girls, from 7th June. The sessions build up to a 5km challenge at Roundhay parkrun on Saturday 20th July at 9am.
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For details of how to sign up, click on the booking page here.
Living and Learning: School charity fundraising
Our Money Matters themed week starts on 20 May.
During the week, there will be two opportunities to raise money for our current school charity, WWF (selected democratically by our school councillors).
Hot Shots Monday 20 May 2019
Every child will get chance to take part in this fun event to ‘kick’ off our Money Matters themed week. Children are encouraged to raise sponsorship money for taking part in the event with the money raised going to our school charity WWF.
Money trail 24 May 2019
Start saving your 1p and 2p coins to bring into class during the themed week. At the end of the week each class will use their class’s coins to make a whole school money trail in the playground.
Here’s our trail from last time where we raised £117.77. Can we beat this total?
Here’s some ways the money we raise might be used by WWF.
Living and Learning: Relationships education parent/carers information session
We will be holding two parent/carer information sessions on Monday 20 May at 2:30pm and 5:30pm. The sessions, open to parents/carers from all year groups, will give more information about the following.
- What does our Living and learning curriculum cover?
- What does relationships education look like in different year groups through school?
- What is included in our relationships and sex education policy?
If you are interested in attending, please complete and return the response slip on the letter being sent home to reserve a place.
If you are unable to attend but would like information from the session to be sent home with your child, please indicate this on the letter.
Poetry Passwords
Last week, during a reading lesson, the children were asked to use their retrieval and inference skills to answer questions about this poem.
I made a new password!
I made a new password
That no one could guess. Which words rhyme with secure?
It’s long and confusing How many symbols does the password contain?
And truly a mess. Is the password easy to remember?
It has random letters Could a person work out the password?
and numbers galore, What is the problem in the poem?
with dozens of symbols Find and copy a part of the text that makes you laugh.
and spaces and more.
My password is perfect,
completely secure,
and no one will break it;
of that I am sure.
It’s flawless and fool proof.
I don’t have a doubt.
But, whoops! I forgot it
and now I’m locked out.
–Kenn Nesbitt
Following this, we discussed how having a secure password helps you protect your personal information.
Albie stated that: “Passwords should be something personal to you and easy to remember, but difficult for someone else to figure out.”
“It could be a special word or phrase, name of your favorite character, movie, food or song,” added Hifza.
The class thought about tips for creating safe passwords.
“Have a mixture of symbols, numbers, lowercase and uppercase letters,” recommended Daisy.
Smoothie Ingredients to Promote Tooth Health
Over the last few weeks, Year 4 have learnt that practicing good dental hygiene, flossing and brushing regularly, seeing a dentist for check-ups and cleanings, go a long way toward keeping our teeth and gums in good health. But, hygiene is not the only factor in your dental health. What we eat and drink can cause damage to our teeth.
Everything we put in our mouths has to get past our teeth and gums, and therefore impacts their health. We have spent some time looking at smoothie recipes, with ingredients, that do not harm our teeth. There are many that have healing and strengthening qualities.
Great For A Beautiful, Bright Smile
3 apples (kill bacteria to make your smile whiter and brighter)
2 kiwis
1 avocado (contains calcium for strong teeth) and 1 orange
A few mint leaves for extra flavor (and fresh breath!)
We discussed that, not all smoothies are created equally. It is very easy to make a smoothie that is loaded with sugar, and while it may taste good, can contribute to tooth decay, cavities, gum disease, and an array of other health problems.
To find out more about sugars in food, the children studied a leaflet.
“I can’t believe how much sugar is in a can of coke!” stated Jasraj.
The children were fascinated to find out, that white, refined sugar is not the only source of sugar that you might be putting into your smoothies. Fruit juices are high in sugar. “I never realised that some fruit juices have so much sugar in them! I thought the ‘low sugar’ ones were OK!” commented Priya.
Honey and maple syrup, although natural and with other health benefits, are both sugars.
“Yogurts can also be very high in sugar, so read the labels before you choose one to put in your next smoothie recipe,” recommended Year 4.
“Not only do these sugary ingredients promote tooth decay, they add extra calories that you probably don’t need!” added Mrs Freeman.
Great For Strong Teeth 
2 kiwis
1 cup of strawberries
1 and 1/2 cups of milk (contains calcium to make the teeth and bones strong)
2 tablespoons of mint (great for fresh breath!)
1 cup of crushed ice cubes
Great For Fighting Oral Bacteria And Strengthening The Teeth
1 cup of plain Greek yogurt (plenty of healthy bacteria known as probiotics to attack bad oral bacteria) and 1 cup of fruit of your choice (Strawberries, bananas, and blueberries are great options.) 1/4 cup of milk (calcium for strong teeth)
Question your child about this learning.
Can you describe the taste of the smoothie?
Which ingredient is full of calcium?
True or false? Apples help to kill bacteria to make your smile whiter and brighter?
Why did we chooses to drink the smoothies through paper straws?
What are the oral health benefits of mint? 
More creative homeworks
The homeworks were excellent again this week. We loved looking at them. Here are a few of our favourites:
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Living and Learning
This week’s Living and Learning statement is: I recognise mental health is important. We started the session by discussing what physical and mental health are and how they’re different.
We talked about how our emotions are important and how we can all have an impact on one anothers’ emotions day to day. This includes put downs – unfair criticism or a negative remark about a person (sometimes said as a joke). We then talked how we feel when we receive one.
“I feel sad.” Explained Tanvi.
“Let down,” said Amrit
“Slightly depressed.” Saahir added
We then talked about strategies to deal with a put down such as ‘your hair is too blonde’.
“We could defend ourselves!” Leah explained.
Other options included:
- giving ourselves a ‘put up’
- use humor in the situation
- change the subject
- express your feelings
- ask for help
“I like it this way as this is my natural colour.” Demonstrated Sukhmani.
“You said you liked my hair yesterday. You said it was your favorite colour!” responded Edris.
Can your child think of any situations where it’s easier or more difficult to decide on how to deal with a put down?
We were really impressed with your ability to empathise with each others’ feelings in this session, Year Three. Well done!
Homework Heroes
At risk of repeating myself again, this week’s homework in Y5 was ace!
There were some presentations and video submissions…
… lots of artwork …
… interactive games …
… some baking and some making!
Top effort, Y5.
Drama in Reading
This week, Year 5 have been reading a short story about an alien landing!
We have used lots of inference skills earlier in the week. For example, we completed a feelings graph to map the characters’ emotions and did some hotseating to really put ourselves in their shoes.
On Wednesday, Y5 created a piece of drama based around the story and performed it to the class. We needed to be confident, remember our lines and project our voices.
Solar System Bread
Year 5 made some space-themed bread! They sketched a doughy design before bringing their cosmic creation to life.
Ask your child – how did we cook safely and hygienically?