Cycle and stretch!
We’ve certainly had an action packed day full of exercise! The children had their first Balance, Pedal and Go session, which will continue for two days next week (Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th July). Not only did the children enjoy a morning of cycling, they also had a yoga session this afternoon in the MUGA! It was a great way to wind down ready for home time. Namaste!
Talk to your child about which yoga position was their favourite. Maybe they could teach you how to meditate!
Sports day 2018
Yesterday, the whole school enjoyed a sun soaked sports day at Roundhegians. Well done to all the children who took part and demonstrated School Games values of passion, self-belief, respect, honesty, teamwork and determination. We believe that sports day is an ideal context for children to explore these values. For example, learning how to handle success and defeat, believing in their abilities, respecting others and working with others to achieve success.
Special thanks go to:
- Roundhegians for providing excellent facilities and hosting our sports day
- Excellent sports leaders from Allerton Grange who ran the field events for Key Stage 2 and supported the younger children with their races in the afternoon
- PTA for providing refreshments for spectators
- parents who supplied and assembled gazebos to keep the children in shade at the event
- Year 5 sports leaders and Year 2 helpers too
- All staff who helped out on the day
Health fair
Thank you to all parents, carers and pupils who came along to our first health fair at the start of our Being Healthy themed week. Our goal was to promote the many great organisations that are in our community and to raise awareness amongst parents, carers and children about the range of activities and health opportunities available to them locally.
We hope that parents, carers and children will build on the contacts made at the fair.
A big thank you to all the organisations who attended.
- Yoga Kula
- Chapel Allerton Pilates
- Leeds Gymnastics
- David Lloyd
- Scott Hall Leisure Centre
- ARM cluster
- Park Run
- The Little Gym
- Herd Farm and West Leeds outdoor activity centre
- City of Leeds basketball club
- Old Leos cricket club
- Roundhegians rugby club
- PE Partner
- Brownlee Centre
- Living Streets
It was great to see more children buying skipping ropes -hopefully to practise their skipping challenge at home.
Skipping ropes will be available for sale next Monday and Tuesday after school, outside the Year 2 classroom, for a subsidised price of £2.
Look out for a guide to local physical activity opportunities coming home in book bags soon.
Leeds City Museum
An exciting day was had by staff and children alike at the Leeds City Museum today.
The children took part in an Egyptian themed workshop where they studied a real mummy, removed organs from a body, wrapped bandages for mummification and made an amulet to take home.
We were impressed by detailed responses to questions given by lots of the class. Year 4 were an absolute pleasure to take out for the day and they represented our school superbly!
Here’s a few photos of our day. Ask your child to explain what is happening in each picture.
Keepy Uppy
‘Being Healthy’ themed week continues today as we welcome Tutti Frutti and their football themed production, ‘Keepy Uppy’ – perfectly timed after England’s World Cup win last night.
Egyptian Inventions and much more……..
Year 4 have been very busy continuing on with our topic ‘Ancient Egypt.’
As part of a DT lesson, the children learnt all about an invention created by the Egyptians to carry water – a shaduf.
How did the Egyptian farmers water their crops?
To lift the water from the canal the Egyptians used a shaduf.
A shaduf is a large pole balanced on a crossbeam, a rope and bucket on one end and a heavy counter weight at the other. By pulling the rope it lowered the bucket into the canal. The farmer then raised the bucket of water by pulling down on the weight. He then swung the pole around and emptied the bucket onto the field.
This lead us on to designing our own shaduf. 
Once the design process had been completed, it was time to start constructing. The children faced several challenges during this stage and had to find ways to overcome them.
“How will it stand up?”
“We need to make it sturdy and secure.”
Time to test the shadufs. Will they carry water from one place to another?
Success!
As well as making shadufs, Year 4 have enjoyed other Egyptian activities including painting their (now dry) Scarab beetles.
Mummifying apples
In Ancient Egypt, the Afterlife was extremely important. A person could gain access to the Afterlife after they had died by doing good deeds. Their body needed to be preserved so they could enjoy the Afterlife for a long, long time so Egyptians used the mummification process to do this.
We had a go in class! (With apples, not people, of course!)
To find the best substance for mummification (in Ancient Egypt, they used a salt mixture) we weighed out two different ingredients for our experiment: salt and sugar.
We also had an apple set aside that wouldn’t have any substance poured on it. Ask you child why this control group is so important.
Next, we weighed our apples to find a baseline measure.
We will weigh them again at certain intervals to see if they have lost or gained weight.
The best substance for mummification will be the substance that draws out the apple’s moisture and stops it rotting.
We’re going to make notes about whether the apple has decreased in mass and whether is has changed in appearance.
Every group worked brilliantly in their teams – well done, Year 3!
Sports day access
Roundhegians have confirmed we will be using their main pitch, closest to the club house, for our sports day next Tuesday. Access is via Chelwood Drive, off Street Lane.
As in previous years, we would be grateful to any parents who are able to lend and assemble gazebos for the children to sit under during the day.
Make-A-Wish skipping challenge day
We will conclude our Being Healthy themed week with an opportunity to raise money for our school charity, Make-A-Wish, and a chance for all children to try to beat their own personal skipping challenge set at the start of the week.
Being healthy themed week
Do you want to find out more about what your child is taught in our drug education lessons? This learning forms part of our Living and Learning curriculum but is supplemented by visitors, in particular d:side, during our themed week.
