Words of the Week (WOW)
This week, our ‘Words of the Week‘ are to be strewn, to obsess and to indulge.
word: to strew (verb)
- definition: scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.
- Her clothes were strewn all over the bedroom floor.
- synonym: scatter
- antonym: gather
word: to obsess (verb)
- definition: preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent.
- The whole country was obsessed with flossing.
- synonym: preoccupy, torment
- antonym:
word: to indulge (verb)
- definition: allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of or become involved in.
- We all indulged ourselves with an ice-cream.
- synonym: treat, spoil
- antonym: stifle
Challenge: Can your child use these words in conversation or in their spelling practice.
Living and Learning – money and wellbeing
Today, in our living and learning session, we were learning all about borrowing money. We started by discussing all the ways we can pay for things before thinking about when we might need to borrow money. We understood that there were certain circumstances when borrowing money could be a positive thing and then some where borrowing might be unnecessary.
Help at home by seeing if your child can remember their learning.
School savings club
The next School Savings Club paying in date is Thursday 17 May 2018 at 3.15-3.45pm.
If you’re unable to attend in person, please hand in any money to be deposited to the office in a sealed envelope addressed to Mrs Tiffany.
The paying in dates are the penultimate Thursday of each half term and the final date for the summer term is Thursday 12 July at 3.15-3.45pm.
Finally, if your child would like to open account, please ask at the office.
Heroes (and heroines)
In our current topic on heroes, we have been learning about three important people – Malala Yousafzai, Rosa Parkes and Leonora Cohen.
Ask your child what these women have done and why they were heroines.
This week, we’ll compare Malala, Rosa and Leonora to see how they are similar and different.
Thank you to Sasha and Edris who have brought in books from home to support this topic.
Tricky teens
We have been investigating teen numbers this week. The children used Numicon, Base 10 and ten frames and cubes to represent different teen numbers.
It’s really important for the children to know that teen numbers are a ten and some ones.
“I know it’s sixteen because there’s one ten and six ones.”
Can your child read, write and order the teen numbers? Encourage them to talk about these numbers as a ten and some ones.
Year 2 Skipping Stars
What an active week we’ve had – cricket and skipping!
We’ve had a brilliant morning with six other primary schools at Armley Leisure Centre for the Skipping School Year 2 festival. There was some fantastic skipping on display and all children got a chance to show the skills they’ve been learning at school and at home over the past few months.
Cricket!
Earlier in the week we took part in a cricket festival. It was a lovely day. We practised lots of different skills and really enjoyed it. Here are a few action shots of the day!
Living and Learning – Mindful Breathing
Today, as part of our Living and Learning lesson, we all took part in a few mindfulness activities. Over the last few weeks, the class have been thinking about how our emotions affect us and what we can do to help us cope with different types of feelings.
We know that people can experience conflicting emotions at different times, such as times of loss and change, stress and anxiety and the children have learnt to recognise when and how to ask for help.
Alongside asking for help, Year 4 thought about some strategies to help themselves when an emotion takes over. One idea that we have experiment with is to try some mindfulness techniques.
Mindful awareness exercises help children develop concentration and self-awareness.
Today we focused on our breathing.
In this exercise, the children were guided through a process of paying attention to their breathing.
Breakfast Club
Next week, Year 6 are invited to join us for breakfast each morning at 8.30 in the space.
There’ll be toast, jam, Nutella, cereal, yoghurt, fruit, juice and crumpets (my fave) available each morning whether they’ve already had breakfast or not.
I hope to have a busy, happy and well-rested room full of children on Monday morning.
Marvellous machines!
This morning, we learnt about machines and how they work. The children were asked what a machine was. One child said, “It’s like a robot and you tell it what to do.” We discussed the differences between humans and machines. Bee-Bots were programmed, photos were taken and printed and QR codes were read!
We identified machines around school. Can your child find some at home?