Living and Learning- body image
Body image is the focus of this half term’s Living and Learning lessons.
Today, we began our sessions by reading a newspaper report encouraging boys to talk about body image and the effect that it can have on thier mental health and well being.
There is growing evidence that boys do care deeply about how they look, and it can be something that makes them feel bad about themselves.
As a class, we discussed factors that may influence how a person feels about their body. Advertisements, media, wanting to ‘fit in’, peer pressure, inclusion and popularity were just some ideas we came up with.
The children were very mature throughout this lesson and asked some interesting questions.
We thought about the parts of our bodies that we couldn’t change and why some people feel they need to alter thier image.
University Student Visit
We had a visit from a student from Leeds University today. He was studying Biomedical Sciences and taught us all sorts about what keeps us alive and what keeps us healthy.
We took on the role of aliens (hence our headgear) and pretended we were studying this strange species from another planet: humans.
We investigated how much we breathe every minute and learnt about what breathing actually is and why we need to do it.
Our diaphragm moves up and down as we breathe in and out and Mr Cook gave us these mini models so that we could see what was happening inside us.
We created our own body system with half of us being oxygenated blood travelling to our organs and the other half carrying the deoxygenated blood back to the heart and the lungs. The deoxygenated team were much more efficient that the oxygenated team – particularly Dan and Matthew.
Fractions
As we come to the end of our unit on fractions, today we were learning about equivalent fractions.
We explored how two quarters and one half of the same whole are equivalent (the same).
This Super Movers routine is a great summary of our fractions learning. Also, check your child’s assigned tasks on Mathletics to follow up this learning at home.
Girls golf rocks
Girls Golf Rocks is a partnership project aimed at addressing the disparity between girls’ and boys’ participation in golf.
The county-wide recruitment drive targets girls aged 5-18 years of age, providing the opportunity for them to access free taster sessions, followed by a five week coaching, Par 3 event & a 7 iron golf club – all for £14.
There are eight centres across Yorkshire running the programme, delivering girls only sessions with an emphasis placed on fun, social and friendship aspects of golf rather than just the coaching and playing side of the game.
Measuring
This week in maths, we’re learning all about measuring. Yesterday, we had fun finding out if we were taller or shorter than some of our friends. We stood back-to-back with another person, making sure that we stood up straight. Then, we asked one of our friends to measure us. By the end of the lesson, we found out that Inam was taller than everyone in the whole class (apart from Mr Parker, of course).
Today, we compared the length of objects we use everyday in the classroom.
Our evidence board is taking shape…
AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY BEYOND THIS POINT
West Yorkshire Police have encountered an incident that requires immediate help from Year 3 at Moortown Primary School. Unfortunately, we are unable to reveal exact details at this point, but Mrs Burgess was granted access to capture two images inside the evidence locker.
The lower KS2 journalists will be able to release further information later in the week, when granted permission by West Yorkshire Police.
Watch this space.
Living and learning – what might change about me?
Continuing our Being me Living & Learning, we had a discussion in class about our similarities and differences. We talked about what makes us unique to others and we also came up with things we were good at.
Next, we compiled these differences into a whole class list and split them into three categories:
We realised we are all different but these interests and qualities are ever-changing. When we read out what we were good at, we stood up to show we agreed and thought we were good at the same thing. Lots of us were up and down like yoyos, proving that although we may have contrasting lives, we often share similar strengths and weaknesses.
We are super spellers.
It’s great to see children being resourceful in order to support spelling.
From using Zero Tolerance spelling cards…
… to getting dictionaries if we need one. 
Remember to check out our spelling support for tips and ideas and other super spelling strategies.
Homework – we LOVE reading!
WOW! Today, I witnessed my favourite homework review – I can show what I love about reading. The children’s enthusiasm and love for all things books really shone through and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing and hearing about everyone’s efforts. Here are some highlights:
You’d have to go on many a quest to find more creative homework than this!
Books rock! (Keep an eye out in Roundhay park for these colourful, hand-painted stones. Take a photo if you find one!)
There’s nothing horrid about reading!
I had to poster ’bout it!
Reading can be comic-al.
You’d have to search far and wide to find people who love reading more than us!
We really raised the bar (graph), this week!