Comparing heights
Today in maths, we had fun finding out how tall we are! We practised saying our height in different ways. For example:
“I am 1m and 26cm tall. I am 126cm tall,” said Jasraj.
Isabella said, “I am 1m 46cm or 146cm tall.”
We linked our measuring back to the equivalent lengths we looked at earlier in the week.
For example, 500cm is the same as “5m,” said Leo, and “5000mm,” said Jemima. (I really liked that answer.)
Here are some photos of us measuring our heights, making sure the tape measure started at the very bottom of our heels or the very top of our heads.
Living and learning – I can say something good about myself.
What do Y3 like about themselves?
This week’s living and learning theme was all about saying something good about ourselves.
At Moortown, we strive to be confident in our abilities and comfortable in our own skin.
During our circle time this week, we discussed what was good about ourselves and each other. Take a look at the main themes that came up below:
“I am good at anything as long as I work hard. I’m really proud of myself,” said Rayn.
Should zoos be banned?
Well done to all of Y3 for engaging brilliantly with this week’s Talk Time homework.
Even though there were people who believed in one side of the argument only, they were able to understand and give points for the other side, too. Everyone listened and waited for their turn to speak.
We had a really interesting discussion in class. Overall, we voted that we thought zoos should not be banned.
Take a look at the table below. Can you spot something you had spoken about at home?
Should zoos be banned?
Year 2 skipping festival
UPDATE Thursday 01 March – due to the weather, the event has been cancelled for tomorrow and will be rearranged. Therefore we’ve more time to practise skipping – maybe tricky in the snow though!
We’re all gearing up for the skipping festival organised by Skipping School on Friday morning. The children have all been assigned a skipping skill for the event and have amazed us with how they’ve improved their skills since the start of the project.
On Friday, we need to leave school at 9:00am prompt so please ensure your child is at school for registration at 8:50am. Children can come into class from 8:45am.
Here are some other reminders:
- Children should come to school in PE kit (long sleeved top and bottoms would be preferable as the event is in a sports hall). Remember: no earrings.
- Uniform should be brought to school for children to change into when we return to school
- All children need to bring a packed lunch to have as we return to school
- Ensure your child has their water bottle at school that day
- We will be taking a fruit snack with us to have during the morning
Don’t forget…
Today’s Phonics Superstar would like to remind you about our phonics mornings this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
See you there!
Football Coaching
Here are weekly reports on our football coaching…
Written by Stan: Today, Year 6 played some great football and there were no arguments. Everyone has their own role: kit manager (Pavan); manager (Nishaan); coach (Grace); physio (Abdullah); and press officer (Stan). After a few arguments last week, we were argument-free this week. This week we practised our passing: I definitely saw an improvement in Pavan’s passing. The last thing we did was play a match but it wasn’t an ordinary match – we weren’t allowed to tackle and we had to stop the ball on the line instead of shoot in the goal and the whole team had to touch the ball. I think most people would like to tackle but we’re practising tackling next week. I’m hoping to play a proper match next week. 😀
Written by Elias: Today, Year 6 were asked to join the groups they had last time and were given new roles: coach (Matteo), manager (Neive),kit/equipment manager (Enya), physio (Daanyaal) and the press officer (Elias). The children were asked to create a drill practising their dribbling skills as a group. At the end, the children played a match. Our group played very well due to some astonishing help by the people who were more confident helping the people who weren’t as confident and played very well with each other. Today, the children had a great time and hopefully this will be one of many.
Written by Archie: Today, Monday the 26 February 2018, Year 6 did football for PE. In this week’s session, we did passing. In my team, I had Phoenix, Pippa, Noah and Zack. When we were doing drills, our coach (Pippa) told us that we would be doing basic passing and gradually build it up to having defenders. Then, later on in PE, we grew into a match. Not a match you would normally think of. We had to pass it between our whole team and then stop it on the line. There was a hard part though: we had to make sure the opposition didn’t receive it.
Written by Isobel: After our warm up, led by Umiamah, we focused on passing. Harry created a drill that helped us with our passing and a bit of dribbling (which we focused on last week). At the end, we played a mini match where you scored a point by stopping the ball on the end line, helping our control skills. We had extra rules to help us with our passing. It was a draw. Overall, everyone enjoyed our PE lesson.
Written by Owen: Today, Y6 played some football and used great teamwork. This led to a fun and active PE lesson. Also, we learnt a lot to do with passing and receiving. The kids were getting along and smiling. We all had different roles: Press Officer- Owen, Physio- Saleem, Kit Manager- Iqra, and The Coach- Oliver.
Written by Megan: After having a few disagreements last week, this week’s PE turned out to be a lot better. Aleena started us off with some stretches which were important because otherwise we could have hurt or strained our muscles.
Next, Matthew led a drill, helping our dribbling, passing, communicating and stopping skills. After practising our skills to become more technical footballers, we played in a game versing another team. We had to stick to some rules though: everybody in your team had to touch the ball at least once before anyone could score; you could only intercept, not tackle; and you had to stop the ball ON the line (not any before or after).
We won!
We are one cool class!
Well done, everyone!
Scientific enquiry
Scientific enquiries are what children do in order to answer scientific questions about the world around them.
What are the benefits of scientific enquiry?
As children carry out scientific enquiries, they develop a host of skills and competencies, knowledge and understanding, bringing enormous benefits to them as growing scientists.
Scientific enquiry increases children’s capacity to:
- problem-solve and answer questions
- work with independence
- ‘be a scientist’
- communicate effectively
One way to work scientifically is to carry out an observation over time. In Year 4, we are doing this using two amaryllis bulbs. The children are observing and recording information on a daily basis. This involves measuring, recording, observing changes and watering if needed. Each day, the observation generates questions.
What happens if…
“Predict what you think would happen to the growth of the plant if we added some plant food.”
Over the half term holidays, the bulb, planted in stones, had a small amount of plant food added to its water. Year 4 made predictions about whether or not the food would make any difference to the plant’s growth.
- “I think the plant will grow a lot more as it is getting nutrients from the food.”
- “Why is the stem leaning?”
- “Do you think we can see rapid growth? How can you prove this?”
We studied the line graph and the children used great scientific language to describe the changes they could see. The purple line represents the the plant given food.
- “The plant that had food is growing rapidly now! I know this because the purple line is now moving up vertically and before it was quite steady.”
- “I wonder why the speed of the growth has changed?”
- “Do you think this speed of growth will continue?”
Bulbs before half term and…
…after half term!
University visitors
As part of our Life Forces topic, we had a visit from two university students who are both studying to be doctors. They taught us all about the circulatory system and how we can keep ours healthy.
We got to hear our hearts beating through a stethoscope which made lots of us jump if you tapped it when it was in our ears.
Then, Miss Rushbrooke had to put on a very attractive vest so that we could decide where all of our organs are. We were confident about some but didn’t have a clue about others.
Lots of learning and lots of big words discussed!
Cross Country finalist
Well done to Grace for finishing 14th in the Year 6 girls Leeds Cross Country Final at Temple Newsam.
A great achievement!