Allerton Grange Trip
Today, Year 6 visited Allerton Grange School to do some PE. Basketball, football and shot put were the sports we played. We developed lots of skills: dribbling and shooting for basketball; passing, control and communication for football; and accuracy for shot put.
Written by Pippa.
We are special
In Year 1, we have been thinking about how each and every one of us is special. We all like different foods, celebrate different religions, live in different places, have different hobbies and yet, in lots of ways, we are all the same.
The children have thought about identities.
Who are you?
We had such a lovely time creating paintings of ourselves. Take a look at our gallery below.
Along with this, we have also thought about the communities that we live in and learnt about similarities and differences within them.
What is respect?
“What is respect” is a big concept to grasp.
Respect is how you feel about someone or something.
Having respect for someone means you think good things about who a person is or how he/she acts. You can have respect for others, and you can have respect for yourself.
Respect is how you treat someone or something.
Showing respect to someone means you act in a way that shows you care about their feelings and well-being.
Showing respect for others include things like not calling people mean names, treating people with courtesy and showing good manners.
Learning how to show respect is so very important. We have thought about respecting ourselves and others. The children also discussed that we should show respect to our community, animals, people and belongings.
Whilst I have been working in Year 1, I have seen the children showing respect to each other. They are proud of their classroom and the school as a whole.
Well done!
We respect communities and their members.
In yesterday’s Living and Learning session (L&L theme: I respect my community and other communities) we looked at the story of the Hueys and the New Jumper.
First, we discussed what’s good and less good about being a part of a community where everyone is the same.
We talked about our own experiences:
“I felt nervous joining Y3 but everybody made me feel welcome.”
– Ethan
“I didn’t feel nervous because there was no need to.”
– Talha
Next, we watched the short story by Oliver Jeffers.
We explored how the characters in the story would be feeling as Rupert decided to set himself apart from the group with a new jumper.
Finally, we decided that you shouldn’t judge someone on their appearance. It’s more important to get to know the person to make them feel welcome and respected as part of the community.
Community Homework
Last week’s homework was to show that we know what community is. We really enjoyed looking at this work as there were all sorts of different pieces to enjoy.
Super Spellings
Just some examples of some really great spelling practice when children are given a list of words to learn.
Check your child’s spelling work before they bring it to school on Thursday and see whether their presentation is the best they’re capable of and that they feel they’ve put enough effort in to their practice.
Cross Country qualifier
Congratulations to Grace in Year 6 who finished 6th in the Year 6 girls Leeds East North East Cross Country race at Cardinal Heenan school last week to qualify for the Leeds final next year.
Well done to all children who represented school in traditional cross country weather. For some of the children, this was the first time they have taken part in a competitive event and spirits were still high despite the weather.
Mathletics stars
Mathletics is a great resource that can support maths learning at home. Children all have login details, to gain access at home, and can complete tasks, based on learning in class. Currently the tasks are money related.
There are a number of children who, on a weekly basis, complete some or all of their tasks. Well done to Aadil, Christina, Hashim, Saahir, Sasha and Vedant.
We realise that not all children will have access to Mathletics at home so please let us know if this is the case so your child can access Mathletics at school where possible.
Finally, if you need us to resend your child’s login details, please let us know.
Homework with a differencce
Following our whole school themed week this week, Who do you think you are?, children were asked to consider the following statement by showing what they have learnt.
I know what community is.
As a guide, children could think about these aspects.
- What is community?
- Where is their community? Children could consider their school community to local community to wider community. Moortown Community Group has lots of information about our local community.
- Who is in their community? Children could consider visits/visitors during our themed week.
- Why is community important? Children could consider the terms ‘identity’ and ‘diversity’ discussed during our themed week.
How can we be a good citizen in our community?
We were absolutely delighted with the high standards of homework this week. The children had thought of the most ingenious ways to create their homework. As we moved around in the classroom, celebrating everyone’s efforts, sounds such as, “WOW! Look at this! How did they think of that? This is such a great idea,” could be heard.
A great deal of respect is always shown by the children in Year 4 especially during homework celebrations.
One particular piece of work that stood out to both adults and children alike was a song with a difference. Kirsten had used the famous Christmas song, ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, and changed it to ‘The Twelve Days of Moortown Community‘.
It was superb! So much so, we just had to all sing it!
The Twelve Days of Moortown Community
By Kirsten
On the first day of Christmas in my community, we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the second day of Christmas in my community,
Two helpful brownies,
And we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the third day of Christmas in my community,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas in my community,
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas in my community,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas in my community,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas in my community,
Seven lights switched on,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas in my community,
Eight St. Gemma’s collectors,
Seven lights switched on,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas in my community,
Nine local Councillors,
Eight St. Gemma’s collectors,
Seven lights switched on,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas in my community,
Ten librarians lending,
Nine local Councillors,
Eight St. Gemma’s collectors,
Seven lights switched on,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas in my community,
Eleven mince pie servers,
Ten librarians lending,
Nine local Councillors,
Eight St. Gemma’s collectors,
Seven lights switched on,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas in my community,
Twelve families rejoicing,
Eleven mince pie servers,
Ten librarians lending,
Nine local Councillors,
Eight St. Gemma’s collectors,
Seven lights switched on,
Six neighbours giving,
Five brilliant teachers!
Four policemen saving,
Three fire fighters,
Two helpful brownies, and we sang Christmas carols by the tree.
An amazing selection of such super homework – I’m sure you’ll agree.
Comments from the children included:
“So much to choose from.”
“Enas, has celebrated her religion.”
“I love the drawing of the school. It’s a great idea!”
“WOW! Our whole class put together as little people in a box.”
“Such detail in Oliver’s work.”
“Celebrating all the local places of worship is really thinking about the community.”
“We were blown away by this week’s homework! Keep up these high standards and be proud of yourselves. WELL DONE!” commented Mrs Freeman, Mrs Charlesworth and Mrs Pearson.
We Are One Cool Class!
After many weeks of earning numerous cool class tokens but narrowly missing out, Year 3 are finally victorious!
We caught up with a few of the amazed pupils as they returned to their classroom to let the news sink in.
“I feel proud!” – Yusayrah
“I’m really happy. We’ve waited quite a while.” – Nryan
“I feel proud because we haven’t won before.” – Jasraj
“I was shocked because we’ve never won in Year 3.” – Safiya-Mishal
“We’ve tried to get lots of class tokens to get the cup.” – Adam
“We tried to be kind to all the teachers and the dinner staff and the cleaners.” – Jemima
Cheesy scones
Today, Year 4 went back to the kitchen. On the menu were cheesy scones.
Listening carefully to given instructions is always important – especially when using sharp knives and hot ovens.
All the children used skills they have been taught before. These included:
- accurate weighing and measuring
- grating
- mixing
- kneading
- rolling and cutting
- and, of course, washing up
The scones smelt and tasted delicious.