Congratulations!
Congratulations to our new Reception school councillors.
Here they are delivering their manifestos!
Arctic report
We’ve worked hard across Topic and Writing over the last three weeks. As part of our Explorers topic, we decided to find out all about the Arctic. We started off by thinking up questions we’d like answered about this area before sorting them into categories. This created the four subheadings for our report:
- Where and what is the Arctic?
- Its Exploration
- Indigenous Animals
- What does the future hold?
Then, we spent four lessons finding out and making notes. In one lesson, Miss Rushbrooke acted as the expert and taught us all about where and what the Arctic is and we made notes.
We also found out lots about ‘Its Exploration’ through reading; ‘Indigenous Animals’ through internet research (with lots of discussion about reliable sources); and ‘What does the future hold?’ by watching some information videos.
Once we’d gathered everything we needed, we put pen to paper to pass the information on in the form of a report. Here’s Ollie’s first paragraph:
Finally, (that’s right, we’re not done yet) we worked with a partner to thoroughly edit each other’s writing and there was some great teamwork going on.
Fantastic project from Year 6 which they’ve put huge amounts of effort into right from beginning to end.
From Ghosts and Ghouls to Colouring and Councillors – Year 3’s Weekly Round-Up
This week’s Living and Learning theme was: “I know I live in a democracy.” Children were tasked with writing a speech to run for School Councillor or a Talk Time about the importance of voting. I was bowled over by the quality of these speeches and the passion and confidence each candidate showed.
There were some fantastically creative campaigns!
A very exciting part of our week was our long-awaited trip to the Forbidden Corner!
Although the excitement seemed to get a bit much for some!
When we arrived after our long journey, the first thing we did was eat our lunch. We were starving and it was only 11:45!
We were even joined by two visitors (but we didn’t let them steal our quackers).
As we begun our journey into the unknown, we felt a little nervous, but we trooped forwards, just like real explorers would!
We even managed to spot Mr Catherall hiding in the trees!
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The Forbidden Corner was a very strange place with bizarre twists and turns. We didn’t know what was coming next!
We were worried we might never get out!
Spot the real statues.
Our explorations proved truly a-maze-ing!
Here is photographic evidence of Year 3 breaking the rules!
We were the kings and queens of the castle! What a lovely view.
Our trip gave us chance to show our teamwork and map reading expertise.
It felt lovely to be outside with nature.
There were some impressive sculptures. This giant woodcutter inspired us to complete some brilliant artwork as you will see below.
His axe was pretty heavy!
This week, we tested our rafts to see if they would float with the weight of five marbles. First, we predicted what would happen and jotted down our method. Some of our rafts successfully floated!
While some of our rafts had a slightly soggy end…
But the experiment was a great learning experience as we discovered which materials floated and which unfortunately sank!
We also tried our hands (or feet) at football, this week.
Of course, we had to practise our celebrations!
To round off our diverse and creative week, we used a photo taken at the Forbidden Corner as an art stimulus. We drew the same picture four times but changed the media used each time: graphite pencil, wax crayon, oil pastel or pencil crayon.
After each drawing, our partner gave us a star and a step for us to improve in the next picture.
This allowed us to experiment with different materials and find out which we liked best; exploring happens in art, too!
What an all-round fantastic half term for Year 3. We’ve made massive amounts of progress in only seven weeks and I look forward to seeing what else is in store.
I hope everyone has a lovely week off. Make sure you keep on exploring!
An apple a day…
…keeps the doctor away!
This week, Mrs Pearson had an abundance of apples falling from her tree in the garden. Rather than waste this delicious, fresh fruit, we decided to put it to good use.
Ready…
Steady…
Bake!
The children set to work washing, peeling and slicing the apples. It was lovely to see great team work. Reading the recipe as they worked, Year 4 were able to measure and weigh ingredients accurately.
After everything was put into the mixture and the pastry rolled and filled, it was time to put our creations into the oven.
Spicy aromas filled the air and after just fifteen minutes our apple turnovers were ready! Delicious
The children really enjoyed their own mini ‘Bake Off’.
School Council excitement
We listened to all of the school councillor candidates yesterday and there were many very impressive speeches.
Today, we entered the polling station first thing and voted for our chosen candidate. Mrs Weekes then added up all of the votes and our new Y6 school councillors were announced in assembly this afternoon. Very well done to Edward and Megan.
Preparing for Assembly
Year 6 are working in groups to prepare for our class assembly which is on Wednesday 1 November.
You’ll have to come along to see what it’s all about.
Exciting Explorations
Today, we visited The Forbidden Corner in the Yorkshire Dales. Around the gardens, we discovered a unique labyrinth of tunnels, chambers, follies and surprises. A great place to explore!
We had to work our way through the temple of the underworld, the eye of the needle, a huge pyramid made of translucent glass, paths and passages that lead nowhere, steep spiral staircases and narrow corridors. Around each corner, we found extraordinary statues. At every turn, there were decisions to make and tricks to avoid. This was a day out with a difference that challenged and delighted the adults and children alike.
Year 4 were an absolute pleasure to take out for the day and thoroughly enjoyed their day of exploration.
Take a look at a few snapshots from our adventures.
School Council elections
Our School Council elections will take place tomorrow, Thursday, 19 October. All children have the opportunity to vote at our polling station using the following instructions.
Before voting, please read the following:
- Vote once for one person.
- Place one X only on this ballot paper beside the name of the candidate you have chosen.
- Do not write or mark anything else on the ballot paper; if you do, your paper will be invalid and your vote will not be counted.
- When you have marked the ballot paper, fold the paper and place it in the box provided.
Votes will be counted tomorrow and our new School Council will be announced at the end of the day. This will be made up of two children from each class with the highest number of votes.
Good luck to all our candidates.
Creative Homeworks
Here are our favourite creative 8Rs of learning homeworks from last week:
City of Leeds basketball
City of Leeds basketball club recently led a PE session for Year 5 and delivered our basketball after-school club in the summer term.
Here are details of their sessions available locally.
There is also a new girls-only session at Allerton High School on Monday evenings, 6pm – 7.30pm, ages 7 – 14 years. The first two sessions are free and then it is £5 pay to play.