Tri Golf
Well done to some of our Key Stage 2 children who represented the school at the Leeds North East Tri Golf Festival at Cookridge Hall this afternoon.
It was a very close competition and the team were just 5 points off the winners.
Results Day
Today has been an exciting day. SATs results were released to schools very early this morning. I know Mrs Weekes got up at an ungodly hour to see how the children had done and I woke up many times in the night, feeling sick with nerves and excitement.
All of the children know how they’ve done and they should all be very proud of themselves. They’ll be able to share these with you at home tonight (from their very official post-it) and will come home with an official print out later in the week.
Well done Year 6!
Using an index
Sometimes in Year 2, we have whole class guided reading with all the children developing a particular reading skill. Today, we used indexes in non-fiction books to find information.
Ask your child the locations they were searching for in the atlases. These were places where pirates were found.
Use non-fiction books from home or the library to practise this skill.
New school meal menu
The new school dinner menu, from our school meals provider, Catering Leeds, will be introduced in September and continues until February half term.
As well as on our website, the three week cyclical menu is also displayed on our dining room window for you to discuss with your child. Have a look for the weeks ahead to make your child aware of what the daily meals are. If you would like a printed copy, please ask at the office.
School meals continue to be free for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. If your child is in Key Stage 2, please check for eligibility for free school meals. (It’s important to check for eligibility for younger children, too, because school receives additional funding for each child who is eligible for a free meal, even when they’re free in Reception and Year 1 and Year 2!)
If your child would like to start having school dinners, please inform the office. A combination of packed lunches and school dinners is also available.
Children are consulted on school meals through our regular School Council meetings. Feedback may also be given by speaking to an adult in school or completing a suggestions/comments slip and posting it in their class SEAL box.
Thank you to parents who also raise questions and give feedback. We can then ensure this is passed on to the kitchen staff.
Key Stage 2 tuck shop preview
You may have heard about the requests from Year 2 to go to the Key Stage 2 tuck shop.
As part of our writing, the children wrote persuasive letters including many reasons why this should happen.
- It would allow them to try different fruits in addition to the free fruit that Key Stage 1 currently have daily.
- It would help them to get their 5 a day.
- They are very polite and sensible and would be good customers.
- It would make our school even happier and healthier.
After considering their request, we decided the children had used enough persuasion skills to allow them to try it out for themselves.
Therefore, for the next two Tuesdays, Year 2 will be customers at the tuck shop to support their transition to Year 3.
Next year, in Year 3, children have the option to prepay for the weekly tuck shop (20p per portion) or pay on the day but no payment is needed for these two visits.
The children were excited to hear their persuasion had worked and are looking forward to choosing their healthy fruit snack.
Hot and cold
Our final area of measurement learning in Year 2 is temperature. The children used thermometers, the correct units (degrees Celsius) and reading a scale as part of this learning.
Ask your child what they found out.
You may want to refer to temperature when checking the weather forecast.
Lifesaving skills
For Drowning Prevention Week, Year 3 took part in a water safety session as part of their swimming curriculum. This included what to do to help themselves and others if they are in difficulty in the water.
Pirate positional language
As we’ve started a pirates topic this week, we’ve created a treasure map and some instructions for finding the treasure.
We’ve then written an algorithm using positional language to get the treasure and another to escape back to the ship.
Residential fever
Off we go on residential today!
We’ve been extremely excited all year and the day has finally arrived. The children arrived this morning with bags of all shapes and sizes and huge smiles on their faces.
We’re all going to have a fabulous time and, if I can, I’ll post some photos to give you a snippet of what’s going on. However, we’re pretty out in the sticks so, if you don’t see any news, it’s either because we can’t get onto the internet or, we’re simply having too much and don’t have time.
We’ll see you again on Friday with many tales to tell, I’m sure. Have a relaxing couple of days with one fewer member of your household – enjoy!
Suffix fun
We’ve been learning about suffixes and learning how to use a Venn diagram.
