Maths
We’ve been learning how to compare sets of objects using the language ‘more’ and ‘fewer’. The children were challenged to prove a set had fewer objects than another.
This is how they presented their learning.
Phonics
Thank you to everyone who attended the phonics sessions last week. We hope you found them useful.
Here are some captions and sentences your child can write at home. The new phonemes ar, ai, er, or, air, oi, ear, oo, igh, ow, ee, ur These will be taught over the next few weeks.
- Mark and Carl got wet in the rain.
- The farmer gets up at six in the morning.
- Jill has fair hair but Jack has dark hair.
- Jim has seven silver coins.
- I can hear an owl hoot at night.
- Nan is sitting in the rocking-chair.
- Bow down to the king and queen.
- Gurdeep had a chat with his dad.
- I can see a pair of boots on the mat.
- It has been hot this year.
Highlights of the week
Well, it’s been a very busy week for Year 4!
Many thanks to all who turned up for our class assembly. The children worked very hard to put this performance together. They were incredibly proud of themselves and each other. We hope the water cycle song hasn’t driven you round the bend too much!
Yet again, Year 4 produced some superb homework showing what they know about solids, liquids and gases. We are constantly amazed by the creative ideas the children come up with. These are on display in the classroom and you are very welcome to pop in and take a look.
Our adventure through time has begun with the arrival of a life size Tardis in the classroom! We’re using this as a reading area and it’s proving very popular with adults and children alike!
During this topic, we will focus on transport through the ages. Working along a timeline, we’ll explore transport inventions, how different people travelled, why people travelled and many other aspects of transportation.
The Stone Age is where we have begun. This week we have studied this period of time and also created our own cave paintings – photos to follow…
For our maths lessons we’re exploring fractions. On Thursday, I gave the children a task to complete that involved some reasoning. The children had to explain and prove their thoughts and ideas. Here are some children at work. Their task was:
- TRUE OR FALSE?
- ONE THIRD IS LARGER THAN TWO FIFTHS
This is how they evidenced their ideas.
Mr Owen and I are looking forward to seeing you all again at forthcoming parents’ evenings. Please return your slips and we can allocate you a preferred time slot promptly.
As always, we encourage you to pop in with any concerns or questions you may have.
Year 2 athletes
Part of our PE Premium funding is invested in the Leeds Active Schools programme. This gives us access to a range of physical activity competitions and experiences.
Fifteen children from Year 2 were very excited to take part in the Active Schools KS1 Sports Hall Athletics Competition at Farsley Celtic this week.
It certainly looks like they have enjoyed all the field and track events. Well done for representing our school so well.
Creative House Homeworks
There were lots of excellent creative house homeworks to choose from this week. Here are our favourites:
Netballers
Well done to children who participated in the Leeds North East High 5 Netball Come and Try Festival tonight at Carr Manor School. They played a few games against local schools in a friendly, relaxed setting with some coaching as they played.
Half term pop-up sports
Cross Country finalist
Following the Leeds North East KS2 Cross Country competition, congratulations to Grace, finishing in 6th position, who has qualified to take part in the Leeds KS2 Cross Country final in March.
Good luck in the final!
Talented Year 2
This week, in the lead up to Moortown’s Got Talent, our SEAL statement is I recognise my talents.
After a great class assembly last week, we all know how talented Year 2 are.
Assembly
Our class assembly is on Wednesday 18th January at 2.40pm. Please join us if you can.