Class News

Carols in Moortown

Posted on Tuesday 19 December 2023 by Miss Wilson

Today, Y5 and Y6 ventured into Moortown to bring some festive cheer to our community!

We blasted out some Christmas classics such as Frosty the Snowman and fan-favourite Feliz Navidad!

Oracy skills certainly played their part – we projected our voices loud and clear (and our adults did too!).

Can you spot Rudolph anywhere?

Thank you to all who came to watch us and support. We hope you enjoyed it.

Have a lovely, happy and healthy break and we’re excited to welcome you back in the new year.

Miss Goswami, Miss Wilson and all the 5,6 staff

Sculpture Progress

Posted on Tuesday 19 December 2023 by Miss Wilson

This week, our sculptures have really been taking shape.

First, we created some negative space…

…before adding texture.

Next, we had to add colour using some effective mixing to keep it consistent across the group piece.

  

Here we are in action!

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Lights Camel Action

Posted on Monday 18 December 2023 by Mrs Taylor

We are getting excited to perform our Christmas production, Lights Camel Action, this week to three audiences.

Today is our dress rehearsal for the rest of the school followed by two performances to parents, carers and families on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The children have all worked so hard learning lines, songs and dances and we can’t wait to share it with you.

We hope you can join us.

Art: Sculptures

Posted on Sunday 17 December 2023 by Miss Goswami

This week, Year 5 have started their art skills lessons where they have started to create their very own sculpture inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Family of Man’. Firstly, the children got into small groups to design their sculpture. The brief was to sketch something that related to them, whether that be a hobby, their family, a sport or a pet.

Once the maquette (a sculptor’s initial model or sketch) was finished, the children started to let their ideas come to life. They showed a lot of perseverance and determination when cutting into their boxes.

After their shapes were complete, they then took to covering their boxes in scrunched tissue paper to help create a patina texture.

Then, Year 5 painted their boxes white to create a consistent neutral base on to which they can apply the colour to next week.

      

Help at home: Discuss the inspiration of your child’s sculpture.

Living and Learning: I can recognise mental health is important.

Posted on Sunday 17 December 2023 by Miss Goswami

For the past three weeks, we have been focussing on mental health in our Living and Learning lessons. This week, we discussed how to identify worry and actions that a person can take if they feel worried.

Year 5 identified how our bodies might feel if they are worried: a strange feeling in someone’s stomach, chest, head or throat; a faster heartbeat; dry mouth; sweaty palms; fidgeting; or difficulty concentrating.

We then focussed on different things that can be done to help relieve the worry:

  • taking deep breaths
  • talking to friends or family
  • reading a book
  • mindfulness activities
  • playing a sport
  • writing it down

Help at home: Discuss how Lauren in the following scenario can relieve her worry: ‘Lauren has got a test coming up at school. She is feeling nervous and finding it hard to concentrate.’

We are artists!

Posted on Sunday 17 December 2023 by Mr Roundtree

After many weeks of learning about Kandinsky and Napaltjarri, Year 4 have begun creating their sculptures inspired by them!

First, we cut out the shapes that we had chosen in our designs.

The next step was then to start decorating these shapes using oil pastels and chalk.  Some children have chosen warm colours, complementary, cool colours or a mix!

This week will involve using Brusho dye to complete our colour choices and fixing the individual shapes together.

Watch this space for the grand reveal of our final pieces!

Living and learning: mental health

Posted on Sunday 17 December 2023 by Mr Roundtree

Over the last couple of weeks, Year 4 have been learning about mental health.

During our first session, we talked about feelings. Being able to identify and talk about feelings and emotions is an important part of our mental health. We spent time discussing different feelings and how to manage them. We also talked about how to spot how others are feeling by looking at their body language.

This week, we started to look at self-care. There are lots of different ways that we can practise self care. Some ideas are:

  • talking to someone
  • reading a book
  • having some quiet time
  • taking some deep breaths
  • hugging our teddies
  • doing some exercise
  • writing our feelings down

Help at home by talking to your child about what self-care techniques they can do whenever they are feeling ‘big feelings’.

Guided Reading: Week 6

Posted on Saturday 16 December 2023 by Miss Goswami

With the end of term fast approaching, Year 5 should be nearing the end of their guided reading books. Each guided reading group – if they haven’t already – should be reading to the end of their book before next week. Their book should be returned back to class before Friday 22nd December.

 

Basketball new year camp

Posted on Friday 15 December 2023 by Mrs Taylor

City of Leeds Basketball Club, who run our basketball after-school clubs, are running a new year camp. Details can be found below.

 

We are artists!

Posted on Friday 15 December 2023 by Mr McGriffiths

This afternoon, we created our final print as part of our art topic. We had already created a background using tissue paper. We only used primary colours and overlaid the pieces to create different shapes as well as different colours. Inspired by Castle and Sun by Paul Klee, we created a design for our polystyrene sheets and then drew the design carefully on.

Today we rolled out our ink and precisely rolled the ink onto our polystyrene design. Then we pressed the design down onto our tissue paper background and rolled it flat with a dry roller. Finally, it was the moment to reveal what we had created. We were so happy with our final pieces, I think they all look amazing! I love the changes of colour, shape and pattern the children have made. Unfortunately, I was a little busy (and inky!) to capture photos of the process! However, I have included a photo of everybody’s final piece, they should all be very proud of themselves!

Help at home by talking to your child about their own piece of art and how they created it.