Goodbye and good luck!
The end of the year is here! And what a year it’s been!
At the beginning of the year, we quickly came to realise that it would be a joy. Children have worked really hard and should feel really proud of what they’ve achieved. We’d like to share some of our thoughts about the successes in the class.
I’ve been particularly impressed with Ethan, Lennox and Bella’s writing this year. It’s been creative, well thought through and technically great. Brandon’s writing in recent months has also shown a great improvement. Keep it up! Similarly, Olli, Bailey, Yahya and Jenni‘s knowledge of grammar and punctuation has amazed us all year spot the squashed sentence, guys! Molly, Arran and Linda all made leaps and bound with their reading, finishing the year with great inference skills and a mature understanding of texts. Having identified spelling as something he wanted to work on, Archie made an enormous effort to improve. And it paid off – keep up the hard work, Archie.
In maths, Rav, Lanas, Henry, Ahmed, Jawaad, Zack and Rayhaan have stood out due to their resilience, problem-solving and overall improvement.
Despite being new to the country this year, Laurielyn and Gloria settled in quickly and became vital members of our class and school. Every adult in school has heard of their great attitudes to learning as well as their amazing progress. Great stuff!
Shahban, Ibrahim, Simran and Levon have grown in confidence over the year and, while quiet, have a great sense of humour and maturing attitude. Standing out for their relentless determination to improve this year are Pavan, Jaskirat, Jahneil and Sophia. Keep this up guys and you’ll go far… Tayshaun has improved well in all manner of different subjects. He’s kept us laughing throughout the year, too! Young Sam came to us a fresh-faced boy and leaves a new man – he’s more mature, has a great sense of humour and has learnt loads. Well done, Sam!
It’s been a real pleasure to get to know you all and we wish you the very best of luck at high school.
Mr Owen, Mr Catherall and Mrs Raseta.
What healthy changes are you making?
Last week, our SEAL statement was I can make a healthy change.
It was great to hear all the changes that children were making and also encouraging their family to take part in.
Here are some examples from Year 3.
Children were also encouraged to travel to and from school on foot, by bike or scooter. The class with the most healthy changes and sustainable journeys were Year 5 with over 200 counters!
Here are some suggested healthy changes for over the holidays.
- Try tennis for free – these sessions continue monthly during the summer and are held locally at Roundhay Park tennis courts.
- Local leisure centres offer a range of holiday activities.
- Maybe you took part in the recent Sky Ride event and want to know how to maintain your bike? Halfords are running free bike maintenance sessions.
- The Little Gym is now open locally at the Moor Allerton Centre offering classes and summer camps.
- The Change4Life Sugar Smart app allows you to check levels of sugar in foods. How much sugar is in your snack? Is it time for a change?
- Change4Life and Disney have teamed up again with a 10 Minute Shake Up summer adventure, inspired by Disney Pixar’s Finding Dory.
We hope you have a happy and healthy active break.
Thank You
What an emotional day! Luckily, we haven’t had a day as teary as this since the start of the year when 30 fresh-faced Year 3s realised that a strange, bearded man was going to be in charge of their learning – we’ve come a long way since then!
I want to thank all the children for the effort and dedication they have put into their learning this year. They have all grown so much emotionally, academically and physically (some have shot up this year) and I am proud to have had them as my first “proper” class.
I would also like to thank all the staff at Moortown for their support and patience as I have gotten into the swing of being a full time teacher!
Furthermore, I want to thank all you parents. The hours you put into inspiring your children to succeed have really paid off. You all have children that have a passion and curiosity to discover the world around them. You should be really proud of what you have achieved.
I’m saying goodbye to Tropical World and heading “dawn sarf”. Mrs McKeon and I are both continuing our teaching careers in Shropshire – a move we have been planning for some time.
Final homework review
Yesterday, we had our final homework review of the year – we definitely saved the best ’till last!
There were lots of amazing pieces of creative homework responding to the statement: I can reflect on my time at primary school.
We really enjoyed looking at each other’s reflections and it was amazing to see how we all remembered different things.
It was harder than usual to choose our favourites but here are some popular choices. Well done, everyone – they were all great!
School Saving Club
Our next paying in session for children who have opened a School Saving Club account is this week: Wednesday 20 July 3.15pm.
It’s not too late to open an account. Please ask at the office for an application form.
Sports day Tuesday 19 July
Preparations are under way for this year’s sports day to be held on Tuesday at Roundhegians Rugby Club. Access to Roundhegians will be the pedestrian entrance off High Moor Avenue.
Please note: this year, we’ve swapped the morning and afternoon so that KS2 children compete from 9.30am whilst YR and KS1 start at 1.15pm. The format will remain the same with various races and also field events for KS2. Medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and all children will be rewarded for taking part.
Another change is that children should come to school in their PE kit and they will stay in their kit all day. This includes, if possible, their team t-shirt – blue, red, green or white. If your child doesn’t have a t-shirt in their team colour they should wear their normal PE kit and they will be given a bib matching their team.
They will also need their water bottle, a hat and sun cream applied before school.
We look forward to seeing you there to support.
£117.77 = lots of pennies!
Remember all the pennies collected by each class during the recent Money Matters themed week?
They were then used to create a penny trail in our playground.
After lots of counting (thank you to Mrs Russell), our total amount raised is £117.77.
Thank you for all your contributions. The total will now be split between our two school charities.
Abbey House Museum
What a great day we had yesterday! The weather was lovely enough to enjoy lunch and games outside, and we learnt so much about the past. I was very impressed with how enthusiastic the children were at discovering new things and of course their behaviour was fantastic. Here are a few pictures from our day.
We looked for pictures of Victorian people and dressed up as them!
Entry to Abbey House Museum is free and it is much bigger than it looks from the outside. With the holidays coming up, this could be a great day out to keep everybody occupied!
Wonder the world better
Our homework last week linked to a national competition to win a trip to the new Wonderlab at the Science Museum in London. There were lots of fantastic entries but we’ve whittled it down to one class winner which will be sent off to be judged.
Moses entered the winning piece but I’d like to give a special mention to Ebonnie who came in a close second!
Moses wonders…
I wonder what the world would be like without weather? Would it be hot or cold? Would the sun shine? How would we live? Would we need houses or shelters, would there still be nature without rain? Where would the water come from? Would life on earth exist without weather? We complain about the weather all the time but without it what earth look like? I think life would be less colourful, dull and boring, without the sunshine the sea would be grey like the sky above. What do you think the world would be like without weather?
Some brilliant thoughts that really got us thinking too. We’ve made it a more whole class entry as we then thought about what we wanted it to look like in order to catch the judges’ eyes. There were some lovely ideas but Isabelle’s, Jorja’s and Sarah’s had the edge.
Fingers crossed.
Abbey House Museum
We had a great day yesterday learning at Abbey House Museum. We also had time to wander around the abbey after we’d had lunch in the cloisters. Finally, we played some games before getting the bus home.
