“Run, run, as fast as you can!”
Having spent three weeks learning, acting out and writing about the Gingerbread Man, Year 2 decided to try and make our own. But did it come to life?
In groups, we seived, beat, stirred and kneaded until we had a rich, brown dough that smelt delicious! We then cut out our Gingerbread shapes and popped them into the oven – just like Granny!
The staff in the office were teased by the tempting scents that wafted in their direction and, with mouths watering, we took out our perfectly cooked Gingerbread. Don’t worry! It wasn’t running!
Here are our decorations.
Chickwatch 2014
We have ten chicks! Most are now in the brooder box. Feel free to pop in after school next week to have a look at them!
Chickwatch 2014
And then there were three…
Chickwatch 2014
Hatched!
Chickwatch 2014
Chick number two is almost ready!
Chickwatch 2014
Miss Valentine arrived at school early this morning to find that we had our first chick! The chick has been very patient waiting for the other chicks to hatch. Unfortunately, they’re still not quite ready so it’s still waiting!
More updates will follow!
Multiplication in Reception
This week in Maths, children will be learning about multiplication and counting in 2s.
Multiplication is often seen as repeat addition, but it differs from addition in that the sets of objects you are totalling are made up of the same number of items. In Reception, children’s experience of multiplication as counting equal groups is done through pairing and counting feet, eyes, socks, gloves and pairs of shoes!
Counting two objects as one unit is an important multiplication skill.
How you can help at home
Give your child lots of practical experiences. Let your child help to put socks in pairs and count how many there are.
It is important that children also see multiplication as an arrangement of rows and columns. Examples of this around the home include
- egg boxes
- egg and bun trays
- squares in a large chocolate bar
- some of the buttons on most remote controls
Come and try new sports
As part of a local sporting partnership, Roundhay School are organising two free ‘come and try’ sports sessions that your child (KS2) is invited to attend. Please note that no member of staff from Moortown Primary will be attending these sessions. It will be the responsibility of parents to take and collect their child to and from Roundhay School at the specified times. You’re welcome to stay and watch.
Trampolining
This taster session will allow your child to experience the sport of trampolining as a recreational activity. Your child must wear suitable sports clothing, tracksuit trousers and socks. This will be held in the Gym at Roundhay School on Monday 10 Feburary 2014 from 3.30pm to 5.00pm.
Basketball
This will a very informal session and a chance for your child to play some matches in a friendly environment and receive coaching from Carnegie Basketball. This will be held in the Sports Hall at Roundhay School on Tuesday 25 February 2014 from 3.30pm to 5.30pm.
Please note that places on these two sessions are limited so please register your interest as soon as possible with the school office.
Hero day
Friday 24 January saw Year 1 and 2 taken over by heroes! There were some absolutely fabulous hero costumes – from Batman and Thor, to Florence Nightingale, army officers and Amelia Earhart!
Throughout the day, our heroes took on many difficult and challenging tasks, rising to them all with courage, enthusiasm and skill!
In the morning, Year 2 designed their own symmetrical superhero capes in maths.
We used squares to help us on our first design and then moved on to creating symmetrical designs on plain capes.
Our second task was to turn ourselves into superheroes. We thought about what powers we might have, what our name would be and what our superhero costume would look like.
Finally, we created our own superhero cartoon about Moortown Man and his quest to defeat the evil Miss Brookerush to save Year 2! Here is the comic in the making…
Stay tuned to see our finished comic appear in the next few days…
Marshmallow tower challenge!
This week’s R for learning is Resilience. We took on a challenge that would require us to be resilient to be successful.
Using only dried spaghetti and marshmallows, we were challenged to be the team to make the tallest tower! It was a very tricky task that had many of us stumped, but we kept trying. Here’s what we came up with…
We kept trying, even when we found it difficult, showing that we can be resilient! Here’s the winning tower: it came in at 43cm tall, with a 42cm tall close second!
