Thank you and goodbye
Thank you, parents and children, for all the lovely presents, cards and kind words which I received today. I have had a wonderful year teaching Year 1 and I know the children are going to continue to strive at Moortown Primary.
I will miss you all, children; continue to grow in confidence and develop into happy, healthy learners.
- Well done to Hibba, Elias, Pippa, Nico for making excellent progress in your phonics.
- Well done, Oliver and Grace, for representing the Year 1 children on the school council; continue to do such a good job next year.
- Owen and Isobel, I will miss your amazing art creations.
- Harry, always the first ready to learn.
- Well done, Neive, for persevering with your handwriting. You are a star learner.
- Sam, my little helper, you have done a fabulous job sorting out the milk in the mornings. Thank you!
- Hannan, I wish you all the best at your new school.
- Keep up the wonderful maths learning, Stanley, Archie and Noah.
- Will I ever beat you now, Matteo? Our sprint champion!
- It has been wonderful to see Edward, Abi, Brandon and Pohnum grow in confidence this past year.
- Keep up with the reading, Daanyaal and Abdullah – you have worked so hard.
- Well done, Saleem, for being the best tidier.
- Zach: what a super learner you have been this year! Remember to keep up your concentration.
- What lovely friends you are to everyone, Aleena and Nishaan – it is a special quality.
- Megan: such an amazing learner, I will miss our little chats.
- Keep up the great attitude to learning, Matthew and Pavan, and continue with your great progress next year.
- Thank you for all your hard work in your writing Enya – keep it up next year.
Finally, thank you Mrs Strange for keeping us all so organised.
Have a super summer break.
School’s out…
I’ve had a brilliant year teaching the class. The children are kind, caring, funny, hard-working and loads of fun. There have been so many highlights this year that it is hard to choose a favourite. However, here are some of the things which have impressed me or made me laugh this year about each member of the class.
- Arran’s fantastic writing and especially his use of vocabulary.
- Archie’s incredible sporting prowess.
- Ahmed’s highly persuasive promotional writing.
- Bailey’s all round hard work and fabulous attitude.
- Brandon’s brilliant progress in writing.
- Ethan’s amazing art skills.
- Henry’s phenomenal calculating in maths.
- Ibrahim’s super reading which I’ve loved listening to this year.
- Isabella’s great progress in both maths and literacy.
- Jahneil remembering her glasses!
- Jaskirat’s great effort and progress in maths.
- Jawaad’s very impressive SATs test score – especially his maths one!
- Jennifer’s sensational writing – even better now you’re using paragraphs!
- Lanas’ superfast number bonds knowledge.
- Lennox’s amazing SEAL skills and all round learning behaviour.
- Levon’s very good progress in maths, his calmness and watching him try not to laugh at my jokes!
- Linda’s great attitude to school and her wonderful writing.
- Molly’s brilliant progress in maths and writing.
- Oliver’s amazing improvement in his writing and also his excellent science knowledge.
- Pavan’s excellent audition for Britain’s Got Talent.
- Ravinder’s hilarious writing – Jolly Fat Phil is a brilliant literary creation!
- Rayhaan’s passion and enthusiasm for school – and cars!
- Roshan’s constant jokes and stories.
- Sam’s rope climbing in gymnastics.
- Shahban’s ultra-hard work in lessons.
- Shriyaa’s interesting stories and comments in her maths and literacy books.
- Simran’s hard work in every lesson.
- Tayshaun’s wheeling and dealing in the market at the fruit and veg stalls.
- Yahya’s great scientific knowledge.
- Zachary’s magic act in Moortown’s Got Talent and his amazing homework throughout the year.
Thank you for all your support throughout the year. Thanks also to Mr Toms, Mrs Sherriff and Mrs Edwards who have done a great job. Have a lovely summer and I’ll see you in September.
Tryzone success
Well done to Luke, Nevan and Husna for all their enthusiasm and effort over the last eleven weeks taking part in the pilot Tryzone Learning programme, run by the Leeds Rugby Foundation. Based at the learning centre at Headingley Carnegie stadium, Tryzone is an education programme to support children and families across Leeds. As part of the Year 6 group from local schools, Luke, Nevan and Husna have been involved in street dance, yoga, hearing inspirational speeches by Leeds Rhinos players and creating the Tryzone logo, amongst other activites.
Take a look at the highlights from the recent presentation event.
Scooter training
It’s really good to choose to walk, cycle or scoot to school, because:
- it keeps you fit and healthy
- it’s good for the environment (less traffic on the road means less pollution in the air that we breath)
but, it’s really important to stay safe on your journey.
When we walk, cycle or scoot, it’s very important to keep ourselves safe, to try and make sure we are not involved in a road accident.
During Year One, we have taken part in lessons teaching us about road safety. This week we took part in the Leeds City Council Scooter to School initiative. Here are some of the children being put through their paces.
Goodbye!
We have reached the last week of the children’s first year at school! Over the course of the year, we’ve seen the children grow in confidence, make firm friends and develop into happy and healthy learners.
- Well done, Isaac, Manpreet, Sachpreet, Martha and Noorpreet, for your amazing progress in reading.
- Well done, Isaiah and Dylan, for your creativity and positive attitude to your learning.
- We have been impressed with Ripley’s and Alex’s mathematical knowledge and ability throughout the year.
- Well done, Ismail and Ishaan, for trying really hard with your handwriting and also to Nicky for remembering to hold his pencil correctly!
- Theo has been one of the busiest members of the class and Ben one of the politest this year.
- Well done, Lori, for being the best tidier!
- We have all been impressed with Lewis’s drawings and artwork and with Mia’s individual designs and ideas.
- Well done, Albert, Farai, Josh and Ethan, for your Lego stories!
- It has been a delight to see Pia, Grace and Phoebe grow in confidence throughout the year.
- Well done, Thomas, for persevering with your writing and always being cheerful and positive.
- Well done, Filip, for your enthusiasm during our ‘Jungle’ topic.
- Humairah has been our chattiest and friendliest member of the class and we will miss Gabby’s giggles!
- Well done, Karam, for learning to listen well and to Kai for his exemplary learning behaviour!
Have a great summer!
Hanging in there…
Family
This week, we’ve been talking and learning about what a family is and what is important in a family. We’ve learnt that there are many different types of families and that who is in the family is not important but what a family does and how they love and support each other is really important.
Community links
This week is Community Week. In one lesson, we talked about the different communities that we belong to. We talked about how other children in the class might belong to the same community. At the end of the lesson, we talked about how we can make links between the communities. One child held a ball of wool and threw it to a person who was in the same community as them whilst keeping hold of the start of the ball of wool. This person then said the name of another community they belong to and threw it to someone else who belongs to that community. Soon enough, everyone was holding the wool and we’d created a spiders web of linked communities and children.
Professional footballer visits Moortown!
On Monday, we were privileged to welcome an actual, real life professional footballer into our classroom! Carla Cantrell currently plays for Lincoln and has previously played for Leeds United. She has even played for England! Carla talked to us about what it is like being a professional footballer and the challenges and sacrifices she has to make.
It was really interesting to find out how different it is being a female professional footballer compared to a male professional footballer. For example, Carla has to work all day and then go to training for three hours after work! Wayne Rooney doesn’t know how lucky he is!
Water Aid
This morning, we had a visit from Gary who works for one of our school charities, Water Aid. We learnt that Water Aid is an international charity which helps people from many different countries who don’t have easy access to clean, fresh drinking water. We also learnt about how we have been helping Water Aid help our global community.
