Yogabugs
Last week, Yogabugs helped us to exercise our bodies and minds. The session was great and was linked to our food topic. During the session, we even tasted some fruit and thought carefully about how it tasted.
Keeping fit and healthy
Some Year 2 children keeping fit and healthy by taking part in the Roundhay Primary Schools Fun Run.
Fun in the sun
Well done to the all the Year 1 children who took part in the Roundhay Primary Schools’ Fun Run. Here are a few who I saw cross the finish line.
Tennis competition
Well done to the Year 3/4 tennis team who fought off all the local opposition and got through to the Leeds City Finals.
The finals took place last Wednesday, at John Charles Sports Centre, where the Moortown team did us proud and took fourth place overall.
Well done to the whole team – you played some fabulous tennis!
Goodbye, Year 6 (from Miss Hewson)
Just a little message to say goodbye to another wonderful class that I was lucky enough to teach. I hope you all keep up the good learning. My favourite thing about your class is how, over the years, you have gelled more and more together as a team. Like I said in assembly, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed more with (or at!) a class! You provided Mrs Bald, Mrs Freeman, Mrs Edwards and I with many giggles.
I have two favours to ask my Wake Up Shake Up-ers:
- Please teach Mr Redfearn to dance properly when he takes over!
- Please still do my beloved One Direction dance every so often even if it’s just to annoy Mrs Hazell!
Finally, good luck with your SATs results. I know you’ll do brilliantly.
Goodbye, Year 3 (from Miss Hewson)
Just a little message to say goodbye to another lovely class that I was lucky enough to teach. I hope you all keep up the good learning. My favourite thing about your class is how different you all are. I love that you all have individual personalities and opinions. Thank you to the girls who have spent time making up leaving dances for me in the last few weeks – they were brilliant! (However, I think you had a pretty good Wake Up Shake Up teacher didn’t you?!) I think you’re a class full of talent, especially when it comes to sport. Best of luck for the future and don’t forget me when you’re famous!
Goodbye, Year 2
To the parents:
I would like to say a big thank you for all of the cards and presents that I received on Friday. I was totally overwhelmed and not expecting the amount of thought and effort that everyone had put into them. I now have several gorgeous bunches of flowers on display and I’ve been treating myself to the delicious chocolates I received whilst drinking tea out of my new Cath Kidston mug and reading my fab new book all about things that you forget from school . I was lucky enough to get some writing materials that I’ll be using to keep note of my never-ending to do lists! The pens I’ll be using to mark books in my new school. Any decorative items are now proudly placed around my house. My Molton Brown products definitely make my bathroom look posher than it is. The new earrings I got are now in the beautiful jewellery box that my colleagues kindly bought for me. I am yet to spend the Debenhams vouchers that many of you generously collected for me. However, I’ll be use them to treat myself to a Jasper Conran watch that I’ve seen so thank you very much. The card was so very thoughtful and one that I will keep forever too.
I know that the children are going to continue to thrive at Moortown. The current teachers there are wonderful and the new recruits seem like they will settle in well too. (Mr Roundtree has a talent for choosing staff!)
You’ve all been so supportive with homework, spellings and communicating messages and that has had a big impact on how well your children are doing both academically and socially. I wish you all the best for the future.
To Year 2:
I’m so sorry that I had to leave before the end of year. I know that you’re going to have a lovely seven weeks with Mrs Weekes now though.
- Ubaid: You’re trying so hard with your reading – keep it up!
- Malique: I’m pretty sure we’ll see you on Britain’s Got Talent with your gymnastic or dancing ability sometime in the future.
- Subhaan: You’re liked by everyone. Keep up that good reading!
- Hasan: What a super star learner you’ve been this year! Remember to keep up that concentration.
- Jack: A walking encyclopedia – I think you could have actually done my job this year, Jack! Super progress made.
- Ava: I will miss our chats about your busy social life, Ava!
- Mia: What a lovely friend you are to everyone. Very creative, too!
- Haider: Such a lovely person. An excellent attitude to learning, too.
- Frankie: You’re totally unique and very funny!
- Addam: So polite and kind to everyone. You better not be taller than me when I next see you!
- Kostas: I’ve never known anyone learn things so quickly! We’re glad you joined us, Kostas.
- Indi: Such an amazing learner and loved by everyone in the class.
- Riya: You’re such a sweet young lady. You’re going to be a brilliant big sister!
- Zaiyad: Quite possibly the loveliest smile in the world!
- Aleena: Chatterbox! I will miss your bubbly personality.
- Grace: Just lovely. You always go above and beyond what is expected of you.
- Luke: You should feel really proud of your improved attitude to everything, Luke.
- Talha: WOW to the progress you’ve made this year, Talha.
- Manya: You’re like a sponge that soaks up every bit of information. Excellent learning attitude.
- Dominic: You make me laugh! Liked by everyone.
- Isabelle: You are so lovely and calm, Isabelle. I hope you keep enjoying Brownies.
- Owen: So polite and kind all of the time. Keep up the taekwondo!
- Naran: You put 100% effort into all of your learning, Naran. Well done!
- Sarah: What will I do without you in my classroom, Sarah? You always keep it so tidy! Keep up the excellent reading.
- Emre: You’ve always got a fascinating story to tell or information to share, Emre.
- Ben: You now have super learning behaviour, Ben. Keep it up!
- Ebonnie: You are so sweet. The song that you wrote for me is on my fridge door so I can see it every day.
- Jorja: I don’t think you could be any kinder if you tried. We’re all so glad that you joined our class, Jorja.
- Moses: You have a cheeky smile that brightens up our classroom!
- Kieron: Always one of the first ready to learn. Super manners too, Kieron!
Enjoy the next seven weeks with Mrs Weekes and make sure you show her your best learning as I will be checking up on you all!
Thank you to Mrs Stewart and Mrs Smithells for providing invaluable support this year too.
Missing you already.
Butterflies!
Our butterflies finally emerged from their cocoons last week and on Friday we released them.
New SEAL theme – Changes
This SEAL theme tackles the issue of change and aims to equip children with an understanding of different types of change, positive and negative, and common responses to it.
The key ideas and concepts behind this theme are:
- Change can be uncomfortable, because it can threaten our basic needs to feel safe and to belong
- Change can also be stimulating and welcome
- Both adults and children can experience a range of powerful and conflicting emotions as a result of change – for example, excitement, anxiety, uncertainty, loss, anger, resentment
- Worries about change can be made worse by uncertainty, lack of information, or misinformation and lack of support from others
- People’s responses to and ability to cope with change are very variable, and might be influenced by individual temperament, previous experience of change, and the nature of the change – chosen or imposed, expected or unexpected, within our control or out of our control.
Some children may welcome most forms of change and dislike routine and predictability. Other children may find even small changes very difficult.
Within school, children, who are coping with or have undergone significant change, are supported in a variety of ways:
- Our positive ethos within school
- Support systems, from staff and peers, for children who have undergone change or who maybe new to the school
- SEAL and circle time sessions where children feel safe to talk about their feelings
- Class SEAL boxes for children to record any concerns
- Preparing children wherever possible for planned changes for example, a change of class teacher, Key Stage or even school
We begin this half term with a focus on manners: I don’t talk with my mouth full.
Subsequently, I can get better at my learning is the first SEAL statement to launch the theme of Changes.