Living and Learning: 60 active minutes
This week in Living and Learning, we discussed 60 active minutes. This means staying active for 30 minutes at school and 30 minutes at school!
The children had some amazing ideas as to how they could be active outside of school.
I play in the park after school.
I ride my bike to school and home again!
I bounce on my trampoline every day.
I do junior parkrun at the weekend.
I was very impressed how active everyone is being! Well done Year 1!
Help at home by talking to your child about how they can stay active and giving them as much chance as possible to be active!
Living and Learning: Physical Health and Fitness
This week, our L&L statement is ‘I know that being physically active is mentally and physically healthy’.
We also watched a video which explained why movement was so vital to our lives – it prevents disease, helps memory and builds muscle.
We discussed lots of other ways that being active improves mental wellbeing and came up with our own. We listed some top tips for getting moving.
Help at home: What advice would you offer to this person?
A suprise!
Year 5 had a surprise visit from Miss Needham! The children were thrilled to see her. Whilst she’s back for a flying visit, she popped in to see us before she jets back off to Australia.
Roundhay Tennis open days
Waterstones!
Yesterday, 9 children from Year 3 and 4 went on a trip into Leeds city centre to visit Waterstones!
The children had a look around and all chose a book to take home. We had great fun looking at all the different choices that were available. It was hard to choose just one!
Your children chose a mixture of books – graphic novels, narratives and non-fiction books.
It was a lovely afternoon out!
Brownlee Triathlon
This week, a group of our Key Stage 2 pupils took part in the Brownlee Foundation Mini Triathlon event at John Smeaton. This is always a popular and oversubscribed event and it introduces the children to the elements of triathlon – a swim, a bike ride and a run.
Well done to all the children for taking part, showing great determination and supporting each other.
If your child is interested in triathlons, please see more details in our physical activity guide or have a look at the bike and run opportunities at the Brownlee Centre.
Some children are also competing in the upcoming junior aquathlon taking place at Leeds University on 1st June. More details can be found here.
Maths: length and height
It’s always great to hear about extra learning at home.
Here’s some great measuring.
Writing: a letter to a loved one
This week, writing has linked to history because we’ve been writing a recount of an evacuee’s journey to the countryside.
Today, we planned them using story maps.
We want our letters to include information about the journey there, what our host family is like and what we’ve done so far. Our aim is to remember to use a variety of sentence structures whilst remembering our vital must dos: full stops, capital letters and accurate spelling.
Some children had never seen farm animals before (or so much grass!) so we want to capture the culture shock of moving to a completely new place.
Evacuating to the countryside must have been terrifying as well as partly enjoyable but ultimately it kept millions of children safe.
Help at home by asking your child what the purpose and audience of our recount is.
Living and learning: physical health and fitness
This week, our L&L statement is ‘I know that being physically active is mentally and physically healthy’.
We also watched a video which explained why movement was so vital to our lives – it prevents disease, helps memory and builds muscle.
We discussed lots of other ways that being active improves mental wellbeing and came up with our own. We listed some top tips for getting moving.
Finally, we talked about our advice for the following person:
“I think you should try swimming because it makes you feel refreshed and good,” – Henry
“I think they should try and go to bed a little earlier so they can get more sleep,” – Viv
“I would recommend to set a goal to eat a fruit or vegetable every day. They should eat five a day,” – Inayah
“They should have a little bit of protein, veg, fruit, carbohydrates, dairy and a bit of oils and sugar in their diet,” Jensen
“Drink more water!” – Ava
Science: A smelly experiment!
For this unit of science, we are chemists. We are currently learning about reversible and irreversible changes; this lesson was focused on irreversible changes. Irreversible means ‘when a change cannot be undone to get the same substances back again’.
In groups, the children measured the starting components – vinegar and baking powder. Next, they added them together into a bottle, with a balloon on top, to collect the gas that was created (carbon dioxide). This was an irreversible reaction. The scientific enquiry type was comparative and fair tests.
Help at home: Discuss other irreversible changes. For example, burning toast.