Tennis opportunities
Happy Easter!
We have reached the end of this very strange term! The class have been amazing and we’ve been really impressed with how they have all returned to school.
This week we have been learning to skip and observing our sunflowers and beans grow. The sunshine has definitely helped.
The children will be taking their sunflower home. It would be great if you could send us photos of them as they grow. Ask your child to keep measuring them.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Junior Leadership Elections
We were really impressed with all the children who prepared and presented their speech.
Well done to Aaniyah and Ralph who were elected to represent their class-I know they will do a good job.
Have a fantastic Easter break -hopefully the sun will come back!
Junior Leadership Team Elections
Next week we are holding elections for the Junior Leadership Team(formerly School Council). Two representatives from each class are chosen democratically by their peers.
It’s time for children to consider if they would like to stand for election for our new Junior Leadership Team(JLT)
Elections will take place on Thursday 1 March. Candidates will have the opportunity to give their election speech to their class on Tuesday 30 March and Wednesday 31 March.
If your child would like to be a junior leader, please help them to prepare a short speech.
What makes a good junior leader has been considered by our current school council.
- ‘use all the 8 Rs for learning’
- ‘be respectful’
- ‘help others’
- ‘be a good speaker and listener (to members of your class and in the meetings)’
- ‘tell the truth’
- ‘be confident with your ideas’
- ‘accept the views of others even if you don’t agree’
- ‘be friendly and approachable’
- ‘make good choices in class and around school’
Hints for your speech include:
- What skills and abilities would a good school councillor have?
- What are you particularly good at that would help you to be a great school councillor?
- What do you think would make the school better?
- What could you do that people would really like?
- Think of things that are realistic, maybe that you could do yourself, rather than having to ask other people to do
Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.
Yorkshire Dance virtual dance workshops
Yesterday, all classes took part in dance workshops, led by dance artist Ellen, as part of the Yorkshire Dance RE:FRESH dance festival.
From Reception to Year 6, all the children copied, explored and performed different dance moves in their workshops.
While we can’t have visitors in school at the moment, this was a great virtual project we could get involved with.
Here are some comments from the Year 1 children.
I loved it because of all the moves we did.
I loved it because I like all the animals.
I liked to see you smiling.
It was amazing and you were amazing, Ellen.
This week’s learning
We have been very busy thinking about Spring and our topic ‘Growing’.
The children planted beans and we will measure how much they grow over the coming weeks.
In maths we have been learning about addition in our roleplay flower shop and making board games.
We read and retold the traditional story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and designed and built the giant’s castle.
Next week’s learning
Phonics
We will be recapping the digraphs ng, ai and ee and the tricky words we, me and be.
Maths
We will be investigating the number 10 and continuing to do simple addition and subtraction through play and number rhymes and stories.
We will be reading the story, ‘The Tiny Seed’ by Eric Carle and growing our own sunflowers.
Please keep sending those ‘wow’ moments.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Focus children
Due to the lockdown, focus children observations were put on hold. We will begin these again and will contact you when we have observed your child.
If you have any concerns or questions, please contact me.
Fantastic first week back!
We have had a fantastic week and been really impressed with how well all the children have settled. It feels like they’ve never been away!
Topic
For the rest of this half-term we will be learning about plants and growing. We will be planting herbs and vegetables outside and growing sunflowers inside. We will read and retell the stories- Jack and the Beanstalk and The Tiny Seed.
Phonics
Over the next few weeks we will recap all the sounds from phase 3 of Letters and Sounds.
Set 6: j, v, w, x
Set 7: y, z, zz, qu.
Consonant digraphs: ch, sh, th, ng.
Vowel digraphs and trigraphs: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er.
Don’t forget there are some really good games to support this learning on Phonicsplay
username: sphere
password: spher3
Maths
We will recap the learning of 6, 7 and 8 next week and begin to talk about addition and subtraction. The children will have opportunities in their play to compare sets of objects saying which set has more and which has fewer.
PE
Next week, we will be having PE on Wednesday and Friday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit and remove earrings.
Keep sending those ‘wow’moments.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Welcome back!
We are very excited to welcome everyone back next week. We have lots of exciting things planned around our topic of ‘Growing’.
I wonder how much you have grown?
See you very soon!
Here is a quick message from us.
Super learners!
I have really enjoyed seeing your home learning this week-especially the science experiments. Some great volcanos and Superhero Snot!
Don’t forget our Zooms this week. You will need paper and something to write with for a game of Bingo!
Week beginning 01.03.2021: Home learning
Monday
| Book of the week- Click here to watch the story Jasper’s Beanstalk or read the book if you have it at home.
Questions to discuss- 1. What do you think will be at the top of the beanstalk? 2. What different tools did Jasper use? 3. What plant have you got growing in your garden? 4. Do plants change during different seasons? 5. Do you know any other stories about beanstalks? |
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| Phonics- ur
Click here to watch today’s phonics video. parents: For the final activity on the video, there are two possible sentences ‘See the cat lick his black fur.’ or ‘See the black cat lick his fur.’ Activity 1: Look at the picture. What can you see?
Write a word or sentence about the picture. (Sentence – He hurt his leg. Word – hurt.) |
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| Maths- 3D shape
Click here to be taken to today’s video. Choose session 1. Today’s activity:
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| Tuesday
Phonics- ow Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for ow (at 10:38 in the video) Activity 1: Write words containing the ow sound (examples – cow, brown, now, owl and howl) Place them on the floor or around the room. Say a word for your child to find. Activity 2: Click here for a Read and Roll – ow |
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| Maths- 3D Shapes
Click here to be taken to today’s video. Choose session 2. Today’s activity:
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| Wednesday
Phonics- oi Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Click here to hear the jolly phonics song for oi (at 10:52 in the video) Activity 1: Write the words; coin, foil, oil, boing Parents: read aloud for your child to write. ***challenge*** write your own sentence, using one of the words you have written. Activity 2: Click here to have a go at this oi word search. Either search on screen, or print it off (we recommend using page 1) Here are this week’s words. |
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| Maths- 3D shape
Look at today’s video. Choose session 3. Today’s activity:
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| Thursday
Phonics- Tricky word – her Click here to watch today’s phonics video. Activity 1: Tricky Word Lucky Dip Activity 2: Practise spelling the tricky words in flour or salt. Activity 3: Play a game of phase 3 tricky word snakes and ladders. Click here to download and play. If you do not have a printer, write down on a piece of paper each number you land on and follow on screen with your finger. You will need dice to play. Parents: If your child lands on a word we have not yet covered in class, you can support them by reading the word. |
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| Maths- Capacity
Click here to be taken to today’s video. Today’s video is all about Capacity (the amount something can hold) and the language we use to describe capacity. Activity: Take pictures of the different measurements, when exploring the capacity of a container. It could be the stages of running a bath, filling a bucket or drinking a drink for example. Which words did you use to describe each measurement? Today is World Book Day! We have been thinking about our favourite books. Click here to listen to Mrs Burgess’s favourite book. Click here to listen to Miss Gaunt’s favourite book. Mrs Burke couldn’t decide between her all time favourite and a newer favourite so she chose two! What is your favourite book? Draw a picture and let us know. |
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| Friday
Understanding the World with Professor Myers; British Science Week 2021- Structures Click here to watch this week’s video with Professor Myers. -Can you make a structure strong enough to support a toy? -Have a go at one of the experiments in the activity pack. -Send photos to show what you did. https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2021/01/BSQ_BSW_PACKS_1120_EY_v14.pdf
https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2020/01/BSA_BSW_EarlyYears_1119v6.pdf
https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2019/02/BSA_sciweek_pack_earlystages_0119v2.pdf
https://www.britishscienceweek.org/app/uploads/2020/03/Early-Years-2017-BSW-Pack.pdf
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| Story time- Jack and the Beanstalk read by Mrs Burgess Mad about Minibeasts read by Mrs Burke Don’t forget to join your Zoom session this week! For this week’s Bingo session, you will need:paper and something to write with. Story Link activities to select throughout the week Literacy
Understanding the World 1.Take a walk outside or in your garden. What can you find growing? You could take a pen and paper to draw what you find. Maths Use boxes, bottles, tins or anything else around your house to measure them. Talk about size difference – who is the tallest? How tall are they?
Expressive Arts and Design
Physical Development
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Measuring
This week we have been learning about length and height and comparing objects using the language shorter than, longer than and taller than.
Here are some examples of the fantastic learning at home and at school.
