Rugby ticket offer
Headingley Stadium has the honour of hosting the England men’s and women’s national team against Samoa and Wales respectively on Saturday 02 November 2024.
As a partner school of the Rhinos, we are pleased to offer children and families 20% off tickets. These are purchased directly from the Rugby Football League using the discount code shown below.
Autumn 1: Week6
This week we have been reading the story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The children have enjoyed acting out this story and using our word of the week (squelch) to describe walking through the mud.
We have been on a grapheme hunt around school spotting different graphemes and traveling as if we were in the story.
Help at home by practicing the graphemes on this week’s phonics sheet.
Maths
We have been counting up to three objects using a variety of equipment.
Help at home by asking your child to find three of something. You could even choose three teddy bears for a picnic and select items for each of them.
Lots of the children were inspired to make kites by another child in the class who had made one. They enjoyed whizzing around the playground flying them.
The children had lots of fun developing their gross motor skills on the adevnture playground.
Thank you to everyone who managed to come to the first stay and learn session. I have attached the PowerPoint for those of you who were unable to attend.
Me and My Community week
Our next whole school themed week, based around identity, diversity and community, will be taking place from Monday 4th November. This is the first of two themed weeks in the year. In our ‘Me and My Community’ week, children will learn about what it means to belong to a community, from family to national or even international communities. Importantly, our children will also learn to respect and celebrate different communities. A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of our Living and Learning education.
Events and learning during the week will include looking at our own identity including belonging and self-esteem, diversity of people around us including race, age, religion and disability and children will also be getting out into the community working with local organisations and taking pride in the local area for example by litter picking.
Active travel in the community
We encourage children to get out in the community in an active way on their way to and from school, with prizes available as part of the themed week. By walking/scooting/biking to school, families will by keeping our community safer and healthier by reducing congestion at the school gate. Maybe even pick up a piece of litter on the way. Even by parking further away from school your child could then to do the final part of their journey by foot, bike or scooter. Bike and scooter storage facilities are available beside the Year 3 and 4 classrooms.
Email us (moortownoffice@spherefederation.org) a picture of your active travel, maybe by a landmark in our community on your route to school, for the chance to win one of five vouchers. Entries to be submitted by noon on Friday 8th November.
New school charity
At the end of the themed week, classes will have the chance to discuss our charity shortlist and the Junior Leadership Team will have the final vote for which charity they would like our school to support, replacing our current charity, The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund.
Identity day
Friday 8th November will be a non-uniform Identity Day. Children are invited to dress in clothing that represents part of their identity, for example uniform from a club they attend, a team they are part of or support or traditional dress to represent their heritage. There is no donation or contribution required for this day.
SAVE THE DATE PTA coffee morning Friday 8 November 9-10am
As part of the week, we welcome all parents and carers to an informal coffee morning to meet other members of our school community including representatives from the PTA. A whole school community Wake up Shake up will follow at 9:50am in the main playground.
Can you help?
Maybe you speak another language and you would be happy to speak to children about this or you would like to share about your own family culture and heritage. If so, please contact the office to pass on your details. Also, do you have any local community links that may support our week?
Our website continues to keep you up to date with key community events as well as our community noticeboard.
Reminder: stay and learn session
Phonics Phase 2 and coffee morning –10.10.24 9-10am
Autumn 1: Week5
We have been having lots of fun developing our finger strength this week. We have been cutting up things that we have found on the green and making teddy bears like the one in our story for this week-The Everywhere Bear.
The children have enjoyed acting out this story and using our word of the week (journey) when talking about it.
On Thursday, we were very excited to find out that our class bear (Fredrego) had been on an adventure around our school. The children were able to identify where he had been and go find the landmarks. When we got there, we were listening out for the different sounds that we could hear around school. We heard a range of sounds from different adult voices to lawn mowers.
Maths
During maths this week, we have been working on counting accurately. Throughout the week, the children have been counting objects in the classroom and counting each other’s claps.
Help at home: by asking your child to count different objects around the home within 10.
The children have enjoyed performing our poem of the week- Breezy Weather. Please encourage them to share this with you at home.
Please remember: if you have any problems with logging on to your child’s reading book online let me know and I will help you. It is crucial that they are reading frequently both at school and at home.
Please remember: to send in photos of the fun activities that you get up to at home. This could be conker collecting, baking, reading-the list is endless.
Here is our phonics home learning sheet and poem for this week.
Reminder: stay and learn
Stay and learn will take place next week.
It would be great to see you all there. It is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn how we deliver our lessons and the content that is covered. We are offering a coffee afterwards and a chance for you to ask questions about the lesson you saw.
Phonics Phase 2 and coffee morning –10.10.24 9-10am
Connect Challenge
Today, the whole school completed our Connect Challenge, in memory of Rob Burrow, by running walking or skipping seven laps of the back playground and the green. All the children gave 100% and were even asking to do extra laps. It was a great active morning!
Thank you for your donations so far. You can still donate on Gateway until the end of the week with money raised to be split between the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Appeal and our school charity, The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund.
The importance of attendance
The importance of attendance
What did you do today? ‘We just played’…is the answer many parents of Reception children get. But here’s just a few of the things your child would miss if they’re absent for five consecutive days.
Phonics: Children learn four new graphemes and three tricky words each week.
Reading: Children practise reading books that closely match their phonics, plus loads of stories are read aloud and celebrated. We visit the school library once a week to choose a book to take home.
Poetry picnic: There’s a poetry session every day –another valuable activity which helps children learn to read.
Writing: We write every day using the graphemes that we’ve learned.
Handwriting: Children learn how to form letters correctly, otherwise joining letters will be difficult in Key Stage 1.
Maths: We’ve four maths sessions a week, setting the foundations for children to be successful in using and applying numbers in the future.
Alongside all of this, children learn Science, Music and other subjects. Even more importantly, children learn to concentrate in a large group, to share resources, take turns when speaking, answer in full sentences, regulate our feelings and prepare ourselves for future learning.
There’s a lot happening when ‘we just play’!
Autumn 1: Week 4
We have been very busy in reception this week.
This week, we have started our reading groups. These groups may alter slightly throughout the year as we get to know the children and their abilities. Please bear with us.
If you have any problems with the login, please feel free to contact me.
Maths
This week in maths, we have been subitising and looking at different ways in which we can arrange 1,2 and 3.
Areas of provision
The children have been exploring in our areas of provision. They have been making cube towers that are taller than them, filling different containers with different amounts of water and practising their letter formation.
PE
During PE, the children have been exploring with different equipment. They were able to select appropriate equipment to build castles and then select different balls to knock them down.
Poetry Picnic
We have completed our first week of poetry picnic. The children have enjoyed learning the poem and the actions to match. Some children asked if they could perform the poem to the rest of the class.
Help at home: by practising our phonics sounds from this week. See if you can spot them in your local environment.
Connect Challenge Wednesday 02 October
What is it?
The Connect Challenge is in memory of Rob Burrow CBE. It involves a rugby ball being ‘passed’ between local schools and each school taking part in a physical activity event.
When is it?
The challenge will run from Thursday 26 September, (Rob’s birthday) until Thursday 3 October. Our event is in the morning of Wednesday 2nd October.
Why are we remembering Rob?
Rob Burrow CBE sadly died on 2 June 2024, four and a half years after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Throughout that time, Rob and his family bravely chose to publicly share their MND journey to raise awareness of the disease.
What is our Connect Challenge?
We will complete seven (Rob’s rugby shirt number) laps of the green and the back playground by travelling in different ways – walking, jogging or skipping. Children should come to school in outdoor PE kit on the day.
We will be raising money at the event, to be split between the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Appeal and our school charity, The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund.
We request a donation of at least £1. This can be paid online via school gateway.
Help at home: discuss this challenge at home and the reasons why we are remembering Rob. This challenge is also about friendship. Rob’s ex team mate and friend Kevin Sinfield has now raised over £8 million for MND charities. Ask your child how can they be a better friend?
