Printing!
This week in Art we produced some wonderful prints, inspired by Paul Klee as well as our trip to Leeds Art Gallery. We designed our patterns and then drawn them carefully on polystyrene tablets. Next we had to roll out some printing ink so it was very thin before we rolled it on to our polystyrene design. The final stage was to firmly press our design onto the white paper and gently lift it off! It was brilliant to watch the ‘wow’ moment when the printed pattern was revealed! We can’t wait to do more printing next week!
Odd socks day
Next week is Anti-Bullying Week.
This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’ and we will be taking part in Odd Socks Day on Monday 15 November.
Odd socks day is to raise awareness of our differences, individuality and personal choice. Come to school wearing your odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.
This year, the Junior Leadership Team have requested a voluntary donation of £1 on the day to raise money for our school charity, Dog’s Trust.
Thank you for your support.
Rugby roadshow
As part of our partnership with White Rose Rugby and Moortown Rugby Club, here is an invite to a free rugby event, just for our pupils, taking place after half term on Wednesday 3rd November. White Rose Rugby have been working with classes for curriculum PE and also delivering the Thursday after-school club.
We hope you can take up this opportunity for a fun evening at Moortown Rugby Club.
Adel Tennis Club coaching
This half term, Year 1, 2 and 6 are developing and improving their tennis skills in sessions led by John Moore from Adel Tennis Academy.
Adel Tennis Academy are running half term tennis camps. Click here for more information.
Wonderful writing!
This week we have been reading a story called ‘We’re going to find the monster’ by Malorie Blackman and Dapo Adeola.
The children have loved imagining what kind of monster the children are seeking as well as mapping out the journey the brave explorers take. We then thought of our own ideas for where they could search for the monster and wrote up our ideas wonderfully! We thought really carefully about what we were going to write making sure we included all our Year 1 must dos. We even practised clapping at the end of each sentence to remind us to use a full stop!
Well done everyone!
Have a lovely weekend,
Mr McGriffiths
After-school clubs return
Our autumn term after-school clubs return next week.
Here is the schedule that has recently been sent out to all children.
We invest part of our government PE and Sport Premium in subsidising these clubs and we hope to get as many children as possible active after-school.
If your child is interested in joining a club, please sign up via School Gateway or contact the school office.
Living and Learning: 8Rs for learning
The Eight Rs for Learning promote good learning behaviour.
They include being resilient, responsible, reflective, ready, resourceful, risk taking, responsive and remembering. Each attribute is represented by an animal, I wonder if your child can remember which animals they are.
We have been learning all about these in our Living and Learning lessons this week and we have been thinking of different times we have shown these attributes. In doing so, we have been showing excellent resilient, remembering and responsive behaviour. Mrs Taylor was very impressed by how much we remembered in our Monday assembly!
Although these eight attributes have been our current focus in Living and Learning, we refer to the 8Rs throughout the year. Can your child think of different ways they can show these attributes at home and at school?
Read more about the Eight Rs in our guide for parents and carers.
Bike to School week and Let’s ride
Biking and scooting are one of the ways we encourage children to actively travel to and from school and next week we’ll be taking part in Bike to School Week (with Sustrans and the Bikeability Trust). We are pleased to be part of this UK-wide event, encouraging families to cycle, or scoot, to school. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate active school journeys and the positive impact it has on children’s health and wellbeing – as well as the environment.
Bike and scooter storage facilities are available by the side of the Year 4 classroom.
Also, taking place this weekend is the free Let’s Ride session held locally at the Brownlee Centre.
This free family community event is ideal for the whole family to enjoy cycling in a safe and friendly space. At the Leeds Brownlee Centre, Bodington Playing Fields, you can ride at your own pace as many times as you like with volunteers on hand to chat all things cycling.
Sign up for the event here.
Fantastic week!
Year 1 have had another excellent week at school and have shown great learning and listening skills. They were given their first class treat this afternoon for their wonderful learning behaviour, some time out in the sun playing on the front playground equipment. Well done everyone!
In writing we have been looking at the book Lost and Found more and we thought about how we would feel if a penguin knocked on our door! The children produced some wonderful sentences, making sure they used a capital letter and full stop.
In maths, we have been continuing to practise counting backwards and forwards to 100. We even counted how long it would take someone to deliver a message to Mrs Weekes and come back (we got to 97!). Keep using Numbots at home to continue to support your child’s learning.
Thank you for sending all your children’s reading books back this Friday, they have all been changed and are due back in on Tuesday.
Have a great weekend,
Mr McGriffiths
Netball coaching and half term camps
We are looking forward to having some coaching in school from Elite Netball Academy in the next few weeks.
Elite Netball Academy run weekly netball classes on a Saturday morning at Gateways school and they have an early bird offer for their October half term camps held locally at The Grammar School at Leeds- £25 per day if booked by 17th September.