Leeds Rhinos play offs
PLAY OFF ACTION RETURNS TO AMT HEADINGLEY
Following the conclusion of the regular season Leeds Rhinos will take on St Helens in a mouth-watering elimination play off at AMT Headingley Stadium on Saturday 27 September 2025, kicking off at 8pm.
Tickets are on sale now at Leeds Rhinos – Online ticket sales
We hope that you will join us for what promises to be a fantastic occasion as we aim to get within 80 minutes of the Grand Final at Old Trafford.
Further info can be found here Play Off Eliminator tickets on sale now
Reading and writing – Flat Stanley.
This week in Reading and writing we have been reading Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. We have been learning lots of new vocabulary such as bulletin board. This is very important because a bulletin board is what made Stanley flat! We have also been trying to make predictions around the text and making inferences from information we have been given.
Autumn term after-school clubs – places available
As we start week two of our new after-school club schedule, there are some clubs with spaces available and it is not too late for your child to join a club.
Monday
- Y3/4 Table tennis 1 space
- Y3-6 Chess spaces
- Y4-6 Dodgeball 1 space
Tuesday
- Y1-3 Foot-tech football 1 space
- Y1-3 City of Leeds Basketball spaces
- Y5-6 now open to Year 4 Table tennis spaces
Wednesday
- Y1-3 Fun and games spaces
- Y4-6 City of Leeds Basketball spaces
Thursday
- Y5/6 Coding 2 spaces
- Y5-6 now open to Year 4 Netball spaces
Topic- Geography
This week in our topic lessons the Year 1s have been learning about the four countries in the UK. They worked really hard on identifying and colouring the four countries and the borders around each one. They’ve had a really good start to the year with a lot of them showing off their geography skills.
Maths – Number formation
This week in maths, the children looked at their number formation again. Building on from the previous week where they looked at identifying and writing numbers up to 20, they worked on identifying and writing numbers to 40, or in some cases even higher. I was really impressed with the work they produced, the support they showed each other and their attitudes towards learning. Well done Year 1! You are all super stars!
Maths: number formation
Today in our maths lesson, we’ve been practising identifying, counting and writing numbers up to 20 in order. The children worked really hard and I was very impressed by their super maths skills!
Living and Learning: I follow the school rules.
This week in Living and Learning we have been recapping the school rules.
We only have three school rules at Moortown.
- We’re respectful.
- We’re ready.
- We’re safe.
We discussed how we could show we were following the school rules.
In particular this week, we’ve been focussing on being ready by making sure that when an adult says “3, 2, 1 stop” we all have silent voices, empty hands and have eyes on the speaker. The class have been so good at this that they’ve already filled up their Brill Buddy jar. Well done, Y1s!
Welcome Year 1!
Our wonderful Reception children have returned as Year 1s! Not only have they just returned, but they have also taken the school by storm – showing off their amazing skills in following our school rules. On top of that, they have also shown their wonderful characters and welcoming arms, making their new teacher, Mr Volpe, feel at home already!
In maths, they’ve been learning to count out loud and to recognise the written digits for numbers up to 20. They’ve shown a great understanding and made fantastic progress.
In Living and Learning, they’ve also done really well. They’ve been learning about the importance of rules – why we have them and why we follow them here at Moortown Primary.
Well done, Year 1!
Living and Learning – Being Healthy Week
We have had an amazing week this week being healthy and the week has been jam packed!
We have been kept very active and busy. We have done yoga, hip hop breaking, martial arts, foot tech, skipping AND sports day!
We have also learnt about staying healthy in other ways. We have learnt about a healthy diet, personal hygiene, sun safety and online safety. We have also had visits from D:side, Leeds catering, Leeds road safety and Leeds schools well partnership.
We have talked a lot about our feelings as well this week and each day we have discussed a new feeling. So far we have covered: happy, sad, grateful, apprehensive and embarrassed. We discussed how and when we might feel these feelings and different strategies to regulate these feelings if they get too much! I have been very impressed by the children’s maturity during these discussions.
Help at home by discussing what we have been learning this week and everyone at home can stay healthy!
Temple Newsam Trip
Year 1 went on an amazing trip to Temple Newsam today! The weather was kind and the children were amazing!
We started off the day looking really carefully at the pigs. We learnt they are intelligent and actually very clean! We saw some piglets who had only been born on Tuesday – it was very exciting.
After that, we had to construct our own structure out of sticks (just like one of the three little pigs!). We tried really hard and I was really impressed with their buildings.
After lunch, we explored the farm even more and found lots of amazing animals. We even spotted a duck egg by the pond! Finally we had a play in the playground. I was very impressed with the children’s engagement, behaviour and stamina! We are very proud. Hope they sleep well tonight!
