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.
First week back!
We’ve had a brilliant first week back at school in Year 1 and the children have shown a wonderful attitude to learning. They have been really eager to learn new things and I am sure they will be very tired this Friday!
This week we have introduced our topic for the half term all about British Geography, Where in the world am I? We have updated the maps in the playground so have a look at them with your child as you arrive at school.
In maths, we have been using the 100 square to practise counting forwards and backwards. Help at home by practising counting different objects around the house. You will also have received a log in for Numbots today which is a great way to support their maths learning too.
In reading, we have been developing our reading fluency by reading our weekly fluency text based on the book Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. The children will also have sent home with a new reading book this Friday. Help at home by reading daily with your child and choose some of the reading activities from this guide. Books will be changed every Tuesday and Friday.
In phonics, we will be recapping the Phase 4 learning from the end of Reception before moving onto Phase 5. Help at home by playing some of the games on Phonics Play, accessed through their website not an app, choosing Phase 4 games (Login Sphere Password Sphere3)
In Living and Learning we have been working on this week’s target, ‘I greet someone politely’. They have done a brilliant job and we practised in small groups how we would greet each other politely.
Homework books will be sent home on Friday and they can be kept at home and used for the children to practise their weekly spellings and to record any brief notes from their talk time homework.
Please do let me know if there is anything we can help with.
Mr McGriffiths
Welcome back!
Welcome back to school everyone!
I hope you have all had a happy and healthy summer break. I am very much looking forward to meeting everyone finally after a disrupted end to last year!
Below is a list of key points to remember:
- Mrs Roth will be working in Year 1 again this year.
- The children will line up in the playground when the bell goes at 8:50 and a member of staff will take them round to the cloakroom.
- Please ensure your child has a coat every day.
- Water bottles can be brought into school and can be refilled throughout the day.
- PE is on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Your child should come to school in PE kit on those days. They will remain in their kit for the whole day.
- The school uniform policy is on our website. Please check if you are unsure about any items of clothing or footwear.
- If you have come across any reading books, library books or reading records from Reception, bring them back into school.
Please do ask, at the start and the end of the day, if you have any queries.
Mr McGriffiths
Thank you from us all
All the Year 1 staff would like to say a big THANK YOU for all the thoughtful and generous gifts we have received this week.
The children have made us very proud and we have thoroughly enjoyed watching them grow and develop throughout the year.
Here’s some parachute fun from our last day.
Thank you for all the support you have provided throughout the year and we hope you have a very happy and healthy summer break.
Don’t forget to send us a postcard from any visits in the holidays ready for our geography learning in September.
Tennis opportunities
If your child enjoys tennis or wants to try it out, tennis camps are taking place locally at these clubs over the summer holidays.
Thanks to Roundhegians
We are very grateful to Roundhegians Rugby Club for hosting our sports days once again this year and allowing us to use their excellent facilities.
Roundhegians have a variety of rugby training sessions, from under 6 through to under 17, and these sessions will resume on Sunday 5th September.
For more information, please contact their chair of junior rugby, Chris Fongwah (fongers.cfw@gmail.com).
Living and Learning: Physical Health Skipping into summer
Year 1 have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the Skipping into summer project this year with Jodi and Chris from Skipping School.
While Jodi and Chris haven’t been able to come into school to deliver skipping skills sessions, we’ve enjoyed their online tutorials.
At the end of our Being Healthy themed week, we celebrated our skipping skills by sharing them with Year 2. It was great to see how the children have improved their coordination to perform some amazing skipping techniques.
Then, we had a ‘surprise’ visitor – Jodi came to see our super skipping skills!
Just wanted to say another big thank you for inviting me into school this morning. It was such a joy to see all those smiley faces 🙂 The skill level for that age group, especially your Year 1s, was AMAZING! Being able to speed bounce, side swing and even backwards cross over in Year 1 is just incredible! And then to have them bouncing in the big rope in groups to finish things off at play time was so lovely.Thank you for taking part in the project and keeping skipping with us.
Multi-sport summer camps
Living and Learning Being healthy week: Sports day stars
A huge well done to the Year 1 children today at their first Moortown Primary sports day.
It was quite an adventure to go to Roundhegians for their races and they all tried their best in every event.
We are very proud of them all and hope they sleep well tonight!
Being healthy themed week 12-16 July 2021
This week the whole school have a themed week. Our key message for this themed week is to find out how to be healthy; both physically and emotionally.
Year One have been finding out all about the importance of maintaining a healthy diet, getting enough exercise and sleep, oral and general hygiene.
Sleep
In class, the children offered suggestions to each other to help with any difficulties surrounding sleep.
I’m scared of the dark!
Would it help if you had a little torch next to your bed?
I can’t get to sleep because I get too hot!
Would it help if you took your covers off or use a fan?
My mind is too busy when I try to go to sleep.
Would it help if you read or listened to a book?
There is too much noise for me to get to sleep.
Would if help if you close your door or try relaxing into your happy place?
We listened to this audiobook together. Here is the link for you to enjoy at home.
Welcome to Sweet Dreams (tutti-frutti.org.uk)
Exercise
The class have learnt all about the importance of including exercise into their daily routine and how much time they should exercise each day.
Did you know ………
Exercise is good for your heart. It helps your heart pump blood all through your body.
Exercise can put you in a good mood.
Exercise helps your body to stat at, or reach, a healthy weight.
We have been challenging ourselves with some fitness exercises and recording our results. Today, some of us beat our previous scores!
Rugby
The children all enjoyed a rugby session this morning.
Healthy eating
Using the guide above, the class were able to identify different fruit and vegetables and explain why fruit and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. We found out about the sugar content in a variety of food and drink products and suggested healthy alternatives.
More healthy activities to follow!