Get set for a new park run
A new free weekly 2km run at Roundhay Park has been set up after a £1500 grant was provided by local councillors. The Roundhay Junior Park Run will take place every Sunday morning and is open to children aged between four and fourteen. Parkrun is a worldwide organisation which sets up and manages free weekly timed runs in parkland surroundings. Fancy a go yourself…? There is also a weekly 5km run every Saturday at 9am.
Feel the benefits of being active in Leeds
Leeds Let’s Get Active is a programme of free activities from October to December 2013. Free gym and swim sessions will be available across all Leeds City Council leisure centres from 30 September 2013. Other activities such as walking and running as well as family-based activities are also available at locations in the city. You can now register online to find out more information on what is available, where and when on the Leeds Let’s Get Active activity programme.
With free swim and gym at Scott Hall leisure centre and health walks at Meanwood there is plenty on offer in the local area.
How high can you jump?
Amazing star jumps in our gym lesson this week.
Marvellous measures
A week’s learning about measures ended with lots of measuring of arms, legs and heads. As part of the big topic, Doctor Doctor, measurements of our bodies were compared. Measuring length can be done using non-standard units and standard units. The week was started by measuring with paperclips, dinosaurs and highlighters, then home-made tape measures were used to practise the actual concept of using a tape and then the standard units of centimetres and metres were introduced.
- How many centimetres in a metre?
- Who had the biggest hand span?
- How do you measure a hand span?
…all questions that you can ask Year 1.
Marvellous Magnets
How do you make a metal pin or paperclip move without touching it?
Ask Year 1 children and they will be able to tell you.
PE Days
Please make sure your children have their PE kits in school on Monday and Tuesday as these are our days for PE. This is an essential part of our curriculum so it’s really important that children have the correct clothing so that they can fully participate in these lessons.
Here is a reminder of what they should be wearing for PE (copied from our uniform policy):
PE: children should wear white t-shirt, black shorts / tracksuit bottoms and pumps
Thank you for your support.
A great start to the year!
Year 1 have made a great start to the new school year! They have settled into new routines, listened to a lot of new information and have astounded us with their writing. Everyone has come in smiling and ready to learn and this has meant we have been able to start the year with a great positive attitude.
Here are some photos showing how positively Year 1 have started the school year:
Welcome back!
Hope you have all had an enjoyable summer break.
Mrs Taylor, Mrs Weekes and Mrs Strange look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.
Teacher training!
This morning, the teachers have been learning/recapping how to use the school website to post news, homework and spellings.
New SEAL theme – New beginnings
As we start the new school year, our SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) theme focuses on New beginnings.
We begin this half term with a focus on manners: I can greet someone politely.
Subsequently, I can make someone feel welcome is the first SEAL statement to launch the theme of New beginnings.
New beginnings allows children the opportunity to discuss and reflect on how they or others may feel in a new situation or setting. This SEAL theme offers children the opportunity to see themselves as valued individuals within a community, and to contribute to shaping a welcoming, safe and fair learning community for all.
The key areas of learning throughout this theme are empathy, self-awareness, social skills and motivation.
Through discrete SEAL lessons, circle times and across the curriculum, children will explore feelings of happiness and excitement, sadness, anxiety and fearfulness, while learning (and putting into practice) shared models for calming down and problem-solving.
New beginnings supports the development of a learning community in each classroom where all members feel that they belong. Class contracts, produced at the start of the year, allow children to contribute to how they feel they can achieve a safe and fair learning community.