Have you always wanted to be a superhero?
Have you always wanted to be a superhero?
Do you know what your super power would be?
Go to Moor Allerton Library on Tuesday 27 May from 2.30 – 3.30 pm and meet an author, Jason Beresford. Discover the adventures of the Fabulous Fish Finger gang.
This is a free event, no booking required.
Solving problems in maths
When I returned from Finland, it was clear that Mr Wilks had taught us well in multiplication. I set the children a challenge using grid method. I gave them all of the numbers but not yet placed in their section of the grid. In groups, they had to figure out what went where and then tell me what my calculation was.
Everybody rose to the challenge, working very effectively in teams. Well done!
Sporting heroes
So far in our heroes topic, we have explored superheroes, heroes from the past and community heroes. This week, our focus has been on heroes in sport. We were lucky enough to be visited by Keith Senior, a retired Leeds Rhinos player. Lots of us had some very interesting questions.
How long have you been playing rugby? 20 years.
Why did you retire? I got a knee injury.
Have you ever got cuts and bruises? Yes lots!
Health heroes
This weekend, 15 and 16 March, at Eureka, there is a very topical health heroes Dragon’s Den event…
Meet some of the most important health heroes of the past at our humorous, playful and interactive Dragon’s Den style sessions.
- Why Florence Nightingale was the original ‘forces sweetheart’?
- Did Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident?
- Why should we thank Louis Pasteur for healthy milk on our cereal?
Who’ll win your backing? You decide!
Going on an adventure!
In literacy, we are looking at scripts. Each group has got their own script with a different adventure. Today, we looked at the setting description at the beginning and got ourselves into our starting positions.
Arctic Adventure
ALL THE ESKIMOS ARE TRAVELLING ON A SLEDGE WITH DOGS PULLING THEM. IT IS VERY COLD.
Antarctic Adventure
ALL THE EXPLORERS ARE STANDING IN THE COLD ON THE SOUTH POLE, LOOKING A BIT CONFUSED.
Indian Adventure
A GROUP OF CHILDREN ARE ON A SCHOOL TRIP NEAR THE INDIAN OCEAN. IT IS VERY HOT.
Pacific Adventure
FISHERMEN ARE STUCK ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IT IS VERY HOT AND THEY ARE ALL SITTING UNDER A TREE FOR SHADE.
Atlantic Adventure
ON A BOAT SAILING FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA BUT THERE IS A BIG STORM THAT IS GETTING STRONGER. THE SAILORS ARE SCARED.
We’re looking forward to practising and performing the rest of the scene while we learn about the features of a play script.
Parents’ evening time slots
Here are the times allocated for parents’ evenings this week. Times have been given on a first come, first served basis in relation to preferred times.
Wednesday 12 February
3.30 Megan
3.40 Grace
3.50 Oliver
4.00 Elias
4.10 Aleena
4.20 Harry
4.30 Zeewa
4.40 Neive
4.50 Pippa
5.00 Abdullah
5.10 Umaimah
5.20 Pohnum
5.30 Nishaan
5.40 Sam
5.50 Nico
6.00 Daanyaal
6.10 Stanley
6.20 Noah
6.30 Brandon
6.40 Saleem
Thursday 13 February
3.30 Hibba
3.40 Owen
3.50 Edward
4.00 Matteo
4.10 Isobel
4.20 Enya
4.30 Archie
4.40 Zack
4.50 Pavan
Please come and see me if you cannot make your time slot so that alternative arrangements can be made.
“Run, run, as fast as you can!”
Having spent three weeks learning, acting out and writing about the Gingerbread Man, Year 2 decided to try and make our own. But did it come to life?
In groups, we seived, beat, stirred and kneaded until we had a rich, brown dough that smelt delicious! We then cut out our Gingerbread shapes and popped them into the oven – just like Granny!
The staff in the office were teased by the tempting scents that wafted in their direction and, with mouths watering, we took out our perfectly cooked Gingerbread. Don’t worry! It wasn’t running!
Here are our decorations.
Hero day
Friday 24 January saw Year 1 and 2 taken over by heroes! There were some absolutely fabulous hero costumes – from Batman and Thor, to Florence Nightingale, army officers and Amelia Earhart!
Throughout the day, our heroes took on many difficult and challenging tasks, rising to them all with courage, enthusiasm and skill!
In the morning, Year 2 designed their own symmetrical superhero capes in maths.
We used squares to help us on our first design and then moved on to creating symmetrical designs on plain capes.
Our second task was to turn ourselves into superheroes. We thought about what powers we might have, what our name would be and what our superhero costume would look like.
Finally, we created our own superhero cartoon about Moortown Man and his quest to defeat the evil Miss Brookerush to save Year 2! Here is the comic in the making…
Stay tuned to see our finished comic appear in the next few days…
Marshmallow tower challenge!
This week’s R for learning is Resilience. We took on a challenge that would require us to be resilient to be successful.
Using only dried spaghetti and marshmallows, we were challenged to be the team to make the tallest tower! It was a very tricky task that had many of us stumped, but we kept trying. Here’s what we came up with…
We kept trying, even when we found it difficult, showing that we can be resilient! Here’s the winning tower: it came in at 43cm tall, with a 42cm tall close second!
After school-club availability Spring term
We have the following spaces available on the upcoming after-school clubs:
Monday
- Shuffles KS2 FREE 8 places available
- Art KS1 £20 Full
Tuesday
- Sports multi-fit KS1 FREE 3 places available
- Dance and Drama KS2 FREE 5 places available
Wednesday
- Cookery KS1 £20 Full
- Dodgeball KS2 FREE Full
Thursday
- French KS1 £20 10 places available
- Scratch Code Club £20 Full
Friday
- TSC football places available
To book your child a place on one of these clubs, please complete the booking form and return to the office by Thursday 09 January 2014.
To book your child onto the TSC Football club, visit TSC direct and follow their booking process.
The TSC Football club starts on 24 January. All other clubs start week commencing 13 January 2014.
