Tuck shop is back!
Our Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6) fruit and veg tuck shop regularly sells about fifty portions of fruit each week and it will be returning next Tuesday 17 September, during playtime.
Does your child sometimes forget their 20p to buy an item from the tuck shop and so misses out on getting one of their five-a-day?
From Tuesday 17 September 2013, for the remainder of the autumn term, we are offering you the option of paying in advance for your child to have a portion of fruit or veg from the tuck shop. We know that some children like to buy more than one portion of fruit or veg, either for variety or to top up their packed lunch and we can also offer the option of paying for two items.
The cost for one portion of fruit or veg from 17 September to 17 December 2013 inclusive (13 weeks) is £2.60 and the cost for two portions is £5.20. Please note that if you choose to pay in advance, your payment is non-refundable and must be made in cash with the exact money.
If you prefer your child to continue paying in cash on a weekly basis, that’s fine – we’ll continue to operate this system.
If you would like to pay in advance for your child to visit the tuck shop, please return the slip, from the letter sent home today, and money to the office by Friday 13 September 2013.
Thank you for your support for the fruit and veg tuck shop.
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.
Time for a Smart Restart?
Coming back to school after the holidays is a great time to make a fresh start and to get into a healthier routine for the new term. Change4Life’s brand new campaign – Smart Restart – has now launched and encourages families to take on one change for the better, for six weeks.
Have you seen the TV advert for the campaign?
Research by Public Health England shows that sticking to a healthy routine right from the start of term can have real benefits. Children that do more physical activity have improved concentration levels, enjoy good relationships with classmates and have fewer reports of problems. It is also associated with lower levels of worry amongst children.
So by signing up for the free Smart Restart, you will receive offers, discounts and lots of support with the free app, emails and texts to help you stick to your chosen healthy change all the way through to half term. You can also enjoy Disney family fun and games in the kids’ zone.
From super lunches to beat the treats, there are a variety of changes to follow. Let us know how you get on.
School’s out…
I’ve had a brilliant year teaching the class. The children are kind, caring, funny, hard-working and loads of fun. There have been so many highlights this year that it is hard to choose a favourite. However, here are some of the things which have impressed me or made me laugh this year about each member of the class.
- Arran’s fantastic writing and especially his use of vocabulary.
- Archie’s incredible sporting prowess.
- Ahmed’s highly persuasive promotional writing.
- Bailey’s all round hard work and fabulous attitude.
- Brandon’s brilliant progress in writing.
- Ethan’s amazing art skills.
- Henry’s phenomenal calculating in maths.
- Ibrahim’s super reading which I’ve loved listening to this year.
- Isabella’s great progress in both maths and literacy.
- Jahneil remembering her glasses!
- Jaskirat’s great effort and progress in maths.
- Jawaad’s very impressive SATs test score – especially his maths one!
- Jennifer’s sensational writing – even better now you’re using paragraphs!
- Lanas’ superfast number bonds knowledge.
- Lennox’s amazing SEAL skills and all round learning behaviour.
- Levon’s very good progress in maths, his calmness and watching him try not to laugh at my jokes!
- Linda’s great attitude to school and her wonderful writing.
- Molly’s brilliant progress in maths and writing.
- Oliver’s amazing improvement in his writing and also his excellent science knowledge.
- Pavan’s excellent audition for Britain’s Got Talent.
- Ravinder’s hilarious writing – Jolly Fat Phil is a brilliant literary creation!
- Rayhaan’s passion and enthusiasm for school – and cars!
- Roshan’s constant jokes and stories.
- Sam’s rope climbing in gymnastics.
- Shahban’s ultra-hard work in lessons.
- Shriyaa’s interesting stories and comments in her maths and literacy books.
- Simran’s hard work in every lesson.
- Tayshaun’s wheeling and dealing in the market at the fruit and veg stalls.
- Yahya’s great scientific knowledge.
- Zachary’s magic act in Moortown’s Got Talent and his amazing homework throughout the year.
Thank you for all your support throughout the year. Thanks also to Mr Toms, Mrs Sherriff and Mrs Edwards who have done a great job. Have a lovely summer and I’ll see you in September.
Hanging in there…
Family
This week, we’ve been talking and learning about what a family is and what is important in a family. We’ve learnt that there are many different types of families and that who is in the family is not important but what a family does and how they love and support each other is really important.
Community links
This week is Community Week. In one lesson, we talked about the different communities that we belong to. We talked about how other children in the class might belong to the same community. At the end of the lesson, we talked about how we can make links between the communities. One child held a ball of wool and threw it to a person who was in the same community as them whilst keeping hold of the start of the ball of wool. This person then said the name of another community they belong to and threw it to someone else who belongs to that community. Soon enough, everyone was holding the wool and we’d created a spiders web of linked communities and children.
Professional footballer visits Moortown!
On Monday, we were privileged to welcome an actual, real life professional footballer into our classroom! Carla Cantrell currently plays for Lincoln and has previously played for Leeds United. She has even played for England! Carla talked to us about what it is like being a professional footballer and the challenges and sacrifices she has to make.
It was really interesting to find out how different it is being a female professional footballer compared to a male professional footballer. For example, Carla has to work all day and then go to training for three hours after work! Wayne Rooney doesn’t know how lucky he is!
Water Aid
This morning, we had a visit from Gary who works for one of our school charities, Water Aid. We learnt that Water Aid is an international charity which helps people from many different countries who don’t have easy access to clean, fresh drinking water. We also learnt about how we have been helping Water Aid help our global community.
