Hobby Half Day
In school, the children get an afternoon a term where they take part in different hobbies. As this can’t happen this term, we decided to have an activity themed morning painting pottery. After choosing their preferred money pot, the group set to work painting. We each chose song to listen to whilst working!
Well done, everyone! 
Take a seat
In school, the children have been designing and constructing chairs. We looked at many different examples and enjoyed sketching some.
Doing design and technology, whilst social distancing, is tricky! However, the children were mature and followed the rules well.
The finished products!
Excellent Year 3 Learning!
Hello Year 3s!
I’ve had a great week home learning with you. Thanks for all your hard work. I’ve posted some super photos of your learning below.
Amazing artwork
Today, the children in school learnt all about Amelia Mary Earhart. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 
After lots of discussion about Amelia’s heroic adventures, we had a go at drawing some pictures of her in an aircraft.
I’m sure you will agree that the sketches are superb!
Well done, Ewan, Bridget, Harman, Vedant, Shameeska, Jodie and Sam.
Happy Easter and farewell Year Three
Hi Year Three,
I hope you’re all having a wonderful bank holiday Friday. I’ve spent this week in school with some children so their families can continue to work. We’ve had lots of fun and have even painted a giant rainbow!
This week is my last week as your Year Three teacher. I’ve been thinking of you all lots and while it’s been a little bit sad not to have a proper goodbye I’ve been happy just knowing that you’re all safe at home with your families.
I hope you’re not giving your ‘new teachers’ a hard time at home and maybe even teaching them a thing or two! We’ve learnt so much together and I have no doubt that when school is back open you will continue to be your amazing selves and continue all your hard work.
We’ve had such a fun year and I’m going to miss you all lots. Here are some of my highlights. Enjoy!
Happy Easter, Year Three.
Home learning heros!
Wow, Year Three. Another week of home learning ticked off. I can’t believe how hard you’ve all worked. You’re absolutely rocking your home learning! Here are a few of your highlights so far:
Great job, Year Three. Keep it up!
Arrangements for Year 3 learning
As you all know, Miss Clifford leaves Moortown Primary at the end of this term. Unfortunately, Miss Clifford had to self-isolate in the last week that we were open so Mr Owen taught Year 3 for the last few days.
It is important that you know that Miss Clifford is still the Year 3 class teacher until the end of the Easter holidays, 19 April. Please make sure any communication about home learning is directed to her email address: graceclifford@spherefederation.org
The summer term starts on 20 April.
If we re-open in summer term, the class teacher will be Mr Ben Freeman. If we’re still closed, please direct any communications to Mr Owen’s email address: davidowen@spherefederation.org
This may seem confusing. The reason for this is that because Mr Freeman hasn’t worked at Moortown, he doesn’t know the children well enough to be able to respond to emails about the home learning. As a more experienced teacher who knows the class, we’d like Mr Owen to be the point of contact.
If you’ve any questions, please raise them with Mrs Weekes: headofmoortown@spherefederation.org
We all hope you’re staying happy and healthy.
Homework Review
Wow what a week, Year Three! Despite what’s going on you’ve absolutely shone with your home learning and homework. You’re all absolute superstars! Here’s a snapshot of your brilliant homeworks:
Rizwan
Lily
Gabriel H
Shasmeen
Bridget
Ewan
Remember, I’m available on email at: graceclifford@spherefederation.org if you have any questions about home learning during the week. Please limit this to one email per day, per child. Please also feel free to include any work that you’re proud of for our class news page. I absolutely love seeing how you’re doing.
The Y3,4 Easter production
Current government guidance around the coronavirus outbreak is clear that schools should remain open. However, there is a possibility that schools may close at some point.
If schools were to close, children would miss out on valuable learning time with their teacher. (We have plans in place to provide some home learning in the event of school closures, but this won’t be the same as children coming to school to learn with their teacher.)
Because we prioritise learning, we want to ensure children are benefitting from as much time as possible in the classroom.
Based on this reason, we’ve decided to cancel the Y3,4 Easter production. This is because the production involves quite a lot of time in rehearsals. Whilst this can be a useful time for children to develop wider skills, we want to prioritise learning in the class – just in case later on learning in the class is missed.
We’re continuing to follow government guidance. This decision is not due speculation about bans on mass-gatherings, for example.
Living and Learning: body image parent and carer guide
Our focus in Living and Learning, for the rest of this half term, is body image.
What is body image?
Body image describes our idea of how our body looks and how we think it is perceived by others. This can include our thoughts and feelings about our height, weight, shape, skin colour, and our appearance and attractiveness more broadly.
This parent and carer guide has been designed to give practical ideas to support your child in building their emotional resilience in this area.
