Roundhegians Open Day
Roundhegians Rugby Club, who kindly host our annual sports day and other sporting fixtures, are having an open day on Saturday 7th July.
Being Healthy themed week 2 July
Our next whole school themed week, based around Being Healthy, will be taking place from Monday 2 July 2018. Our key message will be how to be healthy; both physically and emotionally. A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of education. We are looking forward to a very busy, healthy week!
Our School Council have been considering ways to support our school charity, Make-A-Wish, and as skipping has been taking off at school, we will be running a beat your personal best skipping challenge. On Friday 6 July, this will culminate in a Make-A-Wish day with all children invited to wear blue and bring a £1 donation to support our charity while trying to beat our personal bests.
There are also some opportunities for parents and carers to get involved in the week.
Monday 02 July 3:15pm – 4:15pm Health fair
Our Health and Sports Fair in the hall is to promote health and sport opportunities and services in the local area.
Come along with your child/children after-school to find out more.
Tuesday 03 July Sports day Key Stage 2 9:30am Reception/Key Stage 2 1:30pm
You are welcome to come along to support our annual sports day at Roundhegians RUFC. We require adults to help walk the children to Roundhegians so please contact the office if you can help with this.
Thursday 05 July 2:30pm – 3:15pm d:side drug education parent information session
Dave Hill from d:side, a health education provider, will be running an information session about drug education following his sessions with all classes during our themed week. Parents and carers from all year groups are welcome to attend. Please contact the office if you would like to reserve a place.
Following our recent walk to school week and the Big Pedal scooter and bike week, this themed week is a good opportunity to continue to think about healthy, active ways to travel to school. We will be encouraging children to use a sustainable method of transport, maybe parking further away from school, scooting, biking or walking to school.
Finally, can you help? Does your job involve an aspect of health? If you are able to support our Being Healthy themed week by coming into school, please contact your child’s class teacher directly or the office to arrange this.
Thank you for your support to keep Moortown a happy and healthy school.
Scarab Beetles
As part of our Ancient Egypt topic, we’ve been learning about scarab beetles and why they were so sacred.
We made our own.
It all started with designing what we wanted our beetle to look like.
Next up, we had to make the beetle out of clay by choosing the right tools for the job.
After they’d dried, we painted them our chosen colours. Red signified the god, Ra. Yellow symbolised the sun and the desert while blue symbolised the Nile. Green was the symbol for growth.
Here are some discussion questions for you and your child:
- What tools did you use and why?
- What went well?
- What would you change or improve for next time?
- What was your favourite part?
- What would be a top tip for someone else?
Ocean Awareness Day
Yesterday was Ocean Awareness Day for Moortown Primary School!
First, we had an assembly to discuss the importance of the ocean which got us thinking about the small things we can do at home to protect it. One huge problem for our environment is our use of plastic. You can find more information from our trusty First News source here.
Talk to your child about the small changes you could make to do your bit. We talked about:
- purchasing a reusable bag for life
- requesting glass milk bottles
- using paper straws
To celebrate Ocean Awareness Day, we designed our own sea creature and wrote a report about it. Here are some of our weird and wonderful results!
The reports were pretty good, too!
Next up, we created some Ocean poetry in the style of shape poems. (Some of us got to read them in the afternoon assembly, too!)
Finally, we gathered in the hall to create some whole class artwork using recycled milk bottle lids. First, we made the shape of some ocean dwellers in small groups…
…before making a gigantic dolphin as a team!
The likeness to a real dolphin wasn’t an accident – we did it on porpoise!
For more ways you can help at home, check out tips to use less plastic.
Sports day 2018
This year’s sports day will take place, during our Being Healthy themed week, on Tuesday 03 July 2018, at Roundhegians Rugby Club.
Key Stage 2 events will take place at 9.30am and Reception and Key Stage 1 at 1.30pm. Children will be walking to the field, escorted by adults. We will require additional adult helpers so please let the office know if you can help with this.
If weather conditions mean we have to change the date, the reserve date is Tuesday 17 July.
The format of this year’s event will be competitive races and field events with children having the opportunity to compete for medals. However, all children will be rewarded for taking part.
Our teams will be: green, blue, white and red. If possible, please could your child wear a t-shirt to wear to match their team colour. Pupils may wear PE kit for the whole day.
As we are off site, please could you provide your child with a carrier bag to sit on. If you are coming to spectate, you are welcome to bring rugs or chairs to sit on.
Please could you ensure your child has their water bottle and a cap/hat at school; it would also be useful if you could apply sun cream before your child comes to school.
Normal lunch time and end of school collection arrangements will still apply on this day.
In the event of bad weather, updates will be sent via Twitter and posted on the website.
Your support is valued to make the event memorable and we hope you are able to come and cheer your child on at sports day.
Building 3D shapes
We’ve been learning all about shapes in Year 3, and this week we’ve explored 3D shapes.
Our challenge was to make as many 3D shapes as possible using only spaghetti and marshmallows!
Ask your child to remember and spot some of our shapes using the pictures below:
These shapes look familiar…
… Where have I seen those before?
Tomb Explorers
Today, the classroom was transformed into a classtomb.
Children needed to navigate the dark, twisted maze using arrows to find artefacts, read clues, discover treasure and escape to tell the tale.
Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
What do these artefacts tell us about how they lived?
These pictures, taken by the explorers themselves, will help us to build a picture of their lives.
Train like a ninja
Change4Life and Star Wars have joined forces to help get more children active with an exciting new Train Like A Jedi programme. The video, featuring double Olympic gold taekwondo champion, Jade Jones, will demonstrate a series of 12 moves that will help children master the ways of the Jedi.
This resource is a great way for children to get active and to contribute to the recommended daily 60 minutes of physical activity (30 minutes during the school day). We can’t wait to try out this video as one of our daily brain breaks.
Why not have a go at home to try and master some of the Jedi moves?
Tennis for free
A community sports charity is offering free tennis coaching every Saturday at Cross Flats Park. These are fun sessions for all abilities.
Cycling events
Recently, some of our Key Stage 2 children enjoyed taking part in the Brownlee triathlon at John Smeaton Leisure Centre. It is always one of the most popular events on our competition calendar.
This weekend, it is the real thing and the World Triathlon Series returns to Leeds. Starting locally at Roundhay Park, this is a perfect chance to see the athletes as they head to the city centre.
There is also a Let’s Ride pop up ride at the Brownlee Centre on Sunday.
Whether you want to ride for fun or fitness, the free monthly pop-up events gives you the chance to ride a traffic-free cycle circuit as many times as you want, at a pace that suits you.
The event is open to all ages and abilities and the circuit is easy to ride, with volunteers on hand throughout, ensuring peace of mind and safety for all cyclists.