Festival fever!
This week’s homework was to show what I know and think about something cultural or to show what I know about a festival.
Here are some of our fantastic submissions!
As usual, the children were so enthusiastic about sharing their ideas and asking each other questions. Well done, everyone!
Party
Just a quick reminder that the children can bring party clothes, in a carrier bag, into school tomorrow. They can put on their dancing shoes after lunch and get ready to strut some moves!
Road Safety Pantomime ‘The Gift of Life’
Yesterday, all pupils watched this lighthearted show that delivered important road safety messages.
Pupils joined Santa and Rudolf as they travelled back in time to prevent young Neil Downe from being knocked down. Whilst being fun and interactive, the pantomime covered the following road safety themes:
- the Green Cross Code
- seat belts
- be bright, be seen
- safer cycling
Ask your child about the performance and what messages they took away.
We are homework heroes!
Week in week out, we are so impressed by the quality of the homework. This week’s task was to demonstrate our understanding of instructions.
We discussed what made our homework successful, including drawing illustrations, making booklets and taking photos of our recipes in action!
Phoebe included all her spellings in a poem. Brilliant! There were some other very creative examples of spelling practice, too. Jemima decided to draw her spellings to help her remember!
Well done everyone!
We are rock detectives!
Continuing our What’s The Matter? themed mini topic, today we have been observing rocks! (LO: TBAT compare and group rocks.)
First, we watched a video about the different types of rock around us and noted down some key words to help us later.
Next, we decided how to compare the rocks. We thought of things like colour, texture and weight.
As a class, we talked about how to present our findings. We thought a table would be a good idea, so we walked through a class WAGOLL to help.
Here’s what we came up with:
For a class challenge, we discussed:
Geology rocks!
We respect communities and their members.
In yesterday’s Living and Learning session (L&L theme: I respect my community and other communities) we looked at the story of the Hueys and the New Jumper.
First, we discussed what’s good and less good about being a part of a community where everyone is the same.
We talked about our own experiences:
“I felt nervous joining Y3 but everybody made me feel welcome.”
– Ethan
“I didn’t feel nervous because there was no need to.”
– Talha
Next, we watched the short story by Oliver Jeffers.
We explored how the characters in the story would be feeling as Rupert decided to set himself apart from the group with a new jumper.
Finally, we decided that you shouldn’t judge someone on their appearance. It’s more important to get to know the person to make them feel welcome and respected as part of the community.
We Are One Cool Class!
After many weeks of earning numerous cool class tokens but narrowly missing out, Year 3 are finally victorious!
We caught up with a few of the amazed pupils as they returned to their classroom to let the news sink in.
“I feel proud!” – Yusayrah
“I’m really happy. We’ve waited quite a while.” – Nryan
“I feel proud because we haven’t won before.” – Jasraj
“I was shocked because we’ve never won in Year 3.” – Safiya-Mishal
“We’ve tried to get lots of class tokens to get the cup.” – Adam
“We tried to be kind to all the teachers and the dinner staff and the cleaners.” – Jemima
We dig fossils!
As part of our What’s the matter? mini topic, we’ve been studying fossilisation! (LO: How are fossils formed?)
We worked in groups to jot down key words and phrases from an informational video.
Next, we were given pictures of the different stages and had to put them in the correct order and write a sentence about each.
There was no need for a fossil fuel boost today- nobody was being a lazy bones! Fossils rock!
Creative Homework
This week’s homework was I know what community is.
As usual we were blown away by the quality and effort put into every piece!
From showing where we belong to where we live…
… to communities we are a part of…
… and information about where we’ve come from …
… to showing who makes up our community… 
… we thoroughly enjoyed discussing them all!
Well done everyone!
Packed lunches
On Monday, Caitlin Kitson, Nutritionist and Healthy Eating Adviser, delivered a whole school healthy eating assembly. The main focus was the importance of healthy packed lunches.
We talked about the different food groups on the Eatwell Guide, why different proportions of each food group are important for our bodies and how to achieve this in a packed lunch.
It was great to hear the children’s excellent knowledge of the Eatwell Guide when answering Caitlin’s questions.
At Moortown Primary, our packed lunch guidance includes:
- information about the different food groups
- how to put together a healthy, balanced packed lunch
- links to recipes and ideas for healthy packed lunches
Following the assembly, all children were given a copy of our packed lunch guidance and the Eatwell guide.
As an alternative to packed lunches, school meals, including a vegetarian option, are prepared daily in our kitchen and children are offered a choice of main courses and desserts. Children select their main meal choice at the start of the day. Catering Leeds provides food which meets national Food Standards criteria. School meals can be combined with packed lunches.
Free school meals are available to all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. They are also available to some older children according to family income. It’s important to register for entitlement to free school meals, even if your child has a packed lunch or is in a younger class – this is so we can receive additional funding (called the pupil premium) which we can use to help your child.