Maths: length and perimeter
Hello!
I hope you had a restful and enjoyable 2 weeks off and are ready for our final term!
This week in Maths, we’re learning about length and perimeter…
We’ve been measuring in metres, centimetres and millimetres and have measured things like our heights and the length of objects in our trays.
Here are our R2s for measuring with a ruler:
- Decide if you are measuring with centimetres or millimetres.
- Line the first measuring line on the ruler up to the line or object that you are measuring.
- Make sure the ruler is running parallel to the line or object.
- Take your time!
These tips have helped us be successful with this learning! Help at home by discussing these 5 questions…
Next up is perimeter.
The perimeter is the distance around the outside of a 2D shape.
Check back here to see how we get on with measuring the perimeter!
Leeds Rhinos Easter activities
On Friday 18 April, Leeds Rhinos are hosting their annual family day, where all child tickets (seating and standing) are just £5. As well as the Rhinos match against Huddersfield Giants, there are a host of activities that the whole family can enjoy – all included in the price of entry.
There is also a free open training session and meet the players event at AMT Headingley Stadium, during the Easter Holidays, on Tuesday 15 April. Children and families will have the opportunity to watch the Rhinos train, meet Ronnie the Rhino and get autographs/pictures with the players at the end of the session.
Performance poetry
This week, we’re reading a poem – My Iguana by Brian Moses.
We watched Brian Moses perform it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoqCyDyc5Rc
We had a think about what made his performance so good! These are the R2s (remember to) that we took from him:
- read with prosody
- add actions
- change tone of voice
- change volume of voice
- involve the audience
- well-rehearsed
We then used these R2s to do our performances! We worked in small groups to add actions, rehearse and practise reading with prosody. The performances were fantastic with some even memorising the words after 20 minutes!
Help at home by reading this poem at home and performing to each other! Can you use all the R2s?
Science: Which soil is the most absorbent?
Enquiry question:
Which soil is the most absorbent?
Science strand: We are chemists!
How we were scientists: We planned and set up a comparative test.
What we changed: the soil types; loam, chalky, sandy and clay
What we measured: how much water drained through the soil and was collected
What we kept the same: the amount of water and the amount of soil
What we found:
Our conclusion: Clay soil was the most absorbent.
Moortown netballers
Well done to our Year 5/6 netballers who competed in the Bee Netball competition at Allerton High.
In each match, the team showed great teamwork and resilience. It’s great to see their netball skills progressing. Well done!
We’d also like to thank parents for helping with transport for this event.
Through our partnership with Leeds Rhinos, have a look at this special offer to see some more live netball this weekend.
Here are some local netball opportunities too.
Wow reading records!
The children really impressed me with their reading records this week! The activity was comic strip which asks them to draw a comic of what they have read (which could be their current book club books)! These records are to help me keep track of the children’s reading progress so it’s always fantastic to see the children’s evidence of this each Friday.
A reminder of the reading record key info:
- I choose an activity for the whole class to complete on their book each Friday. More information on these activities are inside the record. If you are ever unsure which activity it is, please ask or choose a random one!
- The children need to bring it in every Friday for our Book Club lesson where we discuss their books and develop their love of reading.
- The children’s grown-ups also need to write a short comment sharing with us the lovely reading their child has been doing at home!
It gives the children ownership and responsibility of their reading.
Any questions, please ask!
Old Leos women’s and girls cricket opportunity
Local cricket club, Old Leos, have opportunities for womens and girls cricket. Please contact them for more information.
Living and Learning: I know friends and family are important.
This week in Living and Learning, Year 3 have learnt about healthy relationships, what they look like and how we can maintain them.
We reflected on what attributes a good friend should have…
- a good listener
- being trustworthy
- kindness
- caring
- good at sharing
- being inclusive
- honesty
- are gentle with their words
These are things we expect from our friends and family but we also need to return the kindness, honesty and care too!
We discussed which attributes we thought we had and then which one we could work on. For example, Miss Birch said she could be better at sharing with others so she’s going to try each week to share with her friends and family.
We spoke about where we can go or what we can do to help if a relationship is feeling unhealthy like too many fall outs, bullying behaviour or if we’re not feeling safe.
Talk to a trusted adult.
Be honest with that person.
Write a worry in the worry box.
Visit Childline online or contact them on 0800 1111.
Here are some things we can do to support our mental health too!
Help at home by engaging in some of these activities when you are feeling overwhelmed by different emotions!
Computing: What is a sprite?
Over our time at school, we have learned to program computers using Beebots and Scratch Jr. This year, we’re using Scratch and it’s got a lot more to it than Scratch Jr so today we began exploring the different platform.
What is a sprite?
A sprite is a 2D character on a computer game.
Using the new platform, we had a go at changing our sprites and programming them to move, talk and change costume. The code blocks can be tricky to get right the first time so we had to debug (find and correct the error) our algorithms to make sure the sprite was moving how we wanted it to.
Here’s some of our examples…
We stayed safe while on the iPads by…
…telling a trusted adult if we see something thing inappropriate or unsafe and only searching or using sensible words and phrases.
Help at home by visiting the Scratch website: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Can you program a sprite to move or talk? It’s free!
West Yorkshire cross country final
We were very proud of our five Key Stage 2 children who took part in the West Yorkshire Cross Country Final at Temple Newsam today in the glorious sunshine.
In tough, competitive conditions, with the best runners from across West Yorkshire, they all put in 100% effort in their races and were a great support for each other. The children should feel proud of competing at this level. We even had a top 10 finisher out of 146 runners and our Year 3 girls team came 6th place our of 21 schools. What an amazing team effort!
Thank you to parents who helped with transport and supported at the event.
