Farewell, Year 3
Well, it’s the end of our year and what a great one we have had. It has been an absolute pleasure to work in Year 3 and I will miss the children dearly. Throughout the year, I have been so impressed by improved behaviours, mature attitudes and impressive learning. I am incredibly proud of each and every child and have written a poem to give a quick mention to them all. Enjoy…
Well, Year 3, our work is done. Just look how far you’ve all come.
Edward, you make me smile every day, and with anyone you will play.
Fancy a challenge, then ask Nico. He’s never afraid to give it a go.
Always wanting a chat to share something new, Pippa, without this, what will I do?
Zack’s head is bursting with fascinating facts. Ask him a question and he’ll be quite exact.
Happy to always keep things fair, Grace, you should be proud of the amount you care.
Umaimah’s swimming has been great this year. You deserve a great big cheer.
Grinning from ear to ear, Aleena will always be a friend that’s near.
Matteo, you are such a good sport, an eager learner, a pleasure to have taught.
Noah, a happy chap who tries his best, not content to sit back and rest.
A great friend you will have in Stan, a popular boy with lots of fans.
Nishaan always gives his all, and my goodness how you’ve grown so tall.
Oliver is growing into a confident young man, his attitude is “I will if I can!”
Elias, always caring and kind, another like him would be hard to find.
With confidence oozing through her veins, Pavan is thriving and making great gains.
Archie just loves to kick a ball, and if Leeds United are stuck they should give him a call.
Her reading has become an absolute joy, Pohnum, it’s a pleasure that I enjoy.
An amazing year this young man has had, Brandon, you are just a super lad.
A great character in Neive you will find, with super manners – if you don’t mind!
Daanyaal, you have worked hard all year. Your reading is just lovely to hear.
Megan you are a shining star. I have no doubt that you will go far.
Give this boy a ball and he is content. Abdullah, footballer in the making – I think that is meant.
Enthusiasm runs through him like a fire. Owen, keep working hard and never tire.
Determination through gritted teeth, Enya can tackle what lies underneath.
Hibba who works so very hard, has quite a sense of humour – a bit of a card.
Harry is a person who… is always willing to try something new.
You’ve come so far, Isobel. Well done! Just keep working on those tricky sums.
Saleem, a kind, gentle boy with manners to show. Keep up the good work and far you will go.
A chatty young man with lots to say, Sam, you’re progressing along the way.
Matthew can listen with a caring ear, and is willing to help those who are unclear.
And Zeewa, well what can I say? I will miss you each and every day.
Well done, Year 3. I’m proud of you all. And by golly we’ve had a ball!
Enjoy the summer and see you all in September!
Summer Reading Challenge 2015
This year, the Summer Reading Challenge returns with the challenge of breaking records!
It’s really simple to join in and complete the challenge. All you have to do is
- Join any Leeds library (including mobile libraries).
- Borrow three books and read them. (You could write a short book review on them too.)
- You can borrow any book: stories, joke books, information books or even audio books.
- Return these (to any Leeds library) and borrow another three books.
- That means you need only borrow six books altogether – or more, of course!
- Once you’ve returned your second lot of three books, your challenge is complete!
We’re hoping to get lots more children taking on the challenge this year and enjoying their reading over the summer. Try not to borrow thick books that you’re never going to finish and make sure you pick books you’re going to be interested in, or, try something new. For any more information, take a look at the leaflet below.
Healthy Schools award
Following our School Health check earlier this year, to maintain our Healthy Schools status, we were proud to attend the Healthy Schools celebration event to receive our award. Held in the debating chamber at Leeds Civic Hall, we enjoyed presentations from councillors and other schools around the 4 areas of Healthy Schools – physical activity, PSHE (personal, social and health education), healthy eating and emotional health.
Two of our sports leaders were invited to lead a practical session in the break for other pupils who were attending. They did this with great confidence and encouragement.
As part of the event we also had the opportunity to use the voting system in the debating chamber to vote on key areas across health and wellbeing for councillors to consider on a city-wide strategic level. Based on data from the 2014 My Health My School survey, our current Year 5 and 6 classes will be completing this survey for 2015. The top priorities identified were levels of physical activity and eating 5 a day.
Summer sports and arts camp (Edward Lynch)
Edward Lynch, a local dance coach who has worked with children during our curriculum and extra-curricular dance sessions, is helping to run a local sport and arts camp called IMPACT in the summer holidays.
Healthy changes
As part of our SEAL theme of Changes, last week our SEAL statement focussed on making healthy changes. Some suggestions from Year 1 include:
- have fruit dessert instead of cake
- do more after-school clubs
- ride a bike more
- walk to the shops instead of driving
- do parkruns with your family
- go roller skating or skateboarding more
- walk to school more
- drink more water
- run somewhere every day
- eat more or different vegetables
- ask to go swimming more
What healthy change could you make?
Change 4 life and Leeds Let’s Change can offer lots of suggestions.
Roundhay Park
What a super day out at Roundhay Park this week! We staged our very own mini Olympics and held a medal ceremony for the winning team – well done yellow team! Followed by a picnic, ice-creams and plenty more games.
10 minute shake up
Recently children have brought home information from Change 4 life on their latest campaign, 10 minute shake up. Similar to our daily Wake Up Shake Up activity, here is a 10 minute shake up video for you to follow at home.
Code Club
It was the last Code Club of the year on Tuesday. This term, we’ve had the highest participation in two years and also the highest number of female coders.
As well as using Scratch this term, we’ve started building our own webpages using Trinket.
A massive thank you must go to Linda Broughton who gives up her time every Tuesday to run Code Club. Thanks also to Mr Baynes and Mrs Freeman who have helped out this year.
Tennis training
Have you been watching Wimbledon? New tennis lessons are starting at Roundhay Park next week.
