Living and Learning: Rules
This week, we have been learning about the importance of rules at home, at school and in our community.
In particular, we have been thinking about our three school rules and how they might look when we are in the classroom and around school.
We’re respectful.
We’re ready.
We’re safe.
In our weekly circle time, we focused on the importance of rules.
Rules keep us safe.
If there were no rules, it would be chaotic and people would get hurt.
Without rules, the world would be unbalanced.
With no rules, children would not learn and we wouldn’t be happy, healthy or safe.
There might be bullying if there were no rules.
Without rules, children might play games that are not appropriate.
Welcome back!
Welcome back Year 4!
We’ve had a great two days in Year 4 so far; the children have demonstrated excellent learning attitudes and have taken pride in the work that they’ve produced.
The children are excited about their new topic learning on Ancient Greece and have already asked some excellent questions.
Key information:
- In Year 4, our PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays. Please make sure earrings are taken out before school.
- We visit the library every Wednesday so please have your library book in school every week on this day.
- Book Club will be every Thursday in Year 4. Children will have the opportunity to share the books they’ve been reading and celebrate the work in their Reading Records. (More information will follow next week about Reading Records and Book Club.)
What a fabulous start to the year!
Well done, Year 4.
Goodbye Year 4!
We’ve come to the end of another year and Mrs Charlesworth, Mrs Bharath and I would like to say a massive thank you for such a fantastic year! It’s been a real joy to teach this class and I am so proud of all of them for what they’ve achieved this year. Here are some highlights of our year…
Your children have been incredible and I’m really looking forward to seeing them continue to flourish as they move up through the school.
Have a happy and healthy summer and enjoy Year 5!
Road Safety
Yesterday, Year 4 had a visitor from Leeds City Council to deliver road safety training. We had a really insightful lesson all about road safety and sustainable travel before heading out to do some practical training. They were really impressed with how many of us travel sustainably to school. We had walkers, runners, cyclists, scooterists and even skippers!
It was also a very hot day so we made sure we were being safe in the sun by wearing our hats and having sun cream on.
Green Cross Code:
- Think – find a safe place to cross.
- Stop – take a 30cm step back from the road.
- Look – right then left and then all around.
- Listen – listen closely for all vehicles (especially quiet ones like electric cars).
Help at home: ask your children to explain the Green Cross Code. When you are crossing roads together, make sure you are all following the Green Cross Code.
Science and Media Museum!
Yesterday, Year 3 and 4 visited the Science and Media Museum in Bradford.
There were loads of interactive stations that taught us about sound, music, gaming and photography. We explored these areas by reading the information and testing the machines.
We also had a workshop that taught us more about sound, how it travels and how it can be manipulated. We changed the pitch, speed (tempo) and added sound effects! Here are some photos of us enjoying ourselves:
Help at home: try to add sound effects to your favourite film ending using objects from home. Could you use tupperware for horse hooves or hand clicking and clapping for rain?
Football Festival
Some girls from Y3 and Y4 took part in a football festival today at Boston Spa Academy.
First, we took part in lots of fun games and drills to get our bodies warm and our feet used to football! We worked on things like passing, dribbling and communication.
After lunch, we played a mini tournament! It was really exciting to put our skills into practice against other schools.
Risk-taking, being ready and responsible weren’t the only 8Rs we were showcasing – we also had to be very resilient because it was extremely windy!
We represented Moortown by being polite, listening well and most importantly having lots of fun.
Performance Poetry!
Year 4 have been reading a poem recently called ‘Sky In The Pie’ by Roger McGough.
We picked out the tricky vocabulary and discussed the meanings…
- delicate hues – soft colours
- Tate – art gallery in London
- heaped – piled on
- cosmos – the universe or outer space
We spent some time preparing and performing the poem! What makes a good performance?
- using expression
- adding actions
- intonation & pace
- eye contact and body language
- voice projection
Help at home: by performing this different poem by Roger McGough (https://www.moortown.leeds.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sound-collector-poem.pdf)
Science: an EGGcellent experiment
In Science, Y4 have been looking at teeth. It’s really important that we look after our teeth because if we don’t, they can decay.
Sugar creates a sticky substance, called plaque, which can build on your teeth and become a home for bacteria. This bacteria can lead to tooth decay. The protective layer of the teeth (the enamel) can wear away.
Certain food or drinks that are high in sugar or acid can damage our teeth and we must have them in moderation. To explore the effects of different liquids on our teeth, we conducted an EGGciting experiment.
We used the following drinks in our experiment:
Coke, vinegar, orange juice and water.
We conducted an observation over time to see the effects of these drinks on our teeth. However, instead of using real teeth for this experiment, we used eggs! An egg shell contains calcium – the same mineral that is found in our enamel (the protective layer on our teeth).
After leaving our eggs for 2 days, we removed them from their liquid and observed the changes.
The effects of these drinks were clear to see!
- The coke stained the eggshell brown.
- The orange juice decayed the outer layer of the egg shell.
- The vinegar caused the egg to grow in size and become bouncy and translucent.
- The water had no effect.
What we can take away from this learning is that sugary or acidic food and drink can be harmful to our enamel. We should always brush our teeth twice a day, visit the dentist regularly and cut down on the amount of sugar we have to protect our teeth.
Help at home: try this experiment again at home but use different liquids to see their effect!
Living & Learning: body image
In our L&L sessions in Year 4, we’ve been looking at and discussing body image.
We began by thinking about the word ‘beauty’ and what it can mean. It’s important to realise that…
Everyone’s idea of beauty is different.
We talked about how media and advertising can make us think that beauty is to look one way or another.
However, some of these images may have been edited or changed to look a certain way. So, it is important that we do not compare ourselves to the images that we see online. Not everything we see online is real! We looked at two images and identified the edits that had been made between them.
We then thought about ourselves and how we are all beautiful in our own ways.
Help at home: watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpM499XhMJQ ) and have a discussion about it. Reinforce the idea that not everything we see online is real.
Leeds Rhinos discount tickets
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