Leeds United player visits Year 5
This afternoon, Molly Cawood, a professional footballer at Leeds United, visited the class to talk about her experiences of being a professional footballer and how she makes sure she stays fit and healthy.
Tai Chi
We’ve been learning about Tai Chi this morning.
Did you know that Tai Chi means Supreme Ultimate Fist? It is a Chinese martial art which focuses on defence. It is a graceful form of exercise involving slow, precise movements.
Heart Research
This morning, we’ve had a visit from at Heart Research UK who has taught us about the heart and the important job that it does in our bodies. We also learnt about how to take care of our heart.
Did you know…?
- The heart is a muscle and is about the same size as a clenched fist.
- The average heartbeat of an adult is 70 beats per minute.
- The blood cells in our body travel about 20,000 miles every day. That’s the equivalent of travelling from Leeds to Honk Kong and back again!
- The average heartbeat of a baby is between 130 and 150 beats per minute.
- Blood travels through the arteries at about 30 mph.
- Blood carrying oxygen travels through the body in arteries. Blood carrying blood without oxygen is carried through the body in veins.
Martial Arts!
Health week has started for us with some martial arts. Sensai John taught us some warm up stretches, punches, kicks and even Japanese numbers to ten.
Cracking creative homeworks!
Here are some of our favourite homeworkers from this week:
This is Molly’s board game about staying safe:
This is Simran’s colourful safety poster:
This is Jahneil’s huge homework:
This is Jaskirat’s quiz:
This is Sofiah’s fantastic safety story:
Athletics preparation
Recently some children from Year 4, 5 and 6 visited Roundhay School to practise their athletics skills ahead of the first round of the competition next week. It was great to use the equipment and everyone had a blast! Good luck with the competition.
Leeds United PE Coaching
We’re really excited about our PE sessions this term as we’re being taught by a coach from Leeds United.
Computing in Y5
Scratching away at a maze game!
ChildLine
The ChildLine Schools Service has recently visited children in Years 5 and 6 to provide them with key messages about keeping safe. It can be beneficial for these messages to be reinforced at home. The NSPCC has developed some guides for all parents of primary school aged children to speak to your child about keeping safe – called the Underwear rule.
Find guides to the Underwear Rule to help you have simple conversations about keeping safe from abuse.
You can speak to an advisor for further advice or request a hard-copy guide for parents and carers by phoning the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000.
Read more advice on keeping your child safe.
Gymnastics
Year 4, 5, and 6 have been working with gym coaches, Jane and Charlotte, from Temple Newsam gymnastics club. This initiative is part of our investment of the PE government funding to up-skill class teachers in their teaching of gymnastics and provide high quality gymnastic sessions for our pupils.
For any children who want to develop their gymnastics skills further, Jane and Charlotte run after-school classes at their gym centres, Barwick village hall and Temple Moor high school.
