Latin: Roman Numerals
In each of our Latin lessons, we have a section called ‘Living Latin’. In this part of the session, we look at how Latin has impacted our lives today (for example, the derivatives of words).
Take a look at some of the way it has affected us:
Help at home: Take a look at the slides above, can you think of any other words that derive from ‘port’ or ‘form’?
The children have LOVED when we learnt about Roman numerals. Whilst they know each of these numbers would not be commonly represented like this, they have really enjoy trying to create different ways to make the numbers.
Help at home: Can you represent the numbers 301, 482, 792, and 148 in Roman numerals?
Living and Learning: Health and Prevention
In Year 5, we have been focusing on vaccinations. We learnt how different vaccinations impact/prevent different diseases and illnesses. The children read about Edward Jenner. He was an English doctor who created the first vaccine in 1796. Did you know Jenner’s discovery came to be known as vaccination from the Latin word for a cow: vacca?
Take a look at his story:
Summer term after-school clubs
We are historians!
This half-term, we are historians. We will be learning about WWII.
This week we have looked into the ‘Blitz’ – from the German term Blitzkrieg (‘lightning war’) . It was the sustained campaign of aerial bombing attacks on British towns and cities carried out by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) from September 1940 until May 1941.
We have been exploring how Leeds was impacted by The Blitz on the 14th-15th March 1941. We used secondary research from Leeds Becket University.
We found out that most of the bombs landed in the city centre and the closest event occurring nearest to Moortown was a fire in Meanwood.
Here are some of the events, the children found interesting:
Help at home: Explore the interactive map and find out more information about how Leeds was impacted by The Blitz.
Year 5/6 netball event
As part of our involvement with the Leeds Well Schools Partnership, we took a team of 8 Year 5/6 children to a Bee Netball Development Event at Allerton High.
The event was aimed at developing netball skills and the children put them into practise in some games at the end. Well done to all the children for representing our school so well.
To take part in netball outside of school, here are details of a local club.
A reply from Miss Needham!
Miss Needham LOVED hearing all about what Year 5 had been getting up to recently and was very emotional about it. (We made her cry – in a good way!)
Take a look at her response to our postcards:
We are chemists!
This week, we have started our next unit in science: reversible and irreversible changes. For this topic we are going to be chemists. Chemistry is the study of the properties of substances and the changes they go through.
In today’s lesson, we tested which substances could be dissolved in water. If our substance did dissolve this meant that it was soluble and created a solution. If it did not dissolve, then the substance was insoluble.
Our scientific enquiry type was ‘comparative and fair testing’.
Help at home: Discuss our new science vocabulary.
A postcard to Miss Needham!
As you may or may not know, I am going to see Miss Needham over the Easter break. The children were so excited and wanted to tell Miss Needham everything that has been going on recently. So, we decided to each create a postcard. These are now packed in my suitcase ready to pass on to her! The children are looking forward to hearing her response.
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.
English School Swimming Association North East Heat
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 swimmers who took part in the English School Swimming Association North East Heat at The Grammar School at Leeds. For most of the team, this was the first competitive swimming event they had taken part in so well done to all the children for their determination and also for taking responsibility by practising prior to the event. The team were then inspired by watching our City of Leeds swimmer take part in his individual races.
I’m going to practise more swimming to get faster to compete again in Year 6.
This was a great opportunity for us! Not everyone gets the chance to do this.
