Guided Reading Week 3
Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 28th November.
The Girl of Ink and Stars – up to page 125 (Chapter 14)
Kensuke’s Kingdom – up to page 117 (Chapter 8)
Extra time – up to page 113 (Chapter 25)
Flood and Fang – up to page 137 (Chapter 9)
Rooftoppers – up to page 162 (Chapter 18)
PE – Gymnastics
This week in Gymnastics we were all very excited to get out the big climbing frame. The children thoroughly enjoyed challenging themselves to climb to the very top. I was very impressed by their resilience, especially on the ropes which proved to be very difficult. We also practised our movement, balance and jumping skills on the other equipment in the hall. We are working up to composing, practising and performing a routine using the mats and benches.
Help at home by talking to your child about their routine and practising their balance at home.
Sporting events
Recently, we’ve had a few sporting events that children have taken part in.
Year 2/3 Cheerdance
Firstly, as part of our association with Leeds Well School Partnership, some of our Year 2 and 3 children took part in a cheer dance session led by Nicola from Leeds Rhinos. The children learnt some cheer arm actions, some jumps and using pom poms, they learnt and performed a great routine.
Basketball festival
Some of our Year 5 and 6 children took part in a basketball festival with other schools practising some basketball skills and drills.
Leeds School Sports Association Saturday morning cross country
The first of the Leeds School Sports Association Saturday morning cross country races took place at Cardinal Heenan. This is one of four events across the year. Well done to the Key Stage 2 children who took part and represented our school.
Key Stage 2 School Games cross country
Finally, this week was the Key Stage 2 School Games cross country event in Otley. We are hopeful a number of our children will qualify for the Leeds final from this event after some great performances. The children were a great team and supported and encouraged each other in very muddy conditions.
Thank you to adults in school and parents who have supported with these events and to the children for being happy and healthy and representing Moortown Primary so well.
Guided Reading Week 2
Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 21st November.
The Girl of Ink and Stars – up to page 83 (Chapter 10)
Kensuke’s Kingdom – up to page 85 (Chapter 6)
Extra time – up to page 80 (Chapter 18)
Flood and Fang – up to page 99 (Chapter 7)
Rooftoppers – up to page 118 (Chapter 14)
RE drop down morning
This morning Year 5 looked back over our RE learning that we have done in KS2 so far. We first discussed what are the main world religions and when they originated. We discussed which religions were monotheistic and which are polytheistic.
Then we focussed on Christianity for the rest of the morning. We made fact files about Christianity on cubes. We found the making of the cubes a little tricky but we showed great perseverance.
Afterwards, we discussed different denominations of Christianity focussing particularly on Catholics and Protestants. We completed a RIC and was able to confidently discuss the differences.
Finally, we looked at Christian festivals, focussing on Holy Week. This is the most important week for Christians. We completed a table describing each day and which significant events happened on each day.
I was very impressed with how much information the children had retained.
Help at home by discussing different religions and what they have learnt. The BBC bitesize website has some excellent videos.
Anti-bullying day – Monday 10 November
Today was anti-bullying day. This year’s theme is ‘power for good’. Year 5 thinks that we can use our power for good by:
- not being a bystander
- standing up for ourselves
- being brave and standing up for others
- telling a trusted adult
- blocking and reporting online
We watched a BBC live lesson which had a range of challenges to help us think about how to stop bullying.
We looked at the definition of bullying which our JLT members created:
“Bullying is when you hurt someone physically or emotionally (including online), Several Times On Purpose”
Whilst we hope this would never be the case in our school, we also discussed what you can do if you were to experience bullying at Moortown Primary School:
“Start Telling Other People. You could use the Living and Learning box, the worry box, tell a trusted adult, email stayingsafe@spherefederation.org or even call Childline (0800 1111).”
The school came in odd socks today to show that we are all unique but should still all respect each other.
In class we discussed how to be respectful and safe online. The children suggested making sure to send kind messages to each other and only playing with people they know. We also discussed what to do if someone is mean online; Year 5 said you could step away and ignore, you could report or block and you can tell an adult or even the police if it is a serious incident.
Help at home: Discuss with your child what to do if they witnessed bullying either in person or online.
Living and Learning: Hotshots sponsorship event
To finish off our Me and My Money themed week, all the school took part in a Hotshots event, led by PE Partner, to raise money for our school charity, Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Can I just say how fantastic all the children were in every year group! It was amazing to see them all encouraging each other, no matter their ability. When the children were up for their turn, who maybe football isn’t their forte, the rest of the children were so supportive with their cheering and encouragement. It was fantastic! You should be very proud of them all!
Living and Learning: Penny trail
It was great to see the generosity and enthusiasm of the children during our Me and My Money themed week to try and fill their class collecting tubes. They were filling up by the end of the week.
On Friday, all the classes ventured into the playground to use their pennies to create a huge ‘Moortown’ penny trail. We had so many 1ps and 2ps that we ended up doubling and tripling up our coins.
The total amount raised for Yorkshire Air Ambulance was a fantastic £123.53 so thank you for your donations.
Guided Reading Week 1
Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 14th November.
The Girl of Ink and Stars – up to page 44.
Kensuke’s Kingdom – up to page 45.
Extra time – up to page 30.
Flood and Fang – up to page 55.
Rooftoppers – up to page 73.
Me and My Money Week
This week we have had a very busy and very informative Me and My Money week!
We have learnt about tax, bank accounts, converting currencies, debit and credit cards and budgeting! We have also discussed our values and ideas about money both now and in the future. The children were very enthusiastic and full of questions about everything from interest to VAT!
We have had visitors from the Yorkshire Building Society and Virgin Money as well as an online assembly from Barclays. Yorkshire Building Society spoke to us about budgeting and gave us the task of organising a party for £400. We had to think about food, guests, entertainment and decorations all while keeping in budget. The children loved doing this activity. I was impressed with their thoughtful ideas.
Virgin Money spoke to us about the Make £5 Grow project. This will involve each child being given a £5 loan which they can use to make, create or design something that they will then sell at an event later in the year. Any profits they make the school will keep and Year 5 will decide what to do with them. The children were very excited to get going with this and I will post more information about it soon.
To finish the week off we used the one and two pennies we had collected all week to write out MOORTOWN on the school playground. It looked great! We also took part in the sponsored Hotshots challenge. I was really impressed by every single child with some reaching over 40 mph! All the children were also really supportive of each other which was great to see.
Help at home by discussing what we have been learning this week as well as discussing how you might use money.