Brownlee Triathlon
Some of our KS2 pupils have enjoyed taking part in the Brownlee Triathlon at John Smeaton Leisure Centre in the sunshine today. They’ve completed the three elements of the triathlon – swim, bike and run.
Walk to School week
This week, we will be taking part in national Walk to School week. It looks like the perfect weather for it too!
We’re sure you’ll agree these are all great benefits of walking to school.
During Walk to School week, children who walk to school or park further away and walk the rest of the journey (park and stride) will all be entered into a prize draw to win one of five £10 vouchers at the end of the week.
We are also looking forward to hearing about what you notice on your route to school as part of our whole school homework this week.
National Walk to School week has featured in this week’s First News.
By taking a walk to school, children will be working towards our Living and Learning statement for this week.
I recognise mental health is important.
Why not try this Supermovers quiz to see how physical activity can boost children’s mental wellbeing.
Summer Picnic themed menu
Catering Agency, our school meal provider, will be running a special themed menu on Friday 06 July.
Please contact the office, by Friday 22 June, if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
Out of this world art
This week, as part of our space topic, we made some space art (learning about combining visual and tactile elements) inspired by the work of Peter Thorpe. After studying his style, we practised our own designs in our sketch books. We made some mistakes (which is a good thing!) and adapted our designs to ensure they matched up to our success criteria.
Then, after some excellent modelling under the visualiser by Filip we completed our final designs using chalk, pen and pencil.
Here’s some action shots:
Mindfulness
This week in Year 5, we’ve been enjoying mindfulness breaks on a morning. This is a great way to relax and look after our mental health. Each of the techniques we’ve used could easily be used at home. Help your child by asking them what the techniques are and encouraging them to use them in their free time or as a way to calm down.
Words of the Week (WOW)
This week, our ‘Words of the Week‘ are to be strewn, to obsess and to indulge.
word: to strew (verb)
- definition: scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.
- Her clothes were strewn all over the bedroom floor.
- synonym: scatter
- antonym: gather
word: to obsess (verb)
- definition: preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent.
- The whole country was obsessed with flossing.
- synonym: preoccupy, torment
- antonym:
word: to indulge (verb)
- definition: allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of or become involved in.
- We all indulged ourselves with an ice-cream.
- synonym: treat, spoil
- antonym: stifle
Challenge: Can your child use these words in conversation or in their spelling practice.
Living and Learning – money and wellbeing
Today, in our living and learning session, we were learning all about borrowing money. We started by discussing all the ways we can pay for things before thinking about when we might need to borrow money. We understood that there were certain circumstances when borrowing money could be a positive thing and then some where borrowing might be unnecessary.
Help at home by seeing if your child can remember their learning.
School savings club
The next School Savings Club paying in date is Thursday 17 May 2018 at 3.15-3.45pm.
If you’re unable to attend in person, please hand in any money to be deposited to the office in a sealed envelope addressed to Mrs Tiffany.
The paying in dates are the penultimate Thursday of each half term and the final date for the summer term is Thursday 12 July at 3.15-3.45pm.
Finally, if your child would like to open account, please ask at the office.
Reading, Sugar, Hugh and RIC
When reading First News on Tuesday, we came across an article about childhood obesity. The children were interested in this and we quickly put a halt to our reading to discuss this topic further. Having recently watched ‘Britain’s Fat Fight’, I shared some information about how much sugar there is in some of the things we drink (help at home by asking your child what they learnt about fruit juice vs Coke).
We were all fascinated and shocked in equal measure and decided we’d like to educate ourselves some more on this topic.
Today, as part of our reading session, we watched an extract from the programme and answered some questions in the style of a RIC (help at home by asking your child what R I C stands for). Stay tuned to find out more about our health-related sugar learning.
Big Pedal
Thank you to all pupils and families who took part in the Big Pedal initiative over the past two weeks by scooting or cycling to school. It’s great to see children continuing to make these active journeys to school to reduce congestion, increase physical activity and improve mental health. We’ll be awarding the Big Pedal prizes in our assembly on Friday.
Well done to Reception class who made the most journeys by bike and scooter, followed by Year 4 and Year 3.
We’ll also be getting involved with Walk to School week, 21-25 May. Watch out for a whole school homework all about our local area and routes to school.