DT: Eggy Karts
Y6 have been busy working on their Eggy Karts.
We are following a design criteria:
- sturdy
- durable
- mobile
- protects Eggy
- aesthetically pleasing
We’ve used saws, clamps, bench hooks and glue. Later in the week, we’ll test them to see if they really do protect Eggy from getting scrambled.
Help at home by asking how your child stayed safe in these lessons.
They look great so far!
We’ll Meet Again…
A huge, HUGE well done to everyone in Year 5 and 6 for three truly incredible performances of this summer’s production, We’ll Meet Again.
Everyone stepped up to their role, whatever it was, with passion, pride and commitment.
Thank you for your support, whether that was supplying a costume or practising the songs endlessly at home. We really appreciate it and know that it made the production what it was.
We had some excellent acting, impressive singing and standout props. It was a performance that will hopefully stay with the children for the rest of their lives.
Being Healthy themed week
This week, we’ve had an action-packed schedule all about being healthy.
We’ve taken part in mixed martial arts…
We’ve created posters to warn others about early signs of physical illness…
We’ve completed a short course about allergies from St John Ambulance Service…
And looked at personal health including dental hygiene and handwashing…
We’ve taken part in a skipping school and performed for the rest of the school with some awesome skills…
We’ve considered our healthy choices all week…
We welcomed the Road Safety Team who gave us a great assembly and we took part in some pedestrian training…
We’ve played some basketball with Leeds City Basketball…
We’ve learnt about viruses, bacteria, fungi and antibiotics…
… along with so many more!
Help at home by asking your child what healthy choices you make at home.
Drop Down Morning
On Friday, it was Topic Drop Down Morning. Year 5 and 6 joined together for these sessions: History, Geography and Art.
In History, we recapped our knowledge about the Stone Age to Iron Age and Ancient Egypt. The children had to match the significant element to the time period.
To finish off the lesson, Year 5 and 6 needed to decide which civilisation was the most advanced and why.
Help at home: Which time period do you think was the most advanced? Give 3 reasons why.
In Geography, we looked back at out climate change unit. The children needed to match key vocabulary to their definitions.
We then read a kids guide to climate change. The children had to create retrieval questions for their partner to answer.
In our final session of the morning, Year 5 and 6 revisited their art learning – looking specifically at visual and tactile elements. Small groups were given an element each and they had to draw or write something to represent their given word.
Help at home: Can you name all 9 elements?
They then had to match significant artists to their artwork. To finish the lesson, they described the artwork using the visual and tactile elements.
Living and Learning: RSE
This week, we’ve been learning about Relationships and Sex Education.
Here’s what some Y6s had to say about our unit of learning:
“It was a little weird but also interesting at the same time.”
“I thought it was interesting and I enjoyed the learning like how to look after a baby.”
“I quite enjoyed it because it explained how all of us are here at this moment!”
“It was a little uncomfortable at times but it was really interesting.”
During and after each session, we always had opportunities to ask questions, as long as they followed the rules, and we discussed some of them at the end of the lesson or at the start of the next. It was a great way to feel safe and heard.
Here are some snippets of our learning. We covered topics such as conception, pregnancy and consent (which of course can be seen in a variety of scenarios).
RE Drop Down Morning
This week, we’ve been learning all about Buddhism in our RE Drop Down morning.
We learnt about where the religion originated, how it began and what is important to people who follow it.
Buddhists follow the teaching of Buddha, a prince who saw suffering, greed and pain in the world around him. He began to live a modest life and renounced his privileged existence. He achieved enlightenment.
Meditation and karma are really important to Buddhists. They believe if you live a good life and make good choices, you will be reincarnated into a positive new existence.
We created some drama to show how good karma can affect a person’s rebirth, according to Buddhists.
Junior Warrior
Last Friday, we had a BLAST at Junior Warrior!
Here we were before the race looking very clean…
Ready to take on the challenge!
At the end, we made sure to celebrate when anybody crossed the line.
And here we were after those 15 fun and muddy obstacles. Everyone made it back in possession of both shoes!
What away to celebrate a fantastic year!
Inter-Primary Sports Day
Some children from Y5 and Y6 went to a sports day at Allerton Grange. There were lots of other schools there competing in a range of events such as javelin, long jump and 200m.
Everyone represented Moortown with commitment, enthusiasm and (most importantly) respect. We finished fifth overall!
Well done to all who took part.
Orienteering
Recently, as part of the Leeds Well Schools Partnership, some of our Key Stage 2 children participated in an orienteering event at Roundhay Park.
After being briefed on the rules and how to complete the orienteering challenge, they set off with their partner armed with a map of the site to find the first check point. Then, it was back to the start to hand over to the other pair in their team for them to find check point two and so on until all twelve markers had been found.
The children worked brilliantly in their teams encouraging and supporting each other.
Well done to all the children for representing the school so well and developing these great skills.
The event was led by Airienteers and they have permanent orienteering courses across Leeds locations. Here’s the course for Roundhay Park.
Production: We’ll Meet Again!
Hi everybody!
Please make sure you bring your costumes and props outlined – in today’s letter – to school no later than Friday 20th June, in a named plastic bag. If you don’t have any of the items listed for your role, please let an adult in Year 5 or Year 6 know before this Friday.
Keep practising your lines at home and get into the character you are portraying!
Thanks everyone!