Residential Day 3
What a fantastic three days we’ve had!
I can safely say that the Year 6 team has never felt so proud of all of your children. We have watched them laugh, work as a team, communicate well, enjoy being off screen-time and most importantly have fun.
Help at home: Discuss the best parts, the least favourite parts, the scariest parts and the funniest parts of the trip. Additionally, make sure your child is well rested this weekend and ready for Monday!
It’s been a blast … Robin Wood 2026, over and out!
Residential Day 2
Day 2 at Robinwood has been even bigger and better. The children have displayed brilliant teamwork, resilience and determination. The have pushed themselves out of their comfort zones and achieved things they didn’t think they could do.
It has been another unforgettable day full of adventure, laughter and memories. The children have been amazing from start to finish and are now thoroughly tired after all the excitement. We have a feeling tonight’s sleep will be very well deserved! It will be very sad to leave tomorrow but they are all very excited to see their adults and having a full night’s sleep in their own bed!
Residential Day 1
Year 6 have had an absolutely brilliant first day. We have completed many different challenges and taken some safe risks!
Stay tuned for more photos tomorrow!
Staying Safe Week
This week, Year 6 were very busy learning how to stay safe in a range of different scenarios and situations.
On Monday, we kicked off the week with a road safety assembly.
In this, the children recapped how to stay safe in each type of travel (car, bike/scooter, bus, train and walking).
- A seatbelt must be worn every journey – whether that be a long or short drive.
- You must not distract the driver.
- If there is a seat available on a bus or train you must sit down.
- Travel with an adult.
- Green Cross Code: Think, Stop, Look and Listen.
We also had a lesson about peer pressure. Help at home: Have a go at discussing this slide. Which are examples of peer pressure?
We then had D:Side Dave in to talk to the children about drug education. Year 6 classified different drugs into medical, illegal and illegal.
In the afternoon, we had a lesson about water safety. The children practised how to get the attention of and help someone who is drowning.
On Tuesday, we had a session about promoting good health. The children learnt about how they can keep themselves healthy and happy.
Year 6 also had a lesson about friendships and boundaries within them. Here are some examples of someone’s boundaries. Help at home: Discuss some of your boundaries that you have to make you feel safe within a friendship.
To end the day, we had a session about first aid. Year 6 learnt more about CPR and when to use it.
On Wednesday, we had a session with British Military Martial Arts. The children learnt how to jab, cross and front kick.
To finish the day, we had a lesson about rail safety. Year 6 first found out some cool facts about trains and then discussed how to cross at a level crossing.
Help at home: How many different ways can your child suggest to stay safe?
SATs – a huge well done!
This week, I couldn’t have been prouder of the class for their attitude, resilience and focus when completing their SATs.
No matter their results, released in July, they can all hold their heads very high because they’ve all tried their very best.
Well done, everybody!
Geography: What is a rainforest?
This half term, we are geographers. Geographers study the land (the physical features) and the people who live within it (the human features).
This week, the children have been busy exploring the different layers of a rainforest. We’ve discovered that there are 4 different layers: emergent, canopy, understory and the forest floor.
They explored what plants and animals live in each part and then took to drawing. Take a look at their work:
Year 6 then learnt about why the Amazon Rainforest is important.
“We need the Amazon Rainforest because it produces oxygen for everyone to breath.”
“The Amazon Rainforest is important because it helps to reduce climate change as it takes in the carbon dioxide in the world.”
“Lots of different animals and plants live there – we don’t want to destroy their home!”
Help at home: Can your child use their new topic vocabulary in a sentence?
Living and Learning: Staying safe themed week 18 May
Our next whole school themed week, based around Staying Safe, will be taking place from Monday 18 May 2026. The key message is how to be safe in a range of situations – at home, at school, online and in the environment.
A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of education including road safety (Leeds City Council); water safety (Canal and River Trust and RNLI); fire safety (West Yorkshire Fire Service); first aid; safety in our community (PCSOs), martial arts (BMMA) and drug education (d:side). Some of the events require parental permission and these letters have been sent out separately.
There are also some opportunities for parents and carers, from all year groups, to get involved in the week.
Thursday 14 May from 8:30am West Yorkshire Police bike register event
Pupils are invited to bring along their bikes to be registered at this bike security marking event at school. Registering your bike helps police and retailers identify and verify the legitimate owner of bikes that have been stolen or are being resold.
Tuesday 19 May 3pm – 3:30pm d:side drug education drop in information session (playground)
A representative from d:side, a health education provider, will be available to discuss details of your child’s drug education learning in the themed week.
The themed week is a good opportunity to continue to think about healthy, active and safe ways to travel to school. Children are encouraged to travel to school in a sustainable way, keeping safe along the way.
For a chance to win one of three £10 vouchers, we’d love to see their active travel staying safe photos, maybe using a traffic crossing or wearing their bike helmet (send photos to moortownoffice@spherefederation.org). Photos should be sent by 10am on Thursday 21 May and winners will be announced on the same day.
Due to the rising costs of visitors to school, this year, we are requesting a voluntary contribution of £2 per pupil to go towards paying for visitors. This can be made on Arbor. Thank you for your support with this.
Finally, can you help? Does your job involve an aspect of safety? If you are able to support our Staying Safe themed week by coming into school to speak to the children, please contact me via the office or your child’s class teacher.
We will keep you up to date about events during the week on the class news pages on our website.
Thank you for your support to keep Moortown a happy, healthy and safe school.
SATs Breakfast Club
Living and Learning: Being safe
We took part in the NSPCC Speak out Stay Safe online assembly.
During the assembly, it highlighted children’s rights and gave the clear message of ‘Speak out, Stay safe’. The children were confident at identifying who their own trusted adults are and felt comfortable that they could ask for help.
We also heard about Childline – ask your child to show you the way to remember the number.
To follow up this learning, we welcomed staff from NSPCC to deliver a ‘Speak Out Stay Safe’ workshop. They were very impressed with the children’s learning and understanding.
Help at home: Discuss who your child would speak to if they needed help and/or visit the Childline website, which has age-appropriate advice for primary school children on topics such as bullying. It also has games and other interactive tools.
PE: Basketball
This half term our PE unit is basketball. We had our first lessons where we practised our throwing and catching skills whilst in a game setting. Then, we had our ‘fitness for’ session where the children went round to different stations to practise different skills: high knees, star jumps, burpees, etc. These sessions help us understand how fit basketball players need to be. Did you know most basketballers run about 5km during a 48 minute game (most players play for an average of 30 minutes)?
Help at home: Can you name all of the different types of passes?