Living and Learning: 8Rs
This week, Y6 discussed each of the 8Rs and how they help us to learn.
We also had an honest reflection about our strengths and areas of improvement.
“I think I need to be more resilient at times,” share one person.
“I’m great at being ready at the start of lessons but sometimes I forget towards the end,” explained another.
I really appreciated this mature honesty. It was nice to celebrate the strengths, too.
“I have a great memory so I’m good at remembering things,” beamed a different Y6.
Another shared, “I am nervous about risks but really good with taking safe ones.”
Help at home by having a look at the picture above and spotting which two Rs need to swap places!
Autumn term clubs
We are historians!
Y6 have kicked off their history topic in style!
We’ve learnt about the Stone Age and Bronze Age so far where we have created some fact files of key information.
We presented our findings to our classmates which also really helped us remember the key information.
Help at home by discussing the main differences between the Stone and Bronze Age. What were the key innovations?
Welcome back!
I hope you had a happy and healthy summer. Welcome back and welcome to Y6 – your last ever year of primary school! I know we’re going to make it the best one yet.
Here’s some key information:
- This year, PE will be on Mondays and Thursdays.
- Our library slot is a Tuesday so bring in your library book then – but it’s a good idea to have it with you every day.
- Book Club will take place every Friday so please bring in your Reading Record on this day.
We’ve had an amazing start to the week. I’m loving the energy and enthusiasm that the class are bringing.
Living and Learning – rules
This week’s Living and Learning lesson was all about rules.
We discussed our rules and why they’re so important. We also talked about the rules we have at home and how they’re similar or different.
Help at home by having a chat about which of our school rules is most important and why.
Our learning really linked with our British Values. We made connections between following rules at school and the Rule of Law and Respect & Tolerance for example.
School Games Mark Platinum award
We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2023/24 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust, to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
Thank you to all the children who have represented school at different inter school events and competitions, parents for their support and staff for accompanying the children. We look forward to more events this year.
We are very proud of our children for engaging with these physical activities both in and out of school to support our ethos of being a happy and healthy school.
Living and Learning – Safety Week
We kicked off this year’s Safety Week with an entire day devoted to road safety. This is an essential topic to learn about as we transition to high school and are becoming more independent out and about.
We discussed travelling safely and sustainably…
…and even had some time to plan our new school journeys ready for September.
We went out onto the local roads (well, pavements!) in the afternoon to put our new / refreshed skills into practice.
Staying safe week: road safety
Jake, from the Leeds City Council road safety team, gave a whole school assembly all about staying safe on and around roads including different types of active travel.
Don’t forget, as part of our staying safe themed week, we are running our active travel safety competition this week.
For a chance to win one of three £10 Love2Shop vouchers, we’d love to see your active travel staying safe photos, maybe using a traffic crossing or wearing a bike helmet (send photos to moortownoffice@spherefederation.org). Photos should be sent by 4pm on Thursday 11 July and winners will be announced on Friday 12 July.
Help at home: Jake reminded us of the green cross code. Talk to your child about what we need to remember when crossing the road.
Staying safe: online safety
Louise from West Yorkshire Police gave a whole school assembly all about staying safe online.
There were lots of clear online safety messages around content, contact and conduct.
At the end of the assembly, the children reflected on what they were going to do after hearing Louise’s messages.
I am going to check my younger sisters’ Roblox settings.
I am not going to accept friend requests from people I don’t know.
I am not going to play games that have a age rating older than me.
Help at home: ask your child how content, conduct and contact are linked to online safety.
Staying Safe themed week
Our next whole school themed week, based around Staying Safe, will be taking place next week. 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); staying safe around dogs (Dogs Trust); first aid (Leeds Beckett and Red Cross); safety in our community (PCSOs) and e-safety (d:side).
Here are some events taking place.
Monday 08 July 3pm – 3:30pm d:side e-safety drop in information session
A representative from d:side, a health education provider, will be available to discuss e-safety issues and details of your child’s e-safety learning in the themed week.
Thursday 11 July 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. This is a first come first served event.
Friday 12 July 2:35-3:15pm Leeds Beckett University Carnegie Great Outdoors basic first aid session for parents/carers – there are limited places available so please confirm your place via school gateway.
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 Love2Shop 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 4pm on Thursday 11 July and winners will be announced on Friday 12 July.
Due to the rising costs of visitors to school, this year, we are requesting a voluntary contribution of £1 per pupil to go towards paying for visitors. This can be made on school gateway. 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.
