Living and learning: sleep
In Living and Learning this week, we’ve been talking about sleep.
We’ve analysed our own sleep to suggest any helpful changes. We know poor quality sleep really isn’t good for us so we want to make the best possible choices to look after our body and minds.
We also debated whether “a perfect night’s sleep is impossible” in Philosophy Friday and came up with some interesting contributions.
Jensen explained, “I don’t think it’s possible for anything to be perfect but there’s always small choices you can make to have good quality sleep. You can go to bed a little earlier, stay away from devices, read and make it as peaceful as possible.”
Summer term after-school clubs
Year 5/6 netball event
As part of our involvement with the Leeds Well Schools Partnership, we took a team of 8 Year 5/6 children to a Bee Netball Development Event at Allerton High.
The event was aimed at developing netball skills and the children put them into practise in some games at the end. Well done to all the children for representing our school so well.
To take part in netball outside of school, here are details of a local club.
What is WWII?
We’ve started our new topic for this half term – history! We’ve been very excited about it and the children know lots already.
Before we got started, we looked at our new history vocabulary and rated our confidence as a class: red is never heard it before, orange is heard it but not confident and green is I am fully confident.
Today, we learnt about what WWII was and how it began.
We made a lot of great notes before we recorded a report to announce the outbreak of war.
Help at home by discussing how this lesson links with the following historical concepts:
- invasion
- power
The other concepts we learn about are trade, inequality and innovation.
We met a famous author!
It was Dermot O’Leary! We walked to a different primary school to hear about his new book.
He answered lots of questions – including Ryan’s!
We even did a draw along with his illustrator! It was really fun and we were all able to draw his main character Agent Feathers.
He was really nice and even signed some of our sketch books!
Luca said, “It was really inspiring.”
Rayhan said, “He had such great ideas and imagination.”
Raheem said, “It was really fun going to see a different school and of course meeting Dermot O’Leary.”
D&T: pasta bake
We were very excited to do some D&T: cooking this week! We made a delicious pasta bake. There were some very clean bowls at the end – including the spinach!
Don’t adjust your device – Y6 really were washing up!!!
The finished article…
We practise so many skills! Like the bridge and claw method for chopping, weighing, measuring, grating and stirring.
Help at home by discussing the very many ways that we stayed safe. See if you can get at least five. (We managed 16 in class!)
Pedometers in computing
This half term, we’ve been building up to making our own pedometers!
And we pulled it off!
As always, we had to use logical reasoning as a team.
We measured how effective they were by counting our steps and comparing it to how many had been recorded on the micro:bit.
Help at home by linking this learning to our computing vocabulary:
- simulation
- repetition
- decomposition
- computer network
- internet
- variable
- selection
- world wide web
Leeds Rhinos Easter activities
On Friday 18 April, Leeds Rhinos are hosting their annual family day, where all child tickets (seating and standing) are just £5. As well as the Rhinos match against Huddersfield Giants, there are a host of activities that the whole family can enjoy – all included in the price of entry.
There is also a free open training session and meet the players event at AMT Headingley Stadium, during the Easter Holidays, on Tuesday 15 April. Children and families will have the opportunity to watch the Rhinos train, meet Ronnie the Rhino and get autographs/pictures with the players at the end of the session.
English School Swimming Association North East Heat
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 swimmers who took part in the English School Swimming Association North East Heat at The Grammar School at Leeds. For most of the team, this was the first competitive swimming event they had taken part in so well done to all the children for their determination and also for taking responsibility by practising prior to the event. The team were then inspired by watching our City of Leeds swimmer take part in his individual races.
I’m going to practise more swimming to get faster to compete again in Year 6.
This was a great opportunity for us! Not everyone gets the chance to do this.
Living and learning: changes
This week’s living and learning lesson was about changes.
How might someone feel going to high school?
And what is our advice to them?
