Olympic themed menu
To celebrate the forthcoming Olympics, Catering Agency will be running a special themed menu for school dinners on Monday 18 July. Please contact the office if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
What healthy changes can you make?
As part of our SEAL theme of Changes, the SEAL statement next week is I can make a healthy change.
During the week, children will be encouraged to make a healthy change. This could be physically or emotionally and may include:
- being active after school rather than being on a computer
- having water with a packed lunch rather than a sugary drink
- having a water bottle at school
- taking part in a Sports Leader session at lunchtime
- bringing a piece of fruit for KS2 playtime and Year 3 swimming
- dealing with a problem in a positive way
- going to bed earlier
Here are some suggestions that have been made this week.
Another healthy change may be travelling to school in a sustainable way – walking, scooting and biking.
Each class will be recording their healthy changes with a reward for the class with the most changes. All journeys to and from school by foot, bike and scooter can also be counted.
At the end of the week, the whole school homework will be our annual pupil health questionnaire, this should be returned to your child’s class teacher by Wednesday 20 July.
Change4life, whose aim is ‘to motivate and support millions more people to make and sustain changes that will improve their health’, also provides lots of ideas.
We look forward to hearing all about your healthy changes.
Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies
Rehearsals for our Year 5 and 6 production are now in full swing – well done to all those who have learnt their lines!
As of today, all children are aware of what they need for their costumes. Please could they bring their complete costumes, in a plastic bag with their name on, into school tomorrow.
On Friday, we have our dress rehearsal in front of the school. With this in mind, it is crucial that all children know all of their lines (and the lines that come before theirs). Knowing lines will help them to focus on fine-tuning their performance.
Some Year 6 children were not in school today (Eid Mubarak to those celebrating!); for their costumes they need:
- Lanas: all black
- Linda: opposite to Jenny
- Ibrahim: all black
- Shahban: white polo top, plain shorts
- Ahmed: all black
Thank you!
School meal menu
Our school meal menu is changing! Catering Leeds, our school meal provider, have produced the new Autumn term menu. It follows a three week cycle and will be displayed on our dining room window. This is a good way to make your child aware of what the daily meals are.
Following pupil consultation about their favourite vegetables, we have amended the vegetable selection to incorporate these choices.
School meals continue to be free for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. If your child is in Key Stage 2, please check for eligibility for free school meals.
If your child would like to start having school dinners, please inform the office. A combination of packed lunches and school dinners is also available.
Talk Time Homework Review
Last week, Year 6 were set a Talk Time homework about how people they know use maths every day. We reflected on this as a class and it was fascinating for us to discover that maths is everywhere. Here are some quotes from our discussion:
- “When you are paying for parking it sometimes says ‘exact change only’. This means you need to estimate (or calculate) how long you will be there for and how much this will cost. You then need to count accurately to ensure you don’t waste any money.” – Jennifer
- “My dad needs to calculate the cost of materials before factoring in a margin for profit!” – Simran
- “My parents need to ensure they calculate the cost of VAT accurately so that they make enough money in the restaurant!” – Linda
- “My uncle needs to accurately calculate any profits or losses that his business makes!” – Yahya
Football Carousel
Once again, Year 6 have enjoyed a lesson with the Leeds United coaches. They have been sweating, breathing heavily and have been exercising until they dropped. One of our year 6 members said: “It was fun but hard work.”
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Yorkshire Primary PE and Sport Premium Awards 2016
At the Yorkshire PE and Sport Premium Awards 2016 this afternoon, hosted by Olympic bronze medallist Steve Parry, we received our award for West Yorkshire winners in the Broader Sporting Experience category.
‘Your application fulfilled criteria, sustainability and creating a measurable impact on pupils.’
Find out more about how we invest our PE Premium.
Our pupils who attended, nominated by staff for their dedication to school sport, were a great credit to the school.
‘I feel proud to be from Moortown Primary School.’
‘I am proud that Moortown won this award.’
School Library
We’re always trying to promote a love of reading in school – especially in Year 6!
Today, we all went to the library to change our books. We scoured the shelves (which look great), chose a new book, sat down, chilled out and, most importantly, read!
We now all have a library book to be enjoying at home – including me!
You can help at home by:
- Encouraging your child to read their library book (and other books) at home
- Discussing your child’s book with them
- Talking about reading in general
- Reading with them and ask questions.
Hotshots total
Thanks to your generous sponsorship, we have raised £635.20 from our Hotshots event during the Money Matters themed week. The money will be split between our current school charities, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Leeds Mind.
Money from our other fundraising event from the themed week, our penny trail, is still being counted!
EU referendum
Whilst the real referendum takes place across the country today, we held our own mini-referendum in Year 6 yesterday. Combining learning from the previous day with learning from last week’s homework, the children took part in a debate against each other.
There were three debates in total, all focusing on five key areas of the debate: immigration; the economy; pay and taxes; the cost of being in the EU; and terrorism and security.
All of the debates were of a high quality; we definitely have some budding politicians in our class. It was great to see how children could articulate their responses whilst remaining respectful to the opposite side.
Here are some action shots:
Afterwards, we voted. The results were:
Remain – 22
Leave – 7
So, according to Year 6, Britain should remain a member of the European Union.