Welcome back!
Welcome back after the summer holiday. We hope you had a happy and healthy summer. It has been great to see so many happy faces back in school. The children have settled really well in their first week and are adapting to new routines and classrooms.
This week, we will send the children home with a reading book, a homework book and a new reading record book. It is really beneficial that your child reads at home daily – it improves fluency and increases the enjoyment of reading. The children can record what they’ve read at home in the reading records. We will also set a task for them to complete at home. Please ask your child what their task is for their homework and actively encourage them to think about the presentation of their work in the journals and the importance of neat handwriting and accurate use of punctuation.
Thank you to all the children who have come to school in the correct uniform and PE kits this week. If you are unsure of the uniform, please click the link to see what is required.
Important Dates
PE – Monday and Thursday
Spelling test – Friday
Library – Tuesday
We are looking forward to a successful year!
Living and Learning: Rules
In Living and Learning this week, we looked at the school rules and why they are important. We had a discussion where children were able to share their opinion on which rule they thought was the most important.
‘I think being safe is the most important because if we are all safe in school it means that we keep our hands and feet to ourselves and that also links with being respectful.’
‘I think being ready is the most important because it means we are ready to learn and that’s why we come to school.’
We then discussed how we can show the rules are being followed in school. For example, we can show we are respectful by using our manners (saying please, thank you, good morning etc.).
There is also a change with our ‘3,2,1…Stop’ actions. The children should now show they are ready by having silent voices, positive body language and focus on the speaker.
Help at home: What does each action in our ‘3,2,1…Stop’ look and sound like?
Food Technology: Tomato Sauce
This morning, Year 6 made a tomato sauce base for pasta.
We worked in small groups to prepare the ingredients and then cook them. We made sure that we washed our hands and wore our aprons for hygiene reasons.
We used the bridge cutting method and the claw cutting method to cut up our vegetables. These methods are the safest way to cut food as they help us from hurting ourselves!
We cooked some pasta alongside our sauce so we could try it!
Help at home: Try the recipe yourselves.
Wanted: Photos
As the end of this school year is approaching, the children have asked to include their baby photos in their leavers’ assembly. Please can you email in a baby photo of your child ASAP, if they wish to join in.
Sports Day 2026
It was really nice to see Year 6 enjoy their last sports day at Moortown Primary School. Today really showed off the happy and healthy lifestyle we have. Well done for everyone who took part in the races and thank you to the adults who came to support.
Enterprise Day
Year 5 and Year 6 hosted Enterprise Day yesterday afternoon. The children were loaned £5 each from Virgin Money to be entrepreneur and create a stall which would make a profit. And, the children did exactly that! They created a refreshment stall, a pick n mix stand and an ice lolly booth (just to name a few). The played games like beat the keeper, how many hoops and splat the Year 5.
Thank you to everyone who came to support the children!
Junior Warrior
On Friday, Year 6 took part in Junior Warrior at Bramham Park.
Junior Warrior is a 3KM course full of tricky obstacles and lots and lots of… MUD! We ran, crawled, waded, climbed and jumped all afternoon.
Here is a photo before the course – just to prove we were clean at one point.
Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the race and were awarded medals and the title of junior warrior.
Leeds Rhinos discount tickets
Leeds Rhinos 50% off tickets offer
Leeds Rhinos are delighted to offer supporters 50% off tickets for their match against Toulouse on Friday 31st July 2026.
With the team currently in first place in the league table, we would love for you to join us to cheer the team on.
Whether you are a regular supporter, or would be attending for the first time, we would be delighted for you and your family to come and experience the unique atmosphere of a match at AMT Headingley Stadium.
To book your tickets visit Leeds Rhinos – Online ticket sales with prices starting from just £13 for adults and £7 for juniors aged 16 and under.
Living and Learning: RSE
These past weeks, we’ve been learning about Relationships and Sex Education.
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).
Help at home: Check to see if your child has any more questions about this topic.
Living and Learning: Body Image
This week in Living and Learning, we talked about what body image is and what might influence it.
The children created a variety of definitions but in the end all agreed that ‘Body image is our idea of how our body looks and how we think it looks to others. This can include our feelings and thoughts about our height, weight, shape, skin colour, appearance or attractiveness’.
We then went on to discuss potential influences. Here are the ones we thought of:
- Social Media
- TV
- Celebrities
- Friends
- Family
- News
- Ourselves
- Fashion
- Experience (e.g. sports clubs, school, parties)
Help at home: Discuss how each of the influences might impact our body images.