Y6 Residential
Having finally sieved through the many photos we took while on residential, it is finally time to share them with you!
Every single child was a credit to our school both when responding to RobinWood staff and when working with children from our federation schools, Scholes and St James. We had a great time and here are a few snippets and thoughts from the children.
Pippa: Climbing was really fun and the challenge at the end was exciting.
Elias: It was very funny when we were blindfolded because you didn’t know where to grab and you looked cringy.
Phoenix: Archery was really fun and we got to learn how to use a real bow and arrow.
Neive: The evening activities were very fun and helped us build our teamwork.
Harry: It was fun canoeing and taught us what to do if we went canoeing again.
Nishaan: The trapeze was really fun because it was like being in a circus and you could jump to the wire.
Zack: You had to put a lot of effort into completing the quests and some of the puzzles were extremely hard.
Edward: Night line was really cool because you had to use your senses to navigate around.
Aleena: It hilarious because the squirrels weed on you and tickled you.
Oliver: The canoeing football was really fun because it was funny when Elias dropped his oar in the water.
Stan: It was really funny raft building because when they put the raft on the water, ours was sinking slowly. When everyone got on, they all fell off!
Owen: The dancing challenge was fun and it was a good experience.
Brandon: It was extremely fun because it felt like you were jumping off a really high cliff.
Hibba: Caving was really fun because all the challenges we had to complete were confusing but exciting.
Pippa: The cup challenge was really fun because we got to 12 cups high and we banked it – it was frustrating when they knocked it over though.
Neive: I think piranha pool was fun because I like solving riddles and getting wet.
Aleena: It was very nerve wracking but exciting on the giant swing because when you chopped the banana, it was sudden but then it was fun.
Zack: I think crate challenge was good because it was cool to build a crate tower and not hurt yourself when it fell down.
Train like a ninja
Change4Life and Star Wars have joined forces to help get more children active with an exciting new Train Like A Jedi programme. The video, featuring double Olympic gold taekwondo champion, Jade Jones, will demonstrate a series of 12 moves that will help children master the ways of the Jedi.
This resource is a great way for children to get active and to contribute to the recommended daily 60 minutes of physical activity (30 minutes during the school day). We can’t wait to try out this video as one of our daily brain breaks.
Why not have a go at home to try and master some of the Jedi moves?
Tennis for free
A community sports charity is offering free tennis coaching every Saturday at Cross Flats Park. These are fun sessions for all abilities.
Cycling events
Recently, some of our Key Stage 2 children enjoyed taking part in the Brownlee triathlon at John Smeaton Leisure Centre. It is always one of the most popular events on our competition calendar.
This weekend, it is the real thing and the World Triathlon Series returns to Leeds. Starting locally at Roundhay Park, this is a perfect chance to see the athletes as they head to the city centre.
There is also a Let’s Ride pop up ride at the Brownlee Centre on Sunday.
Whether you want to ride for fun or fitness, the free monthly pop-up events gives you the chance to ride a traffic-free cycle circuit as many times as you want, at a pace that suits you.
The event is open to all ages and abilities and the circuit is easy to ride, with volunteers on hand throughout, ensuring peace of mind and safety for all cyclists.
Yeadon Tarn
On Wedensday, Year 6 went to Yeadon Tarn as part of the learning we’re doing on Kensuke’s Kingdom, a novel by Michael Morpurgo.
Michael, the main character, has set off on a voyage around the world with his mum and dad so we went our own voyage around the tarn (not quite the world).
When we weren’t sailing, we wrote shape poems about the water and created iMovies, imagining that we were Michael having been stranded on an island on his travels.
It was a really good day which resulted in a class of sailing fans by the end of it and a better understanding of lots of the vocabulary used in our class novel.
Walk to school prize draw
Well done to all pupils who have encouraged their families to walk to school this week or if you had to come by car, you have parked further away to park and stride. We hope you have enjoyed the benefits of this active travel.
Once our Living Streets travel tracker data is available after the half term, we will have the prize draw for all children who have walked/used park and stride this week.
Hope you get some chance this half term to continue to enjoy lots of physical activity – maybe a local walk, a parkrun, a bike ride or a swim.
Moortown Living Streets Local Group has launched!
A new ‘parent led’ Living Streets group has been set up in Moortown to campaign for improved streets in the local area.
The launch coincides with the publication of a new Family Walk To School Kit to mark #WalktoSchoolWeek, a national event from UK charity Living Streets.
The Moortown group is the first local group in Leeds and will be working towards creating a safer, more enjoyable environment for people in our area.
Please help us make Moortown better by registering to receive news from us.
Find out more and stay informed about our upcoming initiatives:
https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-you-can-do/local-groups/moortown
Have you been walking to school?
Have you been coming on foot to school during walk to school week this week? If so, you will be in the prize draw on Friday. The more times you walk or park and stride, the more entries into the draw you will have.
Take a look at our walk to school video for more facts and benefits of this form of active travel.
Walk to School week
Thank you to Zariaat from Living Streets for our Walk to School week assembly this afternoon.
We reminded ourselves about lots of benefits of walking to school – less traffic and pollution near the school gates, spending time with family and friends and physical and mental health improvements.
Don’t forget our prize draw on Friday for all pupils who have walked or used a park and stride option this week.
Well done to Year 2 who have recorded the most active travel journeys to school so far this year.
Brownlee Triathlon
Some of our KS2 pupils have enjoyed taking part in the Brownlee Triathlon at John Smeaton Leisure Centre in the sunshine today. They’ve completed the three elements of the triathlon – swim, bike and run.
