Key Stage 2 tuck shop
Our fruit tuck shop returns next Tuesday, 19 September. The tuck shop is available for Years 3 – 6 at playtime every Tuesday and we regularly sell over 100 portions of fruit every week.
The cost per portion of 20p remains the same this year and children can either pay weekly by bringing money on the day or take advantage of our pre-payment offer of one free week per term.
Please return the prepayment reply slip by the end of the week if you would like your child to have that option.
Here are some quotes about our tuck shop from the recent pupil health questionnaires.
- ‘It is excellent as you get a range of different fruits.’
- ‘I think tuck shop has yummy fruits.’
- ‘You are selling healthy stuff which is good for us.’
- ‘You don’t feel hungry during lesson time.’
- ‘I really like it as it is a nice healthy snack.’
- ‘It’s very good and keeps our school healthy.’
- ‘You get to have fruit at a low price and it helps you to have one of your 5 a day.’
Lots and lots of art
We’re reading a book called The Incredible Book Eating Boy at the moment and, during our topic lessons, we’re trying to create our own piece of art in the style of Oliver Jeffers.
We’ve had a look at his art and compared it something that has similarities and differences.
Then, we practised drawing in the style of Oliver Jeffers which we notice included rather large heads and very thin arms and legs.
We also noticed that it looked like he used watercolour to create light and shadow in his illustrations so we practised that, too, ready for creating a final piece of art next week.
Marvellous Maths
Year 6 have had some great Maths lessons this week, recapping some previous learning while honing our explanation and justification skills.
We’ve been reading, writing, comparing and ordering numbers up to 10,000,000 and managed to achieve some fantastic learning while playing some really fun games.
See whether your child can explain what we were doing here and teach you the game, too.
Living and Learning
Living and Learning is our new name for SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning).
Living and Learning will continue to cover SEAL learning but will also incorporate other aspects of PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) such as keeping safe, identity, drug education, physical health, rights and responsibilities and healthy minds.
We begin our Living and Learning learning this week with a focus on manners: I can greet someone politely.
For the rest of this half-term, we’re thinking about the ‘8 Rs for learning’. This theme is about promoting good learning behaviour for your child.
Each week, we’ll focus on two different ‘Rs’. We use an animal to symbolise each ‘R’, which might help your child remember all eight – can your child remember which animal matches the correct ‘R’?
You can support your child at home – we’ve listed a few ideas to help you below. Ask us if you’ve any questions or comments.
Download top tips for promoting the 8Rs for good learning behaviour.
I can show I am ready to learn.
Make sure your child is at school for a prompt start of 08:50.
Make sure your child has had plenty of sleep so they are alert and ready to learn at all times.
Encourage your child to ask lots of questions – that shows they want to learn!
I respond to feedback.
Ask your child if they remember their ‘stars’ and ‘steps’ in English and Maths.
I take a safe risk.
Talk about the difference between a safe and unsafe risk. At school, we want your child to take a safe risk by having a go at answering, even if unsure; trying something new and attempting harder learning.
I take responsibility for my own learning.
Provide time and space at home so your child is able to organise themselves: their PE kit, reading book, homework, spellings and tables… Don’t organise everything for them!
Make a link between rights and responsibilities: your child has the right to a great education, but needs to be responsible for their own learning.
I am resourceful.
Encourage your child to be organised so they can play with a range of different toys.
Encourage your child to try new ways to solve a tricky problem.
I am resilient.
Encourage your child to keep going! Set a tricky challenge or puzzle for your child to do.
Encourage your child to think of different ways of doing things.
Don’t let your child win when they play a game – they need to experience losing, too!
Celebrate mistakes as opportunities to learn – be happy that your child found some learning hard and encourage them to ‘bounce back’ and learn from the experience.
I remember.
Make sure they have time to learn spellings, number bonds and times tables – a little practice daily is best.
Play memory games:
Kim’s game: show them objects for 30 seconds… can they remember all the objects?
Can they build up the sequence, ‘I went to the shop and I bought an apple’… ‘I went to the shop and I bought an apple and a bike.’… ‘I went to the shop and I bought an apple, a bike and a cucumber.’ etc … Take turns!
I reflect about my learning.
Talk with your child about what they’ve learnt, asking questions about:
how they learnt
why they learnt it
when they’ll use their learning
how they would teach this to someone else
what learning might link with what they’ve learnt today etc
School meals
Following feedback from parents and pupils (School Council and pupil health questionnaires), and a successful trial of children selecting their main meal on Fridays, we will be extending this to every day from next week. Children will select their main meal choice at registration.
Please share the menu with your child so they are aware of the choices for each day.
Welcome back
Just a quick welcome back to our new Year 6s. Looking forward to seeing them all on Tuesday, ready to dive straight into some brilliant learning. Our PE lessons will be on Mondays and Wednesdays so no need to bring kits on the first day back.
Keep an eye on our class news throughout the year. There’ll be a couple of posts each week, some written by me and some written by the children, which will keep you up to date on what’s going on in class. Homework will be posted every Friday, along with a sneak peak of some homework we’ve particularly admired from the previous week.
See you on Tuesday.
Leeds Children’s Mayor voting
Congratulations to Pippa who was selected as our school entry and submitted her manifesto to be considered as the new Leeds Children’s Mayor.
Out of 48 entries, unfortunately Pippa wasn’t selected as one of the finalists.
Children are invited to vote for their two favourite manifestos from the twelve candidates.
The finalist who has the most votes when voting closes on 15 September will be elected as the new Children’s Mayor of Leeds.
Bowling!
All of Year 6 had a great time bowling last night and all of them were as good as gold.
Goodbye, Year 6
A final hello to you all as Y6’s time at Moortown draws to a close. I’ve had the most wonderful two years working with this class. They’re funny, work hard and just a nice bunch of kids. I shall say my farewells in verse as has become a tradition of mine and, although I’ve worked hard on the rhyming, every word is true!
The time has come to say goodbye,
But don’t you girls worry and don’t you boys cry.
Addam through school you’ve worked so very hard,
Aleena you’ve strived for every inch, every yard.
Adwait you’ll go to infinity and beyond,
Ava, of you, I am very fond.
Ben, so lively and so full of spark,
And Dom, with you, I’ve had such a lark.
Ebs just lovely, always does the right thing,
I know, to Emre, success life will bring.
Franks always true to just who you are,
And Grace (my little bookworm) a bright, shining star.
Haider quite honestly, the jewel in my crown,
Indi will always turn my frown upside down.
Izzy – two things – great girl, great writer,
And Jack makes the days that little bit brighter.
Jorja whose smile can light up the school,
Kieron so modest but also so cool.
Manya so calm but with friends she’s quite crazed,
By Mia’s creations you’ll all be amazed.
Malique, master of cheek, but does make me smile,
And Riya, oh so lovely, all of the while.
Kostas knows what is right, what is wrong,
Moses, great actor, loves to belt out a song.
Talha – so laid back – it’s been a blast,
Nats there to help me, right to the last.
Naran now grown into a fine young man,
And Owen, well, I’m his biggest fan.
Raj is a dark horse, so quick and so witty,
Subhaan, my little gent, he just loves Man City.
Sarah so kind with a great big heart,
Zaiyad, from whom, I don’t wish to part.
So Y6, I’ve had a great time and hope you all have too,
Be good. Enjoy life. Miss R will miss you.
School Games Mark
At the end of each year, schools are invited to apply for their School Games Mark. The School Games Mark rewards schools for their commitment to and development of competition, school sport and physical education.
We are very proud to announce that our application has been verified and we have been awarded Gold award for the third year running.
In an attempt to engage as many children as possible in physical activity, we track children’s participation over the year.
68 children in KS2 and 52 children in KS1 and Reception have taken part in at least one after-school club since September. This is 57% of the total number of pupils.
81 children (68%) in KS2 have represented the school in a competition or participation event.
Children tell us they enjoy taking part in a variety of activitie:
- ‘In scooter club, I had fun on my scooter.’
- ‘I enjoyed Wake Up Shake Up club because I got to spend time with my friends and DANCE!’
- ‘I liked basketball. We learnt how to play the game, basketball skills and working as a team.’
- ‘I enjoyed cricket because it helped me with my skills of bowling and batting.’
- ‘I enjoyed the aqua festival. Everyone took part and nobody was left out. Everybody tried their best.’
- ‘The Brownlee Triathlon was fun and got people involved who don’t especially like sport but they did it. It wasn’t competitive.’
- ‘I enjoyed the Sportshall athletics competition because there were lots of events to choose from and do.’
Thank you to staff who have accompanied children to these events or run after-school clubs this year. Thank you also to Mrs Russell who provides excellent administration of our clubs and sporting events and competitions.
Thank you as well to all parents/carers who have helped with transport and supported at our events this year. Finally, thank you to all pupils who have tried out a new physical activity either at an after-school club or as part of a competition or participation event and to those children who have represented our school so well this year.
