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Space Dome

Last week, we learnt about the planets and stars in a Space dome. We found out that the stars in our sky change across the year. We also learnt about how the earth and moon move in relation to our sun.

03 July 2015

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 10 July.  Please note that there will be no spellings sent home next week.

03 July 2015

This week in Year 5, there are no spellings to learn.

Next week, we’ll be carrying out short progress tests to help inform my end of year assessments.  These will include a spelling test.

03 July 2015

I can complete a diary about my lifestyle.

This includes what snacks they eat, how much they exercise do and how long they spend doing different activities. The homework has come from Mrs Taylor, who leads health in our school – it doesn’t take long to fill in and is used by local government to understand what children’s lives are like and how healthy they are. The diaries remain confidential and personal information will not be discussed in school if children don’t want to.

03 July 2015

This week’s homework is creative homework. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 08 July.

I can show what I know about plants and trees.

Our  “Green Fingers” topic is nearly finished so we would like the children to show us what they have learnt.  They can do this is any way that they want.  We will share all of their learning together towards the end of the week.

03 July 2015

This week, we’re practising spelling words which have a prefix – a series of letters which are at the beginning of a word.

• dishonest
• disagree
• disobey
• impossible
• impatient
• impolite
• rewrite
• recount
• refresh
• rethink

Harlow Carr

As part of our Green Fingers topic, Year 1 and 2 have visited Harlow Carr gardens today.  It’s been great to see the children’s enthusiasm for this topic and especially how their knowledge has grown when naming different plants and trees.  We found plenty of shady spots to try and keep cool and the ice creams helped too.  Well done both classes for demonstrating excellent behaviour.  You were great ambassadors for the school.

Harlow Carr

Year 1 and 2 had a great time at Harlow Carr today. We soaked up the sun, searched through the trees and savoured some delicious ice-cream. A full recount will follow, but the children are going to write one themselves tomorrow so I’ll save it to be in their words. Here’s the story of the day in pictures…

Creative homework

Last week’s homework was to show what plants you could see around and we had some really creative responses. Well done, Year 2.

What have governors done this year?

Our Governing Body Chair, Mrs Becky Lawrence, writes:

Work the Governing Body has undertaken this year includes:

The Chair of our Resources Committee, Andy Miller, has been leading the discussions with Leeds City Council in planning how the school will make use of the land that has been acquired as part of the new housing development behind the school site.

Rachel Greenhalgh has been reviewing how the school makes use of Pupil Premium funding (money that is received from central Government to support learning for disadvantaged pupils) and monitoring the impact of how this money is spent.

Jackie Sykes is our Link Governor with the School Council. Jackie has been attending School Council meetings to ensure that the Governing Body hears issues that are concerning children in school, and to help school councillors understand the Governing Body’s role in leadership and management of the school.

The Governing Body as a whole has reviewed our working practices and identified some areas where we could be more effective. We have drawn up plans to improve our approach to succession planning; to create more consistent induction processes for new governors; to better define the responsibilities of each distinct governor role; and to undertake a skills audit to inform our training needs.

Vivienne Gaskin has picked up the role of link governor for the Early Years and has observed lessons and met with our school improvement adviser. Vivienne has enjoyed seeing the fantastic learning taking place in Reception.

This year governors have also been involved in:

• recruiting new teachers;
• seeing that end of key stage tests are administered in line with the Department for Education’s rules;
• setting a budget for the next three years and monitoring the in-year budget position;
• monitoring attendance levels and agreeing strategies for improving attendance;
• ensuring the school fulfils its health and safety and child safeguarding requirements;
• monitoring the educational attainment and progress of pupils across the school; and
• setting and measuring performance objectives for Mr Roundtree.

Much of our work over the next year will be around developing our newer governors and enabling existing governors to share their skills so that we are building up a knowledgeable and effective team.