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19 June 2015

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 26 June.

Please note that there are only two spelling lists this week – Year 1 and Year 2.

Rising attendance

Great news!

My last attendance update on 03 June outlined slightly lower attendance figures for the school.  Since then, all seven classes have increased their attendance:

• Reception: 96.2%
• Year One: 97.3%
• Year Two: 96.8%
• Year Three: 98.4%
• Year Four: 97.4%
• Year Five: 96.2%
• Year Six: 97.3%
• Whole school: 97.1%

Our attendance overall is higher now than for the same period in the previous school year – that’s brilliant!

Please note: from September 2015, attendance less than 90% is regarded by the DfE as ‘persistent absence’.

Butterflies!

Last week we said goodbye to our five Painted Lady butterflies. Some children have reported seeing them in their gardens!

Plants all around us

We’ve had some great homework this week, looking at plants in the local environment.

Can you remember the names of these herbs?

Free tennis lessons

Free tennis lessons (for children and adults) are available locally at David Lloyd and Roundhay Park over the next few months.

Plant Puzzles

We had a puzzling afternoon on Friday.  There was a challenge given to the Year 1 children – they were given seven pieces of a beanstalk.  Their challenge was to create a beanstalk as close to a metre as possible but they were only allowed to use five pieces altogether.  This was not as easy as it looked!

Where does our food come from?

Lots of our food comes from plants.  We are hoping to make something to eat using home grown produce.  Along with tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and courgettes, we also planted some herbs and different flowers.

Class photograph

A quick reminder that the photographer will be in school on Tuesday morning to take our class photo – smiles at the ready!

What’s happening this week?

Our plant topic continues and we’re starting to see the fruits of our labour.

This week, we’ll see our plants moving outside into planters so see if you can spot them and see how they’re progressing.

Maths – As we’re watching our plants grow, we’re going to practise our ruler skills so that we can measure the height of our plants and continue doing so as they grow. Additionally, we’ll be looking at temperature. When do we measure temperature? How does temperature change throughout the year? How does temperature affect us and the world around us? We shall also look at reading scales on thermometers which will involve our being introduced to negative numbers.

English – After two weeks of writing non-fiction, our creative juices will be flowing again as we take on the character of The Hungry Caterpillar and perform, discuss and write poetry. Help at home by talking about poems you know or like and seeing how much of it you can learn and remember.

12 June 2015

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Wednesday 17th June 2015.

I can write an algorithm.

Can you used the key words to write an algorithm (set of instructions) to get from start to finish, passing through all of the stages of plant growth in the correct order? Use a counter, toy car or Playmobile figure to help you by moving them through the grid, thinking about the instructions they would need to be successful.