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Thank you for coming to our class assembly…

…It was great to see a record number of parents at the assembly!

Here are a few of your comments:

• “Lovely poems. Very impressed with the children’s contribution.”
• “Fabulous timing – just lovely.”
• “Fantastic performance from the Reception class. Looking forward to the next one.”
• “Very enjoyable – great to see all the children contributing.”
• “Well done! Loved the interactions and the singing.”

06 February 2015

Here are this week’s spellings.   There will be a spelling test on Friday 13 February.

Frozen!

06 February 2015

For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 11 February.

I can prepare a speech (School Council elections).

or

I know the importance of voting.

It’s time for children to consider if they would like to stand for election for our new school council.  With two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers, all children at Moortown Primary are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.

Elections for our new school council will take place next Thursday 12 February with our polling station and ballot boxes at the ready.  Candidates will have the opportunity to give their election speech to their class on Wednesday 11 February.

What makes a good school councillor has been considered by our current school council.

• ‘Communicating with others – pupils and adults.’
• ‘Having good listening skills to know what to contribute in meetings.’
• ‘Thinking of realistic ideas to suggest in meetings.’

Hints for your speech include:

• What skills and abilities would a good school councillor have?
• What are you particularly good at that would help you to be a great school councillor?
• What do you think would make the school better? What could you do that people would really like?
• Think of things that are realistic, maybe that you could do yourself, rather than having to ask other people to do?

Thank you to our current school councillors for all their ideas and contributions over the last year.  We hope you have enjoyed this role and responsibility and you are welcome to stand again for election.

Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.  Results will be announced in our assembly on Thursday 12 February.

If you choose not to stand in the election then you should consider the importance of voting.

Contraption Designs

This week’s homeworks are great! We’ve got loads of ideas to help us continue to build our contraption. Many of them are ideas we could use and a few are a bit more fantastical which we may struggle to execute. Here are a few highlights chosen by the children:

Forces homeworks!

Here are a couple of sets of fantastic forces homeworks the class have done this half-term:

These were all great but I did have a favourite: Ethan’s very scientific idea of getting his hamster to test the friction of different surfaces by getting him to walk across them. “His legs were splayed” was a comment I particularly liked about Rex’s difficulty walking across laminate flooring!

These homeworks are examples of our Forces in Action homework.

School council elections

Our current school councillors held their final meeting recently as we prepare to elect our new school council.

Children from every class, including Reception, are encouraged to prepare a speech to present to their class as part of the election process.  Our whole school homework before the election date will give children the chance to plan their speech.

Thank you to our existing school council who have been involved with many decisions and discussions throughout the year.  Most recently they have selected books for our library and pupil prizes as rewards in class.

Our second open morning

This morning, we welcomed more parents into school to watch some lessons – thanks to the parents who visited. We hold these open mornings because you tell us in the Annual Survey that you’d like to know more about how you can support your child at home.

Like our last open morning on 13 January, each parent watched the teaching and learning in two classes (30 minutes each), then discussed what they’d seen with Mrs Weekes and me. We’re very happy to receive feedback which was as positive as the last open morning. Here are some of the comments:

• “I really liked the focus on children’s needs and their abilities in the Year 1 class.”
• “The English lesson in Year 6 was very dynamic and interesting. The teacher interacted with the children really well. I received good tips from the teacher about how to support my child at home.”
• “Teaching assistants worked well.”
• “It was interesting to find out from the Reception teacher how children learn throughout the day.”
• “The Year 2 teacher was fantastic and the children were very happy and confident in their learning.”
• “Fantastic and a real eye-opener. Great to see two very different classes and teaching styles in action.”
• “I picked up some ideas that I will take home to help with my child.”

Parents encouraged us to have more, similar events. Based on this, we’ve planned in three open afternoons where parents can come in up to half an hour earlier than the close of school to look at homework and / or topic learning:

• Wednesday 04 March (homework review)
• Wednesday 18 March (Big Topic review)
• Friday 01 May (setting homework).

Please do try to attend.

Work on our plague masks begins.

Continuing on with our topic of Medicine Through The Ages, we have started making our very own plague masks. Plague doctors wore masks with a bird-like beak to protect them from being infected by the disease. We’ll be working on these over the next few weeks. Looking forward to the finished masks.

Homework in Reception

Now that we’re well into the Spring term, we’ll be sending homework every Friday. In addition to the new phonemes and tricky words the children are given to learn, your child will receive either practice handwriting sheets or sentences for your child to write independently.

Please check on the homework section of this website for practice sentences from next week.