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Takeover Day!

Today is Takeover Day which means the children are doing lots of the jobs adults usually do in school (or at least helping them). In Year 5 this has meant that some children led a DT lesson; some children led the weekly tests; some children served school dinners; children chose the certificates and presented them in assembly.

Zack’s marvellous Mathletics achievement!

Yesterday was a great day for Zack! He was the first person in our class, and possibly the school, to break into the top 100 UK students on Mathletics. Each time you play a game or complete an activity, you get a certain number of points. These points are added up over the course of a week and the students with the best scores go up on the leaderboard. Unfortunately, we’ve not (yet) managed to get on to the leaderboard for the top UK classes. I’m hoping to see us up there soon!

21 November 2014

Following our Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds themed week, our whole school creative homework this week is:

I know how to have a healthy body and healthy mind.

Each class has taken part in a variety of learning this week including a range of visitors to support our teaching of keeping healthy bodies and healthy minds.  These include physical activities such as karate, tai chi, tennis, Leeds United football, assemblies by Leeds Rhinos and Leeds anti-social behaviour unit, class talks by Heart Research UK, d:side (drug education), various parents with health-related jobs and visits to Tesco for their Farm to Fork scheme and Allerton Grange.  Class-based learning has also included dental health, hand-washing, the importance of sleep and breakfast, healthy eating and food preparation and mental health.

Your child could present this creative homework in a variety of different ways:

• a quiz which tests the knowledge of other children
• art work
• poetry
• a poster
• writing: diary, story, letter, instructions, report
• a rap
• a mindmap
• your own creative idea

We look forward to seeing your creative ideas to demonstrate how to keep a healthy body and healthy mind.

Please return this homework by Wednesday 26 November.

21 November 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 28 November 2014.

d:side

We had a visit from d:side this morning to talk to us about the dangers of solvents and solvent abuse.

Healthy bodies, healthy minds

This week sees us concentrating on all things healthy. So far, we’ve learnt about being safe with drugs and been taught PE, not by Miss Rushbrooke, but by Year 6!

As well as this, we’ve tried out two new physical activities and thoroughly enjoyed them both.

Martial Arts

Thai Chi

We’ll keep you posted on what other intersting activities we get up to for the rest of the week. Watch this space…

Leeds United player visits Year 5

This afternoon, Molly Cawood, a professional footballer at Leeds United, visited the class to talk about her experiences of being a professional footballer and how she makes sure she stays fit and healthy.

Tai Chi

We’ve been learning about Tai Chi this morning.

Did you know that Tai Chi means Supreme Ultimate Fist? It is a Chinese martial art which focuses on defence. It is a graceful form of exercise involving slow, precise movements.

Ready to learn

During our SEAL theme of the Eight Rs for Learning, please do read the great leaflets produced by Family Action and the NAHT.

They promote readiness – and that’s one of our eight Rs.

The series of leaflets (so far) cover:

• Getting the most out of school
• Speaking and listening
• Giving your child a helping hand
• Preparing for change at school
• Your child’s wellbeing
• Independence and responsibility
• Online safety

Learn more about the guides and keep a look out for more in the series.

Heart Research

This morning, we’ve had a visit from at Heart Research UK who has taught us about the heart and the important job that it does in our bodies. We also learnt about how to take care of our heart.

Did you know…?

• The heart is a muscle and is about the same size as a clenched fist.
• The average heartbeat of an adult is 70 beats per minute.
• The blood cells in our body travel about 20,000 miles every day. That’s the equivalent of travelling from Leeds to Honk Kong and back again!
• The average heartbeat of a baby is between 130 and 150 beats per minute.
• Blood travels through the arteries at about 30 mph.
• Blood carrying oxygen travels through the body in arteries. Blood carrying blood without oxygen is carried through the body in veins.