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17 October 2014

This week’s spellings are all words which use apostrophes to shorten (contract) two words into one word. I’ve found that a lot of children in the class are making mistakes in their writing when using these words.

17 October 2014

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.

Time is a very hard concept to learn but we have made a good start.  After looking at all the different ways we can measure time, we’ve now started to look at actually telling the time.  This has started with o’clock, with some children moving on to half past.  This week’s homework is looking at telling the time so that the children can show you what they have been learning.  Please make sure that you encourage your child to look at clocks and tell the time with them as it can take a while for them to become confident with this aspect of maths.

Thanks for your support with homework – the children are handing in some excellent stuff!

17 October 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  Please note that the spelling test will be on Thursday 23 October as school is closed on Friday 24 October.

17 October 2014

This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 22 October 2014.

Is this art?

You have got four pieces of art to look at. All of them are very different.

• ‘Swept under the carpet’ – Banksy
• ‘Family of man’ – Barbara Hepworth
• ‘Rain princess’ – Leonid Afremov
• ‘Essence of elephants’ – Greg du Toit

Have a conversation around the dinner table or in the car about these pieces. Are they art? Do you like them? Which is your favourite? Make some notes about your ideas in your homework book and bring these to our class discussion on Wednesday 22 October.

Phonics visits

Thanks to all parents / carers who have visited the Reception classroom to watch and learn more about phonics. These open-sessions have taken place on Wednesday and Thursday, with one more tomorrow.  We’ll repeat the open-sessions when we move to a new stage in phonics teaching and learning – look out for when. Parents’ comments have been extremely positive; feedback includes:

• “These sessions are amazing. They allow us to fully support our children, working together with school. Team work!”
• “Fantastic! Amazing to see how engaged the children were and how you teach them, making it easier to support learning at home.”

Half-term coming up…

The museums and galleries of Leeds have got plenty to keep families entertained this October.

Leeds Discovery Museum

• Investigating Masks, Wednesday 29 October, 10am – 12pm
• Investigate real Asian masks from the World Cultures collection. Discover the history and stories behind them and design your own.

Lotherton Hall

• Spooky Scarecrow Trail, Friday 24 October – Sunday 2 November, 11am – 3pm
• Back and better than ever… beware: we aim to scare! Follow the clues around Lotherton Hall and see the spooky scarecrows on display. Don’t forget to visit the Witches’ Cottage! Plus five Days of Spooky Fun from Mon 27 – Fri 31 Oct, 11am – 3pm.

Abbey House Museum

• Spooky Murder Mystery, Thursday 30 October, 10am – 12pm & 2pm – 4pm, Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 November, 2pm – 4pm
• There has been another murder in our Victorian Streets. Follow the clues and see if you can discover the murderer. Suitable for families with older children.

Leeds Industrial Museum

• Halloween Family Fun Day, Sunday 26 October, 1pm – 4pm
• Join us for storytelling and face painting and see the amazing camera obscura bringing the outside to life.

Leeds City Museum

• Sparkly, Clay Diwali Lamps! Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 October, 10am – 12pm & 2pm – 4pm
• Mould, squidge and shape a lamp from clay, then adorn it with sparkles and colours. Join us to light up the museum with colours for Diwali.

Kirkstall Abbey

• Fairy Creatures Scarecrow Hunt, Tuesday 28 October – Sunday 1 November, 10am – 3pm
• Hunt around the abbey for our scarecrows inspired by fairy creatures. There will be good fairies and bad fairies, goblins and elves.

Temple Newsam

• Spooky Spooktacular, Friday 31 October, 5pm – 8pm, Adult £7, Child £4, Family £20, booking essential
• Bring your little ghosts and ghouls to trick or treat through the darkened house and farm. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Leeds Art Gallery

• Creatures of a New World in Artspace, Monday 27, Tuesday 28, Thursday 30, Friday 31 October, 11am – 4pm
• Taking inspiration from the latest exhibition, Shezad Dawood’s ‘Towards the Possible Film’, sci-fi creatures appear in Artspace, will they need to live happily in our land?Join our artist-in-resident Karen Babayan to find out.

Thwaite Mills

• Scary Skeletons, Thursday 30 October, 11am – 3pm
• Make your own scary skeleton Halloween decoration complete with flashing eyes.

Leeds Art Gallery event

Feeling inspired by our latest art themed topic, Katie and… then you might be interested in this event at Leeds Art Gallery on Saturday.

What: Celebrate The Big Draw and work with an artist to draw yourself in a surprising way.

When: Saturday 18 October 11am-4pm

Where: Leeds Art Gallery

Angle fun!

Look at the pictures below and ask your child the names of the three types of angles the children are showing. The first person to give me the answers (on paper, not shouted across the playground tomorrow morning) will receive three fuzzies.

Bonus fuzzies are on offer for any other types of angles I may have missed!

Even more bonus fuzzies if you email some of your own (labelled, if possible) photos of some angles to our class email address: y5@moortown.leeds.sch.uk

Family draw-along with Nick Sharratt

One of our favourite illustrators, Nick Sharratt, is coming to Leeds for a family draw-along!

• When? Monday 27 October ar 2pm
• Where? Main Auditorium of the Carriageworks Theatre
• How much? Tickets are £5 (£3 concession)
• Who? All children aged 5+ are welcome

Nick Sharratt is one of our best-loved children’s illustrators. He has illustrated more than 200 books for children, including several award-winning picture books, Jacqueline Wilson’s novels, stories by Jeremy Strong and many other leading children’s authors.

In this family friendly, fully-interactive event, Nick will show how he creates his characters and share his drawing tips. Bring along a pencil, pad and a hard surface to draw along with him and after the show you can have Nick sign either a book you’ve brought from home or you can purchase one of Nick’s books at the event. (If your child is entitled to the pupil premium money, school will refund the cost of the book if you present a receipt to us.)

Early birds can create a special card or sign for Nick telling him about their favourite character.

Sculpture Park

Don’t forget we are going to the Sculpture Park on Wednesday 15 October.

Please make sure that your child has a waterproof coat and sensible shoes on and don’t forget their packed lunch.

It’s going to be an exciting day – watch this space for photos.