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Have you always wanted to be a superhero?

Have you always wanted to be a superhero?

Do you know what your super power would be?

Go to Moor Allerton Library on Tuesday 27 May from 2.30 – 3.30 pm and meet an author, Jason Beresford.  Discover the adventures of the Fabulous Fish Finger gang.

This is a free event, no booking required.

Playing field – council statement

Below is a statement from Leeds City Council regarding the playing field at the rear of our school:

Moortown Primary has got limited outdoor space, currently consisting of a small ‘hard’ outdoor play area. Because of this, the school has made use of an adjacent playing field which was owned by the former Yorkshire Bank. The bank has sold this land to a private developer who has subsequently submitted an outline planning application for part of its redevelopment for up to 29 houses. By working with the developer Leeds City Council has been able to secure 2/3rds of the land to be used as Public Open Greenspace, effectively a public park.

The laying out of the open space, its use and the handing over of the land to the City Council are all part of the planning approval and legal agreement but the details of how the site will be laid out and used will be the subject of discussions with the local community, the school and members of the Council. These conversations will include determining the best way to provide public open space for community use as well as safe, designated space for use during school hours.

(This statement was received on 26 March, but required amendment to avoid confusion; the delay in publishing is as a result of this.)

Playing field – update 2

Last week, Janice Rush, our Chair of Governors, and I attended a meeting about the playing field at the rear of school.  Also present at the meeting were representatives from Children’s Services and Planning departments, plus Councillors Sharon Hamilton and Alex Sobel.  Cllr Judith Blake, Labour councillor for Middleton Park ward, Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council, Executive Member for Children’s Services, also attended for the first part of the meeting.

It was agreed to explore some possible solutions and meet again in two weeks’ time on 11 April 2014.  The content of these can’t at this moment be made public.

The meeting was positive and constructive.  Since the meeting, Cllr Sobel continues to work towards a solution which it is hoped will satisfy the needs of all stakeholders – this is encouraging.  Another development is that Cllr Blake will visit Moortown Primary next week, on Tuesday morning from 08.30.

Thank you to councillors and other representatives for responding and engaging in the challenge to meet the needs and rights of our pupils: to learn, to play, to grow, to compete, to engage and ultimately to lead a happy and healthy lifestyle.

28 March 2014

This week’s homework is creative.

I can show that I am working towards my maths target.

All of the children have written their new maths target in their homework book this week. In as creative a way as they can think of, they need to show that they have started to work towards that target in this week’s homework. We discussed this together and lots of brilliant ideas were suggested for a range of targets:

• Making a shop at home to become more confident with money.
• Designing a picture with lines of given lengths to practise using a ruler accurately.
• Gathering data and creating a graph.
• Doing some baking to practise using scales.

These were just some of the ideas – I wonder what else the children will come up with…

Looking forward to seeing what you do, especially after the high quality of homework last week.

28 March 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 04 April 2014.

28 March 2014

This week’s homework is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 02 April 2014.

I can recognise my own talents.

The SEAL theme at the moment is “Good To Be Me”.   We all have different talents and it is important that we recognise this.  Talk to your child about things you are good at and ask them to think about their own talents.  Do you have the same talents or are they different?

28 March 2014

The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 02 April.

I can talk about my talents.

The SEAL theme at the moment is Good to be me. Everyone has different talents and things that they are good at. Talk to your child about the different talents that you have in your family. Do you share any of the same talents? Are they totally different?

28 March 2014

This is the fifth (and final) spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs have irregular past tense changes. For example,

• I am going to sleep.
• He sleeps.
• I slept.
• I am sleeping / I was sleeping.
  

The past tense version (slept) is irregular as it doesn’t follow the normal pattern of adding ed (we don’t say ‘sleeped’).

Sentences

Explaining to young children what a sentence is can be difficult. Through reading, children quickly learn that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. They are told that a sentence makes sense on its own and is complete; that it makes sense in some way such as consisting of an idea.  Helping children to recognise when they have written a sentence is more difficult.

How you can help at home:

• When reading with your child, point out the sentences and punctuation in the book
• Encourage your child to think of the whole sentence (an idea) and say it aloud before they begin to write
• Get them into the habit of rereading and checking their writing
• Read a sentence aloud and ask your child to count the words
• Model speaking in sentences and give your child lots of opportunity to construct sentences orally

21 March 2014

This week’s homework is creative.  Now the Big Topic is finished, we would like to see what your child has learnt and what they have enjoyed the most.

I can show what I have learnt about heroes.

This can be presented in any way that you like.  Here are some ideas:

• a mindmap
• dress up as a hero – take a photo and write lots of facts
• what does hero mean?
• collage showing lots of different types of heroes

Looking forward to seeing all sorts of interesting homework.  It’s due to be handed in on Thursday 27 March as school will be closed on Wednesday 26 March.