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A sporting hero

There was a visitor in KS1 on Friday.  Keith Senior, a former Leeds Rhino and England rugby player, came in to chat about his career and to answer many questions.  He is a hero to many people and has worked very hard to be part of the rugby league world.  He told the children that if they really want to do something,  then they have to work hard and be resilient.  There were lots of good questions from the children and Mr Catherall ; Mrs Weekes got an autograph for her husband who is a Leeds Rhino fan!

Loads of learning

Here is a snapshot of some of the learning that has happened in Year 1 this week: reading QR codes,  making 2D shapes, sorting 3D shapes and using the Beebots to draw shapes.

14 March 2014

This week’s homework is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 19 March.

Are all “heroes” paid fairly?

There are heroes in all walks of life but are they all paid appropriately? 

Is it fair that a sporting hero earns a lot of money in comparison to a police officer or fire fighter?  Does it mean that if you are paid more then you are more of a hero?

These are questions that would be interesting to discuss with your child.  We look forward to hearing about your discussions on Wednesday in our homework time.

14 March 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 21 March 2014.

14 March 2014

The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 19 March.

I can find fractions.

We’ve been learning about fractions this week so this homework is an extension of that learning. All children have a worksheet in their books which they have to complete and hand in. Ask your children what methods they have been using to find the answers to similar problems this week.

Please come and see me if you have any questions.

14 March 2014

This is the third spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs contain a long vowel sound and end in e. This e is dropped when it’s changed to the continuous form.

As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).

• Infinitive – I like to shop.
• Present – She shops very often.
• Past – She shopped all day long.
• Continuous (called the gerund) – She was shopping.  She is shopping.

Health heroes

This weekend, 15 and 16 March, at Eureka, there is a very topical health heroes Dragon’s Den event…

Meet some of the most important health heroes of the past at our humorous, playful and interactive Dragon’s Den style sessions.

• Why Florence Nightingale was the original ‘forces sweetheart’?
• Did Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident?
• Why should we thank Louis Pasteur for healthy milk on our cereal?

Who’ll win your backing? You decide!

07 March 2014

Here are this week’s spellings.  There will be a spelling test on Friday 14 March 2014.

07 March 2014

This is the second spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs contain a short vowel sound which needs to be ‘doubled up’ when changed to the past or continuous form. As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).

• Infinitive – I like to shop.
• Present – She shops very often.
• Past – She shopped all day long.
• Continuous – She was shopping or She is shopping.

07 March 2014

For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 12 March.

 I can respond to my reading.

This homework follows the wonderful costumes and learning inspired by World Book Day.

As always, some ways that your children can respond are listed below:

• Write a letter to a character or author.
• Interview a character or author.
• Annotate a page of a novel with words/phrases/sentences/ descriptions that you like and why (top tip: get a photocopy of the page, don’t annotate your actual book!)
• Create a book review.
• Create a comic strip which summarises the story.