A WEEE bit of good news…
First: forgive the pun which I couldn’t resist, having grown up in Scotland.
In the last academic year, 2012-13, a total of 5.5 tonnes of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) was collected across the 30 schools that host a WEEE bank which is an average of 184.3kg per school. The total for our school was 195kg – it’s great to be above the average, despite being a small school.
Without WEEE banks, it’s likely that the items would have been disposed of in landfill and all the various metals, plastic etc from which they are made would have been lost and not recycled. So it’s excellent news for the environment and a great achievement by schools. Thank you all for your support with this.
In this period after the summer holidays it’s likely that you and your friends and families will have extra bits of WEEE to dispose of as games consoles, phones, computers etc are upgraded, and broken toys and electrical items discarded. £500, £300 and £200 cash rewards are available again (but just for this term) for schools that collect the most WEEE.
The WEEE banks will be emptied just before the end of term.
Some more data… In 2012-13, the highest performing school collected 567 kg and the lowest performing school collected 39kg. The average was 184.3kg. At Moortown Primary, the following amounts were collected in 2012-13:
- Autumn Term 2012: 40kg
- Spring Term 2013: 95kg
- Summer Term 2013: 60kg
- Total: 195kg
27 September 2013
This week, the spellings are all words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly. This is one of three key spelling rules which we will be revisiting throughout the year.
In the list below, the words change from being adjectives (words which describe a noun – in this case, a person for example eg a grumpy waiter) to adverbs (words which describe a verb eg to smile sneakily, to reply angrily).
| 1. | happy | happily |
| 2. | angry | angrily |
| 3. | pretty | prettily |
| 4. | grumpy | grumpily |
| 5. | messy | messily |
| 6. | sneaky | sneakily |
| 7. | cheeky | cheekily |
| 8. | clumsy | clumsily |
| 9. | hungry | hungrily |
| 10. | lazy | lazily |
27 September 2013
This week’s homework is creative homework. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 02 October 2013.
I can show how I can look after my body.
This homework is to encourage the children to think about what they can do to ensure that their body is as healthy as possible. This will then lead into their learning next week.
27 September 2013
Here are this week’s spellings. They will be tested on Friday 04 October 2013.
Ask your child which phonemes they have been learning this week.
The phonics groups are proving to be very successful and we are seeing lots of progress being made already.
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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shop |
soap |
should |
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dish |
float |
could |
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shut |
coat |
would |
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chat |
spoon |
looked |
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rich |
moon |
called |
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chip |
food |
asked |
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night |
their |
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sight |
people |
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light |
computer |
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fright |
silently |
Code Club starts at Moortown
It was the taster session for the new computer programming after school club today. Led by the very talented and inspiring Linda Broughton, the club uses Scratch to introduce children to computer programming. Over the next few weeks, the children will be creating their own games and animations which they can then upload to the Internet and finish at home or just enjoy playing them! The club takes place in The Space which was previously the ICT suite. This new area allows each child to have their own laptop so they can take their games in the direction that they want to whilst still allowing them to chat to friends and share what they are doing. This club is about inspiring a love of computing in children and celebrating their creativity – but most of all, it’s about having fun!
27 September 2013
This week’s homework is Talk Time. The children need to discuss:
What would it be like to lose one of our senses?
As a reminder, nothing needs to be recorded in homework books (although the children can make notes if they wish to) but it would be useful to have a note from parents/carers to acknowledge that this question has been discussed. We will then talk about our discussions in next week’s homework review.
Top Tip
To imagine how it might be to lose our sight, we closed our eyes and let our friend guide us across the playground. Maybe you could try this sort of activity out at home for sight or one of the other senses.
This homework is due on Wednesday 02 October 2013.
Measuring George’s Marvellous Medicine
We have been learning about measures in maths and today we made our very own marvellous medicine. We put all sorts of horrible things in; like engine oil, plant juice, hair growth ointment and lots more! Our measuring was very accurate and we all worked well in our teams to help each other.
Miss Rushbrooke tasted it!
Nothing has happened to her yet, I wonder if she’ll be any different tomorrow?
Yoga time
Having discussed ways for us to calm down if we are nervous, scared, excited or giddy, we tried out a few yoga positions. Take a look at their names, we found them really useful when remembering which position was which.
Maybe you could try it yourself? We felt very calm and relaxed afterwards!
Identifying the parts of a sentence
In a recent literacy lesson, we were learning about the parts of a sentence. In these pictures we were identifying the adverbs and verbs on a sentence.
Year 3 Super Readers!
Here are some great Year 3 Readers:
We try to read as much as can in school. We need to be reading at home with an adult as often as we can. This will make us all super readers and help us to be super writers as well.