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Maggie, Year 2

“Mr Wilks is always happy and always helpful.”

Maggie, Year 2

Alex, Year 3

“People are very friendly. If you’re left out, they will help you.”

Alex, Year 3

A winter warmer…

…made by Year 6.

The class worked safely to prepare the ingredients for our soup, using some new chopping techniques – claw grip and bridge hold.  Mrs Sherriff and I were very impressed to see how quickly the children picked up these new skills.  Wonder if they might start using them at home?

Using the Eat Well Plate and other resources, we analysed the recipe to work out:

• cost per portion
• nutrient content
• what to have alongside the soup to create a healthy packed lunch

Here is the recipe if you’d like to try it at home:

Lentil and Tomato Soup

These are the ingredients:

• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 medium potato
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 x 15 ml spoon oil
• 1 x 5 ml spoon ground cumin
• 1 can tomatoes (400g)
• 100g red or brown lentils (or a tin of lentils to speed up the cooking)
• 500ml water
• 1 x vegetable stock cube or 1x 5ml spoon bouillon powder
• 1 lemon
• Ground black pepper to season

Method:

Peel and dice the onion.

Top, tail and peel the carrots.

Dice the carrot.

Peel and dice the potato.

Peel and crush the garlic.

Fry the onion and garlic in the oil, gently, for 5 minutes.

Add the carrot, potato and the cumin.

Add the lentils and canned tomatoes.

Dissolve the stock cube in the boiling water to make the stock.

Add the stock to the sauce pan, stir and bring to the boil.

Reduce the heat, cover the sauce pan with a lid and a simmer for 40min.

Squeeze the juice from one lemon.

Just before serving, add 1 x 15 ml spoons lemon juice and some freshly ground black pepper.

Top Tips:

• Try using different vegetables, such as courgettes and peppers.
• Make some toasted croutons to decorate on top.
• Change the potato for pasta as an alternative carbohydrate.
• Add a swirl of yogurt to the soup when served.

PE with Leeds Met Sports Coaching students

Last week, Year 1 had their first PE lesson with a group of very enthusiastic students from Leeds Metropolitan University.

Looks like they are going to have lots of fun and exercise over the forthcoming weeks.

Events

Monday 19 November: The children are going to Allerton Grange for a sport workshop. Please ensure PE kits are in school.

Tuesday 18 December and Wednesday 19 December

Key Stage 1 Christmas production

Information

It was lovely to meet you all properly at Parents’ Evening. Thank you for taking a strong interest in your child’s learning. Many parents were keen to help even more at home. I hope the reading, writing and maths document is helpful. Also, thank you for coming to see our assembly. I know the children loved showing you all what they have learned. The next Parents’ Evening will be held in the Spring term. In the meantime, do not hesitate to drop in if you have anything that you’d like to discuss.

SEAL

The SEAL topic for this half term is ‘Getting On’. We’ll encourage the children to think about ways in which we can get on with others in situations such as playtimes or group learning. We’ll discuss different friendship tokens that can be given such as a smile or a compliment. I’ve been really pleased so far with how well Year 2 generally get on well as a whole class.

09 November 2012

Please learn these words for a test on Friday 16 November.

Words containing the oa letter pattern, which create a ‘long o’ sound.

For those of you that want a challenge…

You could write the words in a sentence eg I made the toast.

DT

Today, we’ve made the frames for our vehicles. We’ve also glued on our axle mounts and most groups have constructed their axles and wheels.

09 November 2012

We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week. The spellings are all words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly.

Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 16 November.