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Leeds Children’s Mayor Project 2012

Today, I have talked to the Year 6 class about this exciting project.

All of the class have been invited to take part in the competition, open to all schools in Leeds, to become Leeds Children’s Mayor.  They must write a short manifesto saying how they would improve Leeds if they were the Children’s Mayor, based on one of the 12 Wishes for a more child friendly Leeds.

Entries should be brought to school by Tuesday 02 October and one entry will be selected to represent Moortown Primary.  A panel including last year’s children’s mayor, Leeds youth councillors, city councillors and UK youth parliament members will shortlist all the entries down to a final ten.  Everyone in the city is then asked to vote for their three favourite entries.

Our entry last year, by Bronwen Grainger, was selected as one of the ten finalists.  Her idea was to link schools with local care homes / homes for the elderly and collect litter to improve the local community.

For more information and to hear from last year’s winner visit http://www.breezeleeds.org/pg/228/Leeds_Children’s_Mayor.

Good luck!

28 September 2012

This week’s spellings are all about shortened forms of words.  They are known as contractions.  The table shows the full version and the shortened form; the children are only expected to learn the shortened form.  The apostrophe replaces the letters that have been missed out.

They will be tested on Friday 05 October 2012.

28 September 2012

This week our spellings are a review of the three previous lists. These rules are:

• drop the e for ing
• drop the y for an i
• double up for short vowel sounds

Not all words from the three previous lists will be tested. They will only be tested on eight of the previous words. There will also be a couple of bonus words which have not previously been seen but which follow one of the three rules.

28 September 2012

This week, the spellings are words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly.

Children should learn all ten spellings and will be tested on eight out of the ten.

Ukulele lessons

Every Friday afternoon, Year 4 have a ukelele lesson. Mr Batton has made a guitar from a Quality Street tin!

28 September 2012

This week we are asking you to think about this statement:

I know what makes a healthy brain.

This is creative homework and is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.

You could produce:

• • some art work
• • some poetry
• • a poster
• • a rap
• • your own creative idea

28 September 2012

This week’s homework is creative. It is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.

I know what makes a healthy brain.

Children could:

• produce a spider diagram of ideas
• draw pictures with labels
• write an explanation
• produce a poster
• cut and stick pictures from the internet or magazines

…or they might choose a creative way of their own to present their learning!

28 September 2012

This week’s spellings are words containing ‘oa’. Your child will be tested on Friday 05 October.

• load
• road
• loaf
• soak
• boat
• coat
• float
• goat
• throat
• soap

Our Big Topics begin…

We’ve had a busy few weeks with mini-topics and our themed week but our Big Topics will begin next week!

Our topics for this school year are:

Year 1 and 2

• Roll up! Roll up! Learning about the origins of the circus and how they have changed over time
• Treasure A new topic for 2012-2013, ‘Treasure’ will include lots of map-reading and adventure
• Ee Ie Ee Ie O! Learning about different types of farms and animals

Year 3 and 4

• All aboard! Learning about transport through the ages
• To infinity and beyond! A popular topic delving deep into space
• Food, glorious food! Another new topic for 2012-2013, ‘Food, glorious food’ will look at popular food in different cultures

Year 5 and 6

• Rich and poor Thinking about differences in lifestyle between rich and poor over time
• Theme parks Another new topic for this school year, ‘Theme parks’ is a roller-coaster ride which links all the key literacy learning the children have done in the past, from reports to recounts
• Chocolate A popular topic looking at aspects such as fair trade and how chocolate is made

28 September 2012

Please learn these words for a test on Friday 05 October.

Words containing the ai/ay sound.

For those of you that want an extra challenge…

You could write the words in a sentence eg I sat in the rain.