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Easter Excitement!

The first ever “Egg Olympics” took place at Moortown Primary School last Friday.  The smell of eggs in the KS1 building was worth it just for the excitement of rolling eggs down the back playground.  All of the eggs were decorated beautifully by the children and then they were rolled expertly without much breakage at all – one yolk escaped but all in all it worked really well.

There were three heats from each year group and then a year group final.  Here are the lucky winners…

Thanks to all parents for supporting our “Egg Olympics” by boiling eggs and thanks to all those who helped at the bun sale along with everyone else for spending lots of money.

Have a great holiday.  See you on Monday 16 April.

Easter Excitement!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Easter cake competition.  There were some fantastic entries and it was great to see that the children had done lots of the hard work.  It was “eggstremely” hard to decide on the winners but we got there in the end.

Here are the winners…

Thank you for supporting your children in the competition and also thanks to everyone who helped at the bun sale and to those of you who spent lots of money!

Have a great holiday.  See you on Monday 16 April.

30 March 2012

It’s the Easter holidays and, in line with our Homework Policy, teachers do not set spellings or homework tasks. Instead, enjoy the sunny weather by getting active: a trip to the park, a game of football, a cycle ride or a long walk!

During the holidays, two of our teachers will visit Italy, one will be in Russia and one will be in…Barry Island!

Attendance matters

Attendance data has been released by the government.  Statistics show a small rise in the number of pupils skipping school without permission, but a drop in overall absence rates.  This trend is similar at Moortown.  We’re working closely with parents to make sure their children will not be deemed ‘persistent absentees’ – missing frequent days really does affect learning – but we also know that the children in question have ongoing medical issues.  In contrast, like the national data, we’re pleased to see absence rates continue to fall, although we need to keep getting better at this, especially when we compare our attendance figures with other local schools.

Nationally, there has been a small increase in the numbers of children missing school for family holidays.  The government wants to reduce this figure.  Again, it’s the same for our governing body: whilst we have seen a fall in the number of families who take a term-time holiday, we need to reduce this further.  This term, the governors have agreed a new criteria before we consider whether we authorise a term-time absence: we will not authorise a holiday if a holiday has been taken the previous year.

Attendance matters.  Help us to make 2011-12 our best year ever for attendance.

23 March 2012

The spellings this week are all words which I’ve noticed a few of the children are spelling incorrectly. Children will be tested on eight of the words in the list on Friday 30 April.

23 March 2012

This week’s spellings are ‘problem connectives’ that can be used as openers for a sentence related to the previous sentence or paragraph. For example: “Jessica really enjoys going swimming. However, she prefers playing football.”

As you can see, the reason we call these ‘problem connectives’ is because they lead to a statement that disagrees or offers an alternative to the previous sentence.  I’ve included a comma after each because that’s how they’d often be used.

These connectives will really help with the children’s writing next week. They are developing their persuasive skills and are beginning to use the other side of an argument to justify their points. For example, “Some people believe that the school day should be longer. Nevertheless, a large majority of parents disagree.”

23 March 2012

This week, we’re learning spellings where the c in the word sounds like an s.

Learn the words and find four more that fit the rule. Spellings will be tested on Friday 30 March.

• ceased
• celebrity
• ceiling
• exciting
• excellent
• circumnavigate
• cyberspace
• certificate
• scissors
• celebrate

23 March 2012

The homework this week is talk time and is linked to our current SEAL topic.  

I can talk about a time when I have felt proud.

The homework is due in on Wednesday 28 March.

23 March 2012

We’re learning to spell words with the ‘igh’ letter pattern.

These words will be tested on Friday 30 March.

23 March 2012

The homework this week is talk time and is due on Wednesday 28 March.

I can talk about what I have learnt in our topic ‘Heroes’.