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Animation at Allerton Grange

Year Six were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to the City Learning Centre at Allerton Grange to try their hand at animating. Their work included making models, backgrounds and using ‘I Can Animate’ to create Mini Movies about Greek Myths.

The work they completed was excellent. Here are some pictures to give you an idea of how great their marvellous models were.

Measuring!

This week Reception have been busy measuring everything in the classroom!

This week’s phonemes

This week, the new phonemes are g, o, c and k. The children will be taught that c and k together  make the same sound. They will look at words with ck and identify that this usually occurs at the end of a word.

When learning a digraph (two letters making one sound), the children will be encouraged to join-up the two letters when they write.

This week, the high frequency word to learn is ‘and‘.

Thanks for voting…

We’re very proud that Bronwen, a Year 6 pupil here at Moortown Primary, was selected as one of ten finalists for the Leeds Children’s Mayor competition. Year 6 children completed a manifesto of what they would like to change if they could become Mayor for the Day and Bronwen was chosen as our entrant for the competition.

Voting for the finalists closed on Friday 04 November.  Sadly, Bronwen did not win.  Well done to Joe Smith from Strawberry Fields Primary School who won.

This whole programme is about encouraging children to show an interest in democracy and to get them into the habit of voting on issues that affect them.

We know children at Moortown Primary already make a positive contribution to the school and their community through the School Council, litter-picking, raising money for charity etc. It’s great individuals like Bronwen want to go the extra mile to have their views heard!

Perhaps Bronwen has her sights on bigger, national levels of leadership.  Friday 11 November was Takeover Day, where schools are encouraged to allow children to take over any aspect of school or work life.  Moortown Primary had children take over in the office, the kitchen and in assembly.  Children in lessons took over some teaching and took over writing some of the newsletters. Missing from the day was Bronwen – she was in London, where she had taken over the role of Children’s Commissioner for the day!

11 November 2011

This week homework is Practice Makes Perfect.

I can work out range, mean, mode and median.

We’ve been learning how to work out averages and ranges in class in maths. We need a little more work on it to make the learning secure.

Children have been learning how to find the mode, mean, median and range of a set of numbers and have been given some work to complete at home to supplement their learning in school.

All information needed to complete the work is on the sheet that has been given to the children.

Homework is due in on Wednesday 16 Novemebr.

It’s Moustache Season!

As some of you more astute parents may have noticed, I am currently trying to grow a moustache. I’m not doing very well. In fact, Mr Wilks (who is not growing a moustache) by about 4 o’clock everyday seems to have grown more hair than I have done in 2 weeks.

It’s all for a good cause. I’m raising money for men’s health charities during the month of Movember. It would be greatly appreciated if you could donate to this worthy cause.

However, the purpose of this posting is to ensure that you all know that I have not become lazy and dishevelled. I aim to look like Igor by the end of November, where there will be (to most of the teachers’ delight) a celebratory shaving of the moustache.

11 November 2011

The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in Wednesday 16 November.

I know my x6, x7, x8 and x9 tables.

So…we’ve finally got there. We’ve completed all the tables (including x9 this week) and now it’s time to put your child’s speed and accuracy to the test.

Your child should have a times table quiz sheet stuck into their homework book entitled “Learn the 6, 7, 8 and 9 Times Tables”.

Practise your 9s for a bit before you give this a go. Your child should aim to be able to complete this work sheet in 1 minute and 30 seconds. If they don’t, keep practising until they do because, as we all know, Practice Makes Perfect!

11 November 2011

The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 16 November.

What makes a house a home?

• Is it the things you have in the house?
• Is it the people who live there?
• Is it the location of the house?
• Is it the house itself?

11 November 2011

This week’s spellings are all two words that are joined together with a hyphen to form one adjective.

All the adjectives fit with our current literacy learning: promotional writing.  Look out for words like these in adverts and leaflets.

As part of Takeover Day, the children contributed some of these words.

11 November 2011

This week’s homework is Talk Time. It’s due on Wednesday 16 November.

My favourite story / fairy story is…

Talk Time homework doesn’t need lots of evidence in the homework books; sometimes, just a comment from an adult to say you’ve discussed it is enough.

Here are some tips:

• Ask other family members to give their opinions and to use the ‘because’ word.
• Ask your child his / her opinion and ask them to use the ‘because’ word.
• Link the topic back to something you remember from when you were a child and say why things may be different now.