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30 September 2011

This week’s homework is Talk Time.

I can discuss the difference between legal and illegal drugs.

This week, children have decided on this topic for their talk time homework.  They have learnt lots about drugs safety through their sessions with d:side so now’s the time to discuss what they’ve found out.

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

Good websites to refer to are: http://www.talktofrank.com and http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html

Talk Time homework works best if you:

• switch the TV off
• get a few different adults around – mums, dads, aunts, cousins, grandads, neighbours
• take it in turns to speak
• adults go first
• write notes about what you discussed

30 September 2011

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 05 October.

I can design a road safety banner.

Children should create their banners on the sheet attached to their homework books. The banners are then being sent off for a competition. If one of our banners is chosen as the winner, we’ll win some prizes for the school!

Suggested slogans for the banners are:

• Please Drive Safely
• 20 is Plenty
• Kids Say Slow Down

I will look forward to seeing your creations next week. Have fun!

30 September 2011

The homework this week is Creative and is due in Wednesday 05 October

I can design a poster about water safety.

It is completely up to your child what sort of poster they decide to do, as long as it’s related to water safety. Here are some ideas:

• a poster encouraging children to stay safe in the water
• a poster making people aware of potential water hazards
• a poster about being safe at the beach
• a poster about being safe near a reservoir or lake

30 September 2011

This is the second week of investigating the effect of adding ‘ing’ to words.

This week’s spellings are all words which have a short vowel sound before the final letter (think of the difference between the ‘o’ in hop – a short ‘o’ sound) compared to ‘hope’ (a longer sound, like ‘oh’).

When there’s a short vowel sound, you need to double up the final letter when adding ‘ing’.

Your child will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 07 October.

Attendance

You’ll know that as a school, we monitor attendance closely.  Last year, we met our attendance targets, which is great news.

The attendance record for your child’s class – last year’s Y4 class – was broadly the same as Leeds overall, but there were two areas we’d like to improve this year:

1. the class’s attendance was lower than other schools of a similar nature,
2. the amount of unauthorised absence was significantly higher than similar schools, and even higher than Leeds overall – sadly, this was caused by a few individuals taking term-time holidays.

Please keep an eye on your child’s attendance.  Research shows that too many absences affect not only learning but a child’s social and emotional aspects of learning.

Attendance

You’ll know that as a school, we monitor attendance closely.  Last year, we met our attendance targets, which is great news.

The attendance record for your child’s class – last year’s Y1 class – was broadly the same as Leeds overall, but there were two areas we’d like to improve this year:

1. the class’s attendance was lower than other schools of a similar nature,
2. the amount of unauthorised absence was significantly higher than similar schools, and even higher than Leeds overall – sadly, this was caused by a few individuals taking term-time holidays.

Please keep an eye on your child’s attendance.  Research shows that too many absences affect not only learning but a child’s social and emotional aspects of learning.

Well done!

Well done to pupils and parents in Y3 for your excellent attendance figures last year, in Y2.

The class had much higher attendance figures and much lower unauthorised absences than Leeds schools overall, and also, very importantly, better figures than our ‘statistical neighbours’ – these are schools that are most similar to us.

The attendance record for the class was the best in the school.  This excellent data certainly helped the school overall to meet our school target for the year – thank you. 

Well done!

Well done to pupils and parents in Y4 for your excellent attendance figures last year, in Y3.

The class had higher attendance figures and lower unauthorised absences than Leeds schools overall, and also, very importantly, better figures than our ‘statistical neighbours’ – these are schools that are most similar to us.

This excellent data certainly helped the school overall to meet our school target for the year – thank you. 

30 September 2011

Spelling Rule:

This week’s spellings all have an ‘ing’ at the end and replace the ‘e’ in the root word.

The main focus of the learning is to ensure your child understands the rule. It is up to your child which list they decide to do. However, it is important they give themselves an appropriate challenge and don’t attempt a list which is neither too easy nor too difficult.

The spellings will be tested on Friday 7th October.

Can you come up with any more spellings that follow the rule?