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School Councillors

Thank you to Faizaan and Henry for being fantastic school councillors and good representatives of Year Four.

Well done to Sami and Iona who have now taken over their role – I’m sure they’ll be just as great!

11 March 2011

This week’s homework is talk time. It will be due in on Wednesday 16 March.

I think spending billions of pounds on space exploration is a waste of money. Do you agree?

Children can choose to agree or disagree with the statement – as long as they have reasons to back up their opinion.

Try to encourage the children to use words like:

• However…
• Although…
• On the other hand…
• I understand your point, but I think that…
• Conversely…
• Another reason is…

11 March 2011

This week’s spellings have the suffix ‘ary’. A suffix comes at the end of a word. These words will be tested on Friday 18 March.

11 March 2011

Spellings this week are all words with a double letter. They will be tested on Friday 18 March.

11 March 2011

Your homework this week is Practise Makes Perfect.

I can solve timetable problems.

I can read scales and rulers accurately.

I can measure angles accurately.

In class we are working on time, angle, and reading scales. Pick out two of the areas of study you feel you need a little more time on and complete the appropriate Practice Makes Perfect sheet in your homework book.

Homework is due in on Wednesday 16 March.

Super Sports at Allerton Grange

We had a fantastic morning at Allerton Grange High School on Wednesday. After a breezy walk to the school the children were taught by some Year 10 pupils.  They had planned some great activities including general fitness, ball skills and dance.  We then walked back to Moortown helped along by the wind!  Thank you to the pupils and staff at Allerton Grange and thank you to the Year 1 children who were brilliant representatives of Moortown Primary.

We really are happy and healthy!

At Moortown, we pride ourselves on being a happy and healthy place to learn. We monitor this closely to make sure that it’s not just an empty slogan but a true picture of life in our community.

For the past three years, one of our classes has been taking part in a short survey (‘Me and My School’) which looks at responses in relation to emotional difficulties, behavioural difficulties and school climate. The results help us to ensure our provision best suits the needs of our children – and we receive vouchers to spend on play equipment, too!

There is strong evidence that there is a higher proportion of pupils with low anger and aggression scores at Moortown Primary School than participating pupils both nationally and locally. The school climate is rated better at Moortown Primary School than schools nationally and locally. The emotional difficulty scores of pupils at Moortown are lower.

As well as Moortown, 181 other schools across England took part. A total of 20 schools in Leeds completed the ‘Me and My School’ questionnaire. Children responded to a series of statements, answering ‘Never’, ‘Sometimes’ or ‘Always’.

SEAL statement 07 March

For this week our SEAL statement is ‘I can respond to difficult situations in a positive way.‘

The mouse character in the Good to be me SEAL assembly last week responded to a difficult situation by recognising her gift and releasing the animals.  She believed in herself.

Maths

Try this activity at home to help your child with understanding addition and partitioning:

Spot the difference

Draw a row of six coloured spots.

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• In turn, one player closes his/her eyes.
• The other player hides some of the spots with a sheet of paper.
• The first player says how many spots are hidden.
• Try with other numbers of spots.
• Show your child how to count on.

Reading Activities

Here are some ideas when reading with your child:

1. Introduce the book.

2. Look at the front cover illustration and ask your child to predict what the book is about.

3. Ask questions eg “What can we see on the front cover?”

4. Look through the book at the illustrations.

5. Read the blurb – the description on the back of most books.

6. Ask questions about the text as you read.

7. Explain unfamiliar vocabulary and new words.

8. Ask your child to find words in the text and discuss them.

Other questions and prompts you might use are:

• Show me where you start reading.
• Show me how you point to the words as you read.
• Point to a capital letter.
• Point to a full stop.
• Can you find a word that starts with___?
• Can you see any speech bubbles / exclamation marks?
• Can you find a long word on the page and count the syllables?