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03 December 2010

The homework this week is ‘Creative’ and is due in Wednesday 08 December.

I can create a story mountain of my favourite traditional story.

I would like to see the children come up with some creative story mountains to structure their favourite traditional story.

Here are a few ideas:

• Pictures of each stage of the story mountain.
• Comic strip of each stage of the mountain.
• Main characters at different places on the story mountain.

These ideas are only a guide; it’s completely up to you how you want to create your story mountain.

03 December 2010

This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges all include the suffix ‘ful’.

Apples have some high-frequency words to remember. They will be tested on Friday 10 December 2010.

03 December 2010

This week’s homework is a creative homework and is due in on Wednesday 08 December.

I can show what I have learnt about fractions.

When we discussed this as a class we thought of a few ideas:

• Draw and shade fractions of different shapes.
• Draw (or take photos) of different fractions that you see around you.
• Create a fraction game or puzzle.
• Show me some equivalent fractions.
• Write some fraction word problems.

I will look forward to seeing a fraction bonanza on Wednesday!

03 December 2010

This week, it’s Talk Time homework and is due in on Wednesday 08 December.

I can talk about what I have learnt in our topic ‘The Toy Box.’

What was your favourite piece of learning?

The homework last week was brilliant. I’m looking forward to discussing our topic next week!

03 December 2010

This week we are learning to spell tricky words.

These will be tested on Friday 10 December.

03 December 2010

Spellings this week are all superlatives. They all have an est ending (and some also have the rule of changing the ‘y’ to an ‘i , like angry becoming angriest). Choose four spellings from the list and find four of your own that follow the same rule.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 10 December.

angriest

brainiest

cheekiest

narrowest

comfiest

happiest

healthiest

hungriest

juiciest

luckiest

moodiest

naughtiest

prettiest

quietest

scariest

unhealthiest

03 December 2010

Your homework this week is Talk Time:

I can talk about whether people eat too much junk food.

In class, we are working on balanced arguments. Discuss with your parents your opinions about the statement above. Think of and discuss points that you agree with and points that you disagree with.

Also think about a conclusion or summary.

Make notes in your homework book to show the things you discussed.

Homework is due in on Wednesday 08 December.

To close or not to close…?

The BBC website has described the dilemma headteachers face regarding whether they should close their school or not.  Schools can’t please all parents on this issue: this week, most parents have praised us for staying open whilst many other Leeds schools haven’t, but there have been one or two parents complaining that we should also have closed.  Today, many parents wanted to know if we would be open tomorrow – but closing our school is a last resort and a decision I don’t take lightly.

The article lists many different factors and conflicting opinions that have to be considered.  For example, people have today been advised that they should only travel when it is “essential”. The Department for Education regards travelling to school as essential and says both staff and pupils should try to do so safely, but the National Union of Teachers disagrees, arguing that “essential” should mean emergency services, gritters etc.

When making a decision to stay open or close, my main priority is safety: the safety of children, obviously, but also the safety of parents and carers who need to collect their child, the safety of staff who face challenging journeys home, and even the safety of our neighbours on Shadwell Lane, a road that can get severely clogged up with traffic (this has in the past blocked emergency vehicles from gaining access).

At Moortown, we’re lucky in that many staff live locally. Teachers and support staff stayed for as long as they could today: Mr Owen and Mr Wilks, for example, stayed until after lunchtime so that they were around to provide extra supervision, and then faced very long journeys home on foot, whilst Mrs Weekes, Mrs Wilson, Mrs O’Malley, Mrs Sherriff and Mr Wilson stayed throughout the day ensuring those children still at school were safe, and that parents need not dangerously hurry to school.

I’m extremely grateful to all staff for their efforts and to parents who collected their child as soon as it was safe to do so.

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The boys hard at work!

Playing on the field.