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26 November 2010

This week we are learning everyday words.

These will be tested on Friday 03 December.

26 November 2010

This week’s homework is creative.

I can add two numbers.

It’s due on Wednesday 01 December.

The children could:

• Show how to add, using pictures or objects.
• Calculate some number sentences.
• Create a game using addition.
• Go shopping and show how to add using money.
• Include a photograph.

Year 6 Forums

Our Year 6 forums will start next week. I spoke to the older members of our School Council about some guidelines that our pupils should follow so that they can communicate effectively but quickly.  We agreed that the forums should be a balance of expressing opinions, demonstrating learning and asking questions, but also representing our school and our high standards.

Here are the guidelines that our councillors came up with:

• We will use positive language (just like everywhere at Moortown Primary).
• We will use capitals and full stops.
• We will try to spell all words correctly, but know that one or two words might be typos (accidental errors when we use a keyboard) and some words might be hard to spell but we still want to use (‘wow words’, for example).
• We will not use text speak (we know this is better for informal communications).
• We know that our teacher might choose not to publish a post that has too many errors, or might choose to correct these.

Thank you to Sally, Chanda, Rene and Aqsa for setting these guidelines.

26 November 2010

This week’s homework is creative. It is due in on Wednesday 01 December 2010.

‘I can find openings in stories.’

This links to our story-writing unit in literacy. The children need to find different opening lines (the first line) in stories and make a note of them. They could even sort them into dialogue (speech), action or description (think of ‘DAD‘. As it is a creative homework they may present their homework how they wish.

26 November 2010

This week’s spellings are adjectives with suffixes added to them. They still follow the rule of ‘drop the y for an i’. These spellings will be tested on Friday 3 December 2010.

*Not all words follow the pattern!

Class Assembly

Our first Class Assembly was on Thursday 25 November.

Well done children! You performed with confidence and enthusiasm and gave the rest of the pupils a hugely interesting show jam-packed with examples of your great learning about Vile Victorians.

You should be very proud of yourselves!

Well done again.

Mrs Hazell.

26 November 2010

This week we are looking at how we can change verbs to nouns by adding the suffixes; ‘tion’, ‘ism’, ‘ness’, ‘ist’, and ‘ity’.

This week you can choose your own spellings from the noun list.

Choose four spellings and find four of your own spellings that have been changed to verbs from nouns and use the same suffixes to complete your spelling list for this week.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 03 December.

26 November 2010

Your homework this week is Talk Time.

I can talk about our Assembly on Victorians.  

Discuss and share ideas and thoughts about our assembly including your role as well as the roles of other people. Discuss what you enjoyed and what you hope people learnt from our assembly.

…or…

I can keep calm or help others to calm down.

Discuss and share the things we have talked about in school about keeping calm. Share strategies and try and find the best methods for keeping calm that you and your parents use.

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

Homework is due on Wednesday 01 December.

Moortown Puppeteers

As well as being fantastic playground designers, Year 1 have proved that they are also very creative when it comes to puppets.  All they were given was a wooden spoon and some material and they came up with some really different ideas.  We were joined by wizards, a werewolf, Harry Potter and many more characters.  As you may have noticed, these additions have been brought home as the children were so proud of them.  We hope that you continue to enjoy many puppet shows!!

SEAL statement 22 November

‘I can keep calm or help others to calm down’ is the new SEAL statement for this week. 

In class children will be learning about a variety of techniques to use if they need to calm down. 

Some of these techniques include:

• taking deep breaths
• walking away from the situation
• tell someone how you feel
• have a drink of water

Have a look at the calming down keyrings in each classroom for more ideas.