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12 November 2010

This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges have the suffix ‘ing’.

Apples have some high-frequency words to remember. They will be tested on Friday 19th 2010.

New Literacy Unit

We start a new unit in Literacy this week. In this unit we will be looking at labels. What are they? Can children identify them and then write one of their own?  Next, we will explain that lists are used for remembering, for planning or for presenting information clearly. Lastly, we will discuss captions and write our own simple caption.

By the end of the week, the children will have used lists to organise and present information about toys.

You can support your child to use captions next to pictures at home. Here is an example.

Lego is a construction toy.

It can be put together to build a model.

12 November 2010

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 17 November.

I can practise my letter formation for ‘a’ and ‘e’.

Remember, our Handwriting Guide is easy to follow and a great way to support your child. Children have told us that with better handwriting they feel more confident and proud of their learning!

12 November 2010

This week’s spellings are linked to phonemes we are learning in class.

These will be tested on Friday 19 November.

12 November 2010

This week we have Talk Time homework that links to our topic. We will discuss the topic in class on Wednesday 17 November.

I know how to be safe around roads.

12 November 2010

This week’s spellings are adding ‘ies’ for plurals. It also links to the rule of ‘drop the y for an i’. These will be tested on Friday 19 November. The children can try to think of any other words that follow this rule!

12 November 2010

Here are your spelling lists for this week. They are based on verbs in the past tense.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 19 November.

12 November 2010

Your homework this week is Creative and is due in on Wednesday 17 November.

I can get into role and express myself as a Victorian character.

Next week, we are having a Victorian Day. Children have been asked to come dressed as a Victorian character and produce a piece of work about their character. They will be asked to talk about their work for five minutes on Victorian Day.

This piece of work could be:

• A PowerPoint
• A biography
• A timeline
• A cartoon strip about your life in Victorian times
• An interview with you answering questions about your life

or, of course, your own idea!

Have fun!

Remember: stick to one page in your homework book and extend the page if you need to!

Takeover Day 2010

Tomorrow is Takeover Day!

This is a national event that we promote and celebrate at Moortown Primary.  It offers the chance for children and young people across the country to work with adults and get involved in decision-making.  Children can gain skills, knowledge and inspiration and experience in some way the world of work.

Last year, we were one of two Leeds schools to be selected to go to Merrion House and visit the Chief Executive of Education Leeds.  The children had a working lunch and considered various issues facing schools today.  They also enjoyed visiting the offices and seeing all the different people who support teaching and learning in Leeds.

This year, we’ve volunteered our skills again!  A group of older children will visit the Healthy Schools team for Leeds.  We’re such a great example of a happy and healthy school, I’m sure our children will be able to help the team in many ways!

Tomorrow, children in each class will take over part of the day.  They might teach the new spelling rules, they might read a story, they might talk about topics!  One child from each class will also lead the Friday Assembly – they’ll choose the people who deserve certificates, for example!

Health Group meeting 12 Nov 2.45pm

Our Health Group (parents / carers) will be meeting this Friday 12 November at 2.45pm in the school library.  

We shall be discussing food in school and drug education. 

All are welcome to attend – hope to see you there.