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Rainbow pasta salad

A post by Year 2 about their morning.

• ‘Today we have done some cooking and we used the bridge and claw to help us.’  Madison
• ‘We had to use our remembering skills so we knew what to do.’ Amrit M
• ‘We put the pasta in the pan with some water and cooked it on the hob.’ Harman
• ‘We cut the cherry tomatoes in half independently.’ James
• ‘Our class put their aprons on to keep us clean.’ Sukmani
• ‘I tied my apron myself.’ Billy
• ‘I used the claw for cutting the cucumber.’ Christina
• ‘To cut the peppers, we used the scissors to snip.’  Aadil
• ‘The equipment we used included scissors, sharp knives, a pan, measuring scales, chopping board and some mixing bowls.’ Edris
• ‘Our class was responsible when we were cooking.’ Lewis
• ‘All the group had a turn at grating the cheese.’ Betty
• ‘I would add some olives to make it even more colourful.’ Sam
• ‘I would add spinach to make it even healthier.’ Harpreet

05 October 2017

Sport at Allerton Grange

Year 6 had their first visit to Allerton Grange today to work with their sports leaders. We enjoyed basketball, football, hockey and netball activities which were well-delivered by the Y11s and well-received by the Y6s.

Thanks to Elias who was our class cameraman today and caught some great action-shots.

Traffic survey

Following our local area walk last week, we decided to focus on traffic around school and find out just how much traffic passes our school (hopefully following the new 20mph speed limit).

This enabled us to include some maths skills while we were recording and afterwards to discuss the results.

We are looking forward to comparing this data with the surveys completed by children at Scholes (Elmet) Primary and St James’ CE Primary.

Explorers

Year 2 launched into the whole-school Explorers topic this week by becoming explorers in our local area.

We looked out for physical and human features as we explored.

After our visit, we discussed what we liked and disliked about our local area.  A lot of the children had noticed litter on the ground, sometimes very close to a bin, and that was something they didn’t like. Because of this, we are planning some litter picking in the coming weeks.

Traffic was also something that was commented on.

We will be using our maths skills this week to record just how much traffic there is around school.  This traffic survey will be exchanged with Scholes (Elmet) Primary and St James (CE) Primary to make comparisons.

We’ve had a great start to the big topic so far and are looking forward to lots more exploring.  Below is an overview of the topic.

In this Big Topic, your child will become an intrepid explorer, embarking on an amazing adventure of discovery.  Children will compare the physical and human geography of different localities.  They’ll use maps, atlases and globes to help them plan journeys into the unknown!  Geography learning will be key in this whole-school topic, thought the children will also enjoy other subjects, too.  Maths skills, for example, will be used – children might look at positional language, coordinates, or statistics.  Your child will also be encouraged to explore and learn about their own locality.  Why not involve your child when planning a trip to explore some local attractions like Leeds Art Gallery or the Yorkshire Sculpture Park?

Spectacular science

Yesterday, we enjoyed a mind-blowing science lesson in which we practised our observation skills (LO: To be able to use observations to verify predictions).

We started off by moulding some ‘Soapy Foam’ (other brands available) into a sphere.

We knew we were going to leave the soap (untouched) all day. We each made a prediction about what we thought would happen:

• ‘I think it will shrink because the water in the soap will evaporate.’
• ‘I think it will expand because of the pressure from the air.’
• ‘I think it will turn into a puddle because it will melt.’

Then, as a group, we ordered our predictions from least likely to most likely.

We observed the soap throughout the day. This is called an ‘observation over time’. Ask your child what happened and encourage them to explain why they think this occurred.

In the next part of the lesson, we filled a small glass with water. We filled the glass to its absolute full capacity – ask your child what we noticed about the top of the glass. On the table, we had a range of items (cotton wool, counters, paper clip, Base 10 rod, Multilink cube) and predicted what would happen if we put them in the glass. Obviously, the water would be displaced and overflow, right? Well, we all decided that the cotton wool had the best chance of fitting in the glass without any water spilling over the slides so we investigated. We put the cotton wool in the water and observed what happened…

You’ll never believe it but the cotton wool went into the glass without a single drop of water being spilled! Ask your child if they can explain to you why this strange phenomena occurred (hint: think about particles and the three states of matter).

Everyone’s mind was blown. Especially this person…

15 September 2017

This week’s spellings are all words which need you to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. Then, you add either ed or es to make the past tense or a plural noun. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. We may ask children to spell similar words that follow the same pattern:

Learn this pattern in preparation for the test on Friday 22 September.

Hotseating

On Thursday, we wrote a diary entry as Henry from ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’. In order to get into character, we thought about what questions we’d like to ask Henry if he were real and then some of us took on his character, fabulously.

Goodbye, Year 6

A final hello to you all as Y6’s time at Moortown draws to a close. I’ve had the most wonderful two years working with this class. They’re funny, work hard and just a nice bunch of kids. I shall say my farewells in verse as has become a tradition of mine and, although I’ve worked hard on the rhyming, every word is true!

The time has come to say goodbye,

But don’t you girls worry and don’t you boys cry.

Addam through school you’ve worked so very hard,

Aleena you’ve strived for every inch, every yard.

Adwait you’ll go to infinity and beyond,

Ava, of you, I am very fond.

Ben, so lively and so full of spark,

And Dom, with you, I’ve had such a lark.

Ebs just lovely, always does the right thing,

I know, to Emre, success life will bring.

Franks always true to just who you are,

And Grace (my little bookworm) a bright, shining star.

Haider quite honestly, the jewel in my crown,

Indi will always turn my frown upside down.

Izzy – two things – great girl, great writer,

And Jack makes the days that little bit brighter.

Jorja whose smile can light up the school,

Kieron so modest but also so cool.

Manya so calm but with friends she’s quite crazed,

By Mia’s creations you’ll all be amazed.

Malique, master of cheek, but does make me smile,

And Riya, oh so lovely, all of the while.

Kostas knows what is right, what is wrong,

Moses, great actor, loves to belt out a song.

Talha – so laid back – it’s been a blast,

Nats there to help me, right to the last.

Naran now grown into a fine young man,

And Owen, well, I’m his biggest fan.

Raj is a dark horse, so quick and so witty,

Subhaan, my little gent, he just loves Man City.

Sarah so kind with a great big heart,

Zaiyad, from whom, I don’t wish to part.

So Y6, I’ve had a great time and hope you all have too,

Be good. Enjoy life. Miss R will miss you.

School Games Mark

At the end of each year, schools are invited to apply for their School Games Mark. The School Games Mark rewards schools for their commitment to and development of competition, school sport and physical education.

We are very proud to announce that our application has been verified and we have been awarded Gold award for the third year running.

In an attempt to engage as many children as possible in physical activity, we track children’s participation over the year.

68 children in KS2 and 52 children in KS1 and Reception have taken part in at least one after-school club since September. This is 57% of the total number of pupils.

81 children (68%) in KS2 have represented the school in a competition or participation event.

Children tell us they enjoy taking part in a variety of activitie:

• ‘In scooter club, I had fun on my scooter.’
• ‘I enjoyed Wake Up Shake Up club because I got to spend time with my friends and DANCE!’
• ‘I liked basketball.  We learnt how to play the game, basketball skills and working as a team.’
• ‘I enjoyed cricket because it helped me with my skills of bowling and batting.’
• ‘I enjoyed the aqua festival.  Everyone took part and nobody was left out.  Everybody tried their best.’
• ‘The Brownlee Triathlon was fun and got people involved who don’t especially like sport but they did it. It wasn’t competitive.’
• ‘I enjoyed the Sportshall athletics competition because there were lots of events to choose from and do.’

Thank you to staff who have accompanied children to these events or run after-school clubs this year. Thank you also to Mrs Russell who provides excellent administration of our clubs and sporting events and competitions.

Thank you as well to all parents/carers who have helped with transport and supported at our events this year. Finally, thank you to all pupils who have tried out a new physical activity either at an after-school club or as part of a competition or participation event and to those children who have represented our school so well this year.