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School trip tomorrow!

We are all looking forward to visiting Herd Farm tomorrow morning as part of our Time Travel Houses and Homes topic.

As we will be outside, and the forecast is for cold weather, please ensure your child comes in warm long sleeved clothes, with ideally waterproof boots and coat. They should also have a water bottle in school to take with them.

We have been looking at the forecast throughout the week and fingers crossed the wind dies down.

We will be back for lunch so no packed lunch needed!

24 February 2017

Double up for a short vowel sound

This week, we have focussed on a spelling rule that we have previously learned but still make mistakes with.

The ‘double up for a short vowel’ sound is very common in the English language although, as we have found, there are exceptions to the rule.

Here are a list of words that double up for a short vowel sound. You should familiarise yourself with the rule and learn how to spell these words. You will be tested on ten of these words on Friday 03 March.

24 February 2017

This week, as usual, we have two pieces of homework.

First, we have a Creative homework: I can show what entertainment means to me. 

This really is an open-ended task. Children should think about what they do for entertainment and then present this in a creative fashion. They should focus on more than one type of entertainment. A good example would be a comparison between two different types of entertainment.

Second, we have a Practice Makes Perfect homework: I can correct spelling mistakes. 

Children have been given a worksheet to complete. The worksheet requires them to spot a series of spelling mistakes and then correct them. If children are not sure of the correct spelling, they should find out. This could be done in many ways: dictionary, internet or simply by asking someone.

As always, if you have any difficulties please contact me early in the week.

Great feedback about Moortown

There were some visitors in school on Monday talking to Year 5 and 6 about opening a University Technical College in the area, specialising in digital careers. They were very impressed by all our pupils and staff but particularly with the children they worked with. Here is some of their feedback:

“From the moment of arrival and being buzzed through the front gate and signed in, to our escort to the classroom, the level of professionalism would not have been out of place in a professional office environment.  The whole class’s willingness to engage with two strangers, their enthusiasm and excitement and their well posed, pertinent and erudite questions are a credit to you, the teaching staff and the students themselves.”

Fantastic feedback – well done to all involved.

Transport Museum

We had a brilliant day today at The Streetlife Museum of Transport and The East Riding Museum in Hull. We started our day with a science workshop linked to friction and forces. Year 3 had to think about what forces are used to move different items.

As we walked around The Streetlife Museum we saw a variety of old fashioned transport: Victorian carriages, trams, railways, cars, horses, bicycles, boats and much more.

We also enjoyed exploring The East Riding Museum. The museum took us on a journey through time which linked really well with our history topic.

Here are some photos of the great things we saw…

Transport Museum

Today, we enjoyed a trip to The Streetlife Museum of Transport in Hull. Such a variety of old-fashioned transport was on display. We enjoyed looking at Victorian carriages, trams, railways, cars, horses, bicycles, boats and much more. Year 4 also had a science workshop linked to friction and forces. After putting on our white lab coats and a pair of goggles, we were ready for action. The children took part in quite a few experiments, all of which demonstrated forces and friction in action.

Across from the transport museum, there is another place of interest: The East Riding Museum.

This took us on a journey through time, beginning with a life-size mammoth and then continuing on through various time periods.

We learnt some fantastic facts, had great fun and thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Take a look at some highlights of the trip.

Our new SEAL theme – Getting On

For this half term, our SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) theme Getting On covers four main aspects:

• developing the social skills of friendship
• working well together in a group
• managing anger
• resolving conflict

A key resource for children to refer to during this theme, and at other times, is Peaceful Problem Solving.  This encourages children to sort out their own problems.  You may wish to talk through this with your child(ren).

When group work takes place in school, some questions for children to consider are:

• Did everyone take turns?
• Did everyone listen to what other people thought?
• Did each person have chance to tell the group what they thought?
• If people had different ideas could the group reach a compromise?

The key areas of learning throughout this theme are empathy, managing feelings and social skills.

We start our weekly SEAL statements with a focus on manners, I don’t interrupt (with my mouth or with my hand).

Meet our new School Council

Congratulations to our new school councillors who were elected by their class in our whole school elections.  Their first meeting will be held after half term.

An eighth continent…?

Our age-related expectations set out what children in each year group should know by the end of the year. The expectations are based on the National Curriculum.

In Geography, for Year 2, one of the expectations is to name the seven continents of the world and find them using an atlas, map or globe.

This might need to be changed based on a story in today’s news!

Healthy muffins

During the week, Year 4 have enjoyed a bit of baking. The children used skills such as chopping, grating, mixing, measuring and peeling. To make our muffins healthy lunchbox snacks, we added carrot, apple and cinnamon. Lots of fun was had by all and there were no arguments as to who was doing the washing up!