Homework review
Thanks to those parents who joined us for our weekly homework review. As I expected, there were a number of brilliant homeworks, celebrating the great learning we did throughout STEM week.
Here are a few of our favourites.
Great job, Year 6!
Sports stars
As part of our involvement with the Leeds North East School Sport Partnership and Active Schools, we have recently entered two sporting competitions. A huge well done to all children who took part. For a few, this was their first opportunity to represent our school.
Leeds North East Primary Schools Sportshall Athletics
Fifteen pupils from Year 4, 5 and 6, took part in this action-packed competition, at Allerton Grange, comprising of many field and track events. It’s always a well-contested event and the children competed well against other local schools.
- ‘I enjoyed everything I did. Our team was very positive.’
- ‘It was a great experience that wasn’t too competitive. I loved it!’
- ‘I enjoyed the competition because there were lots of events to choose and do.’
Thank you to Mrs Bald and Mrs Russell for taking the children to this event.
Leeds North East Primary Schools Cross Country Festival
Eighteen pupils participated in the Leeds North East Primary Schools Cross Country Festival at Cardinal Heenan. There were over 650 young people taking part in the races and over 100 pupils in each race.
A particular well done to Grace and Megan who came 7th and 10th in their Year 5 girls race. Also, children commented on the resilience of Ripley who took a fall in the mud but got himself up and then continued to overtake many other runners!
- ”I thought it was good because it was different and my mum used to do cross country too.’
- ‘It was really good because even if you don’t like running too much, like me, you still had a fun time.’
As always, we thank staff and parents who helped with these events.
School Saving Club paying in session
Our next paying in date for School Saving Club account holders is Thursday 08 December 3.15-3.45pm. If you can’t make this date, the next one will be on Thursday 02 February at 3.15-3.45pm.
Children must be accompanied to the sessions.
Alternatively, you can bring money to the office in a sealed envelope marked School Saving Club for the attention of Miss Hale.
School Saving Club accounts can still be opened. Please ask at the office for an application form.
Children who are in currently in Year 3 will have their account credited by Leeds City Council with £10 once opened.
Physical activity – the facts
In August 2016, the Government released its Childhood Obesity Strategy. This document outlines actions which will address the rising rates of childhood obesity.
Yorkshire Sport Foundation have produced the following poster with statistics and key information from the strategy.
We continue to monitor and improve our physical activity provision (see our current PE Provision Plan (pe-and-sport-premium-2016-2017) and our previous PE Provision Plan (pe-and-sport-premium-2015-2016).
Childline – on the web
This year is the 30th anniversary of Childline. It’s often thought that Childline is just a phone number, but their website is full of useful information in different formats. If you haven’t looked at the site, check it out, and encourage your child to visit, too. Remind children that they don’t have to be be in distress to find the Childline information helpful.
Why do children contact Childline?
The two most common reasons children contact Childline are low mood/unhappiness and family relationships. Childline made 4,005 referrals in 2015/16 on behalf of 3,609 children to external agencies, a 7% increase in referrals since 2014/15. There was a 49% increase in referrals about mental health since 2014/15. (Source: How safe are our children 2016, NSPCC, 2016)
Safeguarding in sport
Sport is a terrific way for young people to develop their physical skills, team work and confidence. Thousands of people give up their time to coach and encourage youngsters, but occasionally incidents of grooming and abuse occur. Ensuring that children in sport are as safe as possible is much more rigorous than ever before.
Following last week’s disclosures by Andy Woodward, Steve Walters and Paul Stewart about the abuse they suffered as young footballers, the importance of effective policies and procedures has been brought into sharp focus. We have to remember that the abuse of children by adults they trust can occur in any context.
The NSPCC have dedicated resources for safeguarding children in sport.
Below is a Moortown Primary news story from 01 October on this subject:
It’s important that you check that any sports club or activity that your child attends has your child’s safety as its priority. Even if the club seems professional, there are four key questions that you should ask to make sure that they have all the necessary safeguarding measures in place:
1. Can I see your safeguarding policy?
A good organisation or club should have up-to-date safeguarding procedures in place and be happy to show you copies.2. Who is your Welfare Officer?
The club should have a designated Welfare Officer who is responsible for dealing with any safeguarding concerns that may arise.3. Do you follow safer recruitment procedures?
Every organisation providing sporting activities to young people must ensure they have the correct recruitment processes in place which includes interviews, references and have undertaken the appropriate police checks for their volunteers and staff.4. How do you promote the welfare of children and young people?
The club should be able to demonstrate how they actively promote safeguarding. This includes listening and responding to the views of children and young people.
Don’t be afraid to question. A good and professional organisation will already have procedures in place and will welcome the chance to demonstrate that they are providing a safe environment for your child. Download this leaflet for further guidance on safeguarding in sports.
STEM week
The children enjoyed taking part in different STEM activities throughout the week.
Phonics mornings
Thank you for attending our Maths Mornings last week.
We hope you enjoyed them and found them useful.
Don’t forget this week’s Phonics Mornings.
Packed lunches
Struggling for ideas for a healthy packed lunch?
Change4life have some great tips and easy to prepare ideas based on the Eatwell Guide.
Also make reference to our Packed Lunch Guidance.
25 November 2016
The spellings for this week are below:
