Creative Reading Homeworks
Year 2 are a class of book lovers. Here are some of our favourite reading homeworks from last week’s review.
Class assembly 12 October
We are enjoying our new big topic based on the Katie and… stories, with lots of English, Maths, Science, History and of course Art learning so far.
Ask your child to tell you about the Katie books we have read so far.
- Which is their favourite? Why?
- Who were the characters?
- What were the main events?
- What changes would they have made to the story?
We look forward to sharing the children’s learning at our class assembly this Wednesday. It’s at 2:40pm and we hope to see you then.
New triathlon satellite club
This new club has recently started on Mondays from 4pm-5.45pm at Middleton Park bike hub and is suitable for all abilities.
Bikes are available if needed and the fun sessions will focus on improving running and cycling.
Results from the 2016 annual survey
Thank you to all the parents / carers who responded to this year’s annual survey.
This year, we used an online survey which is used in our other Sphere Federation schools. This has meant looking at the results and communicating them to you is much easier (although it might have contributed to the slight drop in respondents to). We’ve removed some statistical information about the mean, the variance etc, and we’ve removed children’s names, but nothing else. Read all the results and comments here. This contains our responses, too; we’ve not responded to every single comment – just a selection.
The results are overwhelmingly positive – perhaps more so than ever before. 100 % of respondents agreed with the following statements:
- My child is happy at Moortown Primary School.
- My child feels safe at Moortown Primary School.
- My child is taught well at Moortown Primary School.
- Moortown Primary makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
- Moortown Primary is well led and managed.
- I would recommend Moortown Primary School to another parent.
All but one respondent agreed with the following three statements. This might be the same person, or different people. Either way, we encourage you to get in touch if unsure.
- My child makes good progress at Moortown Primary School.
- My child is well looked after at Moortown Primary School.
- Moortown Primary responds well to any concerns I raise.
It was around homework, bullying and learning updates that we got more varied responses.
- For homework, some people want more and some want less – we’re pleased that 87% agreed that homework was pitched about right.
- Regarding bullying, responses often indicate people are unsure of how we tackle it – the comments this year (as in previous years) explain that this is because their child hasn’t encountered it.
- Finally, around receiving updates about their child’s learning, 11% (just four respondents) were unsure whether this was valuable or not. This might have something to do with the move away from levels that were so familiar to both parents and teachers, and it might have something to do with a move towards teaching for greater depth. Whatever the reason, we remind the four respondents, and all parents / carers. that teachers will be happy to see you pop in for some informal, quick chats, and for you to arrange a longer meeting if you’d like one.
Moortown Primary continues to be a happy and healthy place to learn. Parents and carers are an important part of our close and supportive community. Thank you, again, if you responded to the survey.
07 October 2016
This week’s homework is Creative.
I can show what I’ve learnt about our topic.
We are thoroughly enjoying our class topic ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ and it’s time to get creative.We discussed ideas in class related to what we have learnt about this topic so far. Ideas included:
- a character description
- a model
- a newspaper report
- a quiz
- design a poster
The children had lots of good ideas and I’m really looking forward to seeing their creativity.
07 October 2016
| double up for a short vowel sound | ||||
| This week’s spellings are all words where you need to double the last consonant before adding either ing or ed. They make the vowel sound short. 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. | ||||
| shopping/ped | hopping/ped | napping/ped | wrapping/ped | thudding/ded |
| snapping/ped | tripping/ped | slipping/ped | swapping/ped | plotting/ted |
We love to read!
Whether it’s a novel, comic, newspaper, dictionary, thesaurus or an information book, Year 4 love to read.
Reading for pleasure and enjoyment is so very important and these photos show us doing just that.
07 October 2016
This week’s homework is creative and is due Thursday 13 October:
I can add a 3-digit number and ones in a column by regrouping.
Show off your new skill in a creative way. You could make a poster, a quiz, a game…
07 October 2016
This week’s spellings lead on from our spelling activity from last week. We’re adding suffixes to words ending in …fer.
On Friday, your child will be tested on ten of these spellings but needs to know when to double the ‘r’ and when to just have one when a suffix is added.
All children should be practising their spellings in their homework book using the techniques we’ve discussed in class.
| prefer | transfer | refer |
| preferring
preferred preference |
transferring
transferred transference transferal |
referring
referred reference referral referee |
On Thursday 13 October, children should have spelling practice in their homework book for us to look at; they will then be tested on Friday 14 October.
More gymnastics
Today, the children continued with their gymnastics. We have been learning various types of balances and rolls.
I set them a task today to create a short sequence of movements with a partner. They had to think about previous learning and try to incorporate a hoop into their routines. There were some great ideas, super team work and even some demonstrations.
