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15 July 2016

These are the last spellings of the year! They focus on certain rules we have learnt:  -ed, -ing, -er, -s and -es endings.

All children in Year 1 have the same spellings.

look
looked
looking
looks
box
boxes
sing
singer

Abbey House Museum

We had a great day yesterday learning at Abbey House Museum. We also had time to wander around the abbey after we’d had lunch in the cloisters. Finally, we played some games before getting the bus home.

Federation Consultation

As you know, Moortown Primary’s governors have proposed to join the federation of Scholes (Elmet) Primary School and St James’ Church of England Primary School.  Any responses regarding this need to be returned to school by Monday 18 July.  The details of the consultation and any contacts needed can be found in the consultation document.

15 July 2016

The above spellings include a lot of words that we have learnt this year; some words that follow the spelling rules that we have focused on and some words that may be new to your child. Like the Year 3/4 spelling list, this represents the sorts of spellings Year 3 children are expected to spell confidently.

We have spent a lot of time in class discussing effective ways of practising spellings. Your child will be able to explain the following techniques:
~highlighting
~drawing around spellings
~spelling pyramids
~illustrating spellings
~letter colouring

Why not spend some time with your child trying out these different techniques?

Your child will be tested on eight of these spellings at the end of next week.

15 July 2016

This week’s whole school homework involves completing the pupil health questionnaire sent home with your child/children.

 I can share my views about health.

This annual questionnaire helps us to find out pupil views on some of our key health issues at school. Please support your child to complete the health questionnaire by discussing these issues.

The questionnaire should be returned to your class teacher by Wednesday 20 July.

15 July 2016

This week’s Talk Time homework will be discussed on Wednesday 20 July.

How can Miss Rushbrooke make Year 6 enjoyable, productive and even better than Year 5?

As I have the pleasure of teaching the class again next year, it would be great to have some top tips from the children for what I could do to make their final year at Moortown a great one. I’m hoping for some realistic suggestions about how we can have fun – not just have break all the time! And how I can help them learn even more than they have this year.

• Is there anything in particular you’d like us to learn?
• Has any learning been particularly enjoyable – we could do something similar next year.
• Are there any suggestions for what the classroom should look like or have in it.
• Do you think there are any different ways we could work that would help us to be more productive?
• What have you liked this year that you’d want to continue?
• Is there any thing you haven’t liked this year and you’d like it to stop?
• Could we do more or less of anything?

There is always room for improvement and – I hope the children would agree – I’m always keen to hear how they’d like things to be and will adapt what I’m doing if I think it’s a good idea.

15 July 2016

Gobblefunk words

To promote the big read and celebrate the work of Roald Dahl, this week’s spellings are all words found in his books.

Children should learn how to spell these words in preparation for their final spelling test on Thursday 21st July.

Although these are made-up words, your child be practising the skill of learning new words – a vital life skill. There are lots of rules in these words which apply to spelling real or made-up words. (‘Squibbling’, for example, is probably a verb, ‘to squibble’, and uses two key rules: ‘drop the e for i n g‘ and the always important ‘double up for short vowel sounds’.)

I wonder if you can figure out what they mean too or even track down some Roald Dahl books that have them in!

Digimap Steve Backshall competition

Thank you very much for your entries to the Steve Backshall competition.

Unfortunately, our entries were not chosen as winners. Copied below is their announcement of the winners:

Thank you so much for entering our Digimap for Schools Wildlife Maps competition to win a school visit from Steve Backshall. The standard of entries was amazing and has totally delighted us. The judging panel met at the Royal Geographical Society and whittled the entries down to a shortlist. Steve Backshall then selected the winner. The delay in responding to you all was caused by Steve’s busy filming schedule and  I am sorry it’s taken so long to announce a winner.

It was a difficult task to judge from all of the excellent entries, and the team thoroughly enjoyed looking through the variety of wildlife photos and the questions relating to the photos. Finally, Mengham Junior School in Hayling Island was selected as the overall winner, and will soon have a visit from Steve Backshall. The wildlife presenter, naturalist and all-around adventurer will spend a morning with the school next week, taking the winning class on a nature walk and talking to the school.

There were also two runners-up, from St John’s Mead Church of England Primary School in Eastbourne and Kitebrook Preparatory School in Gloucestershire, who will receive signed books from Steve Backshall. More information about the winning entry is on our blog today https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2016/07/digimap-schools-competition-winner-announced/#more-21740

Thanks to Jack Elliott in Year 6 for letting me know about the competition and asking if we could enter. I know that some people had issues getting logged into the program and uploading your entry. I’m sorry about this. The password on the letter was correct and I’ve given feedback to Digimap.

Mindful morning

Year 2 finished the morning with a mindfulness finger sticks exercise which required a lot of concentration, trust and cooperation.  Why not try some other mindfulness exercises.

Science with magnets!