08 July 2016
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Wednesday 13 July and is an exciting national competition. 
Think about how you can present this creatively and we’ll be having a look at everyone’s and then we’ll need to decide which one of our class’ work we want to enter into the competition.
Swimming awards
Well done to our Year 3 class who are coming to the end of their swimming lessons as part of our PE curriculum.
It’s been great to see how the children have developed in skills and confidence over the year with an amazing 60% achieving 25m. This is the requirement for the end of Key Stage 2.
There will be plenty of awards to be given out following our final swim session next week.
Don’t forget Leeds Let’s Get Active offer free swimming sessions at local leisure centres to keep working on those swimming skills over the Summer holidays.
What healthy changes can you make?
As part of our SEAL theme of Changes, the SEAL statement next week is I can make a healthy change.
During the week, children will be encouraged to make a healthy change. This could be physically or emotionally and may include:
- being active after school rather than being on a computer
- having water with a packed lunch rather than a sugary drink
- having a water bottle at school
- taking part in a Sports Leader session at lunchtime
- bringing a piece of fruit for KS2 playtime and Year 3 swimming
- dealing with a problem in a positive way
- going to bed earlier
Here are some suggestions that have been made this week.
Another healthy change may be travelling to school in a sustainable way – walking, scooting and biking.
Each class will be recording their healthy changes with a reward for the class with the most changes. All journeys to and from school by foot, bike and scooter can also be counted.
At the end of the week, the whole school homework will be our annual pupil health questionnaire, this should be returned to your child’s class teacher by Wednesday 20 July.
Change4life, whose aim is ‘to motivate and support millions more people to make and sustain changes that will improve their health’, also provides lots of ideas.
We look forward to hearing all about your healthy changes.
Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies
Rehearsals for our Year 5 and 6 production are now in full swing – well done to all those who have learnt their lines!
As of today, all children are aware of what they need for their costumes. Please could they bring their complete costumes, in a plastic bag with their name on, into school tomorrow.
On Friday, we have our dress rehearsal in front of the school. With this in mind, it is crucial that all children know all of their lines (and the lines that come before theirs). Knowing lines will help them to focus on fine-tuning their performance.
Some Year 6 children were not in school today (Eid Mubarak to those celebrating!); for their costumes they need:
- Lanas: all black
- Linda: opposite to Jenny
- Ibrahim: all black
- Shahban: white polo top, plain shorts
- Ahmed: all black
Thank you!
We are learning about time
We have begun learning about time. In year one, this involves:
- knowing and ordering the days of the week
- knowing and ordering the months of the year
- being able to tell the time to the hour on an analogue clock
- being able to tell the time to half past the hour on an analogue clock
How you can help at home
You can help at home by asking your child questions such as, ‘What day will it be in two days?’ or ‘If it was Sunday three days ago, what day is it today?’ You can also get them involved in telling the time, especially for key times of the day, such as dinner time or bed time.
School meal menu
Our school meal menu is changing! Catering Leeds, our school meal provider, have produced the new Autumn term menu. It follows a three week cycle and will be displayed on our dining room window. This is a good way to make your child aware of what the daily meals are.
Following pupil consultation about their favourite vegetables, we have amended the vegetable selection to incorporate these choices.
School meals continue to be free for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. If your child is in Key Stage 2, please check for eligibility for free school meals.
If your child would like to start having school dinners, please inform the office. A combination of packed lunches and school dinners is also available.
01 July 2016
As you know, we have had to close school on Friday 01 July – Shadwell Lane had its water turned off. For that reason, and because two classes are out of school today, there hasn’t been chance to set homework or spellings for this week.
Even though there is no set homework or spellings, please remember there are lots of things that the children can be doing to reflect on their learning from this week.
Again, I would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the school closure.
Herd Farm Shenanigans!
I’ve had lots of texts from Miss Rushbrooke – everyone is fine and having a grand time. Poor Edward had to come home as he is poorly – get better soon, Edward – but apart from that everything is going to plan. From BMX biking to the giant swing, there is excitement, nerves and giggles. Here are a few photos so you can see their smiling faces – just in case you are missing them!
Wet Play
It felt more like November than June today! Lunch time was wet play so the children were busy in the classroom having fun – and learning. Here are some pictures:
Jessica made a repeating pattern from Lego. I asked her what the 58th colour would be and she said, ‘It will be red because all the even numbers will be red.’ Fantastic, Jessica!
‘I made a pyramid!’
Talk Time Homework Review
Last week, Year 6 were set a Talk Time homework about how people they know use maths every day. We reflected on this as a class and it was fascinating for us to discover that maths is everywhere. Here are some quotes from our discussion:
- “When you are paying for parking it sometimes says ‘exact change only’. This means you need to estimate (or calculate) how long you will be there for and how much this will cost. You then need to count accurately to ensure you don’t waste any money.” – Jennifer
- “My dad needs to calculate the cost of materials before factoring in a margin for profit!” – Simran
- “My parents need to ensure they calculate the cost of VAT accurately so that they make enough money in the restaurant!” – Linda
- “My uncle needs to accurately calculate any profits or losses that his business makes!” – Yahya