Fab feedback!
Moortown Primary has a long history of supporting teachers, headteachers and schools across Leeds. This morning, five new headteachers visited us to learn more about self-evaluating (where a school evaluates its own provision and works out how it can improve – look at our self-evaluation summary) and improvement planning. They also took the opportunity of looking around school. Here’s some feedback following their visit:
What a wonderful experience and privilege to be invited to look behind the doors of your fabulous school; engaged learners; friendly, happy, smiley children; clearly dedicated staff and an enticing learning environment for everyone to grow and learn.
It was also lovely to have a look around your school which must be the living embodiment of ‘great things in small packages’. The school feels like a well run ship with everyone buying into the principles and practices you want. The pupils were also a credit in that they didn’t even look up from their learning when we all walked in.
A wonderful school you have there – I will work extremely hard to have somewhere that shines as a beacon for its community like your school does for Moortown.
PTA News
Our PTA plan lots of exciting events in the next few months, some for children, some for adults, some for both!
Cupcake Competition! Thursday 24 March
Children are invited to decorate a cupcake for this competition. Entries to the office by 9.00am on the day.
Bun Sale Thursday 24 March, 3.15pm
Please leave bun donations at the office on the day.
Parents & Community Cheese and Wine Tasting Friday 22 April, 7.30pm – 11.00pm
Can you tell your Camembert from your Cabernet, and does ricotta go nicely with Rioja? Join us for an adults only evening of cheese, wine, disco and much more!
Family BBQ and Disco Evening Friday 17 June, 6.30pm – 9.00pm
Celebrate summer with a barbecue and disco for all the family. Further details next term.
Roundhay Schools Fun Run 2016 Saturday 25 June (provisional date)
An annual community event involving many local schools. Further details next term.
School Summer Fair Saturday 09 July
We hope to welcome all your friends and family! Further details next term.
Let's get moving!
Supporting Sport Relief…
On Friday 18 March, children are invited to come into school in sports-related clothing and during the day they will be walking a mile around the school grounds. Children are asked to bring a donation of at least £1 to raise money for Sport Relief.
On-line safety
Thanks to the parents / carers who attended one of the two on-line safety workshops this week, led by experts from the NSPCC and O2. Parents were very positive about the sessions:
- “Very useful, especially the resources that I found out are available and the leaflets for further reference.”
- “Very informative and educational. Gave real-life examples. Definitely inspired to go on NSPCC website to educate myself more.”
- “Opened my eyes to lots of apps I had never heard of.”
- “I got some very useful tips on online safety. Has made me reconsider the lack of restrictions we have at home.”
- “Really eye-opening. Great to know where I can go to check apps out.”
Leeds Let’s Get Sugar Swapping!
Following the introduction of the Change4life Sugar Smart App, the Leeds Sugar Smart Challenge has been launched to ask families, schools and other organisations to share the amount of sugar they have saved by making sugar smart swaps. The Change4Life website has lots of information to help you to look for sugar on food labels if you are unable to access the app.
Leeds Sugar Smart Challenge features a city totalizer to record the number of sugar cubes saved, with prizes available at random to top swappers.
Children and Young People’s Plan
The ambition of Leeds City Council is for Leeds to be a child-friendly city. A child-friendly version of the city’s Children and Young People’s Plan has recently been launched; it was designed in consultation with pupils from primary and secondary schools across Leeds. As well as being a fun activity sheet, it is also a good way to share the city-wide vision directly with children and to raise their awareness of what Leeds City Council are doing to make Leeds the best city for children to live and grow up in.
The plan was recently reviewed by our School Council.
If you would like a printed copy of the plan, please ask at the office.
Children and young people are the future of our city, which is why we put them at the very heart of the growth strategy. We want Leeds to be a compassionate city with a strong economy, and it is really important that all our children and young people are supported to achieve their full potentials. The city-wide partnership approach in promoting and achieving the aims of the Leeds Children and Young People’s Plan is key to this.
Today's menu
Have you seen our new menu board on display in the dining room? This is updated daily to show the school dinner menu including the main course, vegetarian main and jacket potato option. If your child has their school dinner in the main hall they are encouraged to have a look at the board at the start of the day, playtime or at lunchtime.
You’re also welcome to have a look with your child/children.
The full weekly menu is still available, displayed on the dining room window and in our school meals section.
The Summer term menu has also been published with details of any new dishes. How to encourage others to try new dishes was recently discussed by our School Council. Suggestions included:
- Tell your friends if you have tried one of the new meals.
- Have a taster of a new meal.
In response to this, children can request a small taster of a new meal alongside their lunch. New dishes will be highlighted on the menu board.
Quick Sticks
Fifteen children (and several adults) set off from Moortown Primary early on the morning of Friday 26 February as part of forty teams competing in the Quick Sticks hockey competition at the Sportspark Weetwood. Fifteen hockey players (and several other adults…) returned. A fast-paced day of teamwork and good sportsmanship, with plenty of goals scored, leads us to look forward to the next Quick Sticks event!
We also look forward to working with Leeds Hockey Club back at school.
Thank you to all parents who helped with transport for this event.
Be curious!
There’s a great day coming up soon at the University of Leeds…
Ever wondered what happens in a university? Ever been curious as to what studies and research are done in Leeds and where they lead to? Now is your chance to find out and feel immersed in the vast array of exciting things that go on at the University of Leeds.
Have a go at activities such as knitting a 3D sculpture, finding out more about joint replacements, looking at the effects of energy generation on the human body and having your face 3D scanned.
- All age groups are welcome
- 10am – 4pm Saturday 19 March 2016
- Free parking available
- No need to book, just come along to the free event.
Visit the website to find out more.
Well done to all
On Monday morning, we noticed a smell of gas from the cellar in school (this is located below the front building of the school).
We followed advice from Transco which was for all children and staff to leave the site. We did this straight away. We have plans in place for situations like this so we were well-prepared; set out in the plan is for people to walk to Highfield Primary.
In the event, Transco arrived really quickly – as a school, we are a priority – and, following checks, advised us that children could return. Children had only just arrived at Highfield.
Through all of this, staff remained calm and concerned, with children’s safety as a priority. In addition, children were well-behaved, as always – it helps that we carry out regular fire drills so they are well-prepared.
Transco has identified the problem and we are getting it fixed as a matter of priority.
