Maths: column addition and subtraction
Today, Year 4 applied their column addition and subtraction skills to a real-world scenario – a restaurant.
The children were given a (very expensive) menu and chose three things they would like to order. Using their column addition, they worked out the total cost of their bill. After this, they were given a gift voucher to spend in the restaurant. They used their column subtraction to work out the total cost of their bill after their gift voucher had been applied.
It was a really fun way for the children to demonstrate their column addition and subtraction skills!
Help at home: look at the menu and ask the children to order three items and use column addition to work out their total.
Me and my community week
Living and Learning: New school charity
Every year, we vote for a new school charity to support.
Our new charity will replace our current school charity The Children’s Heart Fund. Thank you for all the donations and support given to this great, local cause, including £180 for our recent Rob Burrow Connect Challenge.
As part of our Me and my community themed week, children will be considering the following shortlist of charities. Children should start thinking about these charities and be ready to share their views.
Action Against Hunger aim to save the lives of vulnerable people affected by hunger. Action Against Hunger fights hunger and malnutrition around the world, because no child should ever suffer or die from it. Stop hunger today.
No child should live in poverty. All children should have their basic needs met so that they can achieve their full potential in life. Give every head a bed.
Each class will vote for one charity which will be brought to the Junior Leadership Team who will have the final vote on Thursday 07 November.
Performance Poetry
This week, we’re reading this poem by Nick Toczek – a Yorkshire born poet.
We watched Nick Toczek perform it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxwqtfr/watch/z7w42hv
We had a think about what made his performance so good! These are the R2s (remember to) that we took from him:
- read with prosody
- add actions
- change tone of voice
- change volume of voice
- involve the audience
- well-rehearsed
We then used these R2s to do our performances! We worked in small groups to add actions, rehearse and practise reading with prosody. The performances were fantastic with some even memorising the words after 20 minutes!
Help at home by reading this poem at home and performing to each other! Can you use all the R2s?
Maths: 10, 100, 1000
Recently, in Maths, Year 5 have been learning how to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000. The children have picked up this concept incredibly quickly and have shown a great attitude to learning.
Science: Our Solar System
In Science, Year 5 talked about how models can help our understanding of the Solar System.
Scientists often use models to help people understand an idea, especially one that cannot be seen easily. As our Solar System is so big and we cannot see the extent of it, a scaled-down model is the best method to help us understand our world.
Year 5 ventured outside to create their own scaled-down version of space. Each child became the planets (or our moon) and orbited the Sun.
Help at home: Can you work out with person is which planet (an
Leeds School Sports Association cross country race 1
On Saturday, some of our key stage 2 children took part in the first of the Leeds Schools Sports Association Saturday morning cross country races. Over 100 children, from Leeds primary schools, compete in each of the Year 3-Year 6 girls and boys races.
A special mention to Ewan (Year 4) who finished in 5th place and Isla (Year 3) who finished in 13th place.
Thank you to the parents who supported and took their children to this event.
There are three more races coming up this year (see below) and details will be sent out for each race nearer the time if your child would like to get involved.
It’s nearly time to elect our new junior leaders
We have recently launched this year’s Junior Leadership Team election process. Our Junior Leadership Team is one of the ways that children are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.
The election process allows children to develop an understanding of one of the British Values, democracy, with two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers.
Here are some of the qualities our junior leaders think are needed to be an effective JLT member.
- use the 8Rs for learning
- be respectful and polite
- help others
- be a good speaker and listener (to members of your class and in the meetings)
- share and be confident with your ideas
- let others speak
- accept the views of others even if you don’t agree
- be friendly and approachable
- follow our school rules and make good choices in class and around school
This weeks’ whole school homework is all about the election and democracy, ready for the elections on Thursday 24 October. For children who want to stand in the election, they will have the chance to share their speeches in class on Wednesday or Thursday this week.
Well done to all our current junior leaders who have represented their class so well this year. Remember, you can stand again in the election.
Science: States of Matter
This week, Year 4 have started our chemistry topic of states of matter. We’ve looked at the three states of matter and discussed their properties.
- solid – fixed shape and fixed volume
- liquid – non-fixed shape and fixed volume
- gas – non-fixed shape and non-fixed volume
After that, we explored how temperature can change states of matter.
Help at home: ask your children what temperatures change our states of matter (eg below 0°c = freezing).
Reading and Writing
Reading
Last week in our reading lessons, Year 2 children were exploring non-fiction books and texts. The children enjoyed looking through a range of different non-fiction books and ticking off all the features they could find.
Help at home: Look through a non-fiction book and ask your child to point out all the features. Discuss the differences between non-fiction and fiction books.
Writing
This half term, Year 2, have produced some wonderful writing. As well as doing some bigger pieces of writing about The Great Fire of London, we have been concentrating on handwriting, dictation and editing our writing for ‘must dos’. We have been encouraging the children to look at their own writing and spot any ‘squashed sentences’. This is where two sentences run into each other. For example – I like to play in the park it is fun. The children can spot where the squash is and either fix it with punctuation or a conjunction.
Help at home: Quiz your child. Can they find the squash? Ask them to choose the best conjunction to fix the squash. They could choose and, because, so or but.