World Book Day
Heroes
This half-term, we’ll be continuing to learn about heroes. Our Literacy work will involve lots of drama work around a book called Willy the Chimp by Anthony Browne. Take a look at our display in the hall.
We’ll be focusing class discussions on inspirational heroes like Louis Braille and a Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius.
We’re looking forward to a very exciting and engaging half term!
Topic
From David Beckham to Nelson Mandella, we’ve leant about a whole range of heroes. Our class discussions have been focused on what qualities people need to make them a hero. We’ve studied Pop Art and the artist Roy Litchenstein who often painted real life heroes as well as superheroes. Take a look at our own versions in our classroom! In ICT, we wrote character descriptions and even designed our own superhero. Next, we’ll create comic strips. We’re currently learning about inspirational Olympic and Paraolympic heroes.
Free swimming lessons!
We have a free block of five swimming lessons to give away to a lucky child in Year 4 to the value of £45!
If you’re interested, please drop in to the office before the end of the week. In the event that we get lots of children who would like the lessons, we’ll put names into a hat. If you have any questions, please come and speak to me.
This week’s phonemes
This week, we’re learning the phonemes ow (as in cow) and oi (as in noise). The new ‘tricky’ word is they.
This half-term, we’re concentrating on letter formation. Please encourage your child to use our handwriting style.
Well Done!
Congratulations to Archie and Owen for being elected to represent Reception Class in the School Council. I am sure they will do a good job.
Ice Skating
On Wednesday 22 February, eight children were taken to the Ice Cube in Leeds. They’ve been working on a project in school called “Leading the Way”; they have worked over a long period of time with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Taylor and have set up a project with Reception children. They were taken ice skating as a reward for all their hard work; they had a brilliant time, although very wet, and were excellent role models for the school. A lot of time was spent falling over and some very soggy clothes were taken home! No doubt there will be some bruises as evidence of the visit!
Hobby Half Day
On the last day of the half-term, children enjoyed another successful Hobby Half Day with all sorts of activities going on! From i-jamming on iPads to fitness circuits, all of the children had a very busy afternoon. All ages of children were working together and learning from each other and every classroom was a hive of activity. Here are just a few photos to show you what was going on.
Bones are us!
You might be interested to know about a free Science lecture, ‘Bones are us‘, at Leeds Metropolitan University coming soon: “A fun and interactive exploration for children and parents”. It’s aimed at 7 – 11 year olds, although siblings may also attend.
The lecture is on Saturday 17 March 2012 from 10:15am to 12:00noon (this includes a break). It will be held in the James Graham Building, Headingley Campus, Beckett Park. Parking is free and a map will be provided on request, or visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/about/files/campusmaps.pdf
All children must be accompanied by a parent/carer.
If you’d like to book places, contact Leeds Met directly:
- phone: 0113 812 5907 / 5473
- email: y.rayner@leedsmet.ac.uk
Chickwatch 2012
We now have nine little chicks! Three to go (hopefully). Most of the chicks are now out of the incubator and in the brooder box.
Click the link below to see a picture of the chicks in the brooder box:
http://moortownprimary.posterous.com/tired-chicks-were-waiting-on-four-others-to-h
