Adel Tennis Club coaching
This half term, Year 1, 2 and 6 are developing and improving their tennis skills in sessions led by John Moore from Adel Tennis Academy.
Adel Tennis Academy are running half term tennis camps. Click here for more information.
Wonderful writing!
This week we have been reading a story called ‘We’re going to find the monster’ by Malorie Blackman and Dapo Adeola. 
The children have loved imagining what kind of monster the children are seeking as well as mapping out the journey the brave explorers take. We then thought of our own ideas for where they could search for the monster and wrote up our ideas wonderfully! We thought really carefully about what we were going to write making sure we included all our Year 1 must dos. We even practised clapping at the end of each sentence to remind us to use a full stop!
Well done everyone!
Have a lovely weekend,
Mr McGriffiths
After-school clubs return
Our autumn term after-school clubs return next week.
Here is the schedule that has recently been sent out to all children.
We invest part of our government PE and Sport Premium in subsidising these clubs and we hope to get as many children as possible active after-school.
If your child is interested in joining a club, please sign up via School Gateway or contact the school office.
Living and Learning: 8Rs for learning
The Eight Rs for Learning promote good learning behaviour.
They include being resilient, responsible, reflective, ready, resourceful, risk taking, responsive and remembering. Each attribute is represented by an animal, I wonder if your child can remember which animals they are.
We have been learning all about these in our Living and Learning lessons this week and we have been thinking of different times we have shown these attributes. In doing so, we have been showing excellent resilient, remembering and responsive behaviour. Mrs Taylor was very impressed by how much we remembered in our Monday assembly!
Although these eight attributes have been our current focus in Living and Learning, we refer to the 8Rs throughout the year. Can your child think of different ways they can show these attributes at home and at school?
Read more about the Eight Rs in our guide for parents and carers.
Bike to School week and Let’s ride
Biking and scooting are one of the ways we encourage children to actively travel to and from school and next week we’ll be taking part in Bike to School Week (with Sustrans and the Bikeability Trust). We are pleased to be part of this UK-wide event, encouraging families to cycle, or scoot, to school. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate active school journeys and the positive impact it has on children’s health and wellbeing – as well as the environment.
Bike and scooter storage facilities are available by the side of the Year 4 classroom.
Also, taking place this weekend is the free Let’s Ride session held locally at the Brownlee Centre.
This free family community event is ideal for the whole family to enjoy cycling in a safe and friendly space. At the Leeds Brownlee Centre, Bodington Playing Fields, you can ride at your own pace as many times as you like with volunteers on hand to chat all things cycling.
Sign up for the event here.
Fantastic week!
Year 1 have had another excellent week at school and have shown great learning and listening skills. They were given their first class treat this afternoon for their wonderful learning behaviour, some time out in the sun playing on the front playground equipment. Well done everyone!
In writing we have been looking at the book Lost and Found more and we thought about how we would feel if a penguin knocked on our door! The children produced some wonderful sentences, making sure they used a capital letter and full stop.
In maths, we have been continuing to practise counting backwards and forwards to 100. We even counted how long it would take someone to deliver a message to Mrs Weekes and come back (we got to 97!). Keep using Numbots at home to continue to support your child’s learning.
Thank you for sending all your children’s reading books back this Friday, they have all been changed and are due back in on Tuesday.
Have a great weekend,
Mr McGriffiths
Netball coaching and half term camps
We are looking forward to having some coaching in school from Elite Netball Academy in the next few weeks.
Elite Netball Academy run weekly netball classes on a Saturday morning at Gateways school and they have an early bird offer for their October half term camps held locally at The Grammar School at Leeds- £25 per day if booked by 17th September.
First week back!
We’ve had a brilliant first week back at school in Year 1 and the children have shown a wonderful attitude to learning. They have been really eager to learn new things and I am sure they will be very tired this Friday!
This week we have introduced our topic for the half term all about British Geography, Where in the world am I? We have updated the maps in the playground so have a look at them with your child as you arrive at school.
In maths, we have been using the 100 square to practise counting forwards and backwards. Help at home by practising counting different objects around the house. You will also have received a log in for Numbots today which is a great way to support their maths learning too.
In reading, we have been developing our reading fluency by reading our weekly fluency text based on the book Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. The children will also have sent home with a new reading book this Friday. Help at home by reading daily with your child and choose some of the reading activities from this guide. Books will be changed every Tuesday and Friday.
In phonics, we will be recapping the Phase 4 learning from the end of Reception before moving onto Phase 5. Help at home by playing some of the games on Phonics Play, accessed through their website not an app, choosing Phase 4 games (Login Sphere Password Sphere3)
In Living and Learning we have been working on this week’s target, ‘I greet someone politely’. They have done a brilliant job and we practised in small groups how we would greet each other politely.
Homework books will be sent home on Friday and they can be kept at home and used for the children to practise their weekly spellings and to record any brief notes from their talk time homework.
Please do let me know if there is anything we can help with.
Mr McGriffiths
Welcome back!
Welcome back to school everyone!
I hope you have all had a happy and healthy summer break. I am very much looking forward to meeting everyone finally after a disrupted end to last year!
Below is a list of key points to remember:
- Mrs Roth will be working in Year 1 again this year.
- The children will line up in the playground when the bell goes at 8:50 and a member of staff will take them round to the cloakroom.
- Please ensure your child has a coat every day.
- Water bottles can be brought into school and can be refilled throughout the day.
- PE is on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Your child should come to school in PE kit on those days. They will remain in their kit for the whole day.
- The school uniform policy is on our website. Please check if you are unsure about any items of clothing or footwear.
- If you have come across any reading books, library books or reading records from Reception, bring them back into school.
Please do ask, at the start and the end of the day, if you have any queries.
Mr McGriffiths
Thank you from us all
All the Year 1 staff would like to say a big THANK YOU for all the thoughtful and generous gifts we have received this week.
The children have made us very proud and we have thoroughly enjoyed watching them grow and develop throughout the year.
Here’s some parachute fun from our last day.
Thank you for all the support you have provided throughout the year and we hope you have a very happy and healthy summer break.
Don’t forget to send us a postcard from any visits in the holidays ready for our geography learning in September.
