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Winter poems!
Today in Year 1 we got more into the Christmas spirit by writing some beautiful winter poems! We thought of lots of nouns, adjectives and verbs to describe a wintry scene. Then we arranged them into a diamond to make a poem. We started with a noun and then two adjectives. The middle line was three verbs and then we finished with two more adjectives and a final noun. We did amazingly well and enjoyed reading them out to the class as well.
Living and Learning: I make healthy choices
Last week in Living and learning we talked about making healthy choices to keep ourselves physically and mentally healthy. We talked about how physical activity can keep our minds and bodies healthy. We talked about our heart being a muscle and discovered how it beats much faster after some of exercise!
Then we thought about when we could be physically active throughout the day. We learnt we had to be active for 60 minutes a day!!
Skipping ropes for sale
This year we are continuing to work with Skipping School to develop the children’s skipping skills. Skipping School ropes (KS1 ropes and longer KS2 ropes) are now available to buy from the office.
Girls rugby opportunity
Leos Junior Rugby Club are hosting a girls only training session, open to all girls in Reception to Year 6, on Sunday 28th November, with the aim of setting up a girls only rugby team in the area. Please see below for more information.
Printing!
This week in Art we produced some wonderful prints, inspired by Paul Klee as well as our trip to Leeds Art Gallery. We designed our patterns and then drawn them carefully on polystyrene tablets. Next we had to roll out some printing ink so it was very thin before we rolled it on to our polystyrene design. The final stage was to firmly press our design onto the white paper and gently lift it off! It was brilliant to watch the ‘wow’ moment when the printed pattern was revealed! We can’t wait to do more printing next week!
Odd socks day
Next week is Anti-Bullying Week.
This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’ and we will be taking part in Odd Socks Day on Monday 15 November.
Odd socks day is to raise awareness of our differences, individuality and personal choice. Come to school wearing your odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.
This year, the Junior Leadership Team have requested a voluntary donation of £1 on the day to raise money for our school charity, Dog’s Trust.
Thank you for your support.
Rugby roadshow
As part of our partnership with White Rose Rugby and Moortown Rugby Club, here is an invite to a free rugby event, just for our pupils, taking place after half term on Wednesday 3rd November. White Rose Rugby have been working with classes for curriculum PE and also delivering the Thursday after-school club.
We hope you can take up this opportunity for a fun evening at Moortown Rugby Club.
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
