Make a noise about bullying
Next week it is national anti-bullying week.
Our school definition has recently been reviewed by the School Council and remains unchanged.
‘Bullying is when you hurt someone, physically or emotionally, several times on purpose.’
This year the theme of the week is Make a noise about bullying and our children are familiar with another STOP message to address this, start telling other people.
Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team will once again deliver Show Racism the Red Card workshops across school and in class children will discuss these aspects of bullying:
- Our definition of bullying (above)
- Types of bullying – cyber-bullying and prejudice-based bullying related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion and belief, special educational need and disability
- What to do if children experience bullying. The key message is to tell someone (start telling other people)
Bullying resources can be found at…
- http://www.childline.org.uk/explore/bullying/pages/bullying.aspx
- http://www.bullying.co.uk/advice-for-parents/
- http://www.youngminds.org.uk/for_parents/worried_about_your_child/bullying
Children tell us what they would do if they were bullied: ‘I would tell an adult, teacher or someone I trust.’
All classes have access to their class SEAL box or a whole school worry box where they can tell an adult any concerns about bullying or any other issues.
Lexia
I’m glad to see so many children using Lexia at home. There have been lots of certificates given out for their achievement so far. Some parents have informed me that it has requested a teacher e-mail in order to log in. Thanks for making me aware of this!
If asked for a teacher e-mail, please use: y1@moortown.leeds.sch.uk
(Please note that this email is not monitored and therefore is not a way to contact me.)
Thank you.
Top vegetable choices
If your child chooses school dinners, they are served two portions of vegetables or vegetables and a portion of salad with each meal. As we are all aware of the importance of eating vegetables, all children have been consulted on their favourite vegetables based on the vegetables that currently feature on the school dinner menu. The most popular choices will now feature more regularly on the menu.
We would also like your views on school dinners. Look out for the school dinner survey due to be sent out next week.
What’s cooking?
Lots of cooking skills were practised this afternoon with Mrs Taylor. The wraps looked delicious and very healthy! I’m sure your child can now be a great help in the kitchen!
Also, tomorrow is our class assembly. It would be great for you to see how hard the class have worked!
Our trip around the world!
On Friday, we took a (virtual) trip around the world! We located ports, fields, cities, beaches and mountains using Google Maps. We compared Scarborough to Cape Town in South Africa and spotted differences and similarities. However, the most exciting part of all had to be finding our school on the map. The class were so excited to find it and see how it looks from a birds-eye view! Why not let your child go on a virtual holiday at home using Google Maps? The quality of the aerial photos are brilliant and it’s very easy to use.
We’ve been busy building dens!
What a great morning we had today! I discovered that Year 1 are marvellous den-makers! They concentrated so hard on securing the tricky zip ties, worked fantastically in their teams and persevered despite the occasional collapse! After building the dens, the class enjoyed their milk inside them and then voted for their favourite. This activity fitted in well with our Holidays Big Topic as we are looking at camping holidays this week.
This afternoon, we began writing a recount of our time building dens using time openers (first, then, next, after that, finally etc). Support you child at home: Ask your child if they could tell you a recount of their morning making dens using some of these words.
Playground fun
More number bonds!
7 and 3 makes 10, shown on a ten frame. Make one of these at home to support your child to remember number bonds to ten… you could use coins instead of counters.
We can show this using a ‘part,part,whole’ picture.
We enjoyed working out how many pegs were hidden behind the board!Again – do this at home – all you need are ten clothes pegs and one coat hanger, then slide some pegs to one side, the rest to the other and then create a ‘number sentence’ like 4+6=10.
A snapshot of the homework from last week
We all really enjoyed looking at each other’s homework last week. Well done to Year 1 for putting in lots of effort! Here is a selection of very creative homework…
I really liked how this homework used real sand and pebbles!
My favourite aspect of this homework was the pictures of different types of holidays around the edge of the island.
Lots of detail in this lovely seaside model!
Lego figures enjoying a swim!
Maths today
Today, we looked at representing number bonds to 10 in a different way. When children apply their knowledge in new situations it really cements that learning. We want Year 1 to be fluent in their number bonds to 10 as they form a solid base for moving onto more complex mathematics.
The National Curriculum aims for pupils to ‘become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.’
You can support your child’s learning by practising number bonds to 10 at home, aiming for rapid recall – using your fingers to practise works!
Paper chains showing number bonds to 10.
Some great work today!
