Cross country opportunity
We are pleased to invite KS2 children to compete in an upcoming cross country race as part of the Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross country programme of Saturday morning races. Children will compete against pupils from other Leeds schools.
The race will take place at 10am on Saturday 5th March at Middleton Park (next to the John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton Grove, Leeds, LS11 5DJ).
There are opportunities for Year 3 and 4 girls and boys (under 9) to race 900m and Year 5 and 6 girls and boys (under 11) to race 1500m. Once your child has completed their race, you are free to leave the event.
Please note, parents/carers are responsible for taking and supervising their child/children.
If your child is interested in taking part, please respond to the the message recently sent out.
We look forward to pupils representing our school at this event.
If you are unable to take part in this event, you may want to join the free Sunday morning junior parkruns held locally at Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam and Boddington.
Half term Dog’s Trust workshop
Rachael, from the Dog’s Trust in Leeds, visited all classes last week in our Staying Safe themed week.
She is holding a half term workshop next week and she would like us to share this with our families.
Contact Rachael, by email, if your child is interested in attending.
Safety Week!
Hello!
Moortown Primary School are half way through their first themed week of the school year – Safety Week.
Year 4 have been visited by a handful of different experts in being safe and more specifically, being safe on the roads, online and around fire!
Monday focused on road safety and the children learnt this sequence for when walking out and about:
- THINK
- STOP
- LOOK
- LISTEN
Each group then ventured out into Moortown to put it to good use!
Tuesday was Safer Internet Day where the children learnt about being safe online. They had a great visitor (a previous police detective!) who talked through all of the must dos and must don’ts when online! The key points included:
- the importance of being kind online,
- how to keep personal information safe,
- being careful to avoid strangers and scams
- who to talk to if you experience or see cyber-bullying.
Ask your children at home on how to stay safe online!
Today, we were visited by fire fighters and the police. STOP, DROP and ROLL plus GET OUT, STAY OUT and CALL 999 were a focus. The children were so inquisitive when it came to learning about the visitors day to day lives and especially loved seeing the fire engine!
We’re looking forward to the rest of the week… bring it on!
Living and Learning: Identity and Community
Hello!
Over the last two weeks, the Living and Learning statements have been based around identity and community.
We have been talking about our identities and why being proud of our own identities is important. What makes me, me? Everyone in the class was able to identify important parts of themselves that they believe makes them special. Examples of these consisted of certain interests they have, clubs they belong to and religions they follow. The best part about this was that everyone’s identities are so different!
We have also discussed different roles that exist in our communities and how they relate to us. We looked at key jobs such as doctors, nurses, emergency services, bus drivers, teachers, club leaders etc. Finally, we decided who, out of all the people we come across in our everyday lives, is in our close inner circle.
As you can see, lots of us chose to have close friends and family in our inner circle and put other people like club leaders and shopkeepers in our outer circle.
It was great to explore this topic with the class and to see how confident they became in expressing their own identities!
Spring term after-school clubs
After-school clubs will be restarting next week and they will run for eight weeks until the Easter break. Places can be booked via Gateway.
Our physical activity clubs continue to be heavily subsidised through the investment of our PE and Sport Premium.
Please contact the office if you have any queries about the clubs or the booking system.
Free White Rose Rugby event for all pupils
First week back!
Hello!
Year 4 have just left school for the weekend after our first week of the Spring Term. I want to say a huge well done to all the children for settling straight back into school after a well deserved Christmas break. They’ve remembered their manners, speaking and listening skills and have been ready to learn. This tied in well with our Living and Learning statement – I don’t interrupt (with my voice or my hand) – in which they demonstrated perfectly!
We also began our new Topic, which is History – Romans and the Anglo-Saxons. The class were really engaged and were overflowing with facts and information that they already know about these time periods. Some of these had come from our Latin lessons too!
You can help at home by visiting BBC Bitesize and looking at the history surrounding the Romans.
I hope we have carry on to have a fantastic Spring Term!
Thanks,
Miss Birch
City of Leeds Basketball
Merry Christmas!
Hello all!
I just wanted to say a massive thank you to all the Year 4 children and their families for an amazing autumn term. Myself, Mrs Maqbool, the children and now Mrs Stewart have become a great team and I can’t believe it’s already Christmas!
Here is just a few memories from this term that are worth celebrating:
- A big congratulations again to the children who participated in the cross country races. You did Moortown Primary School proud and you really tried your best!
- In science, we were learning about light and to finish off the unit, the class spent some time creating their own shadow puppets. They had the freedom to create whatever they liked and they all turned out fab! Have a look to see them in action…
- After learning about Kandinsky and Napaltjarri since the beginning of November, Year 4 became artists themselves! They got stuck in with experimenting with collage. The outcomes are great and the best thing about them is that they are all different.
- A big well done to all the Year 4s in swimming. They have all really improved since the start of the year and I can see their confidence growing with each lesson – keep it up!
I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Miss Birch
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.
