Big Pedal

Thank you to all pupils and families who took part in the Big Pedal initiative over the past two weeks by scooting or cycling to school.  It’s great to see children continuing to make these active journeys to school to reduce congestion, increase physical activity and improve mental health.  We’ll be awarding the Big Pedal prizes in our assembly on Friday.

Well done to Reception class who made the most journeys by bike and scooter, followed by Year 4 and Year 3.

We’ll also be getting involved with Walk to School week, 21-25 May.  Watch out for a whole school homework all about our local area and routes to school.

Tennis open days this weekend

This weekend, is the Great British tennis weekend.

There are some great, free local opportunities to take part in tennis activities including David Lloyd, Alwoodley tennis club, Chapel Allerton lawn tennis and squash club and Adel tennis club.

Cycling opportunities

Have you been inspired by the recent Tour de Yorkshire and our Big Pedal bike and scoot to school initiative?

Here are some cycling opportunities coming up locally.

Children’s Beginners Learn to Ride Sessions
Wednesday 30th May – Carr Manor Community School (Secondary Phase)
Times: 9am, 10:30am and 12:00

Children’s Improvers – Skills, Circuits & Games!
Wednesday 30th May – Carr Manor Community School (Secondary Phase)
Time: 2:00pm

Booking is essential for all sessions and can be done by clicking on the appropriate link above.  For any additional questions, please contact mary.kelland@cycleleeds.co.uk.

Let’s Ride Pop up Brownlee Centre

Sunday 13th May 2018 12:00pm

Brownlee Centre, Bodington Playing Fields, Leeds, LS16 6HE

This free monthly pop-up event gives you the chance to ride a traffic-free cycle circuit as many times as you want, at a pace that suits you.

The event is open to all ages and abilities and the circuit is easy to ride, with volunteers on hand throughout, ensuring peace of mind and safety for all cyclists.

For those wanting to take things up a gear, British Cycling Go-Ride coaches will also be available to help you improve your cycling skills, and local Ride Leaders and Breeze Champions will be there on the day to tell you more about other cycling opportunities in Leeds with HSBC UK Guided Rides and HSBC UK Breeze.

Bike hire: No bike, no problem! Bike hire is available on the day, including a fleet of tandems, trikes and hand-cycles. Simply register your free place and turn up on the day.

Girls Golf Rocks

A great opportunity to try out a new activity locally.

Big Pedal – our best day so far!

Today, we’ve recorded the highest number of active journeys by bike and scooter for the Big Pedal – 64 pupils (30%).

It would be great to increase these figures for the last few days of the Big Pedal.

After-school clubs update

We’ve had a great response to our summer term after-school clubs with a number of the clubs already full.

There are the following places available so please contact the office if your child would like to join.

• Tuesday: 1 place netball Year 3-6
• Thursday: 1 place skipping Year 2-6
• Thursday: 1 place multi-sports Year 3-6

PE – tennis

This half-term, in PE, we’re learning all about tennis. We’ve practised our forehands and backhands and have even had some pretty successful rallies! Many of the children are really enjoying playing tennis (particularly when it’s sunny) and it’s a great way to get out of the house to be active.

Much of the time, all we hear from children is about them playing on the Xbox/Play Station so it’s great to hear some of them saying they’ve been out playing tennis with their friends and family. Roundhay Park has lots of free-to-use, public tennis courts and is on most of our doorsteps.

Please remember, PE is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so children should have outdoor and indoor kit with them on these days.

After-school clubs

We’ve had a great start to our summer term after-school clubs with Wake up Shake up Club and Scooter Club taking place tonight.

If your child is coming to Scooter Club, please ensure they bring their scooter and helmet every Monday.

Words of the Week

This week, our ‘Words of the Week‘ are relentless, abundant and fragile.

word: abundant (adjective)

• definition: existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
• Baby name suggestions were in abundance for William and Kate. 
• synonym: plentiful, lots of
• antonym: scarce

word: fragile (adjective)

• definition: (of an object) easily broken or damaged
• The archaeologist discovered a fragile pot in the crumbling dirt.  
• synonym: breakable
• antonym: robust

Challenge: can your child use fragile to describe a living thing?

word: relentless (adjective)

• definition: never stop, unceasingly intense
• Mr Williams was relentless when it came to times tables.
• synonym: persistent
• antonym: short-lived

Help at home by encouraging your child to use these words in conversation.

Big Pedal

• We’ve had 179 journeys recorded by bike or scooter so far.
• Wednesday 25 April was our highest participation rate with 28% of children taking part.

We’d love to improve these figures for this week.