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.
Netball
Well done to our Year 5/6 netball team who took part in the Leeds North East High 5 netball competition at Allerton Grange today.
There was some great netball skills and teamwork from the children in all their matches. The team were proud to be complimented on their play by one of the umpires.
If you’d like to improve your netball skills, our after-school club starts next Tuesday and there are a few places available.
Do you need wheels for the Big Pedal?
Big Pedal Day 3
MORE PRIZES announced for The Big Pedal!
Vocab – Words of the Week
This week, in Year 5, we’re focussing on a few words that might improve our vocabulary (both in speech and in our writing).
Our focus words are:
- uncouth (adjective)
- to inspire (verb)
- optimism (abstract noun)
We’ve been trying to use these words throughout the day in class and in our writing where possible. Today, Kai and Lewis managed to use the word inspire in an answer during our reading lesson. We used this article about Helen Sharman to help us improve our retrieval, interpreting and author’s choice skills. When asked what the purpose was, Lewis wrote: “To inspire and influence young people who may be interested in a career in science or space!” – great answer!
See if your child can use these words at home and help out by asking what they mean.
School dinner consultation
Thank you to all parents and carers who provided feedback on the recent school dinner consultation of meal choices for the September menu.
Catering Leeds, our school meal provider, can offer an alternate jacket potato and sandwich option alongside the meat and vegetarian daily option and we welcomed your feedback on whether this would work for you and your child(ren).
There were a number of parents/carers who were interested to try this option but the majority of responses expressed an interest to keep the options as they currently are. The main feedback was for children to have a hot meal for their school meal rather than a sandwich.
As a result of this, we will continue with the existing daily meat, vegetarian and jacket potato option.
The September menu is currently in the planning stages and we have liaised with Catering Leeds to ensure the menu is tailored to our children’s preferences, while still meeting the national school food criteria. Once finalised, this new menu will be made available to parents/carers at the end of the summer term.
Our current menu can be viewed in the Health section and is displayed around school.
Thank you once again for your feedback on our school meals.