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Well done, Mary Poppins aka Mrs Valentine!

Thanks to the parent who emailed this:

“I just wanted to let you know how very impressed myself and [my daughter] are with Mrs Valentine’s efforts dressing up and acting out Mary Poppins. She is an inspiration to us all…she showed everyone how to have fun and be part of an event.
[We] are very proud to have her as a teacher at Moortown and hope you all are too.

Very well done, Mrs Valentine.”

We certainly are proud to have Mrs Valentine in our school – as we are with all our great teachers. (We’re proud of our wonderfully supportive parents / carers, too!)

Fire Safety

This afternoon, we’ve been joined by two firefighters from Moortown Fire Station. They came in to educate us about fire safety. The afternoon was incredibly useful and we learnt lots about how to stay safe.

We learnt what fires need to get started: the Triangle of Fire. Ask your child if they can remember what this means. Importantly, we learnt how crucial it is that every house has an agreed fire safety action plan. This is a series of things that each person in the house will do in the event of a fire. Do you have one at home? The firefighters were very keen for everyone to have a fire action plan agreed with the people they live with; it’s a huge predictor for how likely you are to escape unharmed in the event of a fire.

Really importantly, we learnt about the dangers of making hoax calls to the emergency services. Ask you child why making false calls to the fire brigade can have deadly ramifications.

On a very serious note, I was alarmed that some children in the class thought the emergency services number was 911 not 999. Please make sure that your children are aware of critical information like this for their safety and yours. 

Homework Review

As always, our homework was great this week. We had lots of varied responses to our creative piece: demonstrations, Scratch projects, interviews with parents, videos, collages and loads more.

Below are some of our favourites. It’s always interesting that the children’s favourite pieces are not always the most ‘jazzy’, or the most colourful, but the pieces that are original, different and interesting.

Our week

This week, as ever, has been a very busy one.

We have started rehearsals for our production in a few weeks. The children are learning their parts well and the songs are coming along nicely, too.

A tennis coach came to deliver a lesson on Thursday and he was very impressed with how the children listened and followed instructions well. An extra well done goes to Isaac and Kai for their tennis skills, great partner work and the support they gave to one another.

World Book Day went well. We had a classroom full of book characters dressed in  fantastic costumes. It was great to see how much thought and effort the children had put into their outfits.

Talking of books, our Friday session of reading for pleasure continues to be a big success. Please remember that children are invited to bring a book from home to add to our library if they wish.

During our SEAL  lesson and homework review, Year 4 were able to suggest some very good ways in which to help a group to work co-operatively. As well as suggesting these ideas, I have seen lots of children demonstrating these within a lesson. An extra special well done to Thomas, Martha, Lewis and Isaiah for doing just that.

As always, please feel free to pop in and see us if you have any concerns or general enquiries regarding your child.

03 March 2017

This week’s Talk Time homework is linked to a visitor we’ve got next week.

How do rollercoasters work?

Going to theme parks is also a great form of entertainment today so it links to our Time Travel – Entertainment topic. Many of us love them but why and how are they made? Discuss this as a family, with friends, over dinner or in the car and be ready to join in our class discussion on Thursday 09 March.

03 March 2017

This week, Year 6 have a mini Maths test and a reading comprehension for their Practice Makes Perfect homework.

The children could complete it independently, with you or a bit of both by doing it themselves then going through it together. Make sure they make note of anything they’re struggling with as we’ll discuss this as a class in our homework review on Thursday 09 March.

03 March 2017

This week, the children have been given a spelling activity on a worksheet. This will help them learn their spellings from the list given last week. The spellings will be tested next week on Friday 10 March.

03 March 2017

This week’s spellings now focus on the prefixes on the left hand side.

Create and practise words with these prefixes and see how many other prefixes you can think of that are not on the list. Be prepared to discuss what adding the prefix does to the meaning of the root word.

You’ll be tested on words with prefixes on Friday 10 March.

03 March 2017

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 09 March.

I know that houses in other countries may be different to our houses. 

Think about your own experiences or ask friends or family who have been to or lived in other countries about the houses that people lived in.

How are they different to the houses we live in? How are they the same?

You could draw and label a picture of the houses, write an estate agent promotion for a house, create a model of the houses with labels.

03 March 2017

The spellings this week are all words which contain a silent w.