Author: Mr Roundtree

Training days 2019-20

For those already planning their trips away and days out, we’ve now agreed our 2019-2020 training days:

  • Monday 02 September 2019
  • Tuesday 03 September 2019 (this means children are back on Wednesday 04 September, although there’s a transition period for those starting in Reception)
  • Friday 25 October 2019 (this is the day before the October holidays)
  • Friday 15 May 2020 (this is the last day of the Key Stage 2 SATS week – a welcome day off for our Year 6 pupils)
  • Monday 20 July 2020 (the last day of the school term, meaning children break up on Friday 17 July 2020)

The dates are all published on our school calendar.

(We tell you our training days well in advance, and we’ve tried to schedule many close to existing school holidays. This means you’ve got more chance to plan and book any holidays abroad. We don’t authorise term-time absences for holidays.)

25 January 2019

Spelling

This week we have been learning about the suffix –ed , changing verbs to the past tense.

For example:

dance – danced (just add ‘d’ but sounds like a ‘t’).

hop – hopped (double the last letter)

watch – watched (just add ed)

For spelling homework, we would like you to create a word search using as many words as you can that end with –ed. Use the template provided.

18 January 2019

Spelling

This week’s spelling task is to learn the following -ing words for a spelling test on Friday 18 January.

We’ve been consolidating our learning on dropping the e for ing through dictation.

Here are some of the words collected from the children’s spelling list. The children will be tested on just eight of them.

arriving believing breathing completing increasing
deciding describing exciting imagining surprising

 

 

The Water Cycle …in a bag!

As part of our ‘What’s the Matter?’ mini-topic, we have been studying the water cycle.

We recreated the elements of the water cycle by pouring water (with blue food colouring for the sea!) into a zip lock bag and placing it in a warm area of the classroom.

Measuring skills were used.

Teamwork!

We watched the water evaporate .

At the top of the bag, small water droplets formed to show condensation.

And finally, the water vapour got heavy and trickled down back into the ‘sea’ just like precipitation.

A simple yet effective way of showing this process.

Fantastic Foundation Stage!

We’re always wanting to get better and better. One of the ways we’ve secured great improvements in recent years is that we work closely with LA advisors so we benefit from ‘an extra pair of eyes’ and their specific skills and expertise.

Just before Christmas, an Early Years expert visited our Foundation Stage classes. Here’s an extract from her report:

It is clear that the team work closely together and know their children really well… provision is of a very high quality and provides a stimulating learning environment; children were seen engrossed in a range of activities this morning, effectively supported by adults both inside and out.

11 January 2019

Spelling Activity

This week we have been looking at adding –ing to verbs.

Some verbs that end in e, use the rule ‘drop the e for ing’.

Your task is to make a poster explaining the rule and think of some of your own examples.

Think about:

  • Does this apply to all verbs ending in e?
  • What verbs do NOT fit this rule?
  • When should you double the last letter?

For example:

dance – dancing

believe – believing

shout- shouting

hop – hopping

Thursday’s PE blast

What a sporty day we had today!

We had brilliant basketball sessions today with Leeds Becket Basketball Coach. We learned a range of new skills: stance, dribble, pass and bounce.

Learning new skills is sometimes frustrating because we want to be able to do it all straight away. We learned how to be resilient and try our best.

 

We also had super skipping sessions with Jodi, who showed us many new tricks to take to our play times and PE lessons.                                                                                       

This was fun and in contrast to the basketball skills we also learned today.

We will certainly need a rest tonight.

Well done everybody for trying your best and having a go!

The Santa Trap

With Christmas near, we have based our learning on a fab festive picture book. This week, we have been busy writing all about The Santa Trap. Bradley Bartleby is a beastly brat who just wants all the best presents from Santa. And when he doesn’t get them, he decides to build the ultimate trap.

We’ve been rehearsing, drawing, innovating and creating our own Santa traps, based on the story by Jonathon Emmett.

There were so many brilliant ideas today!

Why don’t you check out our work on twitter #thesantatrap ?

Here are just a few …