JLT voting
56C had a tremendous time deciding who would be our class representative. With 16 pupils dreaming of taking the top prize it was always going to be a difficult decision.
The speeches were fantastic. There were so many original ideas. In the end, our democratic voting system elected Layla as our JLT member. Many congratulations. Perhaps those pictures of cats will help elect the next Prime Minister too.
Y1 phonics revision from this half term
The phonics resources that we have been sending home this half term with homework are proving beneficial for those who use them. Help your child at home by re-reading the sounds and words on them.
Class 5/6 A News
This time next week we will all be settling into a week of holiday. Cannot believe that our first half-term is nearly over. Let’s quickly recap the goings-on in 5/6A this week.
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to all parents, grandparents and family members for coming to watch our Class Assembly yesterday. We really appreciate the support. I am absolutely bursting with pride for the pupils’ efforts. They all smashed it!
In Writing we have begun building up to writing a piece of work around being in an Ancient Egyptian tomb, and all of the secrets and surprises that we discover within it. Maths has seen our Year 5s continuing their work on column addition and subtraction, as well as using our rounding skills to perform quick calculations. Year 6 have been working extremely hard in test week with lots of SATS paper practice.
A big thank you to everyone who brought in donations for the Harvest Festival earlier in the week!
In the last week of term students will have the opportunity to put themselves forward to be the class representative for the Junior Leadership Team. If you would like to do this, get your thinking caps on and write a speech which shows you would be the ideal candidate to represent Class 5/6A.
Certificate winners will be announced on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
Mr. Robson
3,4 A Class News
We’ve had a busy week in 3,4 A!
In Reading and Writing, we have been looking at discussion texts and the features a good one should include such as varied sentence starters and ambitious vocabulary.
In History, we have continued the discussion theme by looking at Elgin’s marbles and whether or not they should be housed in The British Museum.
In Science, we used our classification skills again but this time to sort different types of leaf by certain characteristics.
In Maths, we are continuing to work hard on our number facts and times tables.
You can help at home by practising on TT Rockstars and reading regularly. We enjoy discussing our home reading and showing off our reading records in Book Club on Wednesdays.
Well done on a super week everyone and thank you also for the Harvest donations.
A little glimpse of our week
Week six has been and gone. The weeks have been flying especially because 3,4 are very impressive in their attitude towards learning. In science, we have all created our own classification key to identify different leaves. Perhaps if you go for an Autumn walk you can ask your child to identify the tree a leaf is from? Or encourage them to tell you you some facts about how to describe the leaf: lobes, teeth, veins or leaflets. In Maths, we have focused on number facts, place value and column addition. In our spelling lesson, we have looked at suffixes (different endings) that can be added to a root word (e.g. hope-hoping, hoped). The sun has continued to be on our side so we have been making the most of developing our basketball skills outside.
Harvest time
Thank you for your generous donations for our Harvest Festival on Tuesday. We watched a short clip together and talked about harvest time. Outside, children have really enjoyed playing in the farm small world area and ‘harvesting’ the vegetables on the farm. We’ve also enjoyed sorting farm animals in our maths area (by type and size), singing ‘Old Mac Donald had a farm’ and completing some farm animal jigsaws.
We continued learning about autumn and used all of the treasure that we’d collected in our autumn bags to create some Andy Goldsworthy inspired art outside. We looked at some of his art and talked about what he had used and the shapes that we could see. We noticed leaves, sticks and stones and lots of circle shapes. Children also enjoyed playing in our new woodland small world area in the Sunshine room. What animals might you find in the wood?
Following on from an interest in ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ last week, children have enjoyed mixing porridge oats and re-telling the story with their friends.
We’ve been busy ‘mark making’ in a number of ways, including drawing and also dipping conkers in paint to see what marks they make when they roll!
Reminders
- Nursery closes on Friday 21 October for the half term holiday. We will see you again on Tuesday 1 November following the training day, when school is closed, on Monday 31 October.
- If you are thinking of increasing or changing your child’s sessions at Nursery, please speak to Mrs Beesley or Mrs Long this week.
Another fantastic week!
Phonics
This week, the children have learnt the phonemes (the sound a letter makes) h, b, f and l. They’ve also been practicing writing the graphemes (the written letters). We have been challenging the children by asking them to spell words using the letters that they know. This week your child has been spelling the words; dog, ten, red, mum and kid. Can your child tell you what phonemes (the sound a letter makes) they can hear in these words?
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d-o-g |
t-e-n | r-e-d | m-u-m |
k-i-d |
This week, your child has learnt the tricky word; the. A tricky word is a word you cannot sound out – you just have to know it by sight! The children now know THREE tricky words; I, is and the. You could write these words on paper and stick them around your house. Keep challenging your child to read the tricky words. The more practice the better since they need to be learnt by sight!
Maths
This week, we have been listening to sounds on a drum and counting the beats we can hear. The children have been practicing counting these in their head quickly too! They have also been exploring how they can show a number on their fingers in different ways.
Clap slowly and ask your child how many claps they heard. Ask them to show you on their fingers how many claps they heard. Can they show you in a different way on their fingers?
Henri Matisse
We have been listening to the story Henri’s scissors and have learnt about the artist Henri Matisse. The children have enjoyed looking at his artwork which has inspired their own creative work!
Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog (it’s along the play bar) and turn off auto play – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.
Poetry Picnic
Each week, we will be learning a new poem. We will recite this poem each day. By saying the poem out loud we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line.
This week’s poem is Leaves are falling.
Ask your child to say the poem to you at home! The words were sent home with your child on Friday. Can they remember it?
Phonics stay and play
Thank you to all parents who came to the stay and play on Wednesday. It was fantastic to see so many of you there! We hope you went away with ideas of how you can support your child’s learning at home. The children were really proud to show you their classroom and fantastic learning. Any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
If you were unable to attend, you should have received an information booklet – we hope this helps. There are lots more stay and plays planned throughout the year too:-
Stay and Play sessions
This is an opportunity for you to come into school to find out about the Early Years Curriculum and watch your child learning in school.
Marvellous Maths – Thursday 17 November 9.00 – 9.30
Funky Phonics Phase 3 – Monday 16 January 9.00 – 9.30
Fiddly Fingers – Friday 03 February 2.50 – 3.20
World Book Day – Thursday 02 March 9.00 – 9.30
Learn at home phonics sheet
Today, your child has come home with a ‘learn at home’ phonics sheet. The sheets link to our current learning in phonics and will be sent home each Friday. Please support your child by practising their new sounds and reading skills at home.
Home link
Your child will have received an autumn collecting bag on Friday. Please enjoy going on a walk together over the next few days and see what ‘autumn treasure’ you can find. When you’ve filled your bag, please return it to Reception for us to share and talk about. Next week, we will be learning lots about seasonal changes, autumn and reading the story the Leaf man.
Junior Leadership Team Elections
It’s that time of year again where we vote for new members of the Junior Leadership Team. Do you fancy being the representative for your class? Can you listen well to other people’s ideas and opinions? Do you want to make a difference in our school? Then this is the role for you.
Make sure you take a look at this weeks homework – you will need to get writing a speech. It will need to convince others that you are the best candidate – there will be lots of competition! Make sure you mention your strengths, qualities, what you’d like to change in school and any other useful skills you might have.
Good luck!
Geography topic review morning – Year 2s
We had a topic review morning today with the Year 2 children – recapping learning from last year. We particularly looked at the big concepts of PLACE, SPACE, SCALE and INTERDEPENDENCE.
We used concentric circles to show how Scholes is in Leeds, Leeds is in England, England is in Europe and Europe is in the world.
We looked at human and physical features in different environments.
We marked the equator, southern and northern hemispheres on a ball.
We also played North, South, East, West to review the points of a compass.
5/6A Class Assembly
Just a quick reminder that Class 5/6A will be hosting our Class Assembly this coming Friday afternoon, and we can’t wait to welcome parents, grandparents and family members into school. The pupils have been working really hard in putting the assembly together to showcase all of their learning over the past 6 weeks.