Living and learning: I cover my mouth when I cough, yawn or sneeze
Year 5/6 discussed the vampire sneeze this week. Instead of covering your mouth with your hand, do the vampire sneeze.
The new, national multiplication tables check
The government is introducing a new, statutory multiplication tables ‘check’ (MTC) for the first time, in June this year. Children in Year 4 will take this check.
The purpose of the check is to determine whether pupils can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify pupils who may need additional support.
Read more about the check in this leaflet from the Standards and Testing Agency.
Living and Learning : I can say something good about myself
In our Living and Learning sessions this week, we have been talking about saying something good about ourselves. We have started to learn the Paloma Faith song, Make Your Own Kind of Music, because the words made us think about being true to yourself, making your own decisions and following your own dreams.
But you gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along
Support the Big Summit Sofa Challenge for Sport Relief – Friday 6 March
The excitement is building for the launch of the Big Summit Sofa Challenge that the Look North presenters are doing for Sport Relief 2020. The starting point this year is our school, Scholes (Elmet) Primary! Harry Gration, Amy Garcia and Paul Hudson from BBC Look North will join in with Wake Up Shake Up as their warm-up at 9.30am.
Each class is planning their own sports challenge and children are invited to come to school in their sports kit, in exchange for a contribution to Sport Relief.
The BBC television cameras will also be in school to film us and talk to as many people as they can – some may even feature on the news that night.
They have asked that we encourage as many parents, family and friends to stay after they have dropped children off in the morning, so please feel free to show your support and join in with the fun!
See you on Friday!
Friday – Big Sofa Day
Don’t forget to wear sports clothes to Nursery on Friday this week as we’ll be taking part in the ‘Big Sofa Day’ fun! We’ll also be collecting £1 donations for Sport Relief. Please refer to the letter that was sent home a few weeks ago for more details.
Living and Learning : I cover my mouth when I yawn, cough or sneeze
This is quickly becoming a habit with most children, helping us to reduce the spread of germs.
Awesome orienteering
We entered two teams in the Leeds Schools Sports Partnership orienteering competition at Wetherby High School this week. Despite the wet, cold and muddy conditions, the children performed brilliantly!
We have continued using our orienteering skills since our whole school introduction in September 2018. If you would like to get involved in this sport, contacting The Airienteers (who helped organise the event) is a great place to start.
Golden Star
Well done to our most recent Golden Star.
World Book Day and Home Link
On Thursday 5 March, we’ll be joining in with World Book Day celebrations. Children are invited to bring in their favourite story and can also bring a small soft toy to Nursery. (Please name books and toys.) Parents/carers, if you are able to, please join us for a ‘relax and read’ on Thursday morning. There’ll be lots of new ‘book themed’ enhancements in Nursery and you can enjoy sharing a story with your child before you leave at Nursery drop off time. Please read the letter in your child’s folder for more information.
Home Link Activity – Look out for a ‘Reading’ activity sheet in your child’s folder this week. Please complete it and return it to Nursery. Thank you.
Shrove Tuesday
Thank you to everyone who e-mailed us information about your holiday activities and brought in a leaflet from somewhere you had visited. This really helped children to remember and talk about their experiences. As you’ll have read on our recent letter, whenever you take part in a Home Link activity, we’ll add a star to your child’s photograph. Don’t forget to tell us when you’ve completed one!
This week, we talked about how Christians celebrate Shrove Tuesday. We enjoyed lots of pancake day fun, including making our own pancakes and sampling different toppings at snack time. We learnt a rhyme too… Mix a pancake, stir a pancake, pop it in the pan. Fry a pancake, toss a pancake, catch it if you can!
We continued to ‘make’ pancakes in the malleable area throughout the week, although we found flipping them in the pan quite tricky! In the sensory area, children loved using the lemon juicers to squeeze out lots of lemon juice.
