What makes a good toy?
We used the diamond 9 technique, which promotes oracy, to discuss what makes a good toy in our topic lesson. It was interesting to hear the differing views of the children.
I think a good toy should be multi-player so you can play with your friends.
I like toys to last a long time and not break!
I really like electronic toys.
Tour de Yorkshire in Scholes
We enjoyed the excitement of the Tour de Yorkshire coming through Scholes on Friday. Each class decorated a bike to display and the whole school went outside to watch the women’s race speed past. We did some WuSu (Wake up, Shake up) dances while we were waiting and the Year 4 skipping team showed us their skipping dance from the skipping competition, too. It was a day to remember for sure!
Golden Stars!
Well done to the golden star children from F2.
Writing warriors!
We’re very proud of our writing warriors this week! Writing warriors are children who have been chosen by Wiz the writing warrior to complete important writing missions.
Since becoming writing warriors, we’ve seen an excellent change in attitude to writing. The children are excited to write to complete missions and will persevere when writing challenging words. We have seen a huge difference in the writing warriors writing and Wiz is very impressed. If your child is a writing warrior have a look at the writing warrior folder in the classroom. You can see the fantastic writing missions they’ve been completing!
Well done, writing warriors!
Living and Learning – Mental health and wellbeing
Across Year 3/4 classes, we have been learning about how to deal with difficult feelings and emotions.
Our activity today was to role play a time when people might give put-downs (a negative remark about about a person, sometimes said as a joke). We explored ways of how to deal with these situations by giving ourselves a ‘put-up’.
Skipping Festival
A massive well done to the year 4s who took part in the skipping festival on Wednesday! Not only did they perform amazingly, they represented our school with pride; showing resilience and great teamwork.
Living and Learning – BIG emotions
This week, we talked about different types of emotions and discussed whether some are stronger or ‘bigger’ than than others. We use mindfulness techniques to help us deal with big emotions. You could try mindfulness at home. Go Noodle has some great ideas. One of our favourites this week has been Bee Breath.
Living and learning: Polling day
Today, we talked about how our school was being used for a polling station. We talked about what it means to vote and decided to have our own vote in class. The children voted for the teacher they wanted to read them a story. We told the children that only those wearing a jumper could vote.
“That’s not fair!” the children said.
We talked about how to make it a fair vote.
“So you can make it fair by everyone voting… can take it in turns (to vote).”
The children then shared who they wanted to vote for. This led to discussions about different opinions. We talked about how our friends may have different ideas and views to our own.
“It doesn’t matter what they like and don’t like – they can still be friends.”
Eureka
Today, Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a trip to Eureka. The main focus of our trip was to kick-start our mini-topic sound and hearing, starting next week. As well as looking at how an ear works and listening to different sounds in the sound garden, we also had time to learn more about our bodies and role play in the garage, house and bank.
We made the most of the lovely weather and ate our lunch outside. The children enjoyed playing in the gardens too.
PE – 2KL
2KL enjoyed their PE lesson outside today. They were working on their ball skills, particularly chest passes, and paired balances.
