Year 3 & 4 Class News

Skipping School

We had a fabulous time with Jodi and Katie from Skipping School this week. Promoting fitness through fun is always high on our agenda and skipping is the perfect way to do this. We are committed to promote the NHS recommendations that children and young people aged 5 to 18 should:

• aim for an average of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity a day across the week
• take part in a variety of types and intensities of physical activity across the week to develop movement skills, muscles and bones

If you would like a skipping rope, we have some for sale in the office. 

Living and Learning: Relationships education

In today’s Living and Learning lesson, we talked about ‘What makes a good friend?’. This lesson builds on pupils’ learning from key stage one about special people and extends their leaning about their close networks and friendships.

We discussed these key points:

• recognise the different types of friendships that are important to us (eg: family,  friends, groups we belong to, neighbours)
•  explain why friendship and having friends is valuable
• identify how friends show they care for and value each other
• describe what is most important in a friendship

To read some examples of good friendships and we discussed the best friendship ideas. Taking feedback from the class, we  made a list on the whiteboard of all the different qualities that make a good friendship.

Here is what we said:

Triathlon – winning team announced!

Triathlon’s everywhere!

The AJ Bell World Triathlon Series has been in Leeds this week, with some children from school taking part.

We are also hosting our own triathlon in school to raise money for FOSP. Reception, Year 1 and 2 are doing the swimming element and KS2 are cycling or running. Children have been organised into either Red Team, White Team or Blue Team – with trophies to be awarded. Please donate your entry fee on the Gateway app.

Library visit

The Junior Leadership Team enjoyed a visit to Scholes Library last week and were welcomed by Madeline. It is the first time the children have been to the library since the start of Covid, so it felt very different and exciting.

Madeline explained how the system works within the library and explained how every child could register and get their own library card. The cards can be used at any local library and children and adults can borrow up to fifteen books at a time. Madeline explained where the fiction and non-fiction books were for key stage 2 and then the children enjoyed listening to a story before they were let loose choosing books. They selected five books to take back to school for others to enjoy – it was quite a tough decision as there were so  many fabulous new books to choose from.  These have been distributed across the classes for everyone to enjoy.

So, get yourselves along to the library and get registered. You can then enjoy an array of wonderful books to read at home. Happy reading!

Platinum Jubilee celebrations

We had a fun-filled day today. All the children and staff shared a picnic lunch on the field, listening to some 50s music. We then all congregated on the field again, sang the national anthem and each class showcased a Wake Up Shake Up (WUSU) dance through the decades that the Queen has been on the throne. We went from 1950s (Mambo No 5/Lou Bega) all the way to 2020s (Blinding Lights/The Weeknd). It was so much fun! We hope that everyone has a happy and healthy half term.

Walk to School Week winners

Lots of families joined in with Walk to School Week last week. The Buffers and St Phillips car parks were busy with people walking some of the way, if they couldn’t walk all the way from home. Thank you for joining in and helping to make our school and community an even happier and healthier place to be. Here are some of our lucky winners!

Reading champion

We have been getting very excited about the KS2 Reading Champion Competition that is running across school and Leeds.  They are searching for the best young reading ambassadors in Leeds, KS2 children who advocate reading for pleasure and encourage others to find their own love of reading.

Each class voted for a Reading Champion for their class. The nominations were brought to the Junior Leadership Team and they voted for an overall winner. They chose Ella from Year 6. She will now write a letter of support for the competition and she will be up against other schools across Leeds.

Good luck, Ella!

Science: Pollination

Pollination 

We learned all about the importance of bees today in our lesson on pollination.

When the bee digs into the next flower the pollen on her body rubs off onto the stigma of the new flower. This is called pollination. When the pollen lands on the stigma it travels down the style towards the ovary. Once the pollen reaches the ovary it hopes to find an ovule to attach to.

The children loved this video   on the importance of looking after our vital pollinators – the message is clear!

We looked more closely at the reproduction in plants and the parts of a flower which help make new seeds. The children loved the cross over between science and art.

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Walk to School Week 16-20 May 2022

Next week is Walk to School Week (or scoot or ride).

We hope you’ll all try to take part in this, even if you can’t walk from home. The Buffers Pub and St Phillip’s Church have agreed for us to use their car parks so everyone has the opportunity to walk part of the way.

Remember to bring your raffle tickets each day you walk to put in your class boxes to be in with a chance of winning a prize!

Let’s get active!