Scholes Gala 2019 – WUSU, Pop Choir and Skipping Crew

Scholes Gala was a rather wet affair this year but our children still did us proud. The WUSU dancers strutted their stuff, Pop Choir sang their hearts out and the skippers jumped with smiles on their faces! Well done and thank you to everyone who came to show their support.

Living and Learning: I listen to, share with and include others

In 3/4 C, they went to the gazebo to do their circle time.

Living and Learning: Relationships Education

Thank you to those parents and carers who attended the recent relationships education information sessions.

‘A useful session to find out what my child will be learning and when.’

‘Lots of helpful information.’

‘Very helpful to understand what vocabulary the children will be learning.’

These sessions were aimed at making parents and carers more aware of some of the following aspects of our curriculum.

• What is our Living and Learning curriculum?
• What does relationships education currently look like throughout school?
• What is included in our Relationships and Sex Education policy?

Relationships education forms part of our Living and Learning for this half term and if you were unable to attend the session, our progression of learning (pg10) and the terminology (pg6) that may be used as part of this learning can be found in our RSE policy.

Living and Learning – I make choices about money

This week, our Year 3 children took part in a Moneysense Workshop and were asked to budget for a party.

A volunteer (we learned about what this word means) from Natwest bank came in to school t help us with the budgeting and organisation of the parties.

Learning objectives:
• Identify what makes a good birthday party
• Plan and organise a party by making                         
decisions about what to include within
a set budget
• Identify costs and show an understanding
of value for money

What makes a good party?

A Diamond 9 Activity (most important at the top, gradually becoming less important as you move to the bottom).

We voted democratically for the type of party we wanted.

Each group had £200 to spend on a party for 10 people.

Using a price list activity sheet, each person had to fully cost the aspect of the party they were responsible for. As they were to be competing with the other groups, the children had to budget well to provide the best-value party.

Then, the children had to present their party budgets to the rest of the class.

Our volunteer was amazed at the skills set the children used  – and they all came in under budget!

A fantastic morning of resilience, resourcefulness, remembering and risk-taking – many of our 8Rs for learning skills.

Money Art

Money Trails

As part of our money week, we have been collecting 1p and 2p coins to raise money for Cancer Research.

All of the copper makes a beautiful shiny pattern as we found out today. We decorated our playground with copper coins, creating fantastic designs.

Here are some of our creations …

There’s still time to gather up your copper coins and raise more money!

Get active with orienteering – FREE EVENT

Your local orienteering club, AIRIENTEERS, are hosting a FREE orienteering event especially for juniors, families and anyone new to the sport.

PLACE : Millennium Field, off Barleyfields Ct, Wetherby, LS22 6FZ

DATE : Saturday 11th May 1:30-2:30

There will be courses with electronic timing for all ages.
See www.aire.org.uk for more information about the races.
Start any time from 1:30 to 2:30. Just turn up and run.

Living and Learning – strong emotions

This week’s Living and Learning statement is …

I recognise emotions in myself and others. 

In class, we discussed emotions and where they come from (our brain!)

Children came up with lots of different feelings and emotions and decided if they were of high / medium / low intensity.

We filled in a table to describe how we felt.

Charlie and Ellie, “High intensity happiness is feeling ecstatic and thrilled.”

How we see things

We are just loving our Science mini-topic, Seeing, which has been very successful. This week, we have investigated how reflective materials are under a torch light.

First of all, we made predictions about which materials would be the most and least reflective. Most of us thought that tinfoil would be the most reflective. We then tested the materials and made conclusions from our results.

Actually, our results showed that the spoon was most reflective.

On one sunny day this week, we looked at how our pupils change size in light and dark.

Paige said, “My pupils are like pin holes in the sunlight.”

Super, Seeing, Science!

The Wizard of Oz – writing

The performance of The Wizard of Oz this week was one of the best we have seen at Scholes (Elmet) Primary School.

The acting, singing, scenery and story telling left us all wanting more.

Not only that, but experiences like this provides a stimulus to help us to write. It makes our writing more meaningful and easier to put pen to paper.

In Year 3/4 we have been working on direct speech within a story. So, this was an ideal opportunity to create dialogue between characters.

Here is our writing sequence:

• watch and retell the story of The Wizard of Oz
• recap by looking at photographs from the performance
• add speech bubbles for what the characters said
• turn speech bubbles into written direct speech

Here are some examples of our work that we feel proud to show off:-

By Alex, Connor and Imogen.

Living and Learning – knowing the difference between being proud and showing off

The Year 3 and 4 children were feeling very proud of their fabulous performance of ‘Eddie and the penguins save the world’.

They were committed to their performance by learning scripts, songs and dances.

Well done for all your hard work and effort.

We had a wonderful discussion about the  difference between showing off and feeling proud of your achievements.

Here’s what the children said about showing off:

“Don’t show off and steal someone else’s happiness.” Charlie

“Showing off is like boasting and that’s not good.” Abi