E-saftey in Scholes.
As part of our internet safety learning, we have been looking at the different types of websites and their uses.
First, the children discussed their understanding of website addresses, URLs and what they stand for.
https://www.ready.gov/volcanoes
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/mountains/volcanoes.htm
In particular, we looked at the difference between ‘safe’ websites with encrypted security and those which are not secure.
We did this by checking the padlock on websites and those which have https and not just http. The ‘s’ shows us how this is secure.
We also looked at different domain names and what they are short for, like .com, .co.uk, .org, .gov, .net.
Then, we searched different website types and discussed what we found out.
We miss you, Daniel!
Book Day Fun
Thursday 7th March
We had a wonderful day today, full of smiles and creative costumes to celebrate World Book Day.
Can you guess who we are?
Harry Potter was THE most popular choice of costume .. 8 in just one class!
We shared our favourite books with friends.
Thank you to everybody’s time and effort in making today great.
Drama for Writing Workshop
On Monday and Tuesday, our children had a wonderful drama workshop by Leeds Playhouse, all about our current class novel, The Firework-Maker’s Daughter.
Paul, who led the workshop, quickly got the children into role and gathered them together as villagers from the story. Instantly, the children were transported to an emergency meeting in a village hall, somewhere in China, discussing the problem with the runaway, Lila – the Firework Maker’s daughter!
We decided on where we lived in the mountains and why we lived there…
We met some fellow villagers ….
Then, we questioned Lila and her father …
As Lila, we climbed to the top of Mount Merapi in search of the Fire Fiend….
We captured our thoughts and feelings using our 5 senses.
During the week, we’ve talked, tweaked and titillated our writing to produce quality extended pieces. We’ll post them when they’re all finished.
Well done, everybody!
Herd Farm Residential
Monday 11th – 13th February 2019- Herd Farm
At the beginning of this week, the Year 4 children went on a residential visit to Herd Farm, Eccup. It was a fantastic experience for the children, which will no doubt be remembered as one of the highlights of their year.
The 3-day trip was packed full of exciting activities: the giant swing, archery, an assault course, a zip wire, orienteering, puzzle palace, songs around a campfire and a muddy night walk.
For many children, valuable life skills were learned and happy memories made.
Here is what some of the children said:
“It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” Lucas
“I did the zip wire all by myself!” James
“I loved singing songs around the campfire with my friends.” Lily
“I just want to be there now – we had so much fun!” Matilda
Thank you to all the staff who volunteered their time and effort to spend a wonderful 3 days away.
Photos of the trip will be uploaded once they have all been collected.
Living and Learning – I know how to stay safe
Scholes (Elmet) Primary School has three protection officers whose duty is to keep our school safe. They dropped-in on us today for a short, sharp safety session. They gave us a stern safety talk, telling us how to keep ourselves safe at home.
They even took our fingerprints!
Living and Learning – I know how to stay safe
Smoking
Today, we had an extremely busy day with various ‘safety’ visitors with super learning going on in our classrooms too.
One of the highlights, was our D:side visitor who talked to us about the effects of smoking.
We observed a jar of tar – just like the tar found in cigarettes. It was thick and extremely sticky!
Did you know there are over 4000 harmful chemicals in one cigarette?
Here are a few…nail polish remover, toilet cleaner, carbon monoxide, battery acid and rat poison!
We learned that money from cigarettes go straight to the government.
Finally, we learned about the effects of smoking and passive smoking on our lungs.
There were many questions about vaping and e-cigarettes, which was also covered by D:side. Here are some questions the children asked:
“Are the effects of smoking permanent?” Ellie.
“Is vaping smoke as bad as real smoke from a cigarette?” Harry.
“Should I hold my breath if someone is smoking?” William.
Go ahead and ask your child about our visitor today – they listened brilliantly!
Super Shadow Science!
Last week, we learned what objects makes the best shadow. This week, and building on our learning, we discovered how the size of shadows change when you move opaque objects closer or further away from the light source.
This is easy to do at home.
Why not try making shadow puppets?
The Water Cycle …in a bag!
As part of our ‘What’s the Matter?’ mini-topic, we have been studying the water cycle.
We recreated the elements of the water cycle by pouring water (with blue food colouring for the sea!) into a zip lock bag and placing it in a warm area of the classroom.
Measuring skills were used.
Teamwork!
We watched the water evaporate .
At the top of the bag, small water droplets formed to show condensation.
And finally, the water vapour got heavy and trickled down back into the ‘sea’ just like precipitation.
A simple yet effective way of showing this process.
Thursday’s PE blast
What a sporty day we had today!
We had brilliant basketball sessions today with Leeds Becket Basketball Coach. We learned a range of new skills: stance, dribble, pass and bounce.
Learning new skills is sometimes frustrating because we want to be able to do it all straight away. We learned how to be resilient and try our best.
We also had super skipping sessions with Jodi, who showed us many new tricks to take to our play times and PE lessons. 
This was fun and in contrast to the basketball skills we also learned today.
We will certainly need a rest tonight.
Well done everybody for trying your best and having a go!