A very Happy Birthday this week to:
Harry B
Declan
Lenny and Lola
Matthew B
Lennon
Martha D
Adam Powell Laybourn
and Lewis Glanvill Bowen
All the staff and children at Moorfield wish you a very Happy Birthday! If I have missed anyone, please email me sue.hedges@taw.org.uk
I think we all would have liked a piece of Martha’s cake!
While school is closed, we would really like children to be able to keep in touch and let the staff and other pupils of the school how they are.
Instead of Star of the Week, I will be adding birthdays of the week. I will list everyone’s birthday that falls in the week and it would be lovely if you could start following us on the blog so that the children can comment on each other’s posts and wish each other a Happy Birthday etc.
If you send in photos to me, I will do my best to publish them as soon as I can.
Thanks everyone.
Love Miss Hedges xx
Base 8 have been working incredibly hard this week.
In English they have been writing and performing rhyming poems and in Maths they have worked hard with fractions and are very good at halving shapes and numbers.
Every Friday, Year 5 do Fitness with Mrs Harvey. All the classes have a fitness session with her and we will blog more of these over the coming weeks.
Year 5 children run either 7, 11 or 14 laps building up over time. 7 equates to a mile, 11 to a mile and a half and 14 to two miles.
Records are kept in the classroom and all the children aim to have run a half marathon or a marathon by the end of the school year.
All the children love their fitness sessions with Mrs Harvey and she has her own unique way of making fitness fun!
We will keep you posted with their progress!
Please find below some photos of the Cross Country competitors at the recent School Games. More commentary to follow when I can catch Mrs Harvey!
In PE today, Base 2 have been learning gymnastics.
Working with a partner in a small group, using floor and mats, they have been creating and performing a sequence of at least 8 elements. e.g a combination of asymmetrical shapes and balances with symmetrical rolling and jumping actions.
The sequence should include changes of direction and level and incorporate mirroring and matching shapes and balances.
I watched for a while and some of the ideas were really creative. Sadly my photography is not so – some of my “action” photos are lacking in clarity, but hopefully you will get the idea of what the children have been working on!
This morning Base 3 are recapping their topic of Time.
They are currently doing a test and then will work together to look at the answers and do some practical work connected to this.
The purpose of this is to identify what children already know about time.
If you want to help your children revise this at home, you can work with them to:
The KS2 children have taken part in a Virtual Reality day today.
Base 1 were the first children to take part and used the headsets to learn about the respiratory system.
Back in class they followed up the demonstration by learning how oxygen travels through the body. They have done this by creating comic strips.
At the end of the lesson they should be able to:
Reception children have been outside this morning planting carrots and onions.
They have been working on predictions and after doing some planting have been asked to predict what plants need to grow and how long will it take for them to change.
There were some lovely answers.
“I know that it turns into a seedling when it starts to grow”
“We need to wait for summer and rain”
“They can grow flowers and food”
“They will need water to grow”
And my personal favourite
“It will take a long time!”
In the coming weeks, children will be planting potatoes outside too, with a view to entering them in the Newport Show schools competition – how exciting!
We are excited to tell you that the whole school is working to create a History Mural in the hall.
The mural will include a timeline which includes images of:
Yesterday was the first planning session and we have included some photographs to show you the beginnings of the project.
We will add more information as the work continues.
Moorfield Primary School 