Find out what's happening in school:

• Music Day

  Fri 26 May 2017 Mr. B

  On Wednesday 24th May we had our first 'Music Day'. All the children and staff had a wonderful day. We had musical workshops delivered by 'Bamboo Tamboo' and the University of Leeds, and a folk-pop group called Maia who came in and performed for us and worked with the children. I think for most people, this was the highlight! The children spent the day listening to and playing music in all different forms, including using the computers to create digital music.

  Our hope is that lots of the children are enthused about music, and will now be listening to it in different ways and pestering their parents to take up an instrument!

  We will be doing the same thing again next year!

   

  These comments were written by Year 5/6BF:

  WOW! Today has been fantastic, with lots of fun, new and exciting activities. We have learnt so much about music, and heard lots of lovely sounds. We enjoyed learning about rhythm with the talented Mr Bradley. We noisily banged on drums in an arranged formation. Next we talked about, and listened to, all of our favourite songs with Miss Battye. Lastly the most exciting thing we got to do was to work with the folk band. We got to record part of one of their songs on to one of their CDs. We had to sing, clap, click and even conduct! With the clapping, the man clapped ‘Chicken and chips’ and we had to clap ‘ketchup’. They even played us a Taylor Swift song at the end and we joined in. I wish we could do this on a daily basis! We would just like to say ‘thank you’ to all of the teachers and staff who made this happen.xxx

  Photos from the day will be added soon!

  

• Year 3/4 Inspire

  Fri 26 May 2017 Mr. B

  Thank you to all the parents, carers and grandparents who attended the three Inspire events for Year 3/4 recently. Once again, the events were very popular and the feedback comments extremely positive. A selection of parental quotes is included below. Next year's events are likely to have a 'Maths' theme. Photos will be added soon!

   

  My child has been really looking forward to this!

  This is definitely a valuable experience.

  I think it was good for my child to see me struggle with some of it as well.

  I made me aware I needed to talk about challenge. Failing just means trying another way.

  The variety of activities, the time allocated, the space, all well thought through.

  Thank you for putting the event on!

  I can see the techniques used for teaching them to problem solve and I can refer to this when problem solving at home.

  Challenge is good to push boundaries to extend learning.

  More of these events please!

  Great to see how Strawberry Fields is involving parents!

  There was a good range of activities.

  It was lovely to spend time with my son in the school setting. He was also excited about the event and having me there.

  It was good to see how children think about their ideas – they wanted to change everything!

  My child says he is ‘no good at art’ so it was good that I could praise him when he improved his picture.

  I have noticed it can be easy for the kids to feel defeated, but if it feels like ‘fun’ and a challenge they are more motivated.

  It was nice to see the children showing their skills.

  It was good to see how they deal with possible failure on a task first time. It challenged their thinking.

  It was enjoyable seeing my child having fun and learning with the help of their friends.

  Thank you for a great morning!

  It was lovely to spend time with my child in school.

  It was lovely to see how my child plays and interacts with other class friends.

  It was good to see what the children are learning in school.

  There was good attendance from the adults.

  It is always lovely to work with my child in a school environment and to experience a bit of their world.

  It was good to see that children work with others to problem solve.

  I enjoyed it very much!

  It was lovely to see everyone having fun together.

  I enjoyed the morning very much and will look forward to future ones.

  Great event. Keep doing them.

  I like the idea of building resilience – important at all life stages.

  A good variety of activities and challenges that both adults and children could enjoy together.

  The length of the session was just right. It held the attention of the children.

  It showed challenge and persistence are important.

  It was good that there were different types of challenge – mental, physical etc…

  Thank you for having me!

  It was good to see how they tried different ways to solve problems.

  It was lovely to have one-to-one with my child in school.

  It is nice to do things like this. They learn more actually doing things!

  It was nice to come into school and work with my daughter and her class friends.

  There was a good range of activities and I learned more about the importance of challenge in the curriculum.

  It was good to see my son problem solving and enjoying himself at school.

  It would be great to have a Maths only Inspire to show parents how things are taught.

  It was nice to work with my child in his learning environment and spend one-to-one time with him.

  The poem was the activity he least wanted to do, but I think he actually enjoyed it and felt a sense of achievement from doing it together.

  My son enjoyed it. He was having fun with other children, it is good to know he is happy at school.

  Great time spent!

  Very calm and relaxing.

  It was nice to do different things with my child.

  It was nice to spend time seeing the activities the children do.

  My child was looking forward to it.

  It was a lovely morning.

  

• Sports this term

  Sat 13 May 2017 Mr. B

  As usual, our sports teams have been in action this half term. We have already participated in a Y5/6 netball tournament. Although they did not win any games, the team's performances were greatly improved on last year.

  Mr. Henshall took two teams to a rugby tournament at the end of April. There were seventeen teams, and despite missing key players through injury, one of our teams finished third, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the regional finals.

  Finally, our Y3/4 boys (and 1 girl!) competed against other local schools in a football tournament this week. In four games, we managed to win one, draw one and lose two.

  Most importantly, all the children chosen for the sports teams have represented Strawberry Fields well and we have proud of each and every one of them every time. Well done!