Life skills
Lilia has been in touch this week to tell me all about what she’s been doing when she hasn’t been in school. Her artistic flair has been demonstrated when she was allowed to paint her shed – it looks amazing and very bright!
She has also been trying out her baking skills too. She made eclairs for the first time and they look delicious. I hope she is saving one for me!
Library books
Hello.
Hope you are all well?
Please can you start to return any library books to school that you may have at home. If the weather is fine, there will be a table outside that you can put them on. If it’s a rainy day, there will be a box just inside the entrance. Thank you.
Creating your own RIC reading questions
Eva has worked hard to create her own RIC questions. Take a look and see if you can answer the questions.
Hall of (home learning) Fame
Another day, another #HoHLF post and another opportunity for more home learning heroes to be inducted into the Hall of (home learning) Fame!
First up, this superstar (who has kept in regularly contact – thank you) has been smashing an array of home learning including this…
Our other entrant today is Ellis (who, again, has kept in regular contact – thank you!). He’s completed another excellent PowerPoint presentation – this time about water safety.
Awesome work!
Hello Year 5/6S
Good morning Year 5/6 S. How are you all this morning? I hope you all had a lovely weekend. The weather is glorious this morning which will definitely make everyone feel happy today. I hope your home learning is still going well. Please make sure you keep emailing me and sending me photos of your work- I love hearing from you. I am missing having all our class together, even though it’s been lovely having some children back in school.
Anyway, enjoy your Monday and the lovely weather.
Missing you all.
Mrs H.x
Hall of (home learning) Fame
Hello everyone
We hope you’re all OK and are keeping yourselves happy, healthy and safe.
This week, we’ve all completed some awesome home learning. However, one topic in particular seemed to catch the attention of our forward-thinking, considerate class members: Black Lives Matter.
If you haven’t seen this learning, you’re in luck. These awesome entrants to #HoHLF have summarised it perfectly for you.
Click here to see an amazing presentation from Ellis – well done, Ellis! You’re in the Hall of (home learning) Fame #HoHLF.
And, click here to see another amazing presentation from this superstar.
Well done, you’re in the Hall of (home learning) Fame #HoHLF.
Father time: A character description
Here are some desriptions from our reading lesson today.
John’s blue scarf thumped up and down on his chest while his heavy, green wellington boots slowly slithered up the road. His camo hat helped stop the rain from beating heavily on his head. A ragged bag slung over his shoulder as he trailed on down the cobbled road. A stonewall, icy cold from the bitter air, stood tall while foogy mist crept by.
By Elizabeth
Nobody knows why but the weather changes depending on what John is feeling. The foggy, misty air seemed to swallow him whole and he suddenly became extinct from the world. All you could hear was the clocks- tick, tock, tick, tock. The sound faded to a nothingness.
By Madsion
Mark trudged along the cobbled road. Pulling the clock-filled sack onto his aching back, he sighed wearily once again. The sky was a foggy, dismal cover of rain. His beige coat with a broken zip had lost its purpose – just like him. His wife’s bright, blue scarf was his last good memory of her. Now, it warmed his neck and soothed his shattered hat.
By Eve
Walking down the uneven street, the damp air breathed across Johnny’s face. The foggy downpour of rain had taken over the day and all he wanted to do was to snuggle up in his bed. His bag was soaked through and his hat covered his sad eyes. Countless clocks sung in harmony made him think back to all his sunny memories.
By Olivia
Leiyah’s Hospital
Leiyah has entered a competion to design a new hospital. Her ideas are fantastic. Take a look here.
Isn’t it nice when things just work!
After watching this video, we decided to make our own. Just another normal day in 5/6M.
Can you do any better? Send your effort to your class teacher.
End of Key Stage 2 outcomes – a celebration
End of key stage 2 assessments (known as SATs) were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Some children will undoubtedly have felt relief at not having to do these tests, while some pupils tell us they quite enjoy doing them. Similarly, some parents don’t place a lot of importance on the tests, while for others, they’re an important indicator of how well their child, and school, has done.
The data below represents what we predict would be the outcomes of those assessments – and it’s a cause for celebration of the children’s great learning throughout their time at Scholes (Elmet) Primary.
For Reading, Maths, and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, our assessments stem from some trial tests that children did in the Autumn term and in February. The tests were all previous SAT tests and were done under test conditions. They were marked and graded based on the thresholds for that particular test. As a result, the assessments below are likely to provide an accurate indication of outcomes in the national assessments in May.
For Writing, the assessment stems from teacher assessment, as it would do for the outcomes in May. Year 6 teachers across Sphere Federation and beyond met at various times in the Autumn and Spring term to review their assessments for children’s writing. As a result, the teacher assessment for Writing is also likely to provide an accurate indication of end of year outcomes.
Attainment: expected standard
Expected standard is where a pupil’s scaled score is 100 or more. 83% of our pupils were on-track to achieve the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths, combined. As in recent years, this is securely above the national figure – we don’t have a national 2020 figure, but in 2019, the combined figure was 65%.
The proportions reaching national expectations for each subject, and for Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, are all predicted to have been higher than the 2019 national:
- Reading: 90% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 73%)
- Writing: 90% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 78%)
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: 90% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 78%)
- Maths: 88% meeting expected standards (2019 national: 79%)
Attainment: higher level
Greater depth standard is where a pupil’s scaled score is 110 or more. 15% of pupils were on-track to reach greater depth in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, which is again higher than the 2019 national figure of 11%. the proportions for Reading and Writing were predicted to be very much higher than the 2019 figures:
- Reading: 49% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 27%)
- Writing: 34% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 20%)
- Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: 34% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 36%)
- Maths: 29% meeting the higher level (2019 national: 27%)
Whilst we can’t be certain that these figures would match the outcomes of the real SATs in May, we’re confident they wouldn’t be far off – perhaps a little lower, but just as likely to be even a little higher. What we can be certain of is that our Year 6 children once again have enjoyed and achieved great things at our school – we’re very proud of them.