Welcome back to school for our summer term!

2019/20 - Issue 27

1 May 2020

It is, as always, a pleasure to see our community coming together during these difficult times.

Seeing so many of you show acts of kindness at home and around Ossett, makes us all miss you more. Southdale, you are continuing to

make us all incredibly proud of you!

Take care and stay safe. Mrs Partington

KindnessKindness

Year 3

For more photos of these events please see our twitter page @SouthdaleY3

This week, we have been helping Om (our Stone Age friend) make the transition from the Mesolithic into the Neolithic Stone Age (evolve from hunter-gatherers into farmers).

To do this we have written descriptions of Om’s camp; designed and labelled our own Neolithic shelters and started to learn about flowering plants.

Thank you for sending us all your work – we are sure it will help Om and her tribe make their transition.

We have even managed to enjoy some French this week.

https://twitter.com/SouthdaleY3?lang=en-gb

Year 4

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Now we know that Ivan lives in a concrete cage in a shopping mall we have been writing descriptions to portray what life is like for him. We have also looked at designing a dream domain for Ivan.

We have enjoyed learning about MRS GREN and the characteristics of living things in science.

In geography, we have been learning about UK counties and how these are similar to US states.

In maths, we have recapped doubling and halving numbers, multiplication and word problems.

As artists we have continued to work on our gorilla sketches.

https://twitter.com/Y4Southdale?lang=en-gb

Year 5

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Wow! We have started our Greatest Showman narrative. We have been hard at work already! In English, to help Barnum realise his dream we have written descriptive pieces about a circus. We have explored the text ‘From Now On’ in reading and started designing posters to encourage people to visit the circus.

Mr Mills has been reading extracts from the book ‘You Are Awesome’ each day – if you haven’t had chance to catch up then please follow the links on our webpage.

Bang!Therehewas!PTBarnumhimself!Thecrowdgaspedinsheeramazementashestrodeintothelimelight,hisrichredvelvetjacketswirlingaroundhim.Withawhooshofhiscane,hesummonedfourmajestichorses,theirriders’featheredheaddressesstandingtallandproud.Thesoundofthedrumsandtrumpetsechoedaroundthegreattent,whiskingthecrowdintoevenmoreofafrenzy.

In maths, we have been working with decimal numbers.

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For more photos of these events please see our twitter page @SouthdaleY6

Year 6

Well Y6, we set you the task of researching the Titanic and you have not disappointed us. We have loved receiving the co-ordinate pictures and double page spreads that you have created.

In English, we have loved reading your descriptive passages of your journey on the Titanic before it hits the iceberg. We can tell you have put a lot of effort into these to make them effective.

We have received some excellent iceberg sketches and will be building on this next week.

In maths, we have been recapping on the four operations – these are key skills that you will need in Y7. Try to make sure that your MyMaths is up to date and remember you can keep repeating each task – practice really does make perfect!

https://twitter.com/Y6Southdale?lang=en-gb

Southdale Birdwatchers

Southdale Birdwatchers have managed to find time this week, after doing their school work, to use their creative flair to show their understanding of the bird world.

Congratulations to Evie, who became our sixth different winner, in this week’s Virtual Bird Bingo

Evie Barras

Amelia Howard

Emily with her hand-sewn

great tit

Achievements

Special Mentions

3LH Henry SFor persevering with all of your work. Your description this week was great, and I know you have enjoyed the art. Well done- I am so proud of you!

3LS Freddie WFor your continued commitment and enthusiasm towards your home learning. The quality of your maths and guided reading this week was superb. You should be incredibly proud of yourself!

3SG Amelie MFor working extremely hard with her home learning. Every task is completed with enthusiasm and lots of effort. You are a superstar!

4EB Harry WFor your outstanding effort with your maths work – using arrays to help with multiplication. You are also doing a fantastic job reading along with our Narrative. Keep it up!

4RD Tom EFor his vocabulary and reading work this week. Presented with care and attention – well done

4RR Oliver WFor working so hard every day and putting so much care and attention into all tasks. Well done Oliver – you’re a super sparkly Southdale star

5AM Lexi TFor being on the ball with her home learning. She emails her work in every single day and is obviously taking her learning very seriously and this difficult time.

5EZ James MFor his outstanding effort in his MyMaths and his home learning. He has produced a very imaginative description this week. Well done James!

5GT Sam TFor consistently putting in 100% effort throughout lockdown. Sam emails in his work every day. He has also been developing lots of other skills, getting involved in tasks at home such as demolishing a shed! Keep up the good work Sam, we are so proud of you!

6KD Jacob HFor a fantastic description of the Titanic sailing through the ocean before it struck the iceberg. Jacob also did an amazing sketch of an iceberg using precise sketching techniques. I am so proud of you Jacob – keep it up!

6MF Libby PFor sending an excellently produced and researched Titanic presentation about food aboard the ship. A ‘five star’ piece of research!

6ZR Dylan SFor producing a fantastic description this week, written with simply stunning handwriting. It is clear you have put a great deal of time and effort into this Dylan – a big thumbs up from me!

Head teachers Award

Joshua S For your random act of kindness within the community. You are a star!

TT ROCKSTARS

Most improved

1 Anna T 5EZ

2 Riley V 3LH

3 Alex B 6MF

TT ROCKSTARS

Most answered

1 Mia JG 3LS

2 Joshua L 3SG

3 Thomas B 3SG

Safeguarding

Mrs K Partington

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs R Mohebi

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mrs R Randall

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Miss R Mallas

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Mr V Foster

Safeguarding Governor