Miss Beatson, Author at St James' Primary School, Wetherby

A visit from a real-life explorer!

This week, we had a visit from David Higgins, a well-known photographer and explorer. He talked to us about his wonderful, exciting adventures from around the world and he had many stories to tell. David showed us a selection of the extraordinary photographs he has taken of animals from across the globe and some of them can be seen on the National Geographic website.

13 October 2017

This list of words all have a similar ending – but take care… some end -able and some end -ible.

Learn these spellings for a test on Thursday 19 October.
adorable	horrible
considerable	possible
comfortable	legible
enjoyable	incredible
reliable	sensible
changeable	terrible
laughable	visible

Homework review

Thank you to all the parents who visited school today for our homework review. There has been some fantastic, creative homework produced by the children this week. Our ‘Watch us while work’ morning is taking place on Wednesday 08 November where you can see some more fantastic learning in our classrooms.

Some of the comments from our parents today:

What went well:

“I think it is a great way to see how every child has individuality and personality. It’s lovely to see all the children proud of their achievements.”
“I really liked the way all the children had their say and offered advice or ideas to improve.”

An ‘even better if’ comment:

“All the children get a comment made on their work, even if it’s a teacher’s comment.”

06 October 2017

Complete a spelling activity from the spelling grid. Words ending in –able or -ible
adorable	horrible
considerable	possible
comfortable	legible
enjoyable	incredible
reliable	sensible
changeable	terrible
laughable	visible

06 October 2017

This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Thursday 12 October.

I can explore my local area.

Get out and about in your local area and be the explorer. For your homework you could:

Take photos of your exploration.
Write an exploration diary.
Create a map and indicate where you’ve been.
Be a journalist and report and things in your area.

06 October 2017

This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Thursday 12 October.

I can explore my local area.

Get out and about in your local area and be the explorer. For your homework you could:

Take photos of your exploration.
Write an exploration diary.
Create a map and indicate where you’ve been.
Be a journalist and report and things in your area.

29 September 2017

This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect. You need to complete a reading comprehension – ‘The Earthquake’. This must be handed in on Thursday 05 October.

29 September 2017

This week, you must learn words ending with -ant or -ent. You will have a spelling test on Friday 06 October.

Here some examples of words below.

Learn these spellings for a test on Friday 06 October. Suffix- ant/ance and ent/ence
brilliant	accident
assistant (assistance)	evident (ence)
elegant (ance)	confident (ence)
important (ance)	consistent (ency)
deodorant	efficient (ency)
restaurant	magnificent
elephant	opponent

Prime Number Rap

Today, the class have enjoyed listening and singing along to a Prime numbers song. Listen at home!

Our very own sporting superstar!

Over the weekend we had a huge sporting success from one of our newest members of staff, Mr Mills. He took part in the Age Group World Triathlon Championships, which were held in Rotterdam over the weekend – you may have seen the elite athletes on TV.

After a hard race, Mr Mills managed to finish 11th out of 100 in what he has described as ‘the toughest race yet’. We’d like to say a huge well done to him for this outstanding performance and the resilience and dedication it takes to perform at this level.

We hope that he can go on to inspire some of our children to be sporting superstars!