Wigton Moor
Primary School
Everyone learns and everyone achieves because everyone matters!
See us Learning in March 2023
Year 5 had an art day learning about digital art, mixed media and typography. They took lots of interesting photos, on the iPads, of textures and patterns, and based their pictures on a theme such as 'nature' or 'industrial'.
Year 5 have been developing their map reading skills for the Settlements topic in Geography, using a four-figure grid reference.
Geography - Year 5 loved learning all about their local area and used maps and iPads to collect data about the village of Shadwell. They then turned the research into a fantastic Powerpoint presentation comparing different settlements.
Easter Assembly
Year 3 Performance
Year 3 practising some French phonics and silent letters in their Easter/Spring vocabulary.
Leeds City Council Primary Debating Competition 2023 - the heats!
This year Wigton Moor entered two teams of 3 students for the Primary Debating Competition - one team from year 5 and one from year 6.
The first stage of this annual competition is broken down into 3 heats. This year there was 17 schools with a total of 30 teams taking part. Within each heat, teams from different schools debated each other. In each debate, one team was proposing the motion, and the other was opposing the motion. Judges scored each team based on set criteria including argument, presentation and structure, and the winners of each debate were announced at the end of each heat. The motion for the heats was "Children should have longer play times during the school day”.
Our teams:
Wigton Moor Team 1 – Year 5 – Opposers (arguing AGAINST the motion)
Speaker 1: Mo
Speaker 2: Charlotte
Speaker 3: Nika
Wigton Moor Team 2 – Year 6 – Proposers (arguing FOR the motion)
Speaker 1: Harrison
Speaker 2: Milo
Speaker 3: Hanshitha
We are very proud of our teams and all of the hard work they put into preparing for the debates - so we were extremely pleased that after a morning full of constructive argument both of our teams were announced as the winners of their debates!!
What's next??
The top-scoring 8 teams from across the 3 heats will be invited to participate in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and grand final at Leeds Civic Hall towards the end of the summer term - we have every faith that our teams will make it through to the next round!
6DH felting as part of their 'design and make a bag' DT project
Year 4 had a visitor - Mr Abu Al-Rub - who is an Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon, come to talk to us about the bones in the human body linking to our science learning.
Ramadan and Eid assembly
4J used Rekenreks in maths to recognise hundredths.
Year 5 had a fantastic art day based on The Highwayman poem, learning how to draw a building using perspective and then creating an atmospheric picture using watercolour pencils and acrylic paint, with a palette knife.
We had a great science visitor in Year 5 - Mr Razavi - who talked to both classes about his job working in the sciences. We had a go at a really challenging task, learning about probability.
Year 5 have been learning about changing materials in Science - separating dry mixtures by making sieves and dissolving materials, creating a solution or a suspension.
Year 5 Performance
Year 4 acted out the roles that evaporation and condensation play in the water cycle as part of their science topic.
Year 4 raised money for Comic Relief by wearing red
In PE, Year 4 worked in teams to complete the physical challenges.
Year 4 used their scientific enquiry skills by observing evaporation over time.
Year 1 wearing red for Red Nose day!
Year 6 were using their scientific enquiry skills (observation over time and comparative & fair testing) to investigate the effects of sugar on yeast.
Year 2 had a class assembly for Neurodiversity Week and coloured in a picture about equality!
Year 2 listened to, appraised, found the pulse and then performed 'I Wanna be in a Band' by Joanna Mongona (Charanga)
Year 2 listened to, appraised, found the pulse and then performed 'I Wanna be in a Band' by Joanna Mongona (Charanga)
Year 2 listened to, appraised, found the pulse and then performed 'I Wanna be in a Band' by Joanna Mongona (Charanga)
World Book Day Winners!
Winners of the best costume and book diorama for each key stage.
KS1
KS2
World Book Day
For History, 4B looked at how artefacts can help us to understand what life was like for people in Roman Britain. We used clay to make our own cylinder or curved pots.
For History, 4J looked at how artefacts can help us to understand what life was like for people in Roman Britain. We used clay to make our own cylinder or curved pots.
We love reading in 4J
Year 1 have made these fabulous dioramas at home to celebrate World Book Day.
