Headteacher Message

Hello all,

I am not going to mention the weather.  There, I didn’t.  I have a sneaky suspicion that our children quite like wet play and I rarely hear any complaints when I say we need to stay inside at break.  To be honest, there is a lot that goes on at lunchtime that takes place inside the school on a weekly basis, including:

• Colouring club (daily)

• French club

• Rockbandz

• Choir

• Karate

• Pokemon

• Debate Mate 

I have always thought that we offer a good number and variety of clubs for a small school.  While it is important to run around and expend energy at lunchtime, some of our children benefit from taking part in other activities and we like to cater for everyone.

The dog formerly known as Blue attended school on Thursday and had a ball.  For a number of reasons, he has not been able to come to school in the last two months, and it was lovely to see how appreciated his visit was.  His day was extremely busy and included helping a reluctant child into school, supervising Key stage 2 class registrations, a lot of sniffing, playing football at first break and chasing balls with children throughout the day.  I took him home at 6pm. He sloped upstairs, and I believe has been sleeping ever since!

We will be sending out the booking information shortly for our parent-teacher consultations.  I am always extremely impressed with the percentage of parents that attend these meetings. It is a great way to ensure we work in partnership to ensure your child has the best experiences in school.  We regularly get over 95% attendance, so let us live our values and be aspirational and hit that 100% this term.

Have a lovely weekend with your families.

Joe  

Communications Sent Home

• Whole School - Big Walk and Wheel
• Year 5 - Science Museum Trip
• Year 3 - British Museum Trip
• Individual  - Thames Young Mariners Payment reminder
• Year 5 - Year 6 Residential reminder
• Whole School - Parent Consultation Evening

The Reading Corner

Welcome to our weekly section of the newsletter all about reading. Every week, we will share a question (or two) with you about the book your child is reading in school. Please use these questions to help you find out a little more about what your child has been reading in school and continue to develop their love of reading.

Wonder - Can you remember the names of the different animals that the Adelie penguin meets in the Antarctic? (humpback whale, minke whale, leopard seal, Weddell seal, elephant seal, squid, krill, jellyfish, emperor penguin, fish) Why can the penguin survive in the Antarctic? (thick layer of fat, good swimmer, can slide on the ice, lives in a colony with other penguins)

Peake - What do you think the character of the witch is like? How do you think Rapunzel feels being all alone in the tall, dark tower? 

Weir - What did King Charles II do to help with the fire?

Thunberg - Who do you think the creakers are? What do you predict they will do next?

Darwin - Describe your own monster for Beowulf to fight.

Attenborough - Why did people think Lord Carnarvon died of the Curse of the Mummy?

Parks - Who do you predict the character 'Kensuke' is?

Stars of the Week!

Early Years Star of the Week

Wonder Class

Sofiia - for joining in and enjoying PE and for demonstrating how to move in different ways.

KS1 Star of the Week

Peake Class

Krzysztof - for his concentration, attention to detail and careful choice of colour when creating his relief print. Well done, Krzysztof!

Weir Class

Dmitrii - for being a responsible learner and working so hard in phonics and reading.  

Walker Class

Zion - for great work joining in with the year 1 maths sessions and also great maths in Walker Class. Well done, Zion!

KS2 Star of the Week

Newton Class

Allen - for being an excellent role model on our trip to the ECO summit. Well done, Allen!

Thunberg Class

Kiki - for living our value of equality by being a kind, patient and supportive learning partner! Well done, Kiki!

Darwin Class

Elizaveta - for her boundless enthusiasm for learning new words and ideas.

Attenborough Class

Frankie - for being a great learning partner in all lessons and his enjoyment of his learning, especially in history and science. What a joy to have you in class!

Parks Class

Hayk - for his hard work and success, particularly in maths!

Rashford Class

Caitlin - for her excellent attitude towards her learning!