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Thursday, 6th July, 2017

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Registered Charity No: 1141329

A very warm welcome to the Clifton School and Nursery, End of Year Review and

Celebration.

An opportunity to reflect together and celebrate all of the children's sensational

individual and collaborative achievements throughout the year.

Throughout the celebration please bear with us as we move children on and off stage.

I am sure you will all agree, so much has been achieved throughout the year and the

children have had a remarkable time.

We have prepared the following photo review for you to enjoy highlighting some of the

wonderful, memorable learning and fun that has taken place.

Clifton is such an inspirational place because of the extraordinary people around the

outside of the room. Learning needs to be fun, engaging and relevant to the modern world in which our young people

will live and thrive. This happens in abundance at Clifton thanks to the wonderful teachers, teaching assistants, support

staff and the whole school community. My sincere thanks for all you do for the children.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole school Leadership team lead by Mr Winkley for their continued

friendship and support. I also would like to take this opportunity to thank the governors lead by Mr Bill Wooley for

their time, guidance and support too.

My thanks to you, the parents, grandparents for your support, attendance at events, workshops, parent forums and the

feedback you provide that informs our school improvement plan and always means we can become even better as a

school. My final thanks go to our hard working Clifton Friends Committee lead by Mrs Keyes. Thank you for all you do

it is appreciated.

Miss Eaton our Graduate Sport assistant will be completing her teacher training - PGCE at St Olave’s and St Peter’s,

working with older children to gain more and wider experience. Good luck Amy you have been a star. Four of our

Graduate sport assistants Toby Atkin, Naomi Harkness, Hope Cartwright and Sam Padbury will be leaving for pastures

new – good luck.

Thanks to Mrs Scrimshaw and Mrs Walters who have worked tirelessly in Nursery this year and to Mrs Clarke who not

only is the Deputy Head but has also lead Nursery for most of the year. Thank you – it has been very much appreciated.

Mrs Loftus will be leaving us today to start her maternity leave. We all wish you and Gavin the very best wishes at this

exciting time.

Mrs Spencer has been at Clifton for 14 years. Her first full time post was as class teacher in Reception where she

worked with the late Sue Taylor. In 2011 she made the brave move to work with Mrs Hall in Year 2. Mrs Spencer has

incredible patience, professionalism and attention to detail. She has been a wonderful class teacher and has a passion for

her subject, always finding ways to make maths exciting and achievable for all. She has been a fantastic member of the

team at Clifton who loves the children in her care and will be missed by all.

On behalf of the parents Mrs Keyes will present you with a gift, wishing you the very best of luck in the future.

Now it’s time for the presentation of awards. I would like to ask Mrs Spencer to come

onto stage to present the Year 3 leaving gifts, scrolls and trophies.

The Year 3 children leave Clifton today, most of them moving to St Olave’s. I know

they are going to continue their inspirational learning journey at St Olave’s and will

continue to impress Mr Falconer and his staff by getting involved in as many

opportunities as they can and continue to enjoy and love their learning. All of the staff

at Clifton will miss you - good luck.

The Meaby Rosebowl for Housepoints is awarded to: Walmgate

The Braithwaite Cup for Mathletics is awarded to: 2H

The Interhouse Swimming Gala was awarded to: Monk

Marks Sports Shield for Sports Day was awarded to: Micklegate

During the first week of the summer term Clifton, St Olave’s and St Peter’s were inspected

as a single entity by nine inspectors with collective expertise across the three stages of our

school. The lead inspector and his team spoke with remarkable warmth about the pupils,

who were their usual wonderful selves. The school received excellent in all categories, the

highest possible rating. This is because the inspection team saw so much evidence of the

achievement and personal development of the children from nursery all the way through to

the Sixth Form. Some of the quotes from the report, that you were sent yesterday and is

available to read on our website are as follows,

“The thematic curriculum for Clifton pupils aims to foster and embed lifelong learning.” ISI

Inspection April 2017

“The pupils are absorbed in a richly colourful, themed environment, rapidly learning new vocabulary, using it in conversations and applying it

as they confront new situations and solve problems.” ISI Inspection April 2017

“Pupils academic and other achievements are outstanding.” ISI Inspection April 2017

“Pupils display strong perseverance, commitments and a personal desire to achieve.” ISI Inspection April 2017

“The youngest children in Nursery and Reception achieve well above the national average and are helped to do so because of stimulating

learning experiences whereby they can explore their environment with considerable independence and develop a keen sense of enquiry and

curiosity.” ISI Inspection April 2017

“Pupils demonstrate an excellent moral understanding and take full responsibility for their own behaviour and their own mistakes. They

appreciate selflessness and kindness.” ISI Inspection April 2017

“The Children find out how to be better learners, relating to the four ‘learning superheroes’ displayed in their setting and developing their

four ‘heroic’ skills of resilience, collaboration, resourcefulness and being reflective.” ISI Inspection April 2017

You may have heard your children already using some of the language of our superheroes or you may have not.

The theory behind the Clifton Superheroes develops a learning culture that encourages children to become better learners, by

teaching them about the tricky process of learning. It allows our children to approach difficulties they encounter when learning,

without fear of failure and to understand what to do next. It allows the children to take small steps within learning and appreciate

the journey of learning, not just the end product. This theory is not additional to teaching, but should be embedded within

everyday teaching and learning. It also builds children’s confidence and gives clear concepts for the children to use to develop

understanding of the learning processes.

Today I do have a very special guest with me - well actually 4 very special guests – please welcome our superheroes.

This is Rita Resilience. Rita never ever gives up, no matter how difficult the task is in front of her.

She wears a crash helmet and safety glasses as she is prepared to get things wrong and understands that these are there to

protect her on her learning journey which might be rocky at times! Rita has a spring and this is there for her to be ready to

spring into action and to bounce back after making mistakes. Children need to have this skill because if they are afraid of failing

they will never try anything new and therefore not be able to be creative, a key skill in the modern world.

This is Ricki Resourceful. His superpowers make us more able to use a range of learning strategies and knowing what to do when

we do get stuck and how to get unstuck!

Ricki makes links between learning and builds on previous learning. Ricky loves to explore, wonder, imagine and reason and

enjoys wondering ‘What IF’

If we look in his rucksack he has the tools to be able to draw on a full range of resources including books, past experiences, the

internet and other people.

These are the Collaborative twins. They are happiest when we all involve ourselves as part of a learning community. They are

amazing at being able to learn with and from other people. Collaborative twins contribute to discussions and listen to other

people’s ideas, they can work alone and know when and where to seek help and advice.

Finally, this is Reflective Rory. Rory is very thoughtful he always thinks about himself as a learner and how you might be able to

do something that little bit better.

Rory reflects on his learning, considers what to do next and looks at ways he can refine or improve the task in hand. Rory

reflects and celebrates the learning of others too. As you can see he has his thoughtful cape and a mirror to remind him to use

his super power of being reflective.

These superheroes have been dressed by Mrs Deri Clark and her husband Max – a huge thank you to you

both and for our very willing VI formers from St Peter’s. They are going to leave the stage now and going to

spread their magic and super powers throughout the school.

At Clifton we aim to develop young people who are more curious, more willing to take risks and give things a

go, more imaginative, more creative, more thoughtful, willing and able to learn with and through others.

These superpowers are essential for the world our children will be living and thriving in. That is why together

with our school values they are the heart beat and pulse of our school.

Best wishes for a lovely summer.

Year 1 Independence Day - 4th July Party

We celebrated the end of the year and the finale to our theme in Year 1 with an American

party. Our last adventure with Jack ended in New York and we thought this would be a

fitting end to bow out with. The children made giant cookies, smores, milk shakes and fruit

skewers using fruits the colours of the American flag. We had fun and games outside

using a red, white and blue theme, ending with a team game to create the Statue of

Liberty out of Scrap. At the party we enjoyed eating hot dogs and pop corn as well as the

food we had prepared earlier.

Have a great summer from Mrs Johnson, Miss Murray, Miss Bromley and Mrs Headlam-

Morley!

Clifton Glut!

Calling all keen gardeners! In September we are holding a fruit and veg swap of

homemade produce.

If you grow more than you can eat and would like to swap produce or if you would like to

visit our produce stall and make a donation in return for some delicious home grown

goodies look out for our stall which will run from Monday 11th September in the atrium.

You might like to get into gardening and grow some fruit and vegetables with your child

this summer.

http://www.gardeningwithchildren.co.uk/family-zone/

https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities/

grow-it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/

Look out for more details when we return to school in September. In the

meantime happy growing!

Year 2 Art Club are all very proud of

their beach chalet cushions! We have

used a combination of hand and

machine sewing to make the

decorated covers. Huge thanks go to

Mrs Franey for assisting in this

mammoth task and, of course, to

Harriet Wright, for letting us use her

sewing machine all term!

Congratulations and thank you to the children and Clifton School Friends for raising a fantastic £5,340.00 for our Charity of the Year—Small Steps Project.

Superstars Aidan

Isabel, Teddy and Theo

Silver

Emily, Hannah

and Jinyi

Gold

Fionn and Isobel

A huge thank you to our House

Captains and School Councillors, they

have done a fantastic job this year. A

credit to themselves and the school.

Swimming Trophies

Phoebe and Alice for breaking the

school record for 25 metre

Backstroke with a time of 25.19

seconds.

Clara for breaking the school record

for 25 metre Freestyle with a time of

18.85 seconds.

Sports Day Trophies

Persephone for the fastest girl in the 1200 metres at 5 minutes 34

seconds and who showed most resilience having fallen at the beginning

and end of the event, picking herself up and completing the race!

Saffron for the Girls Ball Throw

Charlie for the fastest boy in the

1200 metres at 5 minutes 24

seconds and who showed most

resilience having executed an

excellent forward roll at the

beginning and still managing a

sprint finish!

Zach for the fastest boy 50 metre

sprint for Micklegate at 8.55

seconds and the Boys Ball Throw.

Alice for the fastest girl 50 metre sprint for Monk at 8.75 seconds.

Nearly New Uniform Shop - change of opening dates

The Nearly New Uniform Shop has unfortunately had to change the date on which they will

be open during the summer holidays.

The shop will now be open on Monday 14th August from 9.00am to 11.00am and from

2.00pm to 4.00pm.

They will also be open as planned on Thursday 31st August from 9.00am to 11.00am.

A reminder to new parents that the shop is located at St Olave’s School.

Year 2 in

Bridlington!

Oh, we do

love to be

by the seaside!!

Thank you to all our

parent helpers…

And to Gran Betty at

Chalet no 82!!!!

Our first photo and our last! Wishing you all a fun and relaxing summer!

Love Mrs Loftus, Mrs Brunton and RL!

What an amazing year we have all had in Year 3!

From evacuees in WW2 to the deep depths of the jungle and then on to the magical world of Neverland…

The children are all ready for their next adventure at St Olave’s.

Good Luck Everyone, we will miss you all!

Miss Collins Miss Platts and Mrs Morrison xx

We have come to the end of our time in RS!

This week we having been chatting about some of our

highlights…!

‘I liked when we whizzed down the

slopes on sledges. We went up and

down and up and down and up and

down…!’

‘I liked using the SCRAP, I

liked making a band and

making music’.

‘It was so much fun

when we jumped in

the muddy puddle!!

That was so much fun.

‘I liked the Elf Academy; I liked

dressing up with the Santa hats.’

‘I liked when we had a ‘Snack Bar’

in the classroom, I like serving the

customers and tasting the fruit

smoothies!’

‘It was great when we went

blackberry picking at Forest

Schools. We got to eat the

blackberries all up!’

‘I loved the sledging because it

was fun and we got to have

loads of turns.’

Nursery

Showcase

2017

Sports Day

2017

I would like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who helped and participated in the Summer Fair. It was a huge success and the children all had a lovely time.

I can confirm all the prizes below from the raffle, sweet jar and name the teddy below:

Number of Sweets in a Jar – Total sweets were 259 correctly guessed by Bo Harrand Name the Teddy – The Teddy’s name was River, won by Joseph York Tennis Childrens Voucher – Won by Bryn York Tennis Adult Voucher – Won by Lou Hattie & Bella Voucher – Won by Tamara Neom Package – Won by Alice Midnights Folly Jewellery – Won by Elena Yorkshire Show Tickets – Won by Sarah Still & Heart Gin Gift – Won by Joy Yogabomb Hot Yoga Sessions – Won by Helen Castle Howard Family Ticket – Won by Laura PURE Reflexology Voucher – Won by Heather Case of Wine – Won by Christa Case of Wine – Won by Christina 4 Bottles of Wine – Won by Ella Teddy Bear – Won by Vicky Forthcoming Events

Day Out at Piglets – Friday 18th August 2017

Everyone is welcome and it’s a chance to meet new families joining Clifton in September.

Dates for your diary

CSF AGM – Tuesday 12th September, 8.30 am in the school dining room – all welcome.

Wishing you all a lovely and relaxing summer holiday!

Elizabeth

Super Camps in 2017 A range of courses and activities are available to children during the Easter, May half term and summer holidays on Super Camps at St Peter’s School. All courses and activities are specifically designed for the ages of the children taking part to maximise fun and develop skills.

The Early Years programme just for 4 to 5 year olds ensures learning and development within a fun environment. The 6 to 9-year-old crews can explore new activities and take on new challenges. Our 10 to 12 year olds can come together in their very own common room as well as spend more time tackling activities in depth.

Parents at the school get 10% off throughout the year using code PARENT17.

Find out more at www.supercamps.co.uk or 01235 467300