LARMENIER & SACRED HEART CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER 3rd October 2012

Issue no 103

41a Brook Green, London W6 7BL T: 020 8748 9444 F: 02082370959 E: admin@larshrc.lbhf.sch.uk www.larshrc.lbhf.sch.uk

Larmenier & Sacred Heart Summer Fair The Summer Fair is now over, and the fabulous weather, a host of things to entertain everyone and incredible food made for a day to remember. You can see from the accompanying pictures how much fun everyone had, but I think the following note sums up the day perfectly. This was an email I received from someone who is not part of the school, but was invited by one of our parents: "What a fantastic fun-packed family day! This was my first visit to the school, and to the Summer Fair and I must say how impressed I was by such a lovely environment and how well it was all organised. The food stalls were exceptional, and provided a fabulous opportunity to sample a wide range of authentic foods from around the world – delicious! The children loved all of the activities including the bouncy slide, the bungee rope, the face painting and were especially delighted at taking home their own little bags of gold! The variety of prizes donated for raffles/ tombola and the stalls were superb. Everyone was very friendly and I was welcomed like one of the family by Sister Hannah. Well done to everyone who was involved in organising this event. Thank you so much for all the hard work and effort in creating an incredibly successful and memorable day." I'm delighted to let you know that we managed a great total on the day and, after expenses were deducted, we raised JUST OVER £8000!! A huge thank you to all.

Michelle Townsend (PTA Chair)

SUMMER FAIR RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS

were drawn in KS2 Assembly on 28 September by Year 6 Prefects. For a full list of winners and prizes

please see page 3 of this newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES October 1st After School Clubs Begin 2nd Year 3 Dawn Chorus Begins 8.20 Sr Hannah meeting Year 6 parents re Secondary Transfer (by appointment) 3rd Class 4B to British Museum 4th Reception Classes Closed (day off for Reception children) Year 5 Assembly 9.00am 5th INSET DAY school closed for all pupils 8th Paul Canoville leading talk with Year 6 9th Sr Hannah meeting Year 6 parents re Secondary Transfer (by appointment) 10th School Orchestra to Primary Prom at Royal Albert Hall 11th Year 2 Assembly 9.00am Class 4G to Choir Outreach Workshop Year of Faith Begins 12th School Photographs 15/16th Parent Teacher Conferences 18th Year 3 Assembly 9.00am 19th Mayor’s Cup Football Tournament LARSH v St John’s

MERIT CARDS Weeks ending 21 September and 28 September 2012

Willow Frederica Aste Alexis Carde

Acorn Bethanya Habtamu Molly McCormack

1B Esther Mainstone Otto Marre

1G Timothee Brian Harrison Rider

2B Oluwaseun Towolawi Audrey Saugnac

2G Rose Griffin Ciara Naylor

3B Abbi Aslin Raphael Matti

3G Klaudia Rybczyk Lucia Ren

4B Jasper Oursin Gracie Frost

4G Olivia Keryakoz Patrick Dianosio

5B Jacob Chalfoun Johanna Verry Justicia

5G Harriet Odone Benjamin Groundwater

6B Emily Sawyer Grace Fee

6G Jakub Liszka Ossian Warren

Best Attendance

Week ending 21 September, 1G with 99.4% attendance. Week ending 28 September, 1B with 99.3% attendance.

Willow Tanya-Grace Barcelos Sophia Barakat

Acorn Iciar Andres Patrick Cryan

1B Evana Amanuel James Fradgley

1G Agnes Dauti Johnnie McFarlane

2B Ricardo DaSilva Albane Carde

2G Grace MacPherson Xanthe Scott

3B Robbie Macdonald Marina Eden

3G Soraya Shakibi Louise Laxague

4B Marc Elhachem George Dib

4G Elizabeth Naylor Simao Rodriguez

5B Hugh Foley Gideon Hannibal

5G Holly Hudson Aron McMillan

6B Benedict Morland Phoebe Brophy

6G Sun McNabb Ella Brickley

Year 3 Field Trip As part of Year 3's geography curriculum in the summer term they were learning about 'Our Local Area'. They visited the original Olympics site at White City to take part in the 1908 Olympics trail. The class walked around the site following clues in the street names such as South Africa Way and Commonwealth Avenue. The trail took them to the finishing line of the marathon in front of the memorial showing the medal table in the BBC Media Centre courtyard (photos opposite). Great Britain won an impressive 56 gold medals but this wasn't a fair result as all the judges were all British! The medal winners are listed on the memorial. Sarah Fox

BAGS TO SCHOOL COLLECTION

24 October Watch out for details

to follow

Class 3B loved the Olympics - here are some of their impressions "The Olympics have shown me some new sports that I would like to try out, like fencing." Mason Lewis "My mum went to see one of the events and she said the stadium was really amazing." Ella Downes "I think everyone will be more sporty now that we've had the Olympics. I watched a lot of it on the TV too." Carlos Chavez

Mrs Teverson - Games Maker Soon after London won the Olympic bid I signed up as a volunteer. As a Londoner I wanted to be part of such an historic event. After an interview in November I was offered the position of an 'Olympic Family Assistant.' My job was to drive members of different National Olympic Committees from their hotels to the Olympic venues. We had three training days, one of which was in the car I was to drive, a BMW series 5. I drove people from New Zealand, Mali, Burundi, Hungary and America. On a typical day I might go from the Park Lane garage to their hotel, out to Eton Dorney, across London to the Olympic Park, over to the Excel centre, back to the garage via their hotel. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The highlights for me were the amazing party atmos-phere in London; the interesting people I met, everyone talked to a Games Maker; driving along the Zil lanes; my accreditation pass which allowed me into any sports venue; being on my feet in the Stadium screaming like mad when Mo

Farrah won the 5000 metres. Mrs Teverson

Some photos and experiences of the London 2012 Olympics by pupils and teachers at Larmenier and Sacred Heart.

Mrs Teverson in her Olympics uniform

Year 3 at the original Olympics site

London 2012 Wenlock designs by Barnaby White (Class 6G) and Meadow Molloy (Class 4B)

Olympic Torch Bearer, James Coke, during his visit to our school in July

SUMMER FAIR RAFFLE - PRIZES AND WINNERS Winner Prize Caroline Johnstone £100 voucher for Kopapa Donated by Kopapa Café and Restaurant, Covent Garden Dalibot Ladies’ Colour, Cut and Blow Dry Donated by Ocean Hair, Shepherds Bush Road Omar Castro Decléor Facial Donated by Beauty Royal, Blythe Road Liz Gurney Lunch for 2 with wine Donated by Pentolina Italian Restaurant, Blythe Road Henrietta Bishop A place at a Holiday Soccer School Donated by Chelsea Football Club Miss Watson 3 Day Family Pass to the Park Club Donated by the Park Club, Acton Julie Casey Mini Facial, Manicure and Pedicure Donated by Beauty Royal, Blythe Road Sophie Hart A place at a Holiday Soccer School Donated by QPR Football Club Elena Sanchez CACI Microdermabrasion Facial Donated by Azara Skin Clinic, Shepherds Bush Road Miss McGinty Elemis Gift Box Donated by Michelle Fobler Miss S Davis 2 Tennis Racquets and Balls Donated by Rocco de Villiers, Brook Green Tennis Club Julie Casey A one to one Make-up Lesson Donated by the Colour Consultant Olivia de Cabral A Golf Bag Donated by the McCarthy Family Tiye Swabey A bottle of 12 year old Glenlivet Whiskey Donated by the Hart Family Clara Lacheze/ 2 Tuscany Books Melissa Maher Donated by Invitation to Tuscany Vivian Clarke £15 voucher Donated by The Entertainer Toyshop Christelle Saugnac £10 voucher Donated by Oliver Bonas Hermione Nixon 2 x Football Classes at the Masbro Centre Donated by Coach Ade Michele Ballaratti £50 Cash Donated by Nazareth House Many thanks to the local businesses listed above that have donated prizes for our raffle and to everyone else who has supported our Summer Fair including Bective Leslie Marsh, Winkworth, AGP Cleaning Services, Marsh & Parsons, Tates, Finlay Brewer, Invitation to Tuscany, Tesco Brook Green, Sainsbury’s Kings Mall, Coca Cola, Starbucks, Wheelers of Turnham Green, KallKwik Chelsea, West Six Garden Centre, Fastsigns Hammersmith and RPM Ltd.

Sign in for a full colour e-newsletter send your details to: admin@larshrc.lbhf.sch.uk. Many thanks to the following people who have contributed to this issue of the newsletter:- Michelle Townsend, Miss S Davis, Miss McGinty, Mrs McGonigal, Mrs Teverson, Sarah Fox, Carlos Chavez, Ella Downes, Mason Lewis, Miss Teresa, Ewa Janas, Mrs Danilowicz, Dylan Keane, Joel Lyall, Izzy Fer-gusson and Emily Sawyer. If you would like to contribute an article or some photos to a future issue of the newsletter please con-tact Lucy Goulding (lucygou@tiscali.co.uk).

Music News Earlier this term the Music Department took 6 girls to audition for English National Opera's upcoming pro-duction of Carmen. One of them, Phoebe Brophy (Class 6B) was successful. She will be appearing at the London Coliseum at the end of November. Phoebe will be writing an article about her experience for a future edition of this newsletter.

Mayor’s Cup Football Tournament

Update On the 14th September 2012, the Lar-menier and Sacred Heart boys started their defence of the Mayor’s Cup against Holy Cross winning 6-0, through goals from Dy-lan Ryder Ashcroft (x3), Patrick McWeeney (x2) and Connor McCoy. Dylan Keane and Joel Lyall The girls’ football team also played their

first match of the season against Holy

Cross. We won 2-1 with Diana Negri scor-

ing one goal and the other being an own

goal. Izzy Fergusson and Emily Sawyer

Visit the school website www.larshrc.lbhf.sch.uk

to read about the teams’ recent matches

against Langford Primary School.

Olympic Reflections In Class 6B we have been reflecting on the events of the London 2012 Olym-pics. The children have been working on mini-projects to share their experi-ences with each other - using artwork, photographs, PowerPoint presenta-tions and poetry. We all agreed that the London 2012 Olympics and Paralym-pics have been a 'once in a life time' experience for all of us - truly inspira-tional, heartbreaking and memorable! Mrs Danilowicz