Northwold Primary School Weekly newsletter 20 January 2017 | Issue 121

News and events from Northwold Primary School

IN THIS ISSUE

Spanish Day and Spanish Visitors

‘Most Likely to Succeed’ – Film Screening and

Discussion – 26.1.17

Trips – Reception, Years 1, 2 and 6

KS1 & 2 SATs Parents’ Information Meetings

Milk Cartons – Bring in your empties

Morning Drop Off

Class Coffee Morning – SPRING TERM DATES

Class Assemblies

e-Safety – New Year’s Resolutions

School Trip Dates

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Golden Achievement Pupils Congratulations to the following pupils for being the golden pupil of the week this week:

Class Pupils

N Mexico Elsie Brooks

N Pakistan Humaira Mohosin

R Ireland Kymorah Chung

R Somalia Umar Gajia

1 Bangladesh Lily-Mae Johnstone

1 Ghana Kamaljeet Kaur

2 Barbados Naira Dungaria

2 Poland Adam Mullla

3 Spain Michaela Olajide-Aluko

3 Nigeria Nicolas Suarez

4 Brazil Ledley Amankwah

4 Jamaica Taeshon Augustin

5 Turkey Iqra Khatun

5 Russia Rena Opoku-Okyere

6 China Lillie-Grace Dardis

6 India Tomika Allen

Next Week at Northwold – w.c. 23.1.17 Here are the key events happening at Northwold next week:

Day Event (Class/Year)

Monday

Tuesday China Class – World Wildlife Fund Visit

Wednesday

Thursday Most Likely to Succeed – Film and Talk – 6.30-9.30pm

Friday

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Spanish Day ¡Hola! On Wednesday 18th January, Northwold totally immersed itself in the world of Spain. We learned to dance like a Flamenco dancer, we sang songs in Spanish, we ate paella, we played Spanish playground games – Hoopla anyone? – and we explored the modern history of Spain through art by creating peace doves and our own version of Picasso’s Guernica. As well our student visitors from Spain (see next item), we had two GSCE Spanish students from a school in Brighton in each class, looking to improve and share their knowledge of Spanish. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and exciting day. Each child has his or her own story to tell and a favourite moment. A massive thank you to Ms Sams who organised a truly memorable Northwold day.

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Spanish Student Visitors Bienvenido a Londres! As well as our Spanish Day last week, we had a large group of students from Spain on work experience in our school. They are due to take their final school exams before university in a few months and they came to Northwold to learn some English and teach us some Spanish. Each class in the school had two students from the Instituto de Educación Secundaria Laurel de la Reina in Granada. They said their experience at Northwold this week was life-changing. We at Northwold learnt a huge amount from them too. ¡Adios, amigos!

Most Likely to Succeed – Film and Discussion

We are delighted to announce that we are hosting an exclusive screening of a film called Most Likely to Succeed. The filmmaker, Nick Corston, will also be at the screening to lead a discussion of about the film afterwards. The film has been nominated for the Sundance festival and explores the need for us to change the way education is delivered in schools, with a greater focus on creativity, collaboration and innovation. This film is a must for anyone interested in the state of education today and it forces us to pause and think about where we should go next. Tickets for the event are only £5.90. Tap here to buy tickets - http://tinyurl.com/zukc35v

Ireland Class Trip – London’s Architecture On Thursday, Ireland had a great day out exploring London. We walked along the embankment of the River Thames and saw so many old and new buildings. We then went up to the 10th floor in the Tate Modern and had a look at our amazing city from up above. Most of the class said that The Shard was their favourite building because it is so tall. A big thank you for the great parental support on the trip.

Somalia Class Trip – London Architecture As part of this term’s topic – ‘How do buildings stay up’ – Somalia class went to the South Bank to look at some of the iconic buildings in London. After taking pictures of the London Eye, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, we walked to the Tate Modern Gallery. We then went up to the10th floor of the Tate Modern, where we viewed London from the viewing platform. From the viewing platform we saw more of the wonderful buildings in London.

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Ghana Class Trip – Royal Observatory On Tuesday 17th January, the Ghana Class visited the Greenwich Observatory. It was an exciting day for the children as they got to enjoy a show at London's only Planetarium. This show took the children on a journey through the Milky Way Galaxy. They learnt a few facts about each planet, while singing along to the Teddy Bear song. It was a fantastic experience for everyone! A big thank you to all our teachers, Spanish students and parents who came along to help on the trip.

Year 2 Trip – National Portrait Gallery On Thursday 19th January, both Year 2 classes visited The National Portrait Gallery, as part of their new Cornerstones topic, Towers, Tunnels and Turrets. The students took part in a fascinating workshop, finding out about how to spot a king or a queen from the Tudor and Stuart times. They imagined how they would behave if they met a member of royalty and made sketches of themselves as kings and queens. They also found and sketched the palaces in the middle of London. "My favourite part of my amazing day was when we saw the monument (Nelson's Column). It was bigger than I thought but it was like a dream. I also liked the big thumb because it felt like it was telling me 'It's a good day' and it was a good day. I wish we could do it again." - Anayah "My favourite thing about the trip was when we looked at the pictures and learned about kings and queens.”- Ekam "On Thursday afternoon we first ate our food at Trafalgar Square. After we sketched in our books. I sketched a man on a horse, and a lion. Then we went to school." - Ayaan

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“I was really good at curtseying.” – Unique.

Year 6 Trip – Safety Workshop

“The Year 6’s had a chance to learn about safety (fires, road safety and so on). This was to help us in the future, when we start secondary school. We had different workshops in the Hackney Museum where we learnt what to do in different situations if we happened to be in them. We were put in groups and each workshop tutor had to score our behaviour with points. The team with the most points got a certificate. Overall we learnt what to do when anything bad happened and hopefully we stick to the rules we learnt.” – Lina.

SATS Parents Meetings – February 2017 We will be having parents’ meetings at the start of next month to discuss the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 tests for Year 2 and Year 6 students. The meetings will be held on the following dates:

· Key Stage 1 (Year 2 parents) - Tuesday 7th February at 9am

· Key Stage 2 (year 6 parents) - Thursday 9th February at 9am

There are changes to these tests, so it is important that you attend to be aware of the structure and expectations. We look forward to seeing you.

Milk Cartons PLEASE Our Nursery needs your help. They are planning to make a spectacular structure out of plastic milk cartons. Please, please, please can you wash out those empty milk cartons (all sizes) over the next week and send them into school? It will be much appreciated and we’ll share pictures of the finished ‘dwelling’ very soon.

Morning Drop Off We’ve noticed a number of parents coming with their children into the playground well before the start of the school day. Please stay with your child until it’s time to go in.

School Trips – REMINDER Trips are really exciting for the children; they really enjoy the experience of learning outside school. To help the support your children please could you bring them to school on time. Some classes have missed their workshops because they have been waiting for children that have come to school late and delayed the start of the journey

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Forest School – READY FOR ALL WEATHERS Forest School is an important part of our school curriculum. It will only be taught indoors if we are experiencing severe weather conditions, like blizzards or high winds (yellow on the BBC weather charts). We ask you to ensure you send your children to be prepared for all weathers – the cold, rain, sun, and high temperatures. We are not able to accommodate requests to remain in school because of the weather. We thank you for your cooperation in this.

Wednesday Coffee Mornings Every Wednesday from 9.00-10.00am there will be a coffee morning held in the Canteen. Each week, one of the school’s leaders will be talking about their area of responsibility. The next meeting is on 25th January. Ms Bhagwandas, our Deputy Head for Inclusion, will be talking about how our offer to pupils is developing. We look forward to seeing you there.

P.E. – Correct Kit and P.E. Day Please see the list below for the correct kit. On your child’s P.E. day, your child will come to school in their P.E. kit* (NOT SCHOOL UNIFORM) and wear it for the whole day. Your child needs to wear the school’s P.E. kit: Black school hoodie (with your child’s name in

house colour)

House colour T-Shirt with your child’s name

Plain black jogging bottoms (Leggings, jogging

bottoms in other colours or with logos are not

acceptable)

Plimsolls or trainers

The P.E. day for each year group is as follows: Monday: Year 2 Tuesday: Nursery & Year 5 Wednesday: Reception, Years 1 & 4 Thursday: Year 3 Friday: Year 6

* Nursery to Year 4 children MUST also come to

school in their P.E. kit on Forest School days.

Class Coffee Mornings

The Spring Term Class coffee mornings resume next week with the Year 6 classes. There’s one every Monday and Friday at 9.00am in the Canteen. The Spring Term 2017 timetable is published below. It’s a great chance for parents to meet the class teacher and one another. We look forward to seeing you there.

Week beginning

Class

Monday Friday

23.1.17 Russia Turkey

30.1.17 Spain Nigeria

6.2.17 Barbados Poland

HALF-TERM

20.2.17 No Coffee Morning

27.2.17 Brazil Jamaica

6.3.17 Bangladesh Ghana 13.3.17 Ireland Somalia

20.3.17 Pakistan Mexico

27.3.17 No Coffee Morning

Class Assemblies The next class assembly of the Spring term will be hosted by Russia in a few weeks’ time on Friday 3rd February. The assembly will start at 9.30am and last up to half an hour. Below is the timetable for the rest of the school year, so you can put the dates and time in your diaries. It really makes a big difference for children to see their family in the audience; we hope you can make the time for them.

Spring 2017 Week beginning Class

30.1.17 Russia

27.2.17 Jamaica

13.3.17 Brazil

27.3.17 Bangladesh

Summer 2017

Week Beginning Class

24.4.17 Somalia

8.5.17 Ireland

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22.5.17 India

12.6.17 China

26.6.17 Pakistan

3.7.17 Mexico

e-Safety – Digital Footprint

What’s your digital footprint? In the next few weeks we’ll be looking at digital footprints. Have a look at these webpages to get started - http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/digitalfootprints/ If there are any areas of e-Safety you want to know

more about, please feel free to discuss it with Mr

Braune, your child’s teacher or one of the school’s

leaders.

School Trip Dates – Spring Term 2017

Key trips for the Spring term linked to your child’s Cornerstones topics have been booked. Please add the dates to your calendars.

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Next Week’s Menu

Week 2 Please note that there are also different salad options on different days.

Term Dates for 2016-17 Below are dates for our 195 teaching days, including 5 days for the purpose of teachers’ staff development (INSET). These days can be taken as INSET days or equivalent twilight sessions. Academies, free schools and voluntary-aided schools are able to set their own dates but have been asked to set the same or similar dates in the interest of parents who may have children at different schools.

Summer Term 2017

First Day Half Term Finish Number of Days

Tuesday 18th April 2017

Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June 2017

Friday 21st July 2017

63 (28 first half term, 35 second half term)

Autumn Term 2016

First Day Half Term Finish Number of Days

Tuesday 6th September 2016

(Staff INSET – Monday 5th September 2016)

Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October 2016

Wednesday 21st December 2016

72 days (34 first half-term, 38 second half-term)

Spring Term 2017

First Day Half Term Finish Number of Days

Monday 9th January 2017

(Staff INSET – Tuesday 3rd January – Friday 6th January 2017)

Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February 2017

Friday 31st

March 2017

59 (29 first half term, 30 second half term)