Northwold Primary School
Weekly newsletter 1 May 2015| Issue 56
News and events from Northwold Primary School
IN THIS ISSUE
Somalia Trip
Year 4 Cake Sale
World War I Poetry
Enabling Enterprise Challenge Day
e-Safety Advice
P.E. Stars
Golden Achievement Pupils
Congratulations to the following pupils for being
the golden pupil of the week for last week:
Class
Pupils
N Mexico
Joshua Thomson-McGowan
N Pakistan
Zara Khanom
R Somalia
Sana Patel
R Ireland
Benjamin Opoku-Okyere
1 Bangladesh Shannon Cleverly
1 Ghana
Kimberly Ewhubare
2 Barbados
Joseph Baptista
2 Poland
Maliha Isrolia
3 Spain
Abdullah Akalwaya
3 Nigeria
Tharek Hussein
4 Brazil
Manisha Kaur
4 Jamaica
Tianna Balogun
5 Turkey
Hunde Wakwaya
5 Russia
Ahmed Guthmy
6 China
Ismail Patel
6 India
Jaden Johnson
Somalia Trip – Emirates Cable Car
Somalia had an exciting day on Tuesday as they
had a return flight on the Cable Cars in Docklands.
Well done for all being so brave and well behaved.
Get in touch
Tel: 020 8806 6352
| Fax: 020 8806 6315 |
email: [email protected]
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Far-flying Balloons
For their topic launch – Up, Up and Away –
Reception launched balloons with a message. On
Monday, Somalia received an email from a school
in Liverpool who found one of our balloons. We
couldn't believe that our balloon could travel so far
away!!
Year 4 Cake Sale
Thank you for contributing to our cake sale last
week. With such a fantastic range of delicious
treats on offer we have raised an amazing £164.38!
In light of the devastation caused in Nepal, due to
the earthquake that occurred at the weekend, we
have decided to donate the money to Unicef’s
Emergency Earthquake Appeal (for more details:
http://www.unicef.org.uk/landing-pages/DonateNepal-Earthquake/)
World War I Poetry
In the Spring Term, Years 4, 5 and 6 went to
Westminster Abbey and wrote some
beautiful poetry inspired by the events of
World War I. So impressed were the team
at the Abbey that they made this beautiful
display of Northwold pupils’ work around
the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
Get in touch
Tel: 020 8806 6352
| Fax: 020 8806 6315 |
email: [email protected]
Northwold Primary School – No sky too high
Enabling Enterprise Challenge Day
On Friday 1st May, Years 1, 2 and 3 all worked on
challenges set by Sarah from Enabling Enterprise.
All classes worked on designing and making
greetings cards. Ibrahim in Spain said this – “We
designed and made our own greetings cards for
different occasions. We earned gold stars based on
how professional they looked! We had to pitch our
ideas to the judges at the end of the day. It was
really fun!”
Free School Meals – Free Check
If you think your child might be eligible for Free
School Meals, there is a free way to check this
online. London Grid for Learning (LGfL) have
created a website (link below), where you put in
your child’s details and find out if they are entitled
to Free School Meals. If they are, this will also
entitle the school to additional government
funding (called the Pupil Premium), which the
school can invest in more staff and resources to
improve our students’ education.
Please click on the link to see if your child is
entitled to Free School Meals - www.fsm.lgfl.net. If
your child is entitled, the school will be informed
directly as well. As a 'thank you' to parents for
making a check, and as an incentive to participate
(even if they believe their child would not be
eligible), LGfL is making available free of charge the
Sophos Anti-Virus software provided to LGfLconnected schools, to protect computers at home
used by pupils.
Get in touch
Tel: 020 8806 6352
| Fax: 020 8806 6315 |
email: [email protected]
Northwold Primary School – No sky too high
e-Safety Advice
1.6.15
8.6.15
15.6.15
22.6.15
29.6.15
6.7.15
While the internet offers a wealth of opportunities,
it’s also important to browse with safety in mind.
We teach children to look both ways before
crossing the street, not to talk to strangers and
what to do if they get lost in a shopping mall, but
how much time is spent telling children how to
make safe choices online?
Wednesday Coffee Morning
The next coffee morning is on Wednesday 6th May
at 9.00am. Ms Kriel will be talking about current
developments at Northwold. We look forward to
seeing you there.
For today’s generation of children, making safe
choices is vital to their physical as well as their
cyber environments. Children today do not know of
a life before the internet. It is more important than
ever that our children are informed about the
inherent risks of going online. We will be publishing
advice on how to keep children safe in cyber space
on a regular basis. Watch this space.
After School Clubs
After School Clubs are now full. Please make sure
you have paid for the term or your child(ren) will
not be allowed to attend the club(s). You can ask to
be on the waiting list for the clubs, in case a space
becomes available. Ask Mr Braune or Cynthia.
Class Assemblies
Below is the schedule for Summer Term. Please
come and support your child and watch their
fantastic assemblies. Class Assemblies are every
Friday at 10.45am.
Week Beginning
4.5.15
Bangladesh
11.5.15
Brazil
18.5.15
Somalia
Half Term
Get in touch
Tel: 020 8806 6352
| Fax: 020 8806 6315 |
China
India
Ireland
Pakistan
Nigeria
Mexico
email: [email protected]
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P.E. Stars
Congratulations to the following pupils for being
star performers in P.E. in the last two weeks:
Class
Pupils
N Mexico
Navid Shaikh & Azeezah
Alade
N Pakistan
Arjan Singh & Dora Kovacs
R Somalia
Oguzhan Kel & Xylo MarrHewitt
R Ireland
Leo Smith & Muhammed
Kartal
1 Bangladesh Judith Yeboah & Khatera
Kazemi
1 Ghana
Kimberly Ewhubare
2 Barbados
Parthiv Chowdury &
Sarabjeet Singh
2 Poland
Imtiaz Hussain & Faris
Muntawkilu
3 Spain
Ezel Ozsayan & Liam Hylton
3 Nigeria
Fatimah Sidyot & Naiara
Carrington-Alberdi
4 Brazil
Manisha Kaur & Zahra
Matimiloju
4 Jamaica
Benedict Nlandu & Nimat
Ussen
5 Turkey
Mohmedzaid Pathan &
Hunde Wakwaya
5 Russia
Maira Siddiqui
6 China
Shania Jackson & Zayd
Akalwaya
6 India
Lorelle Carby & Stefani
Williams
Class Coffee Mornings
The Class Coffee mornings are a great success. It’s
a great chance to meet your child’s class teacher
and find out about what’s going on in their class.
Class Coffee Mornings will be every Monday and
Friday from 9.00-9.30am from now through to the
end of the whole school year. It’s also a great
chance to get to know other parents in the class.
See below for the classes’ full schedule.
Week
beginning
4.5.15
11.5.15
18.5.15
1.6.15
8.6.15
15.6.15
22.6.15
Summer 2015
Class
Monday
Brazil
Spain
HALF TERM
China*
Bangladesh
Ireland
Pakistan
| Fax: 020 8806 6315 |
Barbados
Ghana
Somalia
Mexico
*PLEASE NOTE – China class Coffee Morning is
now Monday 1st June, not 4th May (Bank Holiday
Monday
Get in touch
Tel: 020 8806 6352
Friday
Jamaica
Nigeria
Poland
email: [email protected]
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Next Week’s Menu
It’s back to Week 1 of our new and improved
menu. We hope your children are enjoying the
changes.
Term Dates for 2014-15
Please note that the last day of the
Summer Term is Friday 17th July.
Autumn Term 2014
First Day
Half Term
Finish
Thursday
4th
September
2014
Monday
Friday 19th
th
27
December
October to 2014
Friday 31st
October
2014
Number of
Days
73 days (38
first halfterm, 35
second halfterm)
Spring Term 2015
First Day
Half Term
Finish
Friday 27th
Monday 5th Monday
th
16
March 2015
February to
January
Friday 20th
February
2015
2015
Number of
Days
55 (30 first
half term,
25 second
half term)
Summer Term 2015
First Day
Half Term
Finish
Number of
Days
Monday
13th April
2015
Monday
25th May to
Friday 29th
May 2015
Friday
17th July
2015
67 (29 first
half term,
38 second
half term)
Get in touch
Tel: 020 8806 6352
| Fax: 020 8806 6315 |
email: [email protected]