www.greneway.herts.sch.uk Fri 10 October 2014 The Greneway School News Printed every Friday. Articles may be written by our pupils, with editorial assistance from Mrs Piper What’s coming up October 2014 Year 5, 6 & 7 Form Teacher Thur 16 Interviews 4.00—7.00pm FoGS Whole School Disco Fri 17 6.30—8.30pm FoGS AGM Mon 20 7.00—8.00pm Year 5, 6 & 7 Form Teacher Weds 22 Interviews 3.40—5.40pm Inset Day Fri 24 Half Term Week Mon 27 Thought for the week “The mind is everything. What you think, you become” (Buddha) Open Day Thank you to everyone for helping to ensure the Open Morning and Evening were such a success. Particular thanks must go to the Year 8 'Tour Guides' who played a key part in the event and our visitors were very complimentary about their role. The Years 5 and 6 choir must also be congratulated on their first public performance which was an excellent opening to the evening. A number of pupils gave up their time to help in the evening and were great ambassadors for the school. Working together as a TEAM, we were able to show prospective parents/carers the opportunities and facilities Greneway has to offer. As Headteacher, I felt proud and privileged to be part of the Greneway Team. House Assemblies This week, the prospective House Captains met their House teams to deliver presentations about why they felt they would make good House Captains. All pupils had worked hard to prepare for their presentations and the results were impressive. Pupils in each House voted and congratulations go to the following pupils who will lead their Houses this year: House Captains: Vice Captains: Freddie Ball Daisy Needham Chloe Mills Rebekah Timms Aman Yohannes Hadyn Morgan Emily Pendrick Lucy Holden Sam Newland Kathryn Ealand Josh Leighton Amelie Anderton Zara Bonfield Sophie Dodds Owen Wood Mackenzie Cramman Charlotte Mayhead Callum Tompkins Crow Ermine Rose Stag We look forward to hearing from the House Captains in future editions of the newsletter and learning which charities we will be supporting this year. Mrs Rawlings Open Day by Report Josh Clark-Radford On Wednesday 8th October, Greneway children witnessed Year 4 parents from First and Primary Schools walking around our school. The parents have to make a hard decision, they have to decided whether to choose Greneway, a decision that will lead to their future. As I was walking around, I saw them taking a lot in and all their children really enjoyed the tours. Some adults said: The children are so positive. Greneway is a lovely school which helps the community. I have enjoyed the tour. The cookies were amazing! It’s big!! The pupils were polite and helpful. School Jumpers We have a number of second hand school jumpers available. Please contact the school office if you would like more information about available sizes. £2.00 donation per jumper Do you have a ‘family’ email address? It might be useful to create a family email address that is used when signing up to anything online. This will help you to monitor what your child is accessing online. Friends of Greneway School Charity number 1074844 Disco For all pupils Friday, 17th October 6.30pm-8.30pm Tickets £3.00 Tickets can be purchased from the Crush Hall at Break time on the following days: Year 5 Monday 13th October Year 6 Tuesday 14th October Year 7 Wednesday 15th October Year 8 Thursday 16th October If you are able to help serve drinks and sweets at the disco, we would love to hear from you. Please email [email protected] Please note this event is for Greneway pupils only Friends of Greneway School will be holding its AGM on Monday, 20th October at 7 pm in the Information Centre (enter by the East Door and go up the stairs just before the doors to the office and the information centre is right in front of you). All parents, staff and friends of the school are very welcome to attend this meeting and we would be delighted to see you. During this meeting, we will have a review of our activities, funds raised and money spent on resources for pupils over the last year. We will then look forward to how we will be spending our funds this year. We always welcome new faces at our meetings, no matter how much time you have to offer. We also love to hear new fundraising ideas and suggestions for activities to take FoGS forward. We really hope to see you at our AGM; refreshments will be provided and we hope to keep our meeting as brief as possible. If you have any queries or suggestions that you would like to put forward, please email [email protected] or contact the school office. Save the date:FoGS Christmas Market—Sunday 16th November Basketball: 35 Year 5/6 players 4 x year 8 YSL TAG Rugby: 44 Year 5/6 players 8 x Yr 8 YSL 3 Meridian Sports leaders - referees = participation and enjoyment. #TEAM Gymnastics Balances of the Week: This week, we have 8SP boys 5 ropes balance, 8SP 3 ropes balance, 8SP 7 rope balance and 8SP 4 rope balance: