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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
St. John’s C.E. Primary School
13th February 2015
HEADTEACHER’S NEWS
In assembly this week we have act out the story of the Chinese New
Year Race where some pupils pretended to be the thirteen different
This Weeks Attendance
Class
Week
Ruby
94.7%
Sapphire
91.5%
order in which the animals finished in. This year is the year of the
Diamond
94.1%
sheep and on Sunday the 22nd February, Chinese New year will be cele-
Emerald
95.1%
animals who had a race over the mountain to the left of the orchard
and across the river. There were no rules for the race except to finish
as quickly as you could. The Jade Emperor named the years after the
brated in London with many special events taking place. If you are free
on that day, I would really recommend a visit, as it is a truly spectacu-
Overall 93.7%
lar parade to experience.
This week I have been working with Emerald Class on looking at how we
can make our school safer by encouraging parents to make the correct
choices when dropping and collecting their children from school. We
were delighted to have two police officers visiting Emerald Class on
Monday to talk to the class about the importance of ensuring that our
parents are making the correct choices. Both of these officers will be
returning to our school on the first week back after half-term to work
with us on implementing this particular project successfully. Our aim is
that our school becomes a safer place as a result of our parents making safer choices.
Our overall attendance this week is 93.7% which is due to many pupils
being off ill. Hopefully we will see a big improvement in our attendance next half-term and try to achieve at least 97% every week.
We are delighted to inform you that Mr Law will be returning after
half-term.
Have a relaxing and enjoyable half-term and we look forward to seeing
everyone returning on Monday 23rd February.
Week Beginning
23rd February 2015
Monday
8am Breakfast Club
NO Netball Club
Football Match at Enfield Grammar
Tuesday
8am Breakfast Club
Circuit Training – 12.45pm to 1.15pm
NO Football Club
Art Club—3.13—4.10pm
Science Club—3.15—4.10pm
Dance Club—3.15—4.10pm (by invitation)
Wednesday
8am Breakfast Club
NO Tag Rugby Club
Keyboard Club
Recorder Club
Thursday
8am Breakfast Club
Tag Rugby Tournament
Friday
8am Breakfast Club
Circuit Training – 12.45pm to 1.15pm
Church Services
St. John’s Church, Phipps
Hatch Lane: Sunday at 9am
Best wishes
St. Luke’s Church, Browning
Road: Sundays at 10.30am
Children and their
parents are welcome
at both churches and
both have Sunday Schools.
Susan Notley
Headteacher
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At the beginning of the week
we were still in Burglar Bill
mode as the story made quite
an impression on the children, with many telling
us that they had ordered their own copies, such
is the power of literature!
We then turned our attention to a more traditional story, 'Goldilocks and the 3 bears', which
was really enjoyed and retold through role play
and then with the use of puppets. It of course
lends itself to the investigation of measure and
size and we used rulers, hands,feet and basically
anything we could find to measure all kinds of objects both in and outside the classroom.
As Shrove Tuesday is next week we shared pancakes on Friday and lit our story candle to discuss Lent. We created a series of Lent play
scenes to depict the 40 days that Jesus spent in
the desert. The thought of giving up sweets for
40 days however led to some interesting comments.
So as yet another half term draws to a close all
that remains is to wish you all a great half term
and Keep Reading!
Janet McPartland and Pat Creed
In literacy this week we have
continued looking at our class
story ‘Thad Gets to the Moon’.
We discussed the features of instructional writing and then wrote up rules explaining how to play
football. The children also got the chance to
write their version of ‘Thad Gets to the Moon’
creating their own space character. They were
very inventive with their characters’ names, a
few class favourites were Galextar, Zoomatron
and Moon-Love!
ing what numbers they end in and using the pattern to predict what number comes next in the
sequence.
Ruby Memories
Sapphire Tales
Year 2’s were extra lucky this week to have been
given the opportunity to attend Lee Valley Sports
Centre and try an array of sport activities. They
all really enjoyed the challenges but looked forward to getting back to school and having a restful afternoon!
Just want to say a huge well done to the whole of
Sapphire Class for a fantastic half term of hard
work! You have been superb! Have a lovely halfterm break- you deserve it.
In numeracy we have been looking at number in
particular recognising patterns. Year 1’s have
been exploring odd and even numbers, counting in
2’s and doubling while the Year 2’s have looked at Holly Ashton
counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s, focusing on recognis-
Diamond Delights
This week in maths the
son where they were able to plot significant
children have worked on
events which are special to them. Please remem-
identifying the values of
ber to read and practise times tables with your
digit in numbers up to and beyond 1000, ordering
child this half term and support your child in
numbers and using less than, more than and
completing their science task ready for our next
equals symbols to make number sentences cor-
topic.
rect. In literacy we drafted and rewrote our per-
Have a lovely break
suasive letters and we then learnt about the Chinese New Year Race. The children have retold
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this story and created some beautiful illustrations together with fire-cracker decorations too!
(A very Happy New Year to you if you are celebrating!) The children really enjoyed drawing
time-lines of their own lives, during our R.E les2
Emerald Echoes
We have had another great
when we come back. The children have done so
week in Emerald Class. The
well this half term. I am really pleased with
week started with a talk
their hard work and have really enjoyed teaching
from a police officer about safety and cars
them.
parking outside of school. The children then
Have a lovely half term.
planned and made posters for parents warning
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them about how their choices outside can cause
danger. They have created some informative
and interesting posters. We have been thinking
about the Six Nations Rugby Tournament and
the children have picked a team to research
over the holidays. We will be presenting our
work to the class and having a Six Nations topic
Sports’ News
Sports’ Clubs will start the second week back. Football
match on Monday and Tag Rugby tournament on Thursday.
Reminders
The Friends of St. John’s will soon be holding
their very first Jumble Sale. We would be very
grateful for any new or used items that you
would be happy to donate to us to sell on.
Please refer to slips sent home in book bags.
Keep collecting those 2p’s.

Please ensure ParentPay is up to date.

Breakfast Club and School Dinners need to be in
credit.
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Friends’ Notices
If your child is off sick, please telephone the
school in the morning with the reason why and
bring in a written explanation on their return for
our records.
French Trip — New Date
Please note the new date for the French Trip, for both
Diamond and Emerald Class is Thursday the 25th June
and Friday the 26th June will be the new training date
instead of the 10th July. Therefore, the pupils will be
off school on the 26th June so that they can recover
from their extremely long and adventurous trip.
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Date List for Spring Term 2015
FEBRUARY
Monday 16—Friday 20
HALF TERM
MARCH
Wednesday 4
Church Service at St. John’s Church
9.05am
Thursday 5
World Book Day—Pupils dress up as favourite characters
Friday 6
Class & Team Photos
Monday 9
9.30am
Monday 9—13
Cuffley Camp Visit—Sapphire Class
Easter Egg Competition
Mothers’ Day Gifts
Tuesday 10
Cuffley Camp Visit—Emerald Class
9.30am
Friday 13
Red Nose Day
Monday 16
Thursday 19
Science Week
Am—Workshops for KS1 & KS2
Pm—Jack Trelawney author visit for Yr 2—Yr 6
Parents’ Week
Thursday 26
Cuffley Camp Visit—Diamond Class
Friday 27
Winners of the Easter Egg Competition to be announced
Monday 30—Friday 10
EASTER HOLIDAYS
APRIL
Thursday 16
Happy Bags Collection Day
MAY
Wednesday 6
Cuffley Camp Visit—Reception Class
9.30
JUNE
Thursday 25
French Trip—Diamond & Emerald Class
Friday 26
INSET DAY
JULY
Monday 6—Friday 10
Bikeability Cycle Training
Yr 5 & 6
Wednesday 8—Friday 10
Bikeability Cycle Training
Yr 3 & 4
Term Dates for 2015
Spring Term
Tuesday 6 January 2015 – Friday 27 March 2015
Half term – Monday 16 February – Friday 20 February 2015
Summer Term
Monday 13 April 2015—Wednesday 22 July 2015
Half term—Monday 25 May —Friday 29 May 2015
Autumn Term
Thursday 3 September 2015—Friday 18 December 2015
Half term—Monday 26 October—Friday 30 October 2015
Inset Days for 2015
6 January, 26 June
Bank Holidays for 2015 1 January, 3 & 6 April, 4 & 25 May, 31 August 2015
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