ARK Swift Primary Academy Australia Road, London W12 7PT Friday 27th March 2015 Year 2 Visit the Spaghetti House! A Report by Yahya in Year 2 Portsmouth Yesterday Portsmouth Class went to the spectacular Spaghetti House at 10am and finished at midday. We went there to learn about cookery. First we took off our neon safety jackets and our own coats. Next we stood behind our chairs and waited for the chef’s announcement. Afterward the chef told us how to make our own ravioli. As soon as possible, we made our own. The ingredients were spinach, spaghetti and ricotta cheese. When you are making ravioli, you need two pieces of dough and some filling. Finally we returned to school. I felt over the moon when we came back to school because I couldn’t wait to look inside by bag. It contained my box of pasta and a new oyster case. This trip was so enjoyable – I can’t wait for the next one! By Yahya (Portsmouth class) Debating Last week, year 5 and 6 pupils were taken by Mr Beynon to the English Speaking Union for Ark’s annual debating event. Here, they took part in a number of debates learning how they can take their persuasive writing skills and combine them with the skill of rhetoric to really convince others of their argument. Facebook In addition to Twitter, we are now on Facebook! You can find us by searching for Ark Swift once you have logged in. At the moment its very early days but we will add content over the coming weeks. Please remember that Facebook is a public forum and should not be used for individual comments to staff or to the school. Instead, individual concerns should be addressed to your child’s class teacher. Attendance…. Class groups 1: GOLDSMITHS 1: SOUTHBANK 2: PORTSMOUTH 2: ST ANDREWS 3: BANGOR 3: HULL 4: BRISTOL 4: TRINITY 5: EXETER 5: SOUTHAMPTON 6: EDINBURGH 6: LEEDS N: IMPERIAL R: CAMBRIDGE R: OXFORD Total % Weekly Attendance Cup Winners Reception Oxford with 90.7% Year 1 South Bank with 95.5% Year 6 Leeds with 97.2% 94.1 95.5 94.3 87.7 96.2 93.6 91.7 94.6 91.2 93.7 96.5 97.2 89.4 88.9 90.7 92.8 Winners of Week 4’s 100% Attendance Ariana Soares Pereira – Rec. Cambridge Ramzy Ferchiche – Yr 2 St. Andrews Thuraya Albrek – Yr 4 Trinity Nastasha Akinyemi – Yr 4 Bristol Well done! Dates… Wednesday 1st April: Celebration afternoon (more details attached) Thursday 2nd April is the last day of term; school is closed on Friday 3rd. Remember, we return to school after Easter on Monday 20th April (there is no training day) The next set of reports will be sent home 1st week after Easter giving you information about whether your child is on track to meet their targets. Monday 4th May: School closed due to public holiday Monday 11th May: Assessment week. Includes SATs tests for Year 6 Monday 25th May to Friday 22nd May: Half Term holidays