Dear Parents and Carers 14/03/2024
Year 4 at the Royal Albert Hall
On Tuesday the Year 4s had the amazing opportunity to sing in a mega choir with over 2000 children in the iconic Royal Albert Hall. We united with 62 schools in the Prom Praise 4 Schools production of King David: A Hero’s Journey Begins Long Before Anyone Knows Their Name. A huge well done to Year 4 for all of their hard work with learning the songs and for their performance on the day – it was outstanding!
Ducklings in Reception
We have all been watching the duckling eggs throughout the week, waiting for them to hatch. We had one early arrival who is desperately wanting some company – here is the duckling being comforted by Mr Thomson.
Year 6 at Holly Lodge
Year 6 had a fabulous trip to Holly Lodge in Richmond Park on Tuesday afternoon, despite the rain! They took part in 10 different safety scenarios each lead by key members of our community such as the MET police, the fire brigade, paramedics and TfL, and were taught a variety of skills to deal with situations that could happen in real life. This gave them the opportunity to recognise and deal with danger in realistic ways which they will hopefully remember should they need to cope with a similar situation in real life. They worked extremely well together in their teams and the staff praised them for their high scores.
Year 5 at High Ashurst
Year 5 (and their teachers) had a fantastic first day at High Ashurst where they were challenged with the high ropes course. Lots of children pushed themselves (and others in ‘bum wars’) at the top of a 10-metre pole. They also completed the leap of faith challenge where they had to jump from a platform onto a trapeze. Last night we went on an atmospheric night walk before finishing with songs around the campfire. Today they will be putting their fire building and shelter building skills to the test in their woodland skills session.
Junior Travel Ambassadors
On Tuesday, the Year 5 members of our JLT represented the school at the Junior Travel Ambassador (JTA) seminar at Hampton Prep School. The JTA scheme (soon to be rebranded as TfL Explorers Ambassadors) encourages safer, active and independent travel within the school community. Our four ambassadors (James, Sophia, Leila and Casper) listened to a short presentation from a member of Transport for London before taking part in a number of activities aimed at promoting safer and cleaner travel. The activities included designing a safety poster, safe scootering, changing a punctured bicycle inner-tube and a learning walk in a local park. All four children were wonderful representatives for our school and will now use their knowledge to help promote more active travel and road safety in their role on the Junior Leadership Team.
Refill Rescue
Our Eco Refill Rescue team will open shop for refills on Friday, 22nd March from 3.30 – 3.45 pm. Please bring along your plastic/ glass bottles to be refilled with either hand wash, bodywash, laundry liquid or washing-up liquid. Those who have used the products will vouch for the quality we offer. We will also hold a cake sale adjacent to the Refill Shop. Please come and look at what we do, and help us make a difference!
Easter Egg Competition – 25th March
The annual blown egg competition will take place as usual this year. Please bring in any entries first thing on Monday 25th March ready for judging. The theme that has been suggested this year for the competition is, ‘What will Mrs Bateman do in her retirement?’ This will be judged by our Chairs of Governors. Good luck!
Book Fair
Following our successful KS2 Scholastic Book Fair in the Autumn term, we are going to be running the KS1 Scholastic Book Fair the week commencing the 18th of March. The fair will run from Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd of March and will take place after school from 3pm in the KS1 playground. All payments are to be made by scanning the QR code or following the link address: https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/
Values Champions
Kora, Ryker, Roopjot, Sheldon, Sienna S, Deniz, Emma, Bella, Amos, Jason, Grace, Beth, Julia, Zion, Atina, Anna L, Can, Ava, Seth, Victor, David and Laure.
Attendance: Overall 96.49%; Fox 99.05%
House Points: Attenborough
Birthday Book
Thank you to Noah Latham-Wilson for his birthday book – we hope you had a brilliant birthday.
Miss Jobbins Marathon Effort
Miss Jobbins (Bumblebee Class Year 2) will be running the London Marathon in April 2024 for the Princess Alice Hospice. She is hoping to raise over £2750 (or more!) for an outstanding charity which supported her and her family during an incredibly difficult time. ‘Their care, dedication and support was unlike anything we had ever received’ she quoted. Please donate if you can by using the link below or scan the QR code:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/claire-jobbins-1697114129170?newPage=true
Barnes Common Litter Pick
Come along to the Barnes Common Big Annual Litter Pick on Sunday, 24 March and help us clean up the Common! All equipment will be provided.
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