Emmanuel Church of England Primary School

8 T H F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Article 28:

Every child has the right to education.

Dear Parents and Carers, The children had a fantastic day of learning in their pyjamas today! Thank you to Miss Warrington, Mrs Goldberg and the School Council for organising ‘Pyjama Day’. The children raised a fantastic £277.78, which will go towards new playground equipment. Thank you too to the PFE, who have said they will match this funding. Have a lovely weekend, Miss Fitzsimmons

ATTENDANCE & PUNCTUALITY

Not the best week for

attendance. I know we did have

a sickness bug so that is part of

the reason. The best attendance

for last week is Reception Class

so they will look after Rocky the

hamster next week!

Class Punctuality Attendance

N 0 95.92%

R 2 99.00%

1K 3 94.67%

2T 3 84.67%

3W 0 95.48%

4W 2 95.33%

5W 0 92.67%

6D 5 90.67%

6Mc 3 94.14%

If your child is changing their lunch arrangement after half term, please notify

the office in writing before Friday 15th February 2019.

A SPECIAL VISITOR IN RECEPTION

As part of a Children’s Mental Health Week, the children in Reception class were surprised by a special visitor, Benjamin Shaw’s dog

Boba. He was incredibly sweet and affectionate and loved nothing more than a cuddle! Boba enjoyed getting lots of attention from

the children and Benjamin told us how his dog made him feel better every time he was unwell or felt upset. “My dog is special be-

cause he protects me,” said Benjamin. We all enjoyed talking about things that made us feel good and safe. The children loved shar-

ing their ‘Show and Tell’ items and discussing what was good for our bodies and minds.

6D CLASS ASSEMBLY

Well done to 6D for their wonderful class as-sembly on World War II, which they have been learning about this half-term. Thank you to Mrs Dilley, Mrs Harrington and Ms Siraj for all their hard work in putting the assembly to-gether The 6D cake sale raised an impressive £241.20 and this money will go towards a class trip.

A reminder that all Year 6 pupils will visit the Jewish Museum in Camden on Friday 15th February 2019.

CAMDEN PRIMARY CHOIR

If your child is in the KS2 choir, they will have the opportunity to sing at the Camden Primary Choir Festival on Monday 25th March 2019 at 6.30pm. This is a wonderful event that parents and carers can also attend. More de-tails will follow after half-term, including how tickets can be purchased.

QUIZ NIGHT Quiz Night (an adult-only event) will be held on Thursday 28th March. Hunters are generously sponsoring the evening. You may bring a team or join one on arrival. (Teams are limited to no more than 10 players, including latecomers.) Doors will open at 6:45pm and food will be available for purchase.

CLASS FUNDRAISING This year, in lieu of the Farmer's Market, classes will be able to fund-raise on the frontage of Trattoria on West End Lane (formerly known as Locanda 311) on a variety of mutually agreed Saturday mornings starting from the second half of the spring term through to the sum-mer term. We will need two volunteers from each class to come for-ward to lead their fundraisers. To make it fair to every class and pu-pil, without participation from all classes, the entire project will not proceed. We thank Francesca and Franco for generously allowing us to use their valuable space!

EASTER HOLIDAY 2019 AND ABSENCES AT THE START

OF THE SUMMER TERM

The Easter holidays fall unusually late this year as you

will know. They begin on the 8th April and the first day

of the summer term is 23rd April, the day after Easter

Monday, 22nd April.

Holidays will not be authorised and any unauthorised

absences will be referred to the local authority who

may issue penalty notices. Thank you for

understanding the school’s position and for not taking

holidays in term time.

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

During Spring Term, each class in KS1 & 2 will have a class assem-bly, which parents and carers are invited to attend. On the day, the back gate will open at 2.40pm and the assembly will begin at 2.45pm.

It is an Emmanuel tradition that there is a class cake sale after-wards, with the funds raised going directly to each class. Please see your class rep for more details.

Tuesday 12th February– 6Mc

Tuesday 5th March– 4W

Tuesday 12th March– 3W

Tuesday 19th March– 2T

Tuesday 26th March– 1K

Thursday 4th April– 5W Easter Play. 2pm start.

ASPIRE AWARDS

08/02/19

Value Name Reason

Nursery Christian Affection Lucy For the kindness she showed to her partner this week helping her use the climbing blocks and being an excellent friend.

Learning Ambition Olivia For her great art work this week. She independently drew a fantastic dragon!

Reception Christian Peace Alex For being a super role model and showing great maturity when resolving a conflict between his friends. What a superstar!

Learning Ambitious Inaya For working really hard on her phonics and writing and for pro-ducing amazing homework every week. Brilliant, Inaya!

1K Christian Affection Sebastian For sharing with the class how his dog always makes him feel better during our ‘Show and Tell’ for children’s mental health week.

Learning Supportive Alexa For being so kind and considerate to her classmates; Alexa al-ways tries help to those who may need it.

2T Christian Respect Dylan For always being so mature and respectful in and around our classroom and being an example to others!

Learning Engagement Neveah For her engagement in our topic this term; Neveah brought in pictures of her visit to places linked to Christopher Columbus!

3W Christian Affection Kasper For his amazing kindness, care and support to other children in the class

Learning Engagement Jax For his brilliant singing this week in church.

4 Christian Supportive Leila For being supportive to all children in the class, but especially to your table partner.

Learning Ambition Ella M For challenging herself in all areas of learning. You always take on feedback to move your learning on so you can continually ‘be the best that you can be’.

5W Christian Osian Service For his enthusiasm in Church this week, both in his singing and his reading.

Learning Ambitious Isabelle For always pushing herself in all areas of her work and aiming high!

6D Christian Affection Tenise For being supportive and kind to her friends during our class assembly rehearsals.

Learning Engagement Nicholas For his excellent enthusiasm in our class assembly. His singing and acting was great!

6Mc Christian Service Mac For always trying your best to help out in the classroom. You tidy up after other people without being asked and you are a role model for behaviour.

Learning Independ-ence

Rosie-Rae For your excellent creative writing homework. It is always clear how much time and effort you put into your homework Rosie, well done.