Emmanuel Church of England Primary School

5 J U L 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, Thank you so much to Deborah, the PFE Committee and all the parents/carers who helped out and came along to our International Evening yesterday. The sun was shining brightly and it was a fantastic event to celebrate our diverse community. Everyone enjoyed the delicious food from around the world and the children had lots of fun with their friends and family. Please find on the next page details of your child’s teacher for next year. Best wishes, Miss Fitzsimmons

ATTENDANCE & PUNCTUALITY

The best attendance for last week was the Nursery so they will have

Rocky next week!

MAINTENANCE PAYMENT Each year, we request a voluntary contribu-tion to the school’s Maintenance Fund, which helps to pay for the upkeep of our buildings and IT equipment. As a Volun-tary Aided school, in contrast to other types of maintained school, only 90% of capital costs are met by the state. The suggested termly maintenance contri-bution is £15 per child or £45 for the aca-demic year. You can pay online www.justgiving.com/emmanuelcoeschool or by cash or cheque at the school office (correct money if at all possible) where Gift aid envelopes are also available. If you have not yet paid your contribution we would welcome payment before the end of term.

GOODBYE

We are sadly saying goodbye to members of staff as we come to the end of the aca-demic year. Miss Warrington and Miss Tangyuk are off to teach in Italy (in different parts of the country!) and Miss Kennedy is returning to her home in Ireland. Miss Tangyuk came to Emmanuel seven years ago as a Learning Support Assistant, com-pleted her Schools Direct teacher training and has become a fabulous teacher. Miss Warrington has been at Emmanuel for two years and Miss Kennedy one. They have both contributed so much to the school and we are proud of their achievements. We would like to thank them all for their dedication, hard work and helping to make Emmanuel School the special place it is. Emmanuel stays in your heart and we often welcome members of staff back so we hope our paths cross again in the future!

We are saying a sad goodbye to Mr Pegden, our Music Teacher, who is moving out of London. Mr Pegden is such a talented Music Teacher and we have been blessed to have him on our team. We will miss him dearly and thank him for the many fabu-lous lessons and music events her has helped organise.

With the changing size and demographic of our school, we are also sadly saying goodbye to five of our valued TLAs. We wish Mrs Pearce, Mr Granger, Mrs Laherty, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Sounthonevichit all the very best for the future and thank them for their hard work and contributions to our school community.

WELCOME

We welcome Miss Samantha Grimstead who will be Year 1’s class teacher and Miss Zoe Payne who will be Y3’s class teacher. The children met their teacher’s this after-noon and both Miss Grimstead and Miss Payne will spend the next two weeks getting to know children, staff and parents ready to start in September. We also welcome Miss Julie McGinley who will be completing her Schools Direct teacher training with us in Year 6.

We will welcome Mr Gareth Edwards to the Emmanuel team in September. We are seconding Mr Edwards, who is a very experienced Key Stage 2 teacher who also teaches Music. He will work at Emmanuel Monday-Wednesday both in class and teach Music for the Autumn Term.

Miss Payne Miss Grimstead Mr Edwards

CLASS LATES ATTENDANCE

N 1 100%

R 2 94.00%%

1K 0 98.67%

2T 5 98.62%

3W 3 98.71%

4W 2 99.31%

5W 1 97.71%

6Mc 2 95.71%

6D 2 95.17%

ASPIRE AWARDS

2018/2019 class 2019/2020 class Class Teacher Location Support Staff

New children Nursery Mrs Przybylska Alpha Building Miss Kelly

Ms Siraj

Some Nursery and some

new children

Reception Mrs McQuilan Alpha Building Ms Amanuel

Reception 1G Miss Grimstead Omega Building-

Lower Ground

Mrs Harrington

1T 2W Mr Wright Omega Building-

1st Floor

Ms Gurik

Mrs Goldberg

2T 3P Miss Payne Omega Building-

1st Floor

Ms Arellano

Mrs Goldberg

Mrs Parker

3W 4D Mrs Dilley Omega Building-

1st Floor

Mrs Dolezar

4W 5W Miss Walker Omega Building-

2nd Floor

Mrs Parker

Ms Gurik

Mrs Watkins

5W 6Mc Miss McManus

Miss McGinley (Schools Direct)

Omega Building-

2nd Floor

CLASSES FOR 2019/2020

FROM FR JONATHAN Dear parents and carers, It was lovely to be in School for the international and maypole dancing and the international evening this week and to see the creativity and choreographic ability of our children, ably led by our staff and supported by you, our parents and carers who make up our wonder-fully diverse school. This Saturday is London Pride and we rejoice that our school and communities mirror the inclusivity which should be at the heart of every community. This Sunday, since it is the first Sunday of the month, is our All Age Eucharist at 1030 with our children taking a full part in doing the readings, leading the prayers, singing in the choir, serving at the altar and there will also be a special talk for them. It would be great if as many children from all ages from the school could be with us as we celebrate God’s inclusive and generous love, who puts an answer-ing love into our hearts and who calls us to show that same love and generosity in the community and the world we serve.

2T’s VISIT

This week, 2T were visited by Lital and Yuval

(Ethan’s parents) who taught us about the Jewish

festival of Hanukkah. We learnt the story of Ha-

nukkah, the importance of the menorah and even

got to sample some of the wonderful foods they

eat to celebrate this miraculous event. After we

had a go at playing the dreidel and made up our

own rules to the game! Thank you so much Lital,

Yuval and of course our very own Ethan!

ASPIRE AWARDS

PACKED LUNCHES Just a reminder to please ensure that your child brings their packed lunch with them to school in the morning. Please do not drop pack lunches off during the school day as we cannot guarantee that the lunches will be passed onto to your child.

SPANISH DAY

Our Spanish Day was a huge success and the children had a

wonderful time celebrating the language and culture.

They danced the flamenco, tasted some Spanish food and

found out about famous people from Spanish speaking

countries!

Thank you to Miss Bond, Miss Arellano, Leon’s Mum, Klea’s

Mum and Luken’s Mum.

YR 3 TRIP TO HYDE PARK

On Monday 3W visited Hyde Park to take part in a 2 hour ori-

enteering lesson. We thoroughly enjoyed the day and man-

aged to find our way around the park by reading maps and

using compasses.

TATE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP IN Y3

Year 3 were invited to take part in an exhibition by artist Steve McQueen and the Tate. Year 3 classes across London were photographed to take part in the largest group portrait ever made. This exhibition will be centre stage in Tate Britain for six months from November 2019 until May 2020. Year 3 will also have the chance to visit the Tate next year to see their class photo in the portrait.

ASPIRE AWARDS

YEAR 5’S TRIP TO THE TOWER OF LONDON

This week 5W visited the Tower of London where we were given a

guided tour by a Tudor gaoler! Our guide recounted us with exciting

stories from the Tower’s dark history while we explored some of the

cells and towers that held some of Britain’s dangerous prisoners.

INTERNATIONAL DANCING & MAYPOLE

We had a wonderful afternoon in the sunshine on Thursday watching Years 1-6 perform their dances. Well done to Year 6 for their suc-

cessful maypole dance a long-standing tradition of Emmanuel School.

Y5 & 6 BANDSTAND

Year 5 and 6 were delighted to perform some of the pieces

they have practised this year at the bandstand in Parliament

Hill yesterday. It was a beautiful day and thank you to the

parents and carers who came to support the children.

SECONDARY TRANSITION Thank you to all those that attended the meeting on Monday evening on secondary transition; we hope you found it useful. Thank you also to Clare Craig, Priya Malik and Julie Goldsmith for sharing their experiences of the transition process. The presentation is now on our school website under 'Parents and Carers' and 'Secondary Transfer'. Clare's presentation is also on there, as well as other useful links.

FUTURE OF THE PFE: NEW COMMITTEE FOR 2019-2020

As the PFE's fundraising year is coming to a close, it's time to plan for the next school year. Deborah Weston, Kelsey Shaikh and

Renee Sunila will be stepping down from the Committee at the end of this fundraising year so the PFE will urgently need volunteers for the following roles for 2019-2020:

Chair

Vice-Chair Communications Officer

Treasurer

Without these roles filled, the PFE cannot continue to operate as a charity and we will not be able to hold events or fundraise next

year. If you are interested in a committee role, or would like a description of any of the positions, please contact Deborah Weston

as soon as possible. Committee members will be voted in at the AGM which is to be held in September.

INTERNATIONAL EVENING– THANK YOU

We hope you enjoyed last night's International Evening. This marks the end of the PFE's fundrais-ing efforts for 2018-19! We would like to thank everyone who volunteered, donated and brought lovely food dishes. Without your help this event would not be possible. We would also like to express our gratitude to the businesses that supported the event: Oakhill Resi-dential was once again a fantastic sponsor and the raffle was filled with wonderful items donated by our generous local businesses (please see the flyer below).

CLASS FUNDRAISERS

Job well done Reception! Reception made the most of the brilliant weather at their Trattoria stall on Saturday, making an incredible £730 for their class! It was a jovial at-mosphere and a fantastic team effort with many families from the class lending a hand. Last but not least... Year 1 There is a one-week hiatus before the last class, Year 1, gets their turn at the Trattoria frontage. They will hold their stall on 13th July, from 10am to 1:30pm.

ASPIRE AWARDS

ASPIRE AWARDS

NEXT WEEK EVENTS….

5/7/19

Value Name Reason

Nursery Christian Peace Ezekiel For always being incredibly well mannered and polite to all his classmates and the adults in the school.

Learning Partnership Eric For being such a kind partner to members of the class during literacy time.

Reception Christian Service Inaya For being a wonderful role model in Reception and always caring and looking after our class environment.

Learning Engagement Aaryan For being very enthusiastic and dedicated during the singing for our Grad-uation.

1K Christian Affection Portia For her beautiful kind nature this week, Portia drew me such a wonderful picture and a fantastic story.

Learning Independent Leyla For becoming more independent in her work this week. Leyla tried her best in literacy and wrote some fantastic work!

2T Christian Service Ethan For sharing with the class his and his families knowledge of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah and bringing in some wonderful sweet treats for the class.

Learning Engagement Owen For making a real effort to focus during his lessons and trying to complete tasks without adult prompts.

3W Christian Service Eliana For her commitment and attitude given towards our country dance!

Learning Engagement Joseph For his amazing enthusiasm on our orienteering trip this week.

4W Christian Respect Jasmine-Rose For being polite and treating others with respect.

Learning Ambitious Noah For making a good effort in all subjects this week, we are starting to see great progress now.

5W Christian Respect Mia R For always being such as a respectful and mature member of 5W.

Learning Ambitious Chloe For her fantastic writing this week and for carefully checking and editing her work.

6D Christian Peace Noah For consistently having a peaceful presence on the playground.

Learning Engagement Alex Wade For his excellent enthusiasm during rehearsals of the May Pole.

6Mc Christian Service Eydis For always being such a team player in our class. You were so helpful dur-ing country dancing and did a wonderful job.

Learning Independent Eva For your solo in our brass performance!