‘Maximum Effort for

Maximum Achievement’

Friday 23rd February 2018

Diary Dates for Next Week School Meals - Week 2

Monday 26th February

Parents’ Evening 3.30pm - 6.30pm Wednesday 28th February

Parents’ Evening 3.30pm - 6.30pm Thursday 1st March

World Book Day

Welcome back to school. I hope that you had a lovely half-term break and enjoyed a slower pace of life for a

few days at least! We have a busy half-term ahead which is literally filled to bursting with events and activities so please keep an eye on your emails and our website to make sure you don’t miss out on important information and of course follow

our Twitter feed to keep up to date with news! Have a lovely weekend!

Thursday 1st March

Toad of Toad Hall’s Sausages or

Cloudy with a Chance of Veggie Meatballs

Served with Willy Wonka Wedges

The Lord of the Spaghetti Rings

Golden Snitch Sweetcorn

Demon Dentist’s Doughnuts

Year 6 Booster Classes Thank you very much for supporting the Year 6 Booster

Classes - we now have 94 children signed up which is a brilliant number! Well done to the children for their commitment to

learning and striving to do their best!

Parents’ Evening Children are encouraged to join you for this term’s

meetings but please be aware that they should stay with you rather than wander on their own. The bell will ring

every ten minutes to help teachers keep to time as this has proved to be very successful in the past. Mrs. Backhouse

(our Inclusion Manager) will be available without appointment during both evenings - she will be based in

her office which is through the double doors at the back of the hall. (It will be signposted). I will also be available, without appointment, to discuss any issues, concerns or

queries that you might have.

World Book Day Just a reminder that children are invited to come to school dressed as a character from a book (not a film please) next

Thursday. During the day, there will be a number of activities which all relate to books. There will also be a special themed

lunch. It sounds like a great day!

PE Shorts Please could we ask that children wear traditionally-styled

PE shorts for PE lessons rather than cycling shorts. An increasing number of children, particularly in Year 6, are

wearing shorts which we consider to be too tight and short to be suitable for a primary school PE lesson. Thank you, in

advance, for your support with this.

Inter-House Bench Ball During the week before half-term, all the children took part in a very exciting Inter-House Bench Ball competition. Bench Ball is often listed as one of the children’s favourite games so you would not be surprised to hear that they thoroughly enjoyed taking part and competing against one another.

Bench Ball is also a very inclusive game so it was wonderful to see so many children participating with great vigour.

It was a closely fought battle, with Lions taking the victory with 106 points, closely followed by Jaguars with 96 points,

Leopards with 94 points and finally Panthers with 86 points.

Well done to all our super players and thank you to Mr Nation and Winger Sports Coaches for organising the

competition.

MAPAC School Uniform Orders The last date for free delivery of orders to school, for

delivery before 25th May is Saturday 12th May. After that, orders will have to be delivered to home addresses and will

be subject to a postage charge.

‘Well Done’ to all the children who were awarded MERIT certificates this week.

Ben Mesnard Freya Clark Amy Norman Robert West Kieran Sterry Scarlett Chambers Ruby Phillips Haolong Fangli Oliver Neathercoat Maci Behn Austin Kelly Kai Smith Harry Dackombe Emma Hughes Toby Lashmar Alfie Woolmer Jenna Phillips Sienna Coffill Daniel Tanner Archie Connolly-Cole Lucas Yeo-Evans Philip Botma Imogen Nichols Chloe Lauder Hannah Pitts Pijus Pranevicius Ellis Browning Sophie Foulkes Rachel Taylor Luke Sullivan Imogen Garrett Harry Fuller

Cross Country News On Thursday 8th February, our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

girls and boys took part in the cross country competition at Mayflower High School. All the

children worked really hard and despite how cold it was, they didn’t let this stop them. There were some

individual children who demonstrated excellent dedication and effort throughout the races. We are very pleased to announce that overall the teams that are through to the next round are the Year 3 Boys, Year 4 Girls, Year 4 Boys and Year 6 Girls. Also, we have lots of individual runners through to the next

round as well which is fantastic and they are as follows; Lenny Batchelor, William Clements, Leon

Dearlove, Kesia Crees, Amy Norman, Eadie Hatchard, Naomi Clements, Carolina Stevens, Louie Dennison

and Alexa Mann. Therefore, due to some outstanding results for both individuals and teams, this means we

finished 1st overall. A big thank you to Miss Taylor, Mrs Alderman and

Mr Nation for attending the event and supporting all the children and to Mr Nation for his lunchtime

coaching sessions.

This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Lana Bailey Brogan Poulter Daisy Spencer Kyle Rosenberg Ruby Toll Archie Walker

Faith Bower Isabelle Hoffman Well done to our writing super stars!

This week’s attendance figure is: 97.7%! Yippee!!!!! This year’s attendance target is 97.7%.

A special ‘Well Done’ to Classes 3D, 5S and 5T who all had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations!

This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are: Jamie Cooper Philippa Warhurst Mitchell Stimpson

Ethan Lee Lewis Hall Phoebe Thomps0n Mia Alami-Merrouni Emily Hagland Lewie Tear

Well done to our magical mathematicians!

Dance, Dance, Dance! Yesterday morning, 20 Year 3 and 4 children took part in a Dance Festival led by Year 9 students at Mayflower High

School. The children had a fantastic time performing a

dance routine to ‘Timber’. Most of the dance was performed as a whole group, however, the children were given the chance to put their own personal twist to the

routine by adding in some of their own dance moves, including: ‘The Running Man, break dancing, floor slides

and of course ‘The Dab’. It definitely made for very

entertaining watching. As always, the children’s behaviour was exceptional and they thoroughly enjoyed their morning! Well done to all the children who took part and thank you to

Miss Donnelly and the parent helpers who accompanied them.

Out of School Success Well done to Lotty Smith (3Ma) who recently achieved her Level 3 gymnastics badge after lots of hard work and effort! Congratulations to Zach Stevens (6F) who was awarded the

‘Player of the Week’ trophy by his rugby team, Billericay Bees, when they recently played against Westcliff Rugby Club.

Well done to Sophie Rendell (3R) who recently went up a swimming level and is now a Killer Whale! Congratulations to Evangeline Pierce (6A) who recently competed in the final round of the Essex County Swimming Championships. Over the three weekends of competition, Evangeline has won two relay Golds as well as 2 Golds, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronzes, competing as an individual! Well done to Harveer Bawa (6A) who had a fantastic week skiing in France during half-term. He was confident and enthusiastic throughout the week and gained his Silver Badge! Congratulations to Emily Simmons (3R) who took part in the

First Strokes Distance Swim Challenge during half-term and swam 67 lengths - a mile plus three lengths!

Well done to Amy Norman (4T) who won a Silver medal in her first tap solo competition at the Essex All Stars Dance event.

Congratulations to Laura Bailey (5M) who was awarded Distinctions for her recent ISTD Grade 2 Tap and Ballet exams. Well done to Ebony Riches (5C) who had 10 inches of her hair

cut off during half-term which was then donated to the Little Princess Trust charity to make real wigs for sick children.

This week’s winning house: Jaguars

Rainbow Awards Well done to this week’s VIOLET award

winners: Imogen Garrett, Caitlyn De Kok, Oliver Gill, Cerys Marchant, Mia Alami-Merrouni, Harry

Fuller, Amy Norman, Harriet Borg, Anika Gupta, Sam Havis, Dulcie Olufawo, Brogan

Poulter, Jack Alsemgeest, Daisy Farrow, Ben Perry, Mar Torres-Gonzalez, Imogen Nichols, Lukas Tyler, Harrison Harlow, Oliver Park,

Taylor McGinness, Jamie Cooper, Lana Webb, Adam Bubb, George Hampton, Ruby

Walsh, Lila Eve, Sam Bowden, Harry Dackombe, Harry Young, Ana Sutton, Ruby

Toll, Freddy Crooks, Sophie Hill, Joseph Pierce, Oliver Gladman, Louis Burridge, Zachary Liggins, Tiffany Bullen, Henry Gilbert, Edward Dickinson, Charlie Cox,

Olivia Gladwin, Hayden Fitch, Emily Hyatt, Travis Lapsky, Liam Henshaw, Farrah

Keniry, Rosie Dearlove and Hannah Pitts. —————————————————— Well done also to the following children who

received their INDIGO award this week: Archie Cushing, Harrison Dempsie, Lola Johnston, Ollie Alsemgeest, Emma Tribe,

Archie Austin, Gemma Lague, Sophie Sills, Megan Mecham, Fatima Ahmed, Anya

Mistry, Katie Warden, Jack Warren-Gunn, Maci Behn, Harry Weston, Jack Sawyer,

Daisy Judd, Eloise Lock, Isabel Cheesman, Emma Hughes, Mary Alston, Emma

Humphrey, Aimee Storey, Angus Noble, Jasmine Briggs, Lucy Clarke, Tianah

Chapman, Hana Ahmad, Isla Joyce, Torsten Greenan and Benedict Guthrie-Blunkell,

Top Table This week, the children chosen by the Midday

Assistants to sit at the ‘Top Table’ were: Charlie Cox Emma Henry

Ben Perry Ryan Nyirenda Lana Tseayo

Well done for being selected!

This week’s Top Table winners!

Afternoon Tea The children eagerly joined us for this week’s Afternoon Tea and excitedly

made their way to the staff room to enjoy yummy treats such as cakes, chocolate biscuits and squash! They enjoyed tucking into their treats whilst

they listened with equal delight to other children talking about their favourite pieces of work! A wonderful way to end a Thursday afternoon!

Afternoon Tea - Thursday 8th February

Clockwise from top left: Lotty Smith

Zach Stevens Evangeline Pierce

Harveer Bawa Ebony Riches Amy Norman

Emily Simmons

Afternoon Tea - Thursday 22nd February

Year 4 Football Lessons Classes 4H and 4P had a lovely treat yesterday afternoon when they had the chance to take part in the first of a series of football lessons delivered by Mr

Cronin, on behalf of FA Lidl Skills Essex. They had a brilliant time and enjoyed learning new skills and games, participating with great enthusiasm,

Lessons for 4T and 4C will follow in due course!