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Primary News from the Pupils and Teachers of King’s College, Alicante

Acting Head of PrimaryMessage

T H E P R I M A R Y N E W S L E T T E R

Primary Sport Days

Honesty, Faith and Courage are the words on our school emblem, I would like to take a little time to consider what these words mean, and how they influence us individually, as a group and within society.

Of course, the English language can be a complex thing, and the meaning of words can change depending upon the context within which they are used. Within the context of our school life, this is what these words mean to me.

Honesty - the quality or characteristic of being fair, just, truthful. Faith - belief in the truth, sincerity of intentions, loyalty Courage - the strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.

With SAT’s time approaching for Year 6, the thoughts of having faith in your own ability the courage to tackle difficult task and being honest to yourself and others is very relevant and meaningful.

With our younger pupils I have discussed the importance of being honest; sometimes this can be difficult and requires courage to do the right thing and faith and belief that your actions and words are the correct ones . All pupils in our Primary school are familiar with the “Golden Rules”

• Wearegentle–wedon´thurtothers• Wearekind&helpful–wedon´thurtanybody’sfeelings• Welisten–wedon’tinterrupt• Wearehonest–wedon’tcoverupthetruth• Weworkhard–wedon’twastetime• Welookafterproperty–wedon’tdamagethings

If our pupils stick to these rules and are honest, have faith in themselves and courage to take risks and try new challenges we will see confident, responsible and trustworthy young citizens in our school, families and community.

MrsPhillipsActingHeadofPrimary

On Friday 17th May Nursery held a Mini Sports morning. We had great fun having races e.g. egg and spoon race, sack race and balancing rings on our heads. We all got special stickers for taking part.

In the last week of May we are looking forward to the Race for Hunger (30.05.13) and on Friday 31st May we will be spending time in our new classes and meeting our new teachers for September. Very Exciting!

MINISPORTS DAYE A R L Y Y E A R S

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In Nursery this month we have been learning about Wild Animals. We have been learning the names of all the wild animals and we have done some fantastic artwork!

WILD ANIMALS

This month, Reception have been very lucky to have had a visit from a very famous author and illustrator called Korky Paul. He came to read us one of his stories- Winnie the Witch- and we even got a visit from Winnie herself!! We loved listening to the story. Korky Paul then drew each Reception class a special picture of Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur! We have the pictures on display in our class rooms and we have loved listening to Winnie the Witch stories since.

KORKY PAULVISITS US!

This month in KS1, all the children had great fun competing in our annual Sports Day. All the children were dressed in their team colours and were eager to compete in the different races.

SPORTS DAYIN KS1

They all demonstrated their sporting abilities in a variety of events from javelin and long jump to the traditional egg and spoon race.

All the children finished the running event with a medal to take home.

After all the points were added up, it was the YELLOW team that came in first place with the most points. Well done if you were in yellow team!

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This month we were very lucky to have a visit from a famous illustrator – Korky Paul. In Year 1 the children had been learning about the job of an illustrator, so were very excited to be able to meet a real illustrator.

KORKY PAULIN KS1

Korky Paul read one of his books to the children with the help of Winnie the Witch and Wilbur the cat.

Then he showed us how he drew and painted the pictures for his books. He did beautiful pictures for each class to keep.

We all went back to class and became illustrators ourselves! We have some very talented artists in Year 1!!!

We have been looking at the artist Andy Goldsworthy, a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who creates site- specific sculpture and land art situated in natural settings.

ANDYGOLDSWORTHYIN YEAR 3

Some Andy Goldsworthy´s work

We foraged our gardens and around the school grounds to find natural materials to work with. We have created our own sculptures based upon his work and we hope you like them.

FORAGING

CREATING

The Tree Boat - Violeta The Multicoloured leaf - Teresa

Super Mauro´s Nature Sculpture Sandra´s Rocky Leaf

Blanca´s Great Big Tree Alberto´s Natural Circle

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KORKYPAULKorky Paul (real name Hamish Vigne Christie Paul) is an award-winning illustrator of books for children. He was born and grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1951 and now lives and works in Oxford, England. His work, characteristically executed with bright watercolour paint and pen and ink, is recognisable by an anarchic yet detailed style and for its "wild characterisation".

His Winnie the Witch Series won the,Children's Book Award in 1987 and sold over a million copies. It has since then been published in over 10 languages. Paul's illustrations for this are full of visual jokes and witty detail.

Our school pupils had the opportunity to meet Korky Paul personally on Friday, 10th May. The illustrator led a series of Storytelling & Portrait workshops in the library for students from Reception to Y6 and at the end of each session he sold and signed his books.

Children had plenty of fun with the author hilarious performances and spent their day reading his Winnie the Witch books, among others’.

Pupils from Y1 to Y4 also took part in the Winnie the Witch colouring competition. We had fantastic entries! There was a winner per year group who chose one of Korky Paul’s books. Here are the lucky ones:

• Irene-Year1W• Alessia-Year2T• Martina-Year3M• Laura-Year4J

Congratulations to all of them.

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Scorching sunshine and threatened rain didn’t prevail allowing Primary’s ´Sports Day´ annual event to take place. The week commencing Monday 13th May started off with potential Olympians from Years 5 & 6 completing several different events. Wednesday saw the activities move to Years 3 & 4 and finally Years 1 & 2. Events ranged from sprinting, javelin, hurdles, egg & spoon race and finally finishing with the relay race- an energetic race which left the children and teachers buzzing with excitement!

Not only was sports day a great event in the school calendar, but it brought together the school community- it was truly amazing to have Secondary’s Sports Leaders. They helped make the sports day very special and made the events a huge success by organising participants and calculating scores. Even Primary’s PE monitors Nefeli 5S, Lucy 5s, Paula 5S, Irene 5R, Elia 5R, Kim 5R and Lucy 5C got involved. Their helpfulness, confidence and cooperation were greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to all those children that participated in the events. The following house teams are lucky to have some natural athletic talent, which some of these children have. Many pupils are already in training for 2014!

SPORTSDAY

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YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3&4 YEAR 5&6

Overhead Throwing Yellow 1W - 14 Points Green 2D -24 Points Earth 4J - 17 Points Wind 5C - 13 Points

Standing Broad Jump Green 1S -13 Points Green 2T - 23 Points Water 4J - 9 Points Water 6H - 14 Points

Javelin Red 1W - 25 Points Blue 2T - 41 Points Fire 3S - 27 Points Earth 5R - 21 Points

Hurdles: Egg & Spoon Green 1W - 19 Points Yellow 2S - 25 Points Water 4J - 26 Points Fire 5C - 22 Points

Sprints Blue 1F -21 Points Yellow 2S - 23 Points Water 4J - 26 Points Fire 5C -22 Points

YEAR 1/2 HOUSE RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE

POINTS 501 515 534 510

FINAL POSITION FOURTH SECOND FIRST THIRD

YEAR 3/4 HOUSE FIRE EARTH WIND WATER

POINTS 412 381 419 449

FINAL POSITION THIRD FOURTH FIRST THIRD

YEAR 5/6 HOUSE FIRE EARTH WIND WATER

POINTS 400 366 389 365

FINAL POSITION FIRST THIRD SECOND FOURTH

HOUSE FIRE EARTH WIND WATER

POINTS 812 747 808 809

FINAL POSITION FIRST FOURTH THIRD FOURTH

The artist, David Noble, came to visit us in Year 5. First, we talked about shading and next we learnt how to draw the shape of animals, trees and flowers. After that, he taught us how to mix colours to add personality to the picture. Then, he taught us how to draw the detail in the picture.Later, David showed us some videos of his art work. It was all wonderful and we had great time learning about Art.

After he went back to England, we continued to do our art work for another three or four weeks. We are so proud of ourselves and now we feel like we are artists! All the teachers keep coming in to our class to comment on our work. We are very proud!

HannahandMinervafromYear5

DAVIDNOBLEVISITS YEAR 5

Year 5 children attended a classical music concert this month. The concert was fantastic and we had the opportunity to learn about all the musical instruments used in an orchestra.

CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT

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YEAR 6RAIN FOREST

Over the last two Primary Council Meetings, members have been asked about their views on Literacy, Numeracy and Creative Curriculum work. This consultation has taken place as the school likes to know what children think about their learning experience during the year.

“It is important to find out from the children what they think has been useful; what topics they have enjoyed and are there particular lessons that they have liked or disliked,” said Mrs Phillips, Acting Head of Primary. “It is difficult to ask every pupil about their experiences but by asking the Primary Council, a representative sample of children from year 2 to year 6, we can get an idea of what has been successful, what hasn´t and what we should do more of in the next year.”

Although all the information has yet to be analysed, here are snippets of what children said they wanted more of in Literacy:

YEAR 2:More/IdeasDrama – actingReading related competitionsNew Exciting Books to read“I would like some writing every day,” Jimena.Love Literacy CompetitionsMore spelling words (all but one of them agreed with this). Rewards for good Literacy work / more stamps and stickers and stars of the dayStory Telling.

YEAR 3More/IdeasReading competitionBook CompetitionsComprehension notesLearn new wordsMore reading and handwriting.

YEAR 4More/IdeasReading Tests Guided Reading Drama Competitions Story Time by teacher or older children Writing Poems Writing Stories Comprehension Spelling Tests

YEAR 6More/Ideaswww.readingeggs.comKung Fu PunctuationDramaActivities in the LibraryGames for Learning ThingsStory TellingCompetitionsSpelling Bee

PRIMARY COUNCIL HAVE THEIR SAY!

“This has been a really good exercise to do with the Primary Council Members,” said Mrs Gandhi, Literacy Coordinator KS2, “The children feel valued when they are asked their opinions about subjects and their learning experiences. There is clearly a pattern here – children across Primary enjoy drama and storytelling and participating in Literacy competitions such as writing prose or poetry, spelling Bees etc – this is something we will develop next year.”

YEAR 5More/IdeasMore books for the libraryMore computers for the libraryMore reading for improving spellingsStory tellingSecondary M/Puppet ShowMore drama

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As the year draws closer to an end, it is time to say a very big THANKYOU to this year´s Primary Council Members:

GOODBYE AND THANK YOU TO ALL 2012-13 PRIMARY COUNCIL MEMBERS

2D JULIA AND FELIPE2S JOE AND JIMENA 2T ZACHARY AND SARA 3M ISABEL AND EDUARDO 3P VICTOR AND ALBA 3S ENRIQUE AND AITANA 4J NEMO AND JULIA 4O JULIO AND LOURDES 4P CRISTINA AND MATEO 5C GERARDO AND SOFIA 5R CRISTINA AND MANUEL 5S SOFIA AND JORGE 6F CARLA AND ALEX 6G LORENA AND ARNAU 6H ADRIAN AND EMMA

At the meeting on May 9th, the children shared their views on what they had enjoyed most about being on the school council. Here is what some of them said:

Mrs Gandhi, who has worked with the Primary Council this year said, “It has been a fantastic year this year and I have been very proud to have been involved in helping the school council to have its meetings and meet in their sub-groups. They have done an excellent job and should give themselves a pat on the back. Thank you so much to Verena and Craig for giving up their time to come and support the Primary Council this year and a huge thanks to the teachers who gave up their time to support the subgroups: Miss Sanghera, Mrs Pilkington, Miss Pyner and Miss Snook.”

A new council will be set up in September 2013 for the new academic year.

“Ihavelovedbeingaschoolcouncilmember;Iamgoingtotellmyfriendstodoitnextyear.”Zach“Ifeelverygoodtidyingupthepatioandlookingafterthezonetoys.”Isabel“IhaveenjoyedworkingwiththeEco-subgroupandmakingtheschoolmoreenvironmentallyfriendly.”Lorena“Ihavereallylikedattendingthemeetingsandmeetingotherpeople.”Eduardo“It´sfun,Ilovebeingabletogivemyviews”Enrique“Sometimeswegetstickersandtreatsfordoinglotsofschoolcouncilwork.”Sara“Ifeelimportantbeingaschoolcouncilmember.”Julio“IlikeddoingthepostersforHealthyMe”Carla“Itwasgoodtobealitterpatrolofficer.”Adrian“It´sbeenreallygreatattendingthePrimarySchoolCouncilMeetingsthisyear“saidVerenaandCraig,HeadGirlandHeadBoyrespectively.“Wehavebeenreallyimpressedwithhowmuchthechildrenhavetosayandhowwillingtheyaretodojobsaroundtheschool.”

Congratulations to our Benjamin Fútbol Sala team who won the Alicante Schools´ League and Tournament.

The team, coached by Pedro, only lost 1match all season and qualified from their league to take part in the knock out competition, which is the schools´ equivalent of the Copa del Rey!

Our team then had to win their quarter final and semifinal to reach the final against Albufereta on Saturday morning.

After an exciting match, Alex scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory making our team the best Benjamin School team in Alicante for 2012 -2013.

Congratulations to Pedro and the whole team and a big thank you to all parents for their support throughout the season.

We will present the trophy again at a special assembly in school.

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS!

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CONGRATULATIONSClara, Year 6H and Sara, Year 2T got the Gold Medal in their categories during the Municipal Badminton Championship this month. Well done!

Emma was involved in a three-way tie for first place in the Table Tennis National Championships held recently in Mollina, Malaga. As a result, she remains number one in the Table Tennis Ranking (Benjamin age) of Spain. Many congratulations to Emma on another fantastic achievement.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION FOR EMMA

Important Dates

Glorieta del Reino Unido 5Alicante 03008 Spainwww.bsalicante.com

info.kca@kingsgroup.org

Staff and pupils would like to say a HUGE thank you to Miss Hannah Hulme, Mr Corrado Biagi and Mr Tom Greenwood who have been a tremendous asset to our Primary school this year; listening to children read, supporting pupils in class, helping during patio times, the list goes on and on...

We hope you have enjoyed working with us and take away fond memories of your time in Alicante. You will be missed by all and we wish you well in your future careers!

A BIG

THANK YOU

3rd June – Y6 SATs week6th June – Y1 Beach Exhibition7th June – Eary Years Farm Trip7th June – Y2 Beach Trip10th June – Y5 Trip13th June – Y4 Trip14th June- Nursery Pirate day14th June – Y6 Leavers Assembly14th – Early Years reports sent home14th June – Book Fair17th June – Y6 Trip17th June – Coffee Morning for Nursery P & Reception H18th June – Coffee Morning for Nursery C & Reception P18th June – Hogueras19th June- Y2 Graduation Assembly19th June – Coffee Morning for Nursery E & Reception D21st June – Reception Wet & Wild day