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sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad!sad! Unfortunately, Kingswood have Unfortunately, Kingswood have Unfortunately, Kingswood have had some very sad news. At the had some very sad news. At the had some very sad news. At the start of 2015 Mr Steele told us start of 2015 Mr Steele told us start of 2015 Mr Steele told us

some extremely upsetting news that Emily Assen [Thackray] some extremely upsetting news that Emily Assen [Thackray] some extremely upsetting news that Emily Assen [Thackray] recently passed away during the Christmas period. Emily had been recently passed away during the Christmas period. Emily had been recently passed away during the Christmas period. Emily had been fighting for all her life with her awful illness, Cystic fibrosis. She fighting for all her life with her awful illness, Cystic fibrosis. She fighting for all her life with her awful illness, Cystic fibrosis. She was a very brave lady and whenever it was grey she would light up was a very brave lady and whenever it was grey she would light up was a very brave lady and whenever it was grey she would light up the room with her bubbly smile. Emily received two lung trans-the room with her bubbly smile. Emily received two lung trans-the room with her bubbly smile. Emily received two lung trans-plants in 2007. During her time at university she was in a wheel-plants in 2007. During her time at university she was in a wheel-plants in 2007. During her time at university she was in a wheel-chair with oxygen tubes. She raised £20,000 through her charity chair with oxygen tubes. She raised £20,000 through her charity chair with oxygen tubes. She raised £20,000 through her charity work. Emily was a mum, auntie, teacher, wife and a daughter. Her work. Emily was a mum, auntie, teacher, wife and a daughter. Her work. Emily was a mum, auntie, teacher, wife and a daughter. Her baby girl is called Sophia and she is 2 years old. Emily was our baby girl is called Sophia and she is 2 years old. Emily was our baby girl is called Sophia and she is 2 years old. Emily was our school music teacher and she helped us during lots of our school school music teacher and she helped us during lots of our school school music teacher and she helped us during lots of our school performances such as: Bugsy Malone ,Joseph and his Technicolor performances such as: Bugsy Malone ,Joseph and his Technicolor performances such as: Bugsy Malone ,Joseph and his Technicolor Dream Coat and We Will Rock You as well as running the school Dream Coat and We Will Rock You as well as running the school Dream Coat and We Will Rock You as well as running the school choir .choir .choir .

We will all miss her very much.We will all miss her very much.We will all miss her very much.

By Megan Waite & Sophie Erwood By Megan Waite & Sophie Erwood By Megan Waite & Sophie Erwood ...

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At Christmas, Key Stage 2 performed It’s a party at the

Wisdom Of God Church. It was based on the Christmas

story but had a country feel to it. Year 6 children

performed the ac$ng and narra$ng parts while the other

classes had their own songs to sing. Some children even

sang solos for including : Rebecca Whi(le, Megan

Waite ,Christopher Bishop and Harry Langner.

We interviewed 4 people.

The first person was William Kinsella,

Did you enjoy it?

Yes because of our song, we even did a bum wiggle!

Next we interviewed Beth Dibley and Oliver Pulham from

KS1 who came to watch.

What did you think of our produc$on?

I liked the songs and in year 6 my favourite character was

James Dunstan because he looked funny in a sheep

costume. ( Oliver )

I loved it because my sister Ellie was in it and she was

hilarious . ( Beth )

Then we interviewed Rebecca Whi(le in year 5.

Were you scared to do a solo?

Rebecca: I was a li(le nervous but it was also very

exci$ng.

Ar$cle by Megan Waite and Sophie Erwood.

5 + 6 Greek Day5 + 6 Greek Day5 + 6 Greek Day5 + 6 Greek Day

Year 5 + 6 had a Greek Day. The hall was transformed into

a Greek setting and the children enjoyed a day of exciting

and fun activities. We interviewed some of the children to

ask about their day.

Did you enjoy the day and why?

Yes because the theatre company got us involved in lots of

activities which were interesting and fun too. (Shakthy)

What was your favourite activity of the day and why?

Acting out the story of Theseus and the Minotaur because it

was exciting and funny . ( William L)

What did you think of the people that ran the day?

I think they were fun, cheerful, smiley. (Leyton)

Also as part of their Greek topic they made Greek pots

which looked fantastic when

they were finished.

By Megan Waite

CONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTS

♦ So sad

♦ KS2 Christmas performance

♦ 5+6 Greek

♦ The sweet tuck shop

♦ Class 1 assembly

♦ KS1 Prickly Hay

♦ Year 6 quiz team

♦ New house captains

♦ Christmas par$es

♦ Crea$ve Council

♦ Recep$ons assembly

♦ Fulham tournament

♦ New teachers

♦ Year 4 trip to Colley hill

♦ New term new topic

♦ Santa’s surprise

♦ Word search

The sweet

tuck shop

Every Friday the FPTA

run a sweet tuck shop

down in Jasmine’s Classroom. The prices

are very low and the swee$es are

delicious. So please remember to bring in

your money on Fridays for a sweet treat.

By Freya

Class 1 Assembly On Friday 16th January Class 1 performed their

class assembly. The first topic was the Light

House Keepers Lunch. They said their favourite

part was when they made mustard sandwiches.

The next topic was Explorers and I interviewed

Stanley and Megan.

“ What was your favourite part?”

“I loved Xavier's puppet show about the 1st man

on the moon.”

“ Were you nervous to stand up in front of the

grown ups?”

“ No not really because I was excited to show my

parents what I have been learning about.”

“ Which topic have you enjoyed the most?”

“The Light House Keepers Lunch because we

liked making the mustard sandwiches, they were

delicious!”

Well done everyone in year 1 for such a fantastic

assembly and a big thank you to the teachers for

all their hard work! By Sky Gallard class 6

KS1 PRICKLY HAY

At the end of the autumn term KS1 performed

their amazing na$vity about a hay sweeper!

Most of the Year 1 dressed as cowboys and

cowgirls and the li(le, but loud Recep$on class

dressed as li(le cute donkeys.

I have interviewed Sreeya who had the main

part in the play.

Did you enjoy it?

Yes I enjoyed it very much and I thought the

li(le ones looked really cute.

Were you nervous performing in front of the

school and the adults?

I was a li(le nervous at first but then I got into

it because I had my friends performing with me.

What was your favourite song?

My favourite song was Stable Ho Down

because I liked the ac$ons we performed

together whilst singing.

Well done to everyone in KS1. I liked it very

much and I even joined in with your songs be-

cause the songs were great. By Freya Hancock

Year 6 Quiz Team ! On Monday 11th January Kate Thornton , Ben May , William La(er

and Teddy Homes –Summers competed in a quiz against

Tweedale School. There were 10 rounds! A team could score 8

points in each round and extra if the opponents got an answer

wrong! Tweedale was winning un$l round 6 but by round 10 it

was a $e, 67 to both teams! It came to a $e breaker and thankfully

Ben May got it right. KINGSWOOD WON ! I interviewed Ben

May and Kate Thornton.

“Were you worried when Twee-dale were winning?”

Kate: No ,because I knew we could catch up

Ben May: Yes a li(le but I was sure we could catch up.

“Do you think the other team played fairly?” Yes but they were a

li(le over enthusias$c and really thought they would beat us!

Kingswood are through to the

next round ! WELL DONE QUIZ

TEAM!

The Quiz Team :

Ben, Teddy, William and Kate

with Mr Stroud. Ar$cle by Sky

Christmas

Parties

On the last day of

term every class at Kingswood

school had a fantas$c fun

Christmas party. The children in

year 4 played a game that

involved dressing up and trying

to cut some chocolate with a

knife and fork whilst wearing

gloves! Key stage 1 all got

together in the hall and had a

joint party which included

dancing, games and ea$ng some

delicious food. It was great way

to get the children and teachers

in the Christmas spirit.

Ar$cle by Jake Williams.

Creative CouncilCreative CouncilCreative CouncilCreative Council

Our crea$ve council have now finished the mosaic. The

design has turned out as planned and Miss Chapman,

together with all the children from the Crea$ve Council,

proudly showed it in assembly. Ben Clark clearly

explained all about the colourful mosaic. He said that it

has “hello” spoken in several different languages and has

a huge sign saying “The world around us”. The mosaic

has been mounted on the wall by the year 3 and 4

entrance, please make sure you have a look at this

amazing and crea$ve mosaic.

The Crea$ve Council are going to be crea$ng more

master pieces in the future with

the help of Miss Chapman.

Ar$cle by Jake Williams

New house captains.New house captains.New house captains.New house captains.

Kestrels: Patrick and Ben C. Owls: Summer and George. Hawks: Ellie and Keagan

Eagles: Zoe and Teddy

The new house captains have been decided. The children selected to be the house

captains are very excited to be the leader of their team. We interviewed Ellie:

I am extremely happy to be chosen and would like to encourage my team to victory,

COME ON HAWKS. Ar$cle by Jake Williams

Recep�on Class Assembly

Recep$on had their very own class assembly and it was extremely cute!

The children taught us a lot of facts about Paddington Bear. Paddington

Bear is a story about a bear that adores marmalade sandwiches. We would

also like to tell you about a great forest adventure that Recep$on had.

They talked about the marshmallows that they cooked on a burning fire.

They said that they were DELICIOUS! They even got to climb trees! (Don’t

try that at school!) AMer that they had a bug hunt and they found it really

tricky. It was hard because the bugs were so small and they had to look

very close to find them. They even had to use leaves as bait for the bugs

and it worked! When they came back to school they learnt about the story

of The Gruffalo. It talks about a mouse that encounters many creatures

that want to eat the mouse. He defends himself by saying that he had a

secret friend called a Gruffalo. Recep$on told us the story of The Gruffalo

and even sang The Gruffalo Song. It was such a lovely assembly and all the

children and parents watching really, really enjoyed it. Ar$cle by Jack and Man

To start with there were 66 schools from all over Surrey.

Kingswood won the Banstead and Reigate Borough

tournament. They beat St Celia's 2-0 in the final! They

then progressed to the 2nd round.

Now there were only 12 schools leM and Kingswood

was one of them. Unfortunately they lost both of their

first 2 games 2-1 but then won the 3rd, 2-1. Then the

team drew 1-1 but amazingly won 3-2 on penal$es,

thanks to a great save by Jacob. Overall Kingswood

came 9th out of 66 schools and were one of he smallest

schools compe$ng.

INTERVIEW WITH ELLIOT

Were you proud of yourself and the team?

Yes but we couldn't have done it without the rest of the

team working well together. The team played brilliantly

and communicated well.

Proud Winners of the Reigate Borough tournament.

Well done to every one who par$cipated . Ar$cle by

Ben M and Jake H

FULHAM TOURNAMENT

NEW TEACHERS This term we have had 4 student teachers join us. Their

names are Mr Stroud, who works in year 6, Miss Patel,

who works in year R, Miss Barraclough, who works in year

1 and Miss Beddoe who works in year 2.

We interviewed two of the teachers to ask them if they

are enjoying teaching at Kingswood.

INTERVIEW TIME WITH MR STROUD

Why do you want to teach?

I enjoy teaching and I like making the lessons exci$ng for

the children.

What's your favourite lessons to teach?

I like teaching P.E and Maths.

Where did you learn to teach?

I trained at Roehampton University.

INTERVIEW TIME WITH MISS BARRACLOUGH

What made you want to teach?

My Mum is a teacher and I also worked at her school for

a year and really enjoyed it.

What's your favourite lesson to teach?

Maths and Phonics.

Do you enjoy teaching at this school?

Yes it’s a nice school and the children are very polite.

Ar$cle by Ben M and Jake H - Year 6

Miss Barraclough Mr Stroud

Year 4 took a trip to Colley Hill on 30th January 2015. In literacy the class has been

wri$ng informa$on leaflets and Colley Hill was men$oned as a good place to visit. We

asked some year 4 children about the trip. Did you enjoy the trip?

Yes, the trip had been planned for a while and we were all looking forward to it but it

was even more exci$ng because it had snowed. Our new literacy topic is “Stories set in

an imaginary world” so we are reading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. We used

clipboards to make notes on our trip by using our senses, what we could hear, see, feel

and smell to help us with our own story wri$ng. When we got back we watched Narnia

and had some hot chocolate to warm up.

It sounds like year 4 had a brilliant $me at Colley Hill. Ar$cle by Ben May

YEAR 4 trip to Colley

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appeared in the school grounds.

He was dressed in a big red suit, a

fluffy white beard and big black boots,

who was he……..?

Panic over it was only Santa and his

reindeer!

We made Santa and his elves feel

very welcome by setting up his very

own grotto.

We had a colossal line of children

waiting to see him. It was a very

popular event.

We went down to Year 2 and asked a

couple of questions of Santa’s visitors.

Did you enjoy your visit to Santa's

grotto?

Yes I enjoyed it very much especially

when Santa gave me a present.

What was your favourite part?

My favourite part was when I had a

photo taken with Santa. We got to take

it home with us.

What present did you get?

I got a dinosaur making kit and I got a

Frozen nail varnish

kit.

It looks like every-

one enjoyed seeing

Santa. Thank you

Santa for coming to visit us at such a

busy time!! By Jack Langer and Man Yu

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Year 1 and 2 are learning all about INDIA.

They have made amazing elephant information

booklets, written their very own Indian animal

poems and even created a piece of artwork by

designing their own Indian designs for

printing.

We spoke to some of the children to ask them

about their learning.

“Are you learning about elephants?”

“Yes we are and I am really enjoying it”

“Can you tell me an unusual fact about

elephants?”

“Elephants have knuckles behind their ears!”

“Did you like making the Indian dips?”

“Yes I really enjoyed it and I also liked the

smell.”

“Did you enjoy eating them?”

“I really enjoyed the taste of the dips. My

favourite dip was the cucumber one.”

Year one also had a very exciting Indian day

“Did you enjoy the Indian day?”

“ Yes we really, really enjoyed it.”

“What was your favourite part of the Indian

day?”

“Getting the mendi patterns painted onto our

hands, they were really beautiful”

“Did you enjoy eating the Indian food?”

“Yes, we really enjoyed it.” By Jack and Man

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