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The Patten Pages The William Patten Newsletter for Parents and Children
At the end of the last school year, we submitted an
application to the Council for Learning Outside the
Classroom to renew its LOtC Quality Mark. Schools
awarded the quality mark have demonstrated –
a commitment to ensuring that all learners
have access to good quality educational
experiences beyond the classroom walls
(their) engagement in an ongoing process to ensure frequent, continuous and progressive learning outside the classroom opportunities are integrated into the curriculum
The school was visited by an assessor on the last day
of the previous half term and has again been awarded
the quality mark but this time at gold level!!! This
means that William Patten is now a nationally
recognised leader of learning outside the
classroom. The assessor’s report acknowledges many
aspects of school practice and to achieve this level of
award many things were taken into account including
– LOtC in and around the school grounds, progression
in and regularity of educational visits, planning for
school trips, child voice and the role of school council,
inclusion and cross curricular approaches.
This award would not have been possible were it not
for the support of our families and the help provided by
parents and carers on school trips, as well as special
events in and around the school such as Tastes of the
World. The final comment from the assessor at the
end of the evaluation report is particularly positive ‘It
was a real pleasure to visit William Patten Primary and
meet some of the staff and pupils. The school has a
strong culture of continual improvement with the
flexibility to allow challenges to be met quickly. They
have made enormous strides in their LOtC
provision…and…I have no hesitation in making the
award to this excellent school.’
Thank you again for your contribution to this aspect of
the school’s work.
Dear parents,
The children have enjoyed telling us about their
holidays and they have settled back into the routine
again very quickly after half term.
It was lovely to see so many of you last night at
Parents’ Evening and I hope you enjoyed looking at
the wonderful work your children have been doing. If
your appointment is next week, I look forward to
seeing you then. I will be in the bottom hall, if you
would like to come and say hello!
We sent home the letter about Tastes of the World
this week. Tastes of the World is a fantastic annual
event at William Patten which the children look
forward to very much, they are always so excited
about being able to share a dish which is important to
their family, with their friends. The event will be
supported by work in class that asks the children to
think about questions such as
Can I make connections between my own life
and those of children in a different part of the
world?
Can I discover what knowledge and links my
class already have with other countries?
Can I compare differences and similarities with
food and food preferences locally and
internationally
Ensuring the children are aware of their responsibility
as, and are ready to be, global citizens is a hugely
important part of the work we do at William Patten.
I am delighted to say that we have been awarded the
LotC (Learning Outside the Classroom) Gold award
for all the work we do to enrich our curriculum. We
are very proud to have been given the award and the
fact that we got gold, clearly demonstrates our
commitment to providing our children with a rich,
vibrant and varied curriculum. A huge thank you to
the staff team for all their hard work, but particular
thanks must go to Craig, who has overall
responsibility for our curriculum and who collated the
huge evidence base to show the assessor!
Have a lovely weekend!
Best wishes
Karen
Issue 120 Friday 10th November 2017
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Invisible Flash Theatre Company
Year 2 children participated in an interactive
story-telling workshop this week called
"Zooooooooooooom!". The actors from the
Invisible Flash Theatre Co. brought the story to
life, all about a wheel chair bound girl called
Loretta, who had a dream to become the fastest
girl ever! The children joined in with actions and
singing as the story unfolded. They then had the
chance to invent their own story after the
performance, using their imaginations and
creativity! A very enjoyable experience had by all!
Language of the Month
The new language of the month is Bengali.
Bengali (Bangla), like Hindi, is descended from
Sanskrit and belongs to the huge Indo-European
group of languages. It is written in a variety of the
Sanskrit Devanagari alphabet. Bengali is mainly
spoken in Bangladesh and in the Indian state of
West Bengal. It is estimated that worldwide there
are over 200 million Bengali speakers. Bengali is
the seventh most spoken native language in the
world by population. Here are the phrases we will
be speaking in Bengali around the school this
month:
Good Morning- Shupru pat
Good afternoon- Shuphu Shonda
Thank you- Don-no-bad
Young Mathematicians Award
A team from William Patten recently took part in the
first round of a national maths competition. The
National Young Mathematicians Award is organised
by Explore Learning in collaboration with Nrich and
Cambridge University.
Round 1 took place at the Explore Learning Centre
on Essex Road. Team members had to work
together to solve a never before seen maths
problem and a number of local schools took part
over two days.
The William Patten Team - Amy, Ethan, Lola and
Mika (Y6) were excellent school representatives
and worked together with enthusiasm.
Teams progressing to round 2 will be announced
next week and the winning team will take part in the
final round in Cambridge. Fingers crossed William
Patten!
Air Quality Audit
William Patten Primary is one of the first schools to
have taken part in an Air Quality Audit funded by the
Mayor of London.
Selected schools each receive a detailed audit,
carried out by a transport and environment
consultancy. This reviews ways in which emissions
and exposure to pollution in and around the school
can be reduced. The audits also highlight key
interventions to reduce exposure and are carried
out on behalf of the Greater London Authority and
Transport for London.
As part of the schedule for the day, children in KS2
took part in a special raising awareness interactive
assembly. The audits are expected to be published
before March. You can read a recent article about
the Air Quality Audit at William Patten from the
Hackney Citizen at the link below -
https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2017/09/27/hackn
ey-primary-schools-londons-first-toxic-air-audits/
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Dance sessions for Diwali
To celebrate Diwali, children in Years 1, 2 and 3
took part in a Bollywood dance workshop just
before half term, led by a specialist dancer. The
children first learnt about the traditions and origins
of Bollywood dancing then practised key steps and
techniques used in many Bollywood dance routines.
Each class rehearsed a short routine before
performing to the rest of the school in a celebratory
assembly! In our Diwali assembly, the children
learnt about the customs and routines that many
Hindus and Sikhs follow to celebrate the festival.
They listened to different stories and legends
remembered by many Hindus and Sikhs during this
time of the year. Meg very kindly spoke about her
own family experiences and shared with us how she
prepares for Diwali. Some of the children were lucky
enough to be dressed by Meg in very special
material that she uses for her saris!
Year 1 Maths Workshops
We will be holding maths workshops for parents
and carers of children in Year 1 this term.
Children will be able to join their parents and carers
during the workshops to participate in a number of
varied and fun maths activities.
The workshops will take place as follows:
Asima’s class - Thursday 23rd November from
9.30 to 10.30am
Natalie’s class – Friday 24th November from 9.30
to 10.30am.
The focus will be on place value and how the school
teaches for mastery.
Further guidance to support home help will be
provided at the end of the session. We hope that
you will be able to join us if your child is in Year 1.
Roof Garden update
As part of our Roof Garden Project, School Council have been extremely busy, planting over 400 bulbs including daffodils, mixed crocus, hyacinths and many more, to make the garden even more beautiful! The roof garden is a fantastic space to relax and great for outdoor learning opportunities across all subjects. It goes without saying that we are all incredibly excited for spring, to see our growing bulbs!
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Tristan’s grandma came to visit …
Year 2 had a special treat on Tuesday 31st October. We had Tristan T’s grandma (Bama Thillainathan) come in to visit us to talk about the religion of Hinduism, as part of our RE unit on Hindu Gods. Bama shared wonderful pictures of Hindu Gods and Goddesses and shared special statues and objects which we passed around to look at and hold. It was lovely to have a family member come in to share their knowledge and wisdom with the children. Thank you Bama, and Tristan T too!!
We have a new winner at the top of the chart! Aimee’s class lead the way with 98.5%. Well done 3A.
Rec Leah/Maria 95.2% Rec Wendy 97.4% Y1 Asima 97.2% Y1 Natalie 97.9% Y2 Kim 98.1% Y2 Tanya 97.1% Y3 Aimee 98.5% Y3 Christine 95.9% Y4 Helen 96.9% Y4 Marcus 95.7% Y5 Diane 95.4% Y5 Marion 97.8% Y6 Jon 97.5% Y6 Ben 96.1%
There has been a slight drop in attendance levels for a couple of classes; we are hoping this will improve during the next few weeks. Also, please remember to call or email the school office by 9.30am if your child is going to be absent.
PTFA News
The Winter Fair is on Sunday 3rd December and
we need your help to make it happen!
We have coordinators for most of the main areas
but we still need one or two people to volunteer
for the following roles which we need to get filled
asap to get the fair off the ground:
1. Overall coordinator of the fair (not as
daunting as it sounds since we have most of
the main areas sorted) but we need someone
to be the point of contact and responsible for
the overall plan.
2. Raffle coordinator (responsible for
requesting and collecting prizes for the raffle
in the run up to the fair) - this is a very
important job since the raffle is a huge
fundraiser.
The coordination roles tend to work well if a
couple of people take them on and work
together.
We also need lots of people to volunteer on the
day for various jobs including organising the
Bake Off and helping Santa.
To volunteer or suggest an idea of your own
please click on the link and sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScW
B_S3_AJBCkYSTdwKnx8m2dh1XHDdrsiact_N3
aIUpPmOOQ/viewform
To find out more about any of the coordinator
roles or discuss anything else
email [email protected] or ask at the
office and they can put you in touch with us.
Don't forget to sign up!
Winter Toy Appeal
StokeyParents is collecting new, unwrapped gifts
for children in Hackney who are experiencing
terrible poverty. They will be distributed via the
Ivy Street Family Centre and a network of social
workers, refuges, hostels, hospitals, schools and
children’s centres to children most in need.
You can donate in person at William Patten
School Office or buy online at
www.toyappealwishlist.com and have gifts
delivered to the Ivy Street Family Centre,
Florence Bennett Centre, Cherbury Street, N1
6TL.
The last date to donate is 14th December.
Please buy a toy for a child in Hackney who
would otherwise go without this winter.
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Kindness Cup
The latest winner of the Kindness Cup is Divine
Nlemoha. He was nominated by Kezia, also in
Year 6, who wanted Divine’s friendly nature and
sportsmanship to be acknowledged “Divine
always plays Ace at playtime and when someone
gets him out, he doesn’t take it personally, he just
smiles. The only time he doesn’t smile is when
he’s concentrating on something. He is always
friendly to people around him and doesn’t hesitate
to be kind to others”. Divine’s name has been
added to a leaf on our Kindness Tree.
Dates for your diary
Nov
13th Groundwork workshop for 5M (weekly)
13th Anti-Bullying Week
14th
1N visit to Olive School 15
th Chain Reaction Assembly for Years 4-6
16th Parents Evening 4.00 – 6.30pm
20th Dancer in Residence launch assemblies
20th Road Safety Week
21st Tastes of the World
21st KS2 Road Safety assembly
21st 1A to Hackney Museum (Black History Month)
22nd
1N & Y2 to Hackney Museum 23
rd Y3 to Hackney Museum
23rd
1A Maths workshops for parents 9.30am 23
rd PTFA Quiz Night for parents 6.30pm
24th 1N Maths workshops for parents 9.30am
24th Y4 to Hackney Museum
27th Winter Warmers Appeal starts
27th Buzz roadshow visiting Year 1
28th Year 5 trip to British Museum
Dec
3rd
Winter Fair 4
th Year 6 UCL Air pollution workshops
4th 5D to Parasol
5th Deborah Reade Art Award judging
5th 6J to Hackney Museum (TfL citizenship)
8th 6B to Hackney Museum (TfL citizenship)
11th Creative Writing Week
11th EYFS Nativity 11am
12th EYFS Nativity 1.45pm
12th Deborah Reade Art Award Assembly 11am
13th Christmas Carol Concert
14th Christmas lunch
20th Christmas parties
21st School finishes at 1.30pm
Sue Keast from Hackney Foodbank asked us to
pass on their thanks to everyone who donated
items during the recent Hackney Foodbank
collection. William Patten collected 242.15kg of
food which has provided 323 meals for local
people in need.
Hackney Foodbank relies on goodwill and
support from local people. Over 90% of the food
distributed by foodbanks in The Trussell
Trust network is donated by the public. They are
incredibly low on stock and donations are very
much needed. The shopping list below shows
the food items needed:
RICE (500GMS OR 1KG BAGS ONLY)
TINNED VEGETABLES
CEREAL
JAM/ PEANUT BUTTER
UHT MILK (1 LITRE)
TINNED RICE PUDDING
TINNED/ PACKET SOUP
INSTANT MASHED POTATO
TOILET ROLL
WASHING UP LIQUID
WASHING POWDER, GEL OR TABLETS
You can drop food donations off at any of the
collection locations below:
LOCATION OF FOOD DONATION POINT
DROP OFF
Tesco Extra, Morning Lane
Front of store
Safestore, Stoke Newington
At reception
Waitrose, Barbican Front of store
Tesco Metro, Well St Front of store
Co-operative, Old St Front of store
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Many happy returns to the children who celebrated their birthday in the last fortnight: Rufus Worfolk Smith, Max Olley, Freddie Pashby, Louis Iskander-Reynolds, Pablo Grijalba, Kiri Weldon, Isaac Church, Shamoya Lawrence, Ed Richards, Elisha Twitchett, Calum Dearie, Sergey Arif, Evie Nathan-Palmer, Renee Ferreira, Ruby-May Byrne McClune, Zachary Alves, Khaleel Small, Yusra Ali, Floris Gerrard, Mohinder Monks Takhar, Aya Bloom, Stella Dusheiko and Cleo French.
School Council feedback Diane meets with the School Council every fortnight. These are the latest topics discussed by the children and the responses to them:
Kindness cup tea party
Children have asked if they receive the Kindness cup, can they come straight to the Headteacher’s tea party? The Kindness Cup is part of Place2Be and so is separate from the tea parties. Children will only be able to come to the tea party if they have received 5 Good Deeds nominations.
Nature Day
The children would like to have a Nature day (making bug hotels, bird houses etc) in the spring and we have put a provisional date in the diary for March. We are looking forward to it! Sax/clarinet for International Evening
The children who play saxophone and clarinet would like to perform at International Evening. The programme has not been decided yet, so we will see if this is possible nearer the time.
Water fountains fixed The water fountains in the small playground have been fixed and we are waiting for the new units for the big playground to arrive.
Swimming in every year group
Children go swimming in Year 4. We can’t go swimming in every year group because it would be too expensive and it would also mean the children would miss out on other activities.
Ice skating Children wanted to go ice skating. Year 6 can choose ice skating as part of their activity programme after the national tests in May. As a trip, it doesn’t fit in with any of our curriculum topics.
Calm Corner is too noisy We have reorganised the lunchtime staff duty rota, so that there is an adult near the Calm Corner, to make sure that children do not run through the space.
Gymnastics area We don’t really have enough space in the playground to make a dedicated gymnastics area as we have more adults doing activities and games in the playground now, so we won’t be able to do that.
Playground swap KS2 children do not have the opportunity to play in the small playground very much (unless their class gets the Starline or if they are FFS) and they would like to. They would also like the more opportunities to play with the smaller children / siblings. From next week, Year 3 can go in the small playground on Monday morning at playtime, Year 4 on Tuesday, Year 5 on Wednesday and Year 6 on Thursday.
Expectation talk for clubs
Children have reported that some children are behaving inappropriately in clubs because they see clubs as different from school. This is spoiling it for other children. Sian has talked to all clubs this week about expectations for behaviour and she has spoken to the club leaders.
Lunch order Y6 Year 6 say they always go last for lunch! We do the lunch lines in order. We do Year 3, 4, 5 and then 6. The next day we go Year 4, 5, 6 and then 3. The next day is 5, 6, 3 and then 4 and so on. So all year groups take it in turns.
Leaning on the big nets The School Council are worried that some children are leaning on the new nets round the football area and that they will break. We have spoken to all the children in assembly and asked them to be very careful and not touch the nets, so that they do not stretch.