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Important Dates for Diary

Thursday 10th October - Year 2 Sparrow & Owl Trip to Capel Manor

Friday 11th October - Year 2 Robin & Woodpecker Trip to Capel Manor

Monday 14th October-Friday 18th October - Year 6 Residential

Thursday 17th October - Arctic class assembly 2:45pm

Upcoming Workshops:

Monday 7th October - Miss Ahmed's Maths Workshop 9:15am

Tuesday 8th October - Mr McGwinn's Maths Workshop 9:15am

Wednesday 9th October - Mr Demczuk's Maths Workshop 9:15am

Thursday 10th October - Ms Jackson's Maths Workshop 9:15am

Monday 14th October - Robin Reading Workshop 9:15am

Tuesday 15th October - Owl Reading Workshop 9:15am

Thursday 17th October - Sparrow Reading Workshop 9:15am

Friday 18th October -  Woodpecker Reading Workshop 9:15am

Attendance week ending 04/10/2024

Overall school = 95.71%  Lates = 106

Best attendance: 1st Everest 99.37% 2nd Owl 99.09% 3rd Sparrow 99.08%

Punctuality: Well done to Rhine with 100% for punctuality.

Year 1

This week, the children in Year 1 were extremely excited and proud to show off their learning at the Phonics workshops.   IH said "I had to match the pictures" [with sounds]  and "My favourite bit was doing it all by myself!" HC added, "I enjoyed playing with my mummy and showing her lots of phonic games."   Parents commented that they "really enjoyed the workshop" and it was "fantastic!"; "the information given was clear" and "it was lovely to see how well the children learn."

Year 1 Phonics Workshop -

Thank you to all the parents/carers who attended our first workshop of the year - it was a fantastic turnout.  The parent/carers who attended said they found it useful.  Here are some of the many positive comments:

'Really useful and informative.  Fun and energetic.  It is so nice to see the children in their school environment.'

'We will definitely use phonics sounds to help him when writing and spelling.'

'A very useful workshop – positive to be involved and gain an understanding of what our children are working on.'

'A great insight on what to focus on at home.'

'Great to see what the children are doing in class and the activities making it more engaging.'

'Informative, gives a good sense of direction in regards to phonics learning.'

'Always lovely to be invited in and to get to work with our children in school.  More please.'

'Very informative.  Lovely to see classes in action and how the children learn.'

'I felt a part of my son’s learning.'

Year 2

Due to the soggy weather on Tuesday afternoon we were unable to go out for PE so the children worked on their speed stacking skills. They thoroughly enjoyed this activity and it caused a lovely atmosphere of competition and encouragement. Many children were giving each other tips to improve their speed stacking skills.

Year 3 

Reading

Year 3 have been exploring the book: Fangs by Malorie Blackman this half term. 

We have loved learning about the character of Nathan and his pet tarantula Fangs. We have explored how the characters are feeling throughout the story and even thought about what they might say/think at key times. 

We have been focusing on the skill of retrieval so far and are beginning to move onto the skill of inference. We have one chapter left and look forward to finding out what happens at the end. Will Nathan's mum let him keep his pet? Or will Fangs be kicked out of the house?

Year 5 

In Maths this week, we have been tackling problems involving negative numbers. We used negative number lines to support our learning. 

We honed our fluency skills and then grappled with problem solving, that involved temperature and comparing the temperatures of different European Cities. We were able to tell our teachers which places were warmer/colder and calculate differences between temperatures where there might be a rise or fall. Finally, we gave solid reasoning for our solutions and drew our own number lines to convince our teachers.

Year 5 are looking forward to pitting their problem solving skills against the Happy Puzzle Company's activities later in the year.  We look forward to seeing the children develop their confidence in problem solving over the year. We also had our first TTRS Band Battle between the Year 5 classes. Congratulations  Atlantic Class! Who gained the most points and won the battle this week. We look forward to more competitive battles throughout the year. 

Year 6 

Our campaigners in Year 6 have been busy writing letters to our Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. In PSHE they learnt about some of the hardships that families, and particularly children, face when they are forced to become refugees. They learnt about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which shows the physiological and psychological needs a person has, which enables them to thrive and succeed. They learnt that some children who are forced to become refugees do not have their basic needs met. So, they wrote to the Prime Minister to point out how these children are not being protected by the UNCRC Rights of the Child and to ask him to consider specific steps to ensure that the UK does as much as possible to support these children. These are some of the incredibly empathetic and mature letters that they wrote. 

Oxford Reading Buddy is a digital reading service to help your child to develop important skills in reading and to encourage them to read more. It contains hundreds of digital books from Oxford University Press’s well-known reading series including Project X and the Biff, Chip and Kipper stories from Oxford Reading Tree – all matched to your child’s reading level. It offers special Coaching eBooks to develop comprehension.

Your child will have received their login from their teacher, please notify your child's class teacher if they do not have it. This app works on all platforms but unfortunately not on a kindle. For further information, please visit the website via the link below;

https://www.georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk/search/default.asp?pid=0

Boys Football Match

Despite the awful weather on Tuesday, the boys worked incredibly hard to secure two well deserved draws and narrowly lost their final game. Very well done to all of you for showing such resilience and determination whilst contending with the poor conditions and some strong opposition.