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George Spicer Newsletter - 17th May 2024

Year 6 SAT's - This week, our year 6 children completed their Statutory Assessment Tests (SATs). They performed incredibly well, coping well with the change of routine, as well as the added stress tests brings. Their results will be released in early July. We want to say a huge thank you to all of the staff who supported the children this week and a huge well done to all the children!

Next week, the majority of our year 6 children will be embarking on their week-long residential trip to PGL in Shropshire. We hope they enjoy their adventure and enjoy all the new experiences they come across! Those not attending also have many fun activities to look forward too!

Walk to School week

Our school is taking part in Walk to School Week. The nationwide event is to help pupils experience first-hand the importance of active travel to school.

By walking, scootering or cycling to school, children will be well on their way to reaching their recommended minimum 60 minutes of physical activity per day before even reaching the school gates! Not only will it set them up for a positive day in the classroom, but it will also help create healthy habits for life.

This year’s challenge, The Magic of Walking, encourages children to travel actively to school every day of the week. If you live far away from school and need to drive or take public transport, try parking the car in one of our convenient park and stride locations, or hopping off the bus/train ten minutes away and walking the rest of the journey.

Start thinking now about what you can do to join in the Magic of Walking challenge.

Please see link to our park and stride leaflet. Park and stride

 

We are pleased to be running George Spicer’s Summer Club for the first 2 weeks of the summer holiday.

Monday 22nd July – Friday 2nd August

Daily: 9am-4pm

Cost of £38 per day inc Breakfast

First Come First Served Basis

Payment upfront to secure a place

Booking window opens 9am Friday 24th May

 

Y6 BASC REMINDER -  Please be aware that, under HMRC rules, any overpayment of childcare vouchers cannot be refunded directly to parents due to the tax benefits received on purchase.  For more information click the link: use of childcare vouchers

Important Dates for Diary

Monday 20th May-Friday 24th May - Year 6 School Journey

Thursday 23rd May - Anubis and Osiris Trip to the London Alevi Cultural Centre and Cem-Evi in Turnpike Lane

Friday 24th May - Thoth and Ra Trip to the London Alevi Cultural Centre and Cem-Evi in Turnpike Lane

Friday 24th May - Reception Family Reading Sessions

Monday 27th May-Friday 31st May - Half term

Friday 7th June - Non-uniform day FOGS Donations

Maths Workshops:

Tuesday 21st May - Apache class 9:15am-9:45am

Wednesday 22nd May - Navajo class 9:15am-9:45am

Thursday 23rd May - Sioux class 9:15am-9:45am

Friday 24th May - Cheyenne class 9:15am-9:45am

Year 4 class assemblies at 2:45pm Sketty Road

Thursday 23rd May 2024 - Heracles class

Thursday 6^th June – Achilles class

Thursday 13^th June 2024 – Odysseus class

Attendance week ending 17/05/2024

Overall school = 95.23% Lates = 151

Best attendance: 1st Hurricanes 99.37% 2nd Willow 99.06% 3rd Robin 99.05%

Punctuality: Well done to Osiris and Hurricanes with 100% for punctuality.

GSPS Ambassadors 

It has been a tough decision deciding who will be our next GSPS Ambassadors on the School Council.  The children who participated in the interviews spoke eloquently and passionately about the school and the positive impact they can make on it.  Well done to all of them.  

We are delighted to announce that the GSPS Ambassadors for 2024-2025 are:

Poppy - Dylan

Snowdrop - Freya

Daffodil - Niall

Oak - James

Willow - Dane

Elm - Mahli

Ash - Asher

Sparrow - Rayaan

Owl - Darcy

Woodpecker - Henryk

Robin - Raymond

Sioux - Eliana 

Cheyenne - Aine 

Navajo - Kian 

Apache - Adesire

Achilles - Sofia

Theseus - Thomas 

Odysseus - Joshua 

Heracles - Boyan 

Anubis - Taqwa 

Ra- Jaiden 

Osiris - Maggie

Thoth - Nathaniel 

Thank you very much to all the parents and carers who attended the book fairs at both sites. It was great to see so many of you. We appreciate your support for our school. We are awaiting the final figures from Scholastic and will advise you how much you have earned for the school very soon.

Reception

This week, Reception, had a workshop with Obi the Clown. We have had a fantastic time learning different acrobatic skills, such as juggling, balancing feathers on our hands and holding plates with long poles. 

The children have enjoyed a whole year group workshop where Obi the clown used his unicycle to ride around the hall and showed us various juggling circus skills. Obi also visited our classrooms for discussions and questions.  

"Obi is funny, he is a very good juggler," said Freya 

"He can ride on a unicycle," said Joseph 

  

  

Year 1

In Science, the children in Year 1 have continued learning about vertebrates.  Our focus this week was fish and the children were so excited to closely observe and examine a real fish.   The children exclaimed: "I've never seen a fish in real life!"  "I really liked touching the fish's fin and body" and "I liked seeing how the mouth opens - it was really weird."  After discussing the structure, they were then able to draw and label the features of a fish.

 

Year 2

This week Year 2 have continued with their learning all about the Stone Age. The children learnt about Midsummer’s Day and Midwinter’s Day and had lots of historical questions about why Stonehenge was built! In Science, we went on our second bug hunt in the meadow, exploring a ‘grassy habitat’ and compared the needs of the animals found to our first walk in a ‘woody habitat’. 

   

Year 3 

As part of their Science topic this summer, Year 3 have been learning all about flowering plants and plant growth. They have been exploring what flowering plants have in common and what a plant would look like if it is healthy or unhealthy. They have also been carrying out a comparative test enquiry to find out what would happen if a plant lost some or all of its leaves. Working as scientists, they have been recording their findings and diagrams in a flowing plant diary. The children have also learnt lots of new scientific vocabulary along the way!

  

Year 5 

This half terms PSHE unit is all about Relationships. We have been looking at online and virtual relationships and how to make sure those relationships are healthy and happy. In particular this week we were learning about Online Gaming – how to form Healthy relationships when we are playing online and how to stay safe. As part of this the children discussed some simple rules they can follow when they are playing online, as well as some things they definitely should not do. The children looked at some synopsis for fictional games. They were looking at the target audience and the different features of the games to identify those that might pose a risk to children online. They identified things in the games that might be risky and came up with some suggestions for how to change the games so they were safe for all users. We were really impressed with the children’s sensible ideas. They were able to identify those apps and games that were perhaps not safeguarding children and came up with some great ideas for how to improve those games and make them safe.

Year 6 

End of SATs

Year 6 had their End of KS2 SATs this week and have worked so incredibly hard all year. We just wanted to say a massive congratulations to them for their mature and hard-working attitude this week. 

We look forward to our exciting week next week. Whether you are staying at school for the fun activities planned or going to PGL, we know you will have a fabulous time. 

Enfield Music Service Piano Competition

Enfield Music Service are inviting pupils to take part in their annual piano competition.

The minimum entry requirement is Grade 2 for primary school pupils and the competition will be organised into four categories: 

Primary School Grades 2-3

Primary School Grades 4 and above

Secondary School Grades 3-5

Secondary School Grade 6 and above

 It is not necessary to have passed any exams, but the piece performed must be the required grade or higher. The level of the piece presented will determine the category entered.

Auditions will take place after school on Monday 24th June and Tuesday 25th June, also at the United Reformed Church, Fox Lane, Palmers Green. Pupils need to perform one piece at the audition. Should they be selected to take part in the final they must play the same piece. The final will take place on Tuesday 9th July, 7.00pm also at the United Reformed Church.

There will be a prize of £100 for the winning schools’ music departments, £50 for the winners and £10 for the runners-up.

Please return completed entry forms to paula.warren@enfield.gov.uk by Friday 7th June.

Piano Competition letter

Piano Competition entry form