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George Spicer Newsletter - 16th June 2023

Hot weather - Please keep an eye on the weather.  On hot days please ensure your child brings in a water bottle, a hat/cap and apply sun cream at home.

Hay fever/Allergies - If your child has hay fever or any other allergies please can you administer antihistamine in the morning before your child comes to school. 

Lost property/labelling - We have already accumulated a mountain of lost property, please ensure all your child's clothing is labelled especially jumpers/coats as these seem to be left in the playground/classroom. If labelled we can then return to the child.

Important Dates for Diary

Tuesday 20th June - Year 2 Art Exhibition & Tour Sketty Road Upper Hall

Sunday 25th June - Summer Fayre

4th July - Sports Day - Years 2 and 3 - QE2 Stadium - 9.30am - 12pm 

6th July - Sports Day - Years 4, 5 & 6 - QE2 Stadium - 9.30am - 12pm 

7th July - Sports Day - At Kimberley Gardens - Reception 9.30-10.30am  and Year 1 10.30-11.30am

School Trips Coming Up:

19^th June - Ra and Osiris will be visiting the Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

21^st - 23^rd June - Year 4 Cuffley Camp residential 

11^th July - Year 1 Trip to Walton on the Naze

End of Year Performances all at 2.30pm:

Monday 3^rd July – Sparrow

Wednesday 5^th July – Robin

Friday 7^th July – Woodpecker

Monday 10^th July – Owl

Attendance week ending 16/06/2023

Overall school = 94.59%  Lates = 57

Best attendance: 1st Ash 98.48%, 2nd Willow 98.38%, 3rd Sioux 98.18%

Punctuality: Well done to Apache, Primrose and Robin with 100% for punctuality.

Reception Class

Reception had a very special visitor this week. We have been learning all about 'Knights and Castles' in class, our visitor John brought in lots of interesting historical artefacts for us to explore. We even had the chance to try on some very heavy armour! We learnt about different swords, shields and even the special shoes Knights would wear to complete their duties. Kylie said 'The helmet was very heavy, it was for protection.' 

To become a Knight a person had to be noble, kind, brave, fair, forgiving, honest and hopeful. We have been thinking about how we can be like brave and kind like the Knights from a long time ago. Aija said 'I am super brave like the Knights, I'm not scared'. 

Thank you to our special visitor for teaching us all about the Knights! 

Year 1

To kick off the start of their new topic, Year 1 have been writing riddles to describe a British reptile or amphibian. Can you guess what Ash class’s creature was?  

Last week in Science we completed an experiment! We had to investigate which resource would melt ice the quickest. First, we made our predictions on which resource we thought would be best. We then carried out our investigation, using a hairdryer, salt, water, sugar and a hat. Most of us predicted that a hairdryer would melt the ice quickest due to the heat it gave, and we were glad to see that we were correct. 

Year 2

This week in Year 2 has been really fun for the teachers as we have enjoyed watching the pupils practising their lines and singing beautifully as part of our rehearsals for the end of year performance.   We have also been learning all about the Tasmanian Tiger (an extinct animal that used to exist in Australia), and used this information to write some very interesting non- chronological reports. As part of our Science lessons, we have learned about food chains. The pupils played a game which matched producers and their consumers. 

Year 3 

This week, Year 3 went on a trip to Whipsnade Zoo!

We travelled by coach and on the way the children loved discussing all the different kinds of animals they may see at the zoo. After arriving, the children loved exploring the different continents! They saw a range of animals (tigers, giraffes, elephants, bears, zebras, rhinos) to name a few. They learnt lots of lovely facts and were treated to a giraffe workshop where they became scientists and explored the behaviour patterns of different giraffes over a period of time. It was a memorable day and the children were so well behaved! Well done Year 3!

Year 5 

In Geography, we created a map of Egypt and used a key to show the main human and physical features of this region.  Well done all.

This week, we were blown away by the children’s writing.  As part of our new topic, they produced some incredible third-person narratives based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.  We could not be prouder of their effort and enthusiasm and the results speak for themselves.

Year 6 

Year 6 - Poetry Week

Carrying on with our World War II Topic, the Year 6 pupils focused on writing poems about the Battle of Stalingrad. They first looked at a range of poems to discuss the features of poems as shown in the pictures below.

Then the pupils generated key words that they associate with the Battle of Stalingrad. From this bank of words, they proceeded to write their own Haikus (a poem with three lines, where the first line has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables and the third line has five syllables). Here is an example of a Haiku written by one of the Year pupils.

We then focused on writing poems with rhyming couplets that encapsulated the aftermath of the battle. Working in pairs they tried to include the features we identified in the first lesson.

District Sports

A huge congratulations to all the children who took part in this year's District Athletics event. You all performed brilliantly and should be very proud of yourselves.

Special congratulations to:

Aaron (Yr 5 - 60m hurdles) 1^st place

Zeke (Yr 6 - 150m) 1^st place

Sophia (Yr5 - 150m) 3^rd place

Adenola (Yr 5 - 150m) 2^nd place

Kelechi (Yr 5 - 60m) 1^st place

Madina (Yr 6 - 80m) 2^nd place

Yr 5 girls' relay (Sophia, Heliane, Shylah, Alayna) 3^rd place

Yr 5 boys' relay (Chris, Adenola, Aaron, Kelechi) 2^nd place

Bike Week 5th-17^th June

A huge well done to the pupils and staff who made an extra effort to cycle to school during our Bike Week.  Our storage was overflowing!  We even spotted parents arriving at school on bike to collect their children. Well done!

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