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George Spicer Newsletter - 19th January 2024

ARBOR PARENT APP - Thank you to all parents/carers who have logged in to the ARBOR App. Currently, 84% have now logged on and for those who have not yet logged on please check your email subject “ Welcome to ARBOR” and follow the instructions.  ARBOR App allows you to receive the latest messages from your child’s school, track attendance and update the information we hold about you and your child. IMPORTANT: Please allow notifications when installing the app. The notifications will alert you when you receive a message from the school.

Messages will no longer be sent via Marvellous Me - only via Arbor.

Please ensure you communicate with the school via office@georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk and do not reply to ARBOR messages.  Please see at the bottom for help with setting up your app.

Reporting Absences - Please when reporting absences, leave a brief message with your child's name, class and what is wrong with them

Breakfast and After-School club queries - Please note that all communication with basc is via their email basc@georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk NOT the office email.  

Attendance – you are now able to view your child’s attendance by logging into the Arbor App.  Please note that if your child’s attendance is below 90%, we will not authorise any absence without medical evidence (e.g., doctor’s certificate or letter, hospital appointment card, prescription or the prescribed medication, or text message appointment).

Scooters at KG - Several scooters have been forgotten over the Christmas break and were left at Kimberley Gardens.  They are hanging on the fence by the main entrance.  Please have a look and reclaim if they belong to you. 

Any scooters left behind at the end of the month will be removed. We highly recommend naming scooters, bikes and helmets.

Lost Property at SR - Please can you claim any lost property from the Sketty Road office. Anything unclaimed in 1 weeks' time will be donated.

Donations for welfare - Please may we have donations of wipes/tissues for welfare.

Important Dates for Diary

Boreattan Park – final payment 16^th Feb 2024 £100

Cuffley Camp – final payment 1^st Feb 2024 £60

Thursday 14th March - Parent Consultation day (school is closed to pupils).

FoGS Dates - please see below in FOGS section for more info 

2nd February 2024 - Year 3 + 5 Glow Disco

9th February - Non-Uniform Day Fundraiser 

23rd March - Reception, Year 1 + 2 Glow Discos

7th June - Non-Uniform Day & Donations for Summer Fun Day

6th July - Summer Fun Day

Attendance week ending 19/01/2024

Overall school =  94.06 Lates = 78

Best attendance: 1st Osiris 98.24% 2nd Navajo 98.19% 3rd 97.88%

Punctuality: Well done to Elm, Robin, Osiris and Hurricanes with 100% for punctuality

Reception

Reception: Story telling – Billy Goats Gruff

Ever wondered who was trip trapping over the bridge? The children found out that it was the Three Billy Goat Gruffs. We listened to the story, acted it out and drew a story map to go with the story. We explored the language used in the story and even had a great time building bridges outside. They had a go at trip trapping over the bridges they made, just like the Little Billy Goat Gruff, Medium sized Billy Goat Gruff and the Big Billy Goat Gruff. In the classroom, the children had opportunities to act out the story using miniature figures in the trays on the table. Overall, the children had a brilliant time learning about the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and using the story language in their everyday learning this week.

Year 1

This week in Year 1, the children have really enjoyed the start of our topic All Aboard. They had lots of knowledge about trains to share. We have been comparing old steam trains to modern electric trains, looking at the differences in looks and how they are powered.

In Maths, the children have been using dienes to represent numbers and to support with their addition number sentences. We have been using the physical dienes and children have learnt to draw the dienes with lines and dots to show their working pictorially.

Year 2

This week, in Year 2, we have begun work on our topic on Australia in Writing and Art.  In Writing, we have been writing pages for a travel brochure all about the city of Sydney, so the reader can decide what they would like to go and see.  They have focused on describing the amazing human features they could enjoy (from their Geography lessons), such as the Sydney harbour bridge.  Later on they will describe the physical features found there.  In Art, they looked at and discussed Aboriginal artwork and the different symbols that were used to pass on messages and tell stories.  They then used this as inspiration for creating their own beautiful picture.

Year 3 

In Reading, Year 3 are enjoying reading a new text - Yours Sincerely Giraffe written by Megumi Iwasa. They have been applying different reading skills as they journey through this book, such as - inference, prediction and clarifying.

In Writing, Year 3 have been learning about the story of Remus and Romulus. They have been sequencing the story in order to support their big write up using time adverbials. This story also links to their new history topic this term on the Romans.

Year 5 

This week, Year 5 have been learning about Henry VIII’s split from the Catholic Church and the subsequent dissolution of the monasteries. This was brought about by his desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. In writing we have been writing newspaper reports about the Battle of Bosworth which ended the War of the Roses and saw Henry Tudor put on the throne as King. In Science, we are continuing our learning about the planets in our solar system. We learnt about the different orbits of each planet in our solar system and how long each planet's year is in relation to an earth year or day.

Year 6 

New Topic: Race to the Pole

Year 6 have started their new History topic this week: Race to the Pole. During this topic, we focus on two main men, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackelton. We have learnt about these two very different men and what influenced them to race to the South Pole. After learning about their conflicting personalities, we created a cinquain for each man. We also discussed whether we preferred one to the other and gave our reasons why. Later in the topic, we will create new cinquains to describe these men after learning more about them, to see if our judgements still hold true.