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George Spicer Newsletter - 24th May 2024

Wishing you a wonderful & restful half-term.  School starts back on the 3rd June.

Year 6 - This week our wonderful Y6 are busy celebrating the end of SATS. Below in the Year 6 section are photos from PGL, Science Museum and Lee Valley.

Walk to School week - Well done to all the families who made an extra effort to walk , scooter and cycle to school this week.  If you have to use a car to get to school then please try and use one of our convenient park and stride locations: the car parks in George V playing fields and the car park by TGI Fridays on Southbury Road.  Each car park is only a few minutes walk from each site - why not give them a try?

Important Dates for Diary

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

Monday 3rd June - First day of term

Friday 7th June - Non-uniform day FOGS Donations

Monday 3^rd June - Navajo Class and Cheyenne class at Synagogue 9:30-12:30

Wednesday 5^th June - Apache and Sioux Class at the Synagogue 9:30-12:30

Thursday 6^th June - Achilles class assembly 2:45-3:15pm

Friday 7^th June - Non-Uniform Day - FOGS donations

Tuesday 11^th June – District Athletics 12:30-4:00pm

Thursday 13^th June - Odysseus class assembly 2:30-3pm

Friday 14^th June - Y6 Junior Citizen Scheme Programme

Tuesday 18^th June - Teach Rex Dinosaur Experience for Reception

Wednesday 19^th June-Friday 21^st June - Year 4 Cuffley Camp

Tuesday 25^th June – Year 2 and 3 Sports Day 10:30-12:30am

Thursday 27^th June – Year 4, 5 and 6 Sports Day

Friday 28^th June - New Reception Sept 24 Play & Stay Session 1

Year 4 class assemblies at 2:45pm Sketty Road

Thursday 6^th June – Achilles class

Thursday 13^th June 2024 – Odysseus class

Attendance week ending 24/05/2024

Overall school = 94.31% Lates = 112

Best attendance: 1st Defiants 98.7%  2nd Thoth 98.24% 3rd Apache 98.18%

Punctuality: Well done Elm, Osiris & Hurricanes for best punctuality.

Reception Family Reading Mornings

We wanted to thank all the parents/carers that took some time out of their busy days to join us on Friday mornings over this half term to read to the children and their friends. Everyone has really enjoyed this event.

The children are really excited to tell us all about the books that they have been reading at home using the Oxford Reading Buddy platform. Please ensure that your child has logged in to use this invaluable reading resource. If you require any assistance with this, please do not hesitate to ask your child's teacher. Thank you.

Reception

This week Reception have been reading the story 'Oi Frog' by Kes Gray. It is a funny rhyming story full of animals and funny rhymes. As the frog fires questions at Cat, he discovers where gorillas, puffins and wizards should sit, until the answer to his final question keeps him quiet for a while. Can guess what would sit on a frog? 

The children have enjoyed a range of rhyming lessons, such a singing the rhyming song silly soup. We have been writing our own rhyming sentences and have enjoyed being the teacher alike the frog in the story. 

“Gorillas sit on Chinchillas” Amelia said 

“Frogs can sit on logs, dogs and togs” Nico said 

     

   

Year 1

The children in Year 1 have been learning about fractions in our maths lessons.  Last week we had lots of fun finding a half of a shape, object and number and we extended our learning this week by calculating a quarter of a shape or an amount. T said "to find a quarter we need four equal parts."

  

 

Year 2

This half-term Year 2 have been reading George's Marvellous medicine and we have completed lots of written activities based on the book. This week as our exit activity we made our own "Marvellous Medicine" using bugs, soil, leaves and lots more interesting ingredients.  We then wrote instructions on how to make a potion. 

 

Year 3 

Year 3 have had an eventful week with the maths workshops which took place daily for a each Year 3 class. The children got the chance to showcase the different strategies they use to solve maths problems using the four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We had a good turn out of parents. Have a look at some of the pictures!

Year 5 

This week Year 5 have had a fun packed week with a visit to a Cemevi and Science investigations. As part of our learning on Alevism, we visited the Alevi place of worship called a Cemevi.  We learned about the 12 parts to an Alevi ceremony and how a Cemevi is an important place for Alevi’s to gather, celebrate and worship. The weather was kind, the children respectful, the building was beautiful and our hosts were very kind and generous.

In Science the children have been learning about separating mixtures and changing materials. They investigated how to clean dirty water by separating the solid materials mixed into water (liquid ). The children used different equipment to sieve, separate and filter solids and liquids in a mixture. We manged to remove most of the large particles in the water but were unable to make the water completely clean enough to drink.  

  

  

  

Year 6 

Year 6’s week of fun

It has been a busy week for year 6 this week. Those that have gone to PGL have had a week packed full of activities that have pushed them out of their comfort zones and made them confront their fears! A highlight for many has been the canoeing and the giant swing. Lots of giggles and memories have been made. 

Those children that remained at school have also had a fun packed week. With a mixture of trips out and activities within school, there hasn’t been a dull moment. From making flapjacks to getting into the water, they have had a lovely week.