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Important Dates for Diary

Friday 25th October - INSET DAY - SCHOOL CLOSED TO PUPILS

Monday 28th October-Friday 1st November - HALF TERM

Monday 4th November - First Day back

Tuesday 5th November - Reception Tour 25/26

Wednesday 6th November - Pacific and Atlantic Trip to Abney Park

Wednesday 6th November - Kingston and Istanbul visit to Mosque 10:30am.

Thursday 7th November - Atlantic class assembly 2:45pm

Maths Parent Workshops – 9:15am-9:45am in the downstairs hall (Sketty Road)

Tuesday 12^th November – Nile

Wednesday 13^th November – Rhine

Thursday 14^th November – Amazon

Friday 15^th November - Thames

Attendance week ending 24/10/2024

Overall school = 96.01% Lates = 65

Best attendance: 1st Lagos 98.89% 2nd Everest 98.85% 3rd Kingston 98.47%

Punctuality: Well done to Owl, Istanbuk and Kingston with 100% for punctuality.

Anti Bullying Week runs from Monday 11^th November until Friday 15th November. It fits really well with our PSHE theme for the second part of the half term, 'Celebrating Differences,' which focuses on how we are all different and this is something to be celebrated. The theme for the week is,' Choose Respect.' As part of this we will be asking everyone in our school community to wear Odd Socks on Tuesday 12^th November, with their school uniform. We look forward to seeing your Odd Socks!

Year 1

The pupils in Year 1 have been reading the story "Naughty Bus" by Jan and Jerry Oke and last week, they were asked to bring in a toy from home to support their writing.  The children were so keen to show off their toys and eagerly discussed how they worked.  Each child then wrote a page for a class, non-fiction book, all about toys. L said she could tell it was "non-fiction because it has a contents page and isn't made up."

Year 2

Last week in Year 2, we had our Reading workshops. Parents were invited in to watch a GSR session to support them at home and gain a greater understanding of the types of questions to ask to move children on with their reading and comprehension.

We had lots of parents and children excited by the book 'Minibeasts Poems' and engaged in the sessions. One parent said 'it was lovely to see how it's taught so we can reinforce at home'. L said - 'I like to read because I can use my imagination'. Don't forget to log into your Oxford Reading Buddy at home. There are many books available and quizzes to help your comprehension! 

 

Year 3 

Black History Month

Year 3 learnt about Dido Elizabeth Belle this half term. She was a woman born to an enslaved mother and a navy officer. Her father took her to live with her uncle the Earl of Mansfield. We discussed how she had a better life than some people at the time (especially people who shared her skin colour) but that she wasn’t treated equally to her cousin, who was white, whom also lived with her uncle. 

We analysed this famous piece of art that was painted of the two cousins: 

We linked this learning to two of the UNCRC articles: 

Article 2 - No Discrimination 

Article 7 - Name and Nationality 

We also looked at the artist Frank Bowling. He is a Black British artist who created abstract art. He likes to experiment with paint. We were inspired by him and so experimented with pouring paint on top of each other to create abstract art. 

We enjoyed this process and will look at creating more abstract art this year. 

Year 5 

In Year 5 this week, we have been celebrating Black History Month. We have been inspired by the life and literature of Malorie Blackman and the powerful impressionist artwork of Frank Bowling. For our artwork we have created our own watercolour backdrop, finished with a country that is 'Dear to our hearts' in bold outline. We explored Frank Bowling's concept of 'Identity' and being proud of where you come from (Article 7 & 8 of the UNCRC charter).

     

We also used acrylic paint and string as a way of producing some interesting abstract art, again inspired by Frank Bowling's love for using different skills and techniques when 'making marks' on a canvas. We have thoroughly enjoyed watching these works-of-art being created!

Year 6 

In Science, Year 6 are coming towards the end of their Classification unit. They have been learning about taxonomy, a system created by botanist Carolus Linnaeus. He is regarded as the 'father of taxonomy'. Taxonomy deals with the study of naming, classifying, and comparing them based on similarities and dissimilarities. This week the children used their learning to create their own taxonomy branches to classify a range of plant and animal species, using a range of observable characteristics to create their categories.

  

Music Lessons Spring Term 2025 

Parents/Guardians are now able to renew and book music lessons and activities for Spring 2025 from the Music Store: https://traded.enfield.gov.uk/musicstore