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George Spicer Newsletter - Friday 30th September 2022

Safeguarding out-of-school setting – The DFE has a guide to help parents and carers identify safeguarding issues when choosing a provider for communities activities, sports clubs and tuition.  To access guidance please click link Questions to help parents and carers choose out-of-school settings. 

Census day menu Thursday 6th October - We have a different menu on the day of the census. This is to encourage meal uptake. If your child is already having school meals you do not need to do anything. If your child in on packed lunch and would like a meal on the day please email office@georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk by Monday 3rd October 10am.  Cost is £2.50 payable in advance via ParentPay for Years 3 - 6 and free to Reception - Year 2 children. To view the menu click CensusMenu 

Breakfast and After School Club - Can now be contacted via BASC@georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk. Please ensure communication relating to breakfast and after school club is sent to this email address. 

Year 6 secondary school transfer - A reminder that deadline to submit your application is 31st October 2022. Please click on this link to apply School Admissions and for more information visit  www.eadmissions.org.uk

Relief Lunchtime Playleader - We are looking for relief Lunchtime Playleader to join our team. To find out more about the role please visit LunchtimePlayleader. 

Upcoming dates:

Friday 2^nd December Y4&5 Carol Service at Enfield Baptist Church

Friday 9^th December Y3&6 Carol Service at St Andrews Church

Value Update

Our whole school value this half term is kindness.  So far this month Mr Spong has set the children some challenges in assembly.  The children have been asked to be a ‘helping hand’ to others and to smile at people because a warm smile is the universal language of kindness.  Hopefully you have experienced these over the past few weeks.  The children should also now be reflecting each night, before they go to bed on who they have been kind to that day – perhaps you could ask them before you say good night.  Kindness is a super power we all possess and in a world where we can be anything we should always be kind.

Attendance week ending 30/09/2022

Overall school = 94.44% Lates = 57

Best attendance: 1st Robin 99.27% 2nd Bluebell 98.83% 3rd Woodpecker  97.95%

Punctuality: Well done Thoth and Bluebell with 100% for punctuality

Reception

This week in Reception we have been beginning to learn about seasonal changes and have been looking at autumn and which items fall from the trees.  We made patterns using acorns, conkers, pine cones and leaves. Once we made our patterns, the children decided to use the Numicon pieces and they asked to paint them to print the shape of them next to their pattern to represent their answer.

Year 1

In Year 1 this week, we have enjoyed retelling the story 'Noisy Train'.  We are trying our best to remember our finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. We have been challenging ourselves to extend our writing using the conjunction 'and'. To do this, we have been orally rehearsing lots of sentences. Cindy said, "They saw cows and birds on the farm". Elif said, "The guard got the farmer and his horse".

As part of our gymnastics learning, we have been working on taking weight on different body parts and holding our positions for three seconds. We have been encouraged to think about different ways we can move our bodies and different types of balances we can do. 

We are really excited to start our new topic British Birds and Mammals next week. 

Year 2

This week in Year 2 we have been learning about our local urban habitat (Enfield) and the different human and physical features that can be found there.  We also looked at how Enfield has changed over the years – the pupils really enjoyed looking at and discussing what they could see in the old photos and images.  We have also been talking about what animals and their offspring need to survive as part of our Science sessions, and in particular how reliant they are (if at all) on an adult.  The children enjoyed looking at pictures of baby animals, and showed great knowledge when discussing what each species would need when first born.

Year 3 

This week in Art we have been learning about abstract paintings, specifically focusing on the artist Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid. We have looked at how she creates her abstract art using kaleidoscopic patterns. In our lesson this week, we attempted to recreate one of Zeid's artworks called My Hell (1951), which was inspired by the flight path of a fly. We used a video to recreate this and using our pencils we mirrored the direction it flew, to form our own abstract picture. 

Year 5 

Computing

During our Computing topic this term (Search Engines) Year 5 have recapped search engines and tested our searching skills! We considered inaccurate information, fake news and unreliable sources and the impact these can have on the reader. We had discussion linked to bias and the role this plays in the media. We were then introduced to web crawlers and looked at the role of a web index and how this can affect page rank. During our lessons, we also discussed online safety, remembering to always be SMART: Safe online, not to Meet up, not to Accept files, check the Reliability of information and to always Tell an adult if we do not feel safe or see something that upsets us.  

Ra class said: We really enjoyed learning how to search effectively. It was interesting to reflect on what we have been taught in History, about checking the reliability for sources and questioning what information is presented to us. This links to Article 19, the right to Access information. 

Osiris class said: We really enjoyed using the different software and ensuring we are able to search effectively and safely online.  

Anubis class said: We enjoyed creating our own posters on how to search effectively.  

Thoth class said: You can use search engines like Kiddle to find information that is appropriate for children. It’s really important to tell an adult if you see something that worried you. Some websites give reliable, accurate information, others give us opinions or sometimes make things up. 

Year 6 

Year 6 have been working on our gymnastic skills as part of PE this half term. We have been looking at balances and counter-balances, working with a partner to create a sequence. Our objective was to create a sequence of six balances and counter-balances, demonstrating flexibility and control. This week, we focused on transitioning from one balance to another as seamlessly and professionally as possible. We then introduced one piece of equipment into our sequences and tried to use it as imaginatively as we could. We ended the lesson by showing each other our sequences so far and receiving feedback from our peers.