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George Spicer Newsletter - 18th October 2024

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George Spicer Newsletter - 18th October 2024

Anti Bullying Week runs from Monday 11th 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 12th November, with their school uniform. We look forward to seeing your Odd Socks!

School Information:

  • Children’s Individual Photographs - Wednesday 23rd October 2024 during the school day. Please send your child in full school uniform. If your child has PE on the day you can send them in wearing white polo shirt/shirt and school jumper/cardigan with PE kit for the rest of the uniform. There’s an opportunity for siblings & family photographs after school at the Sketty Road site and session will start at 3.30 pm. Please collect your child as usual and queue by the chalet.
  • Year 6 Secondary School Transition - Secondary School 2025 – children going to secondary school in 2025 please click link below for your guide to secondary school in Enfield https://www.intuitive-design.co.uk/clients/Enfield_Council/Admissions_Booklet/2024/index.html Please find the video link here for the podcast on primary to secondary transition process: https://youtu.be/uIAldGQU_KA?si=Oo6Gl52t8NdKdYcv -Make sure you have applied online before 31st October. 
  • Flu immunisation - Enfield Immunisation Team will be visiting both sites Sketty Road & Kimberly Gardens on Tuesday 19th November 2024 to deliver the Annual Flu Vaccine.  Please note that you can consent to either the Flu nasal spray, OR the non-gelatine IM Flu vaccine. Please make sure you complete the form online as soon as you can. The portal will close 48 hours ahead of the Flu session. If the consent link on the form isn't working, please click here:  https://ncl.schoolvaccination.uk/flu/2024/enfield

Oxford Reading Buddy is a digital reading service to help your child to develop important skills in reading and to encourage them to read more. It contains hundreds of digital books from Oxford University Press’s well-known reading series, including Project X and the Biff, Chip and Kipper stories from Oxford Reading Tree – all matched to your child’s reading level. It offers special Coaching eBooks to develop comprehension.

Your child will have received their login from their teacher, please notify your child's class teacher if they do not have it. This app works on all platforms, but unfortunately not on Kindle. For further information, please visit the website via the link below;

https://www.georgespicer.enfield.sch.uk/search/default.asp?pid=0

Football Club Training Information

This week we will be using the newly refurbished astro-turf pitch behind Southbury Leisure Centre. 

The resurfacing and maintenance work has come at a huge cost from the council and as such there are strict rules that we need to adhere to. Please see the attached photograph outlining the details of the correct footwear to wear. Anyone attending football training not wearing the correct footwear will not be allowed to play on the pitch.

Important Dates for Diary

Tuesday 22nd October - Girl's Football Matches 

Tuesday 22nd October - Poppy&Snowdrop Autumn walk

Wednesday 23rd October - Daffodil&Primrose Autumn walk

Wednesday 23rd October - Individual Photographs

Thursday 24th October - Mediterranean class assembly 2:45pm

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

Quote of the week

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”   Harriet Tubman

Attendance week ending 18/10/2024

Overall school = 95.84% Lates = 105

Best attendance: 1st Mumbai 99.7% 2nd Arctic 99.41% 3rd Kingston 99.33%

Punctuality: Well done to Istanbul and Kingston with 100% for punctuality.

Reception

We have been exploring the artistic works of Frank Bowling as part of our Black History Month learning in Reception. We were inspired to experiment with brightly coloured paints and create our own abstract pieces of art. The children found it fascinating that Frank Bowlings art work is featured in galleries in London and they aspired to create their own works of art that could one day go in a gallery too! A child in Daffodil said “I went to the Tate gallery in Liverpool and I remember seeing art work like this” another child added “I can’t believe we are painting like true artists!”

The children experimented with different techniques in the style of Frank Bowling. They worked collaboratively to create texture by using their paintbrushes in a range of different ways such as splattering which involves flicking the paint onto their watercolour artwork.

The Reception children have been busy going on adventures which they have enjoyed sharing with their class this week. Many children excitedly handed in their 'All About Me' Book where they had drawn pictures, stuck in photographs and even written some labels to help explain what they had done and where they had been over the weekend. We have enjoyed asking questions to find out more information and it has given the teachers some good ideas for places to visit in the half term holiday! F in Daffodil class told us about his football class, "I scored 6 goals!"  S went on an exciting trip to Hertfordshire Zoo, "I had fun with my Daddy looking at the dinosaurs." Finally, R told us all about his visit to the new soft play centre in Enfield Town, "The bouncy castle was so much fun!".  The teachers can't wait to hear more stories about all your exciting activities and special times with your families.

Year 1

This week, the children in Year 1 have been comparing and exploring different types of toys during English. Following on from our book ‘Naughty Bus’, the children  have been learning about information books and how they can plan their own about toys. For this, we have used toys within our classes and the toys the children have brought in from home.

The children have said “Some toys are able to move but some are not”, “All of our toys are easy to play with”, “Some of our toys are made of wood and some are made from plastic”.

Year 2

Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Capel Manor! Our topic in Science is Habitats. We learnt all about the different habitats at Capel Manor. We explored a forest habitat, a desert habitat with huge cacti and learnt about different creatures around the pond. In Science we created food chains based on the animals we had seen at the zoo! For Mental health week we looked into the emotion 'disappointment' and how to tackle it - N said 'I'd be disappointed if I missed something if I was ill' and I said 'I would be disappointed if my club was cancelled.' 

Year 2 have enjoyed their Reading workshop this week where we read a Minibeast Poems. Here are some responses from parents and children.

"Excellent workshop very informative."

"More workshops please"

"Great to see the kids in action"

 "I loved it because it was really nice to see my mum and I love reading."

 "I enjoyed it because my mum was reading to me."

Year 3 

In Writing, Year 3 have been working hard on exploring different characters and what their actions and decisions tell you about them.

They have also been intrigued by their history lessons when learning about how the Ancient Egyptians prepared and preserved a dead body by the process called embalmment or mummification.  If you ask them, they will be able to tell you why their bodies had to be preserved and what canonic jars were used for.

Year 4 

This week in History we explored how Ancient Egyptians wrote. We found out that in their writing, the ancient Egyptians used pictures and symbols. Each picture or symbol is called a hieroglyph. The ancient Egyptian writing is called hieroglyphics. Some hieroglyphs are carved into a cartouche.

Where hieroglyphs are found in a cartouche, they normally spell a special name of a god or a pharaoh.

This cartouche says Tutankhamun.

After we learnt about the Rosetta Stone. This was discovered by soldiers. It contained three sections: lots of Egyptian hieroglyphs, a language called Demotic and Greek.

We practised using hieroglyphics to write Egypt, Nile and our name. It was fun exploring and using the hieroglyphics to write different names.

Year 5 

As promised, I have to update you on our final clay gargoyle sculptures. As you can see from the images, the children really focused on the 'smoothing' and 'finishing' skill for their final work of art. In these examples, you can see that the pupils used different tools to 'finish' off their sculptures, by scratching in textual features such as facial hair and veins (in the eyes).  

We are tremendously proud of the children and how they have created such wonderfully grotesque models, that would not look out of place at a gothic cemetery. We look forward to seeing what exciting pieces of art they produce in our next topic inspired by the life and times of Henry VIII. 

Year 6 

This week was the Year 6 residential trip to Kingswood Activity Centre. It was an incredible week, filled with all sorts of activities from abseiling to buggy building, discos to fire lighting! The children (and adults!) had a great time and built new friendships and learnt new skills that'll support them in later life. 

For those remaining in school, Year 6 have had a fantastic week. We enjoyed our session in Air Hop where the level of acrobatics was at times both breathtaking and terrifying  in equal measure! The children very much enjoyed their opportunity to develop their life skills with some baking and have shown their creativity through their application of pointillism in art.  So far, the highlight has been our visit to the Science Museum where we were able to explore and experiment freely with a variety of scientific concepts. 

Girl's Football Match

Well done to the Girl's Football Team who fought with pride, commitment and determination in what were three really tricky matches against some stiff opposition. The team was made up of Year 4 and Year 5 girls, who for the majority,  this was their first competitive outing. You can be proud of your performance, showing strong teamwork and support for one another in all three matches. Roll on next Tuesday, for another set of matches. 

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