14 July newsletter 74.pub (Read-Only)

Newsletterno.74
July2014
Headteacher’sReport
Dear Parents & Carers,
With plenty of successful achievements and
inspiring events to report, I feel happy and
proud that the Summer term at Dalmain has
brought such a splendidly sasfying end to our
academic year.
We had our best ever Year 6 results (see back
page) and our Key Stage 1 phonics test results
(86%) were excellent. The Music Concert, an
important part of our Open A$ernoon, was a
huge delight for us all. And, as if that were
not enough to boast about, our Sports results
have never been be<er!
Dalmain Summer Fair this year was a real triumph– all thanks to the Friends of Dalmain
who once again did us proud.
The bright and beauful poster and programme were brilliantly designed by Ben
Brannan and Heidi Gibb. The theme this year
was a Brazilian carnival,
offering us an Amazonian
Rainforest complete with
free-roaming tropical animals and a most effecve
musical soundscape. There
was a junk orchestra which
invited and smulated
children to experiment in
the creaon of sound
effects.
A$er compleng our jungle
exploraon we could revive ourselves by feasng
on an assortment of delicious home-made cakes
and your generous food
donaons. Other fairground a<racons and side-shows which
proved irresisble to the children included a
Human Football table challenge; a score-agoal challenge; a coconut shie; panning for
gold; and a chance to take a pot-shot at members of staff (including me) on Tin Pan Alley.
We owe huge thanks to all the stallholders
and to the Friends of Dalmain, who included
the organisers, the cooks, the bakers, the face
-painters, dancers and arsts, the clearing-up
teams, the governors and premises staff – all
of whom generously gave their me and enthusiasc effort to make this fair the crowning
event of the year.
Our excellent academic results reflect the
dedicaon of staff, the effort of children and
the commitment of parents/carers in the pursuit of our high expectaons in teaching and
learning in school and at home.
This is a me to bid a fond farewell and express our gratude to those members of staff
who are leaving us and to welcome new ones
to our team. Ms Hanley, our graduate trainee
teacher came to us resolutely determined to
pursue her dream of becoming a teacher a$er
a dozen years teaching Law to adults. She has
successfully obtained a place on a School Direct programme and obtained a place immediately at a primary school in Wallington. Ms
Adegbuyi has been the main support to our
children in Year 3&4. Both staff are outstanding professionals. We will very much miss
having them on the staff.
We welcome Mrs Warnke and Mrs Hadfield to
the school in September. Mrs Warnke worked
at Dalmain for four years before having her
family. They are both experienced teachers
who will job-share a Year 3 class. We also
welcome Teach First student Ms Sharp who
will share a class with Mr
Roberts and congratulate
Ms Law on obtaining a permanent posion at Dalmain
a$er finishing her School
Direct placement. Mr Walker moves from his posion
of graduate trainee teacher
to start his School Direct
placement. He will share a
class with Ms Sewani.
This me every year we say
goodbye to our Year 6 students. I am sure they are
proud of their achievements both academically
and through the arts. Their
individual talents shone
through in last week’s performance of Jungle
Book. The standing ovaon by parents and
carers was testament to the standard of the
producon and the outstanding performance
of the children. I sincerely hope the Year 6
children will connue to uphold and develop
the work ethic we have endeavoured to insl
in them. Our very best wishes go with them
on their journey through life.
May I finally offer my sincere thanks to my
outstanding team of Senior Leaders, staff,
governors and volunteers. This year cannot
be be<ered for dedicaon to our aim of making a difference to every child in the school.
The new Academic year begins with us taking
on the new curriculum, new assessment models and free school meals for all children in
Recepon and Key Stage One. We feel we’re
ready for the challenges ahead of us. Constant monitoring and evaluang will take
place in the first term to see how well we’re
doing in implemenng these new changes. In
September we’ll be introducing flute teaching,
a guitar ensemble and a string ensemble.
There is so much that we have accomplished
over the past year, do immerse yourself in our
achievements by reading this newsle<er. Keep
supporng your children with their reading,
swimming,learning mes-tables and any other
fun acvies over the holidays. We look forward to your children returning to school on
Tuesday 2 September.
Have a good Summer break everyone!
Best wishes
Elizabeth Booth
Insidethisissue
Year 3/4 cricket & tennis.... . 2
Y1/2 football……………………. . 2
Sports Day ………………………… 3
Football presentaon ……….. 3
KS2 Cricket Clubs …………….. . 3
Secondary transfer………….... 4
Open A$ernoon/Music
Concert ………………………….... 4
Childline assembly ............. 4
Storysacks ……………………….. 4
Movement Choir ……………… 5
‘The Wabbit King’ ............... 5
Walk to School Week ......... 5
School trips ........................ 6
South Africa........................ 7
School Travel Plan .............. 7
MAD Cycling Roadshow ..... 8
Year 5 Literacy Learning ….
8
The Jungle Book ................. 9
Summer flowers ................ 9
Residenal trips ................. 10
Brazilian Summer Fair ........ 11
SATs results ........................ 12
A<endance ......................... 12
Dates for your diary ........... 12
Year3/4MiniTennisBoroughFinal—3June2014
Tuesday 3rd June was a great day for four
excited Year 4 tennis players, namely Shanai Clarke, Sanago Franco Chica, Imogen
Gu<eridge and Conor Phillips. It was the
day when we would be playing in the borough tennis compeon. Leaving school,
we were nervous with ancipaon. When
we arrived we got straight down to pracse. The nerves built up as we noced
that many of the other children there
were in Year 5, a whole year older than
us! Each round had 4 matches, and if you
won more than two matches, you would
advance through to the next round. We
started tentavely, but the longer the
matches went on, the more the nerves
vanished. In the first match, we claimed 3
victories out of four….Onto the second
round. Once we got into our stride, we
felt like we were unstoppable. We won
the next 8 matches, which gave us a place
in the semi-final. This was a much closer
match up, and the girls unfortunately lost
their matches to very skilled opponents.
Luckily, the boys came up trumps, as Sanago and Conor won both of their matches and we went through to the finals because we had scored more points than
the opposion. We had our work cut out
in the final, as the opposion were extremely strong and had clearly had a lot of
pracse. We played with heart and spirit,
but unfortunately the other school was
simply too strong, Imogen the only player
to record a victory. But we are really
proud of our achievements and are delighted to finish second. To top off a great
day, Sanago won the honesty award! We
can’t wait to play next year!
By Imogen Rose-Gueridge & San!ago
Franco Chica, Barry Class
Year3/4KwikCricketChampionshipFinal—10June2014
On Tuesday 10 June, Dalmain cricket team
took part in the Lewisham School Games
Cricket Finals. As Dalmain finished top of
our group in the previous rounds, we were
drawn against fellow winners of their group
Torridon, with the winner, gaining a place
in the final.
The game started well for Dalmain, taking 3
early wickets puLng the opposion on the
back foot. However, some good baLng
from the Torridon players saw them reach
a compeve but achievable score for the
Dalmain stars to chase. Torridon finished
their innings on 232.
The Dalmain innings got off to a poor start,
losing several early wickets, a lot due to the
grass surface we were playing on, compared to the arficial surface in the previous rounds.
Dalmain looked down and out of the
game….enter Oleg Berenzin. He smashed
the Torridon side around the park, giving
Dalmain a slight chance to claim victory.
With one ball remaining, Elliot Southworth
needed to hit 8 from 1 ball to gain a e.
The odds were heavily stacked against this
happening, but then a Dalmain miracle
occurred ... 8 runs were scored!!
Both teams were then placed into a ‘Super
Over’. Whichever team scored the most in
6 balls, would go through to the final. The
Torridon batsman hit a 6 first ball, but Elliot
came back with a wicket next ball, caught
well by Oleg. The end total from the over
being 5. Oleg went out all guns blazing and
scored 6 from the first 4 balls. Unfortunately for Dalmain’s star player on the day he
was caught, meaning there was -5 to the
total. Dalmain lost by 2 runs!
We then had to play for third posion
which Dalmain comfortably won! Torridon
went on to win easily. We had a lot of year
3, 4 and 5s playing which means we have
high hopes for next year. Sadly for me, this
is my final year.
I have enjoyed all of the compeons we
have taken part in this year, and being involved in such a great team. I hope Dalmain
will go on to win next year!!!
Isaac Mensah, McRae Class
Year1/2IndoorFootballfestival—3July2014
The standard of football at the year 1 & 2
football fesval held at Forest Hill School
on 3 July was amazing. It was a great way
to end a very successful year of primary
sport for the schools a<ached to Sydenham and Forest Hill Secondary Schools.
The pace was fast and every team had so
many a<empts at scoring goals. 7 schools
competed against each other in a round
robin tournament. Every school played 6
matches each. The results were very close
but Rathfern won by one point. There
were over 100 parents and carers watching.
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The atmosphere was excing with a lot of shaking hands at the end of each match. It
cheering and encouragement from all spec- was great to see the younger children
tators. It was lovely to see the players all meeng peers from neighbouring schools
and facing new challenges. The teams were
so excited and so full of energy and the
standard was the best I have ever seen.
The players were tackling each other and
played so well as a team, showing great
sportsmanship.
Every player received a cerficate and the
winners a medal each. Well done to every
team!
Glen Burt
Sports Coordinator
SportsDay—4July2014
E-safety
awareness
meetings
The glorious weather undoubtedly encouraged all parcipants to enter fully into this
year’s Sports Day. Huge thanks to Zosia
Rumistrzewicz and Graham Curs who did
a fine job in organising the day. It was
upli$ing to see the number of parents
parcipang in all the events and showing
their strength in the Tug of War. Children
in the Red Team were the overall winners,
but well done to all children who took part
and did their best.
The Nursery children geng ready for the relay
The parents joined in the fun doing the tug of war
Ellie O’Grady & Nona McIntosh in the relay
On 11 June, Mrs Woodhall ran
three e-Safety awareness workshops for parents. We ran three
in one day to enable as many
parents as possible to a<end.
Unfortunately a<endance from
parents did not reach our expectaons. This is a shame as it is
so important to keep children
safe online in this day and age.
If you have not a<ended a session please do try to come along
to a future workshop.
Although poorly a<ended, the
workshops were a great success
and parents feedback was very
posive.
Parent Heidi Brannan wrote:
“Mrs Woodhall’s e-safety lecture was extremely informave.
A valuable resource provided by
the school.
KS2CricketClubs
Footballwinners’presentation—24June2014
Our football teams from
Years 4, 5 & 6 were presented with their awards
from Sir Steve Bullock, the
Mayor of Lewisham. This
was a great honour and a
fantasc way for our
teams to celebrate their
success. Year 4 won their
league and cup double;
this has never been
achieved before in Lewisham. Year 5 were league
runners up and cup finalists. Year 6 were league
cup winners.
Year 6, I wish you all the
best at your new school.
Everyone else, I look forward to teaching you in
the next school year.
Graham Cur!s
Sports Coordinator
With the end of term approaching, I would just like to say what a
pleasure it has been to coach the
Key Stage 2 children of Dalmain. I
have seen the skill levels improve
dramacally in both clubs. The
school has gone from strength to
strength and we are now, without
a doubt, one of the top cricket
playing primary schools in Lewisham. Having finished 3rd in the
borough compeon, with many
children that will sll be at the
school next year, I am expecng
big things from the Dalmain cricket team in 2015.
There is now a healthy Dalmain
representaon at district level,
which, I’m posive, will only increase. Every child has shown a
superb aLtude towards the
game, and there is now an ingrained level of sportsmanship
throughout the school. Thanks to
all the children who parcipated.
Keep pracsing! Mr Walker
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Secondary
Transfer2014
We are delighted that so many of our
pupils will be going to our feeder
schools Forest Hill and Sydenham next
year.
We thought you might be interested to
see where our year 6 children are heading in September:
Addington High School
Conisborough College
DepRord Green School
Dulwich College
Forest Hill School
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy
Harris Academy Bromley
Harris Academy Peckham
Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich
Kingsdale Foundaon School
Prendergast-Hilly Fields College
Prendergast – Ladywell Fields College
Prendergast Vale
Ravensbourne School
St Dunstan’s College
St Ma<hew Academy
Sydenham High School
Sydenham School
OpenAfternoon&MusicConcert—8July2014
Key Stage 2 children, along with soloists from years 1 and 2, delighted a
packed hall when they performed in
this year’s Music Concert on 8 July.
Ensembles from each instrument
taught in school performed a variety of
pieces from The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine to an aria from Mozart’s Marriage
of Figaro. The music tutors and chil-
dren showed how dedicaon, paence
and pracce are extremely important.
The fantasc results were clearly apparent to the enthusiasc audience
who applauded and cheered every performance with vigour. Well done to all
who performed and assisted with the
running of the concert.
MozarttriptoSydenhamSchool—15July2014
On Tuesday 15 July Mozart class were
bowled over by the scale and detail of
the World War 1 Day at Sydenham
School. The children were certainly not
expecng such an immersive experience. Highlights of the day included
being drilled as an army troupe
and tasng real trench cuisine. This certainly extended the learning that Mozart class had undertaken in relaon to
the dance project held at the Laban
Centre, DepRord (entled In Memoriam
2014). Whereas, in the classroom, the
children were able to learn about the
causes of the war, and find out about
condions in the trenches from books
and the internet, none of that could
compare to the hands-on experience on
offer at Sydenham.
By Mr Phillips, Mozart Class
Congratulaons to Millie Southworth
who received a music bursary from
Prendergast – Hilly Fields College.
We are very proud of our Year 6 and
their achievements at Dalmain.
We wish them connued success at
their secondary schools and we hope
that they will keep in touch with us and
let us know how they are geLng on.
Childlineassemblyandworkshops—May2014
On Monday 19 May, two ladies from Childline came to speak to Years 5 and 6 about
how children can use the services provided
by Childline. They talked to us about different types of abuse and why these are unacceptable.
Children who are worried about abuse
(including bullying) can call Childline at no
cost 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Later that week, Childline returned to do a
workshop with each class. With the help of
their mascot ‘Buddy’, we learnt more
about what is right or wrong for a person
to do to us. We explored Guy’s story
(based on a real boy). He was being ne-
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glected by his family. His experiences
helped us to reflect on how lucky we are to
have food and clean clothes. We shouldn’t
take these things for granted. Not everyone is as fortunate.
So that we could remember all the informaon, we received a ‘Buddy kit’ where
we could write about things that make us
happy. We all sll remember the number
and website to contact Childline if we are
ever
worried:
0800
1111
and
www.childline.org.uk/buddy Remember,
all children have the right to be happy and
safe!
By Similola Musa & Helena Afful, Ku!
Class
Storysacks
A special thank you
to all the volunteers
that have helped
out in the Family
Learning Room during the past year.
Your help has been
invaluable in allowing parents to borrow the Storysacks.
We couldn’t have
done it without you.
MozartClass—MovementChoirPerformanceProject—9July2014
On Wednesday 9 July, an incredible
event happened in deepest DepRord.
We had a chance to be stars! Mozart
class were chosen to be involved in a
special dance project called In Memoriam 2014. This film project, led by Valerie
Preston Dunlop and her
team, was about WW1
and geLng on with our
former enemies a$er
wars have ended. We
had already rehearsed
the previous Saturday,
and we were prepared
to re-take scenes again
and again. Apart from
us, the dancers included the Re*red But Not
Tired dance group as
well as some post-graduates from Laban.
These three groups stood for the contrast between the different generaons.
We children represented hope and
peace. Our job was to revive the dying
soldiers and transform them into war
memorials.
At the beginning, we did a folk dance
and tradional playground games to
show our innocence. We ran as fast as
our legs could carry us to our playground
game posions. A$er that ring dance,
we had a fi$een minute lunch break
where we could eat and relax. Next, we
went into our picking up posions,
where we had to gently pick up parcu-
Laban gave us a form, about our feelings
towards the dance, for us to fill in. Valerie Preston Dunlop, who was a student
of Laban himself, arrived at our studio
with the rest of the talented dancers.
She made her special announcement
that we had to do our
best in front of our
proud parents. At
6:30pm we marched
out of the dance
building and on to the
green fields, where
our parents and Mrs
Booth were waing
paently to see our
elegant dance. Valerie
introduced each of
our professional
lar ‘dead’ dancers, who fought in the
scenes to the audience. When we had
war, and bring them to the five monufinished our contribuon dance, the
ment hills. In the next few minutes, we
amazed crowd applauded us loudly.
had to sprint into our duet partners and Then we took a group picture and were
dance like the wind. During the duet, we given flowers. Many adults commented
had to cuddle up with a group of elderly that the performance was very moving.
people, post-graduates and other prima- We enjoyed ourselves immensely, and
ry students (Mozart class).
we can’t wait to see the finished film!
Finally, we went back to studio 10 and
By Shiivanusa Kerupagaran, Alex Ceban
we finished our tea. A kind member of
and Lena Weikert, Mozart Class
TheWabbitKing—21May2014
On 21 May, we watched a puppet musical called TheWabbit King. The story
was a myth about a lion called Obaesee
who ruled the land with his wife. One
day an ugly witch came along and
turned the lioness into stone. At the
same me the witch froze Obaesee’s
heart. A few days later, a giant came
along and planted some giant carrot
seeds on a hill. Whoever pulled up the
giant carrot would break the witch’s
spell.
100 years later, the Wabbits were deciding who should be the new Wabbit
King. The town chose that whoever
pulled up the magic carrot would be
king.
One day, Obaesee came into town and
wanted to eat all the Wabbits. The old
Wabbit King stopped him and they both
decided that all the Wabbits in the kingdon would pick a straw—whoever
picked the shortest straw would be fed
to Obaesee. A kind Wabbit called Rae
picked the shortest straw.
Rae was being bullied at school by Ringo so he was having a hard me, but off
he went to the lion’s keep. On the way,
he passed a lake in which he saw his
own reflecon and he thought it was
another Wabbit.
A snake came along and told him it was
only his reflecon. Suddenly an idea
popped into his head: he would tell
Obaesee that there was another ruling
lion king in the lake. Then he would
take Obaesee to the lake. If he did this,
Rae thought that Obaesee wouldn’t eat
him.
When Obaesee reached the lake, he fell
in and nearly drowned, but Rae dived in
and saved him. They became friends.
Rae climbed onto Obaesee’s back and
they started to run towards the Wabbit
kingdom. When they reached their desnaon everyone was very surprised.
Billy tried to pull up the giant carrot but
didn’t succeed. Then Rae tried with all
his might, and he pulled up the carrot!
From then on, Rae and Obaesee ruled
the land and everyone was happy.
Violeta Varela & Charloe Allsopp,
Rafi class
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Year4triptoLullingstoneVilla
—12June2014
On our trip to Lullingstone Roman Villa, we had an amazing
me. When we arrived, we went to see the villa, together
with a video explaining what was there. There were weapons, mosaics, bu<ons which had to be sewn on by a 16cm
needle and also the explanaon of a Roman myth. We also
had a look at some Roman artefacts and got to touch a real
animal’s jawbone! We ate our lunch outside and enjoyed
the warm, sunny weather. When we went back inside, we
went downstairs to discover a Roman board game and informaon about Roman gods and goddesses. We also saw
some real Roman skeletons. Sadly, we had to leave but our
favourite memory was fiLng a tooth back into a Roman
animal’s skull!
By Lily Chung-Brady and Madinah Morrison
Year6tripstoBenKinsellaExhibtion
—3&16June2014
On Tuesday 3 June , McRae class went to the Ben Kinsella exhibion at Millwall stadium. We were lucky to have a coach all to
ourselves and played some games and cha<ed on our way to the
workshop.
When we arrived, we went to a room where we were told about
the tragic story of Ben Kinsella and the problem of knife crime in
the UK. A$er the talk we were given a quesonnaire about how
we felt about knife and crime, and also how we would feel about
carrying a knife ourselves!
A$er we finished the sheet, we were split into two groups. The
first group saw a comic strip about knife crime, learnt about joint
enterprise (which is the offence of not doing anything if you witness a crime, you can actually go to prison for this!) and the outcome of carrying a knife. While we read through the comic, the
second group went to a museum about Ben Kinsella, which had
videos and photos about Ben. Shortly a$er we went into a mini
cinema and saw an extremely moving video about how Ben’s family and friends felt about his death. Even Mr Gwinne< (our teacher) had a tear in his eye! Later, we went into a room, which told
us what to do if we were a witness to, or were a vicm of, knife
crime. Very soon a$er, we went into a makeshi$ prison cell. Inside the cell was a man who told us about what it was like to be in
prison and all the simple chances he misses out on (seeing his
family, going shopping, going to the cinema, eang the food he
likes best, etc.) One pupil joked about helping the prisoner escape
– a li<le inappropriate! The prisoner was not amused…
Before we le$, we all signed a sheet agreeing that we would never carry a knife. Overall, it was a sad yet educaonal experience
which we were glad to have taken part in. We then headed back
to school although we had to wait around a bit in the blazing hot
car park for the driver who was late!
By Kevin Canaj & Ben Dawson, McRae Class
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Year3triptoHortonKirby—
7July2014
When I boarded the coach I felt very excited because it
reminded me of going on holiday. The classroom at Horton Kirby was okay but I don’t think I would like to stay
there.
Firstly, we were given identy cards on which we filled in
our name and address. A$er that we had to memorise our
numbers because we were going to be tested later. We
had to keep this with us at all mes, as well as our gas
masks.
Our class then experienced what billeng was like. I was
shocked to see how strict the billeng officer was! She
inspected children’s fingernails to see if they were clean
and checked hair for nits. There was a grumpy old woman
who didn’t want to billet any children but when she was
offered more raon books she finally agreed to take one
girl. A farmer wanted to take in two boys to help on his
farm and made them do press ups to show how strong
they were!
A$er this unpleasant experience, we heard an air raid
siren and we had to make our way to the air raid shelter. It
was very gloomy and had very narrow corridors. The room
was very small and the ceiling was quite low. It was truly
depressing. We saw the things an Air Raid Warden would
carry, including a helmet, ra<le, whistle and a uniform.
Then we listened to the sound of bombs falling and played
a game where we had to count how many were dropped. I
felt terrified. When the all-clear siren was sounded we
sang “It’s a long way to Tipperary” on the way out.
By Chandani Phelps, Laroo Class
SouthAfricaVisitMay2014-Teachers’Perspective
Our adventure began at Heathrow airport with three excited and expectant
teachers, waing to board their plane to
Nelspruit, South Africa. Despite Miss
Sewani briefly being detained by airport
security, all three members of staff
made it safely to our desnaon, eventually being greeng by members of our
partner school, Funindlela Primary.
The aim of our visit was to exchange
teaching ideas and look for opportunies
to enrich the learning of the children at
Dalmain. Undaunted by the 5.20am start
and the 75 minute journey to Funindlela
Primary School, we were welcomed with
songs, smiles and curiosity from pupils
and teachers alike. The South African
children couldn’t wait to work with us
and hear about their partnership school.
Throughout our four days in school, we
had the privilege of teaching classes
across a range of ages and used this as an
opportunity to share the work completed
by the children at Dalmain. It was something of an eye-opener teaching classes
anywhere from between 50 and 70 children! Many children asked about taking
part in joint projects between the two
SouthAfrica—Pupils’Contribution
A$er the Easter holidays, we found
out that Miss Sewani, Miss Calder
Brown, and Mr Shone would be going
on an excing trip to…South Africa!!!
They would be vising Funindlela Primary School, our partner school located in the region of Mpumalanga.
Children in Ku class worked on a poetry project based on Benjamin Zephaniah’s ‘The Brish’. We thought about
what makes Dalmain special by thinking about our values and our ethos.
Year 4 wrote about their daily rounes
while children in Year 1 wrote explanaons for different playground games
that we play in Dalmain that we could
teach our friends in South Africa.
When the teachers were in South Africa, they got to teach the children in
Funindlela and worked on the same
projects with them. It has been amaz-
ing to read their poems and look at
their art work and learn about their
daily rounes and games. Some of the
le<ers in parcular were very touching. We were so happy that we had
inspired them with some of our lovely
poems and they taught us a lesson too
– to respect what we have and to not
be so wasteful as we somemes are
with our resources.
Looking at the photographs Miss Sewani took was really inspiring too – we
hope one day we get to see as many
animals as they did when they visited
Kruger Naonal Park!
We’re now eagerly waing for the
South African teachers’ visit to
Dalmain, which will take place in October 2014.
By Ava James and Felix BrionChambers, Ku! class
schools.
We are expecng a visit from three of
the teachers from Funindlela in October,
so watch this space!
At the end of half term, three teachers
arrived back safely (this me no-one was
detained!) Although a li<le red, we felt
incredibly lucky to have enjoyed such a
unique experience. We are looking forward to developing future projects with
the children and making this a successful
global partnership.
Miss Calder-Brown, Miss Sewani &
Mr Shone
SchoolTravelPlan
Having been accredited with the
Outstanding Gold Level, we are
aiming to connue our hard work
with the support of a School Travel
Plan Grant for the next academic
year.
We have applied for funding which
will allow us to buy new bicycles
accompanied with helmets for cycling club; tools for bike maintenance; and road safety role play
equipment for Nursery and Recepon classes.
This equipment will assist with
teaching road safety, especially in
Nursery and Recepon, encourage
walking/cycling to school, and allow children to take part in our
ever popular cycling club.
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MADCyclingRoadshow—25June2014
On Wednesday 25 June, MAD came to
our school for the second me this
school year. It was a boiling day and
the ground was as hot as the sun. It
must have been hard for Joe, the talented cyclist who came to show off his
skills. Some children thought that his
tyres would melt!
As well as Joe, Michael introduced the
show and asked if the children could
remember what the school record was
for the bike high jump. They replied
energecally, “eight!” So, the bar was
raised to this number, which Joe
jumped with ease. He needed a challenge! Then Michael exclaimed, “could
he go any higher?!” The children demanded in unison: “YEEESSSS!!!!” Over
he flew, like the cow who reportedly
jumped over the moon. The younger
children screamed like maniacs, and
the older children applauded encouragingly. But the best was yet to come.
The bar was raised by Michael and Joe
to eleven. Unfortunately, even the professional Joe couldn’t quite make it.
But he was determined to have a second try. It was so tense that Frank
could feel his nose starng to run.
Luckily, he was spared the ssues because Joe managed to get over this
extraordinary level.
At the end of this amazing show, each
teacher was given a special MAD
badge. There are
only a hundred of
them in the
world – imagine
what they would
go for on eBay!
The teachers
were asked to
give them to extra hard working
children over the
next few weeks.
This me, it
would be for learning rather than cycling. Have you seen the badge?
How did Joe achieve his goals? Michael
explained that Joe trains every day and
never gives up. The moral is: keep
healthy, never give up and persevere.
Lena Weikert, Shiivanusa Kerupagnan,
Roy Hope, Zephan Grandison, Frank
Kelly, Mozart class
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website— www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk
SummerSports
inthePen
We have organized some
acvites for Years 1-6 in the
Pen this summer:
Mon 28 July—Fri 1 August
Mon 4 —Fri 8 August
All sessions run from 10am
to 3pm and the cost is £12
per day. Half days are available at £8 per session. They
will include cricket and football. To sign up, collect a
form from the school office
or from the website and
return to us by 25 July.
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Year5LiteracyLearning—’ThePiano’
As part of their literacy learning in Year 5, this term the year group has been focusing
on Film Narrave. They watched an animaon called ‘The Piano’. This story features an
old pianist looking back at important events and people in his life. The film uses no
words—only music by Yann Tiersen. This helped Year 5 to focus on the character’s
thoughts and feelings.
We thought Tilly Wheeler’s opening paragraphs were parcularly evocave. Here they
are:
“Majes*c Melodies
The silence that had lived in the room for so long was finally broken. Half in and half
out of the sunlight, sat a melancholy man hunched over a black grand piano. His fragile
fingers darted from key to key forming a tune so sweet it could silence the birds. The
bare walls caved him in and the melody wa2ed around him like Autumn leaves in the
wind.
Plucking the final note was another hand. A tear rolled out of his blood shot eye and
down the old man’s cheek. He knew who it was. It was the tune that brought back his
wife. A ghostly kiss was placed on the man’s wrinkled cheek. “Don’t live in the past—it’s
the present where you belong.” These words were comfor*ng for the old man and he
was devasted when she started to fade away into her surroundings. She was gone forever …”
TheJungleBook—15July2014
On Tuesday 15 July, Year 6 performed
their end of year musical of The Jungle
Book to a packed audience. We were
all quite nervous as we got our faces
painted and put on our costumes. Rehearsals had been hard and ring: we
had driven our teachers to the limits!
We wanted to prove that we could give
a performance of a lifeme.
As the curtains opened, the audience
were sucked into our performance.
Our nerves were gone and replaced by
pure excitement. Everyone was on cue,
the dancing was superb, the singing
spectacular. There were no weak moments: all of us from Mork and McRae
gave it everything we had. The audience laughed, gasped and applauded
at the end of each song and scene. All
our hard work had paid off! Baloo had
everyone laughing ecstacally! The
dances and songs performed by the
elephants, monkeys and vultures were
fantasc. Kaa and Shere Khan were
scary in a very funny way - and such
energy from Mowgli.
At the end, we got a standing ovaon
and a lot of praise from Mrs Booth. Mr
Gwinne< later told us, “You gave a
barnstorming performance!” At certain
points, we noced that he was a bit
teary – he claimed it was because we
had made him so proud. What a so$ie!
Miss Rumistrzewicz and Miss Law said
we were amazing and told us how
proud they were of us. We went home
red but happy: all in all it had been a
great experience. A producon to be
remembered for many years to come.
Joni Butcher & Hannah Dunsmore,
McRae Class
SummerFlowers
CompetitionWinners
The London Children’s Flower Society visited Dalmain on 9
July to judge the flowers that pupils had grown at home.
Congratulaons to the following children:
Gold
Madinah Morrison
Ella Brimacombe (x2)
Lily Siveter (x2)
Ida Ceccolini (x2)
Silver
Edward Cheung
Clover Bigmore
Thomas Cheung
Daisy Bigmore
Imogen Gu<eridge
Ellie-Mae Hogan
Millie Gu<eridge
Louis Holley
Ellie-Mae Hogan
Nico Ixer
Nico Ixer
Ted Marshall-Harris
Os Marshall-Harris (x2)
Chandani Phelps
Ted Marshall-Harris
Milo Smith
Leo Marn (x4)
Year6SchoolJourney—23-27June2014
PGL was a thrilling experience had by Year 6. When it comes to abseiling, trapeze, climbing, and body boarding, PGL had it all. We took part in a number of
acvies and faced our fears as we climbed some incredibly high obstacles.
There was a large variety of acvies including archery, fencing, problem solving, survivor skills and orienteering which were great fun. We also did group
acvies such as beach games and the magnificent coastal walk. In the evening,
there was a beach fire, the great egg race, and a disco.
At the end of each day, we went back to our chalets for a rest before dinner.
The chalets slept five people and were very cosy a$er a day doing endless acvies. We appreciated the rest a$er an acon packed day! The meals were really
delicious and generous porons were given.
Overall, we had a brilliant PGL and we hope the Year 5 classes do too when they
go next year. We would like to thank Mrs Booth for choosing the venue and the
teachers who took us for making it such a brilliant trip.
Looking for things to do in the holidays? Try www.myschoolsout.co.uk for playschemes, day
camps and ac"vity clubs running across London.
Naturesbasecampingtrip—16-20June2014
When we went to Naturesbase, we did so many different events. Let me
tell you about it… When we got there, we unpacked, which took ages.
We were then introduced to the people that were there: Gyles, Tamsin,
Mat, Alison, the dog Ellie and the cat Miriad. One of the acvies we did
was in our groups and we had to go around finding stamps all around the
farm, but luckily we had a map to show us where they were.
Each night me, we wrote our diaries and had a story, then we all went
to bed in our tents. On one
of the days, we got to put
face paints on our faces like
they do in the army. Once
we had our face paints on,
we made a den in our
groups. Did you know we
even made our own pizzas
one evening and cooked
them in the pizza oven?
Although we did lots of acvies during the week, I’m
not going to spoil it for the
year 3s by telling them all
about it because they’ll be
going next year! By Caoimhe Deakin, Lisitsa Class
TheBrazilianCarnivalSummerFair—21June2014
CongratulationstotheFriendsofDalmainforthebesteverSummerFairyet.
Thegrandtotalof£3,000wasraised.
SpanishClub—Singing
Competition—9July2014
GardeningClub
Students a<ending Spanish a$er-school
club voted in advance for their favourite
songs: it was a selecon of songs in which
weekdays, months and numbers were the
main focus.
First of all, to get the kids into the right
compeve mood, we looked at a short
video of ‘San Fermin’: a Spanish fesval in
which bulls and men alike run along the
streets of Pamplona towards the bull ring.
This takes place every year on 7 July and the
corresponding song was one of the songs
the kids were being judged on.
A$er lots of pracsing in lesson and at
home, students sang wonderfully in groups
or as soloists.
The finalists were as follows:
1st prize: Rachel Vas
2nd prize: Joshua Oreyemi, Noah Walpole &
Luca Levenstein
3rd prize: Soumaia Belbekouche & Ursula
Levenstein
Congratulaons to all! It has been a pleasure to teach Dalmain students and hopefully I will see you all again in the new term.
Laura Artal, Bienvenidos Spanish Club
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Attendance2013/14
SATsResults2014
Y2
Y2
Y6
Y6
Y6
Level 2+ Level 3 Level 4+ Level 5 Level 6
Reading
95%
32%
100%
86%
0%
Writing
93%
23%
98%
50%
N/A
Maths
93%
28%
98%
71%
19%
Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar
N/A
N/A
98%
83%
N/A
Datesforyourdiary
Monday 21 July
Tuesday 2 September
Thursday 25 September
Tuesday 30 September
Weds 1 October
Weds 15 October
Weds 22 October
Fri 24 October
Mon 3 November
Fri 19 December
Tues 6 January
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3.15pm Children break up for summer
holidays
8.45am Start of Autumn term
Individual pupil photographs
2.30pm Parents’ Evening
3.30pm Parents’ Evening
10am Harvest Celebraon
1.30pm Image Musical Theatre ‘The Snow
Queen’
3.15pm Children break up for half term
8.45am Second half of Autumn term
3.15pm Children break up for Christmas
holidays
8.45am Start of Spring term
Congratulaons to the following children who achieved
100% a<endance this year:
Clover Bigmore
He<y Hall
Narmir Huggins
Kaa Dowling-Jones
Duncan McIntosh
Orla Moore
Thomas O’Shea
Ellis Brown
Alexis Dowling-Jones
Sebasan Sachrajda
Nathalie Hope-Koffi
Daisy Bigmore
Sanne Buschman-Marakowits Tiana Casey-Lawal
Rowan Hallum
Fama Sesay
Megan Wheeler
Gabriel Bri<on-Chambers
Sacha Cadoret
Alexander Caseley
Edward Cheung
Greta Kelly
Connor Moore
Theo Parry
Chandani Phelps
Ellio< Southworth
Oscar Symes
Charlo<e Allsopp
Tyrell Casey-Lawal
Abigail Enstone
Holly Enstone
Toluwani Gbadamosi
Leo Ings
Ibrahim Sesay
Ben Hogarth
Akshaya Kerupagaran
Nona McIntosh
Trinity McLoughlin
Madinah Morrison
Amelia O’Shea
Ruby Robbins
Shanay Senior
Auden Thomas-Anderson
Nathan Asiimwe
Imogen Gu<eridge
Kajiann Mayl
Felix Bri<on-Chambers
Ava James
Tashane Jessemy
Carina Paixao Bouhadda
Shy’Rone Powell
Josiah Togara Masocha
Ore Gbadamosi
Marnie Harris
Roy Hope-Koffi
Shiivanusa Kerupagaran
Chrisna Tickner
Cameron R Johnson
Luca Varela
This half term’s a<endance was 97.1%.
Our target for a<endance for the full year was 96.5%
and we managed to achieve 97. 2%.
Well done everyone!