Newsletter 15th January

Grange Primary School
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J A N U A R Y
Autumn Term
Mon 7 September -Fri
23 October
Half Term
Mon 26 October Fri 30 October
Mon 2 NovFri 18 Dec
Spring Term
Tue 5 Jan Fri 12 Feb
Half Term
Mon 15 Feb Fri 19 Feb
Mon 22 Feb—
Thurs 24 March
Summer Term
Mon 11April—
Fri 27 May
Easter Half Term
Fri 25 March—
Fri 8April
Half Term
Mon 30 MayFri 3 June
Mon 6June—
Wed 20 July
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Dear Family of Grange,
Welcome back to another busy week at Grange.
Drumming Year 4
With the start of the new term, our Year Four pupils have started their
percussion sessions with Sandra and Pauline.
Our children are learning how to play djembe
drums.
The djembe (pronounced JEM-bay) is one of
the most versatile and widespread percussion
instruments on the planet. Its huge popularity
is down to the fact that it can create an unusually wide range of pitches, namely the bass (low), tone (medium) and slap (high). These
sounds are created by striking different areas of the djembe skin with
the hands.
Class Assemblies
Parents and carers, take note of the next two class assembly dates:
Venus Class: Friday, 29th January 2016
Mercury Class; Friday, 5th February 2016
For a prompt start please be in school by 9:05 a.m. Thank you!
Cold Weather Warning
NHS has issued a Level 3 cold weather action, with the expectation
of a 99% probability of severe cold weather, icy conditions and heavy
snow between 0900 on Thursday 14 Jan and 1200 on Tuesday 19
Jan in parts of England. There is a 90% probability of risk for London,
it is expected to turn colder with possible sleet and snow showers at
times but generally a good deal of dry weather. The lowest
temperatures are expected to occur over the weekend and into early
next week. For more information, please visit:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/cold-weather-alert/
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This weeks ‘spotlight’ is on Planet Earth & Mars classes
English
The children are beginning to look at a new story called ‘The
Journey Home’ by Fran Preston-Gannon. They will be making
posters, using fact sheets and learning new vocabulary such
as ‘noun phrases’ and ‘statements, exclamations, questions
and commands’.
Maths
“To catch the reader's attention, place an
Year 2 have started the challenge of a new topic of division.
They will be learning how this is sharing equally and will be
doing physical examples, equations and word problems.
interesting sentence or quote from the story
here.”
RE
Last week Year 2 loved Buddhism Day. A highlight was using
the ‘wheel of life‘ to help them with their 8 x table through
using repeated addition.
PE
The children have been increasing their activity this week
through using ‘GoNoodle’ for activity breaks. They have also
started Dance and this week linked RE by learning an Indian
Dance.
Be The Best You Can Be
This week Year 2 have been embracing the ‘Be The Best You
Can Be’ theme. They will be linking this to New Years resolutions and thinking about a ‘plan B’ if their original career does
not take off!
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BOYS FOOTBALL TEAM
Upcoming Events
Year 3/4 Sportshall Athletics
21st January
SEN Sports Festival
22nd January
Morning Clubs
Football Team Training
(Wednesdays 8:00-8:45)
Afterschool Clubs
Football Team Training
Mondays (3:30-5:00)
Wednesdays (8:00-8:45)
Year 6 Swimming Club
Tuesday (3:30-4:30)
Girls Football Training
Wednesday (3:30-4:30)
KS2 Multi Skills Club
Thursdays (3:30-4:45)
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GIRLS FOOTBALL TEAM
On Tuesday night the boy’s football Our girl’s football team were back
team played their last league game in action on Tuesday night.
of the year.
This was the first of two remaining
league games for our girls’ team
Needing to win by at least eleven
goals to make the top four the boys and they were up against a very
good Pilgrims Way team.
always knew things would be
tough. They came flying out of the The girls started well with a few
blocks scoring with every attack.
good opportunities to take the lead
The more goals that went in the
but unfortunately they couldn't
more they started to believe they
convert the chances, this meant
would qualify but a slip in defence
Pilgrims Way were then able to
just after half time saw Rotherhithe take control of the game.
pull one back.
The girls put up a spirited fight.
With only seven minutes remaining They now have one league game
the boys still needed to find another remaining and a good result in that
six goals from somewhere. A
should see them qualify for the
spirited performance from Adejola semi-finals
in defence saw him come forward
to add some more goals. With only Team: Camille, Keira, Tammy, Ida,
Jodie, Wiam.
seconds remaining the boy’s
needed just one goal to qualify.
PE KITS
Unfortunately the team came up
just short. Final score 13-3. The
team needed one more goal to
make the top four.
A quick reminder that your child
should always bring their PE kit to
school every Monday and take it
home on Fridays.
Team: Rico, Adejola, Kaiden, Ivan,
Alpha, Nazai, Siffen, Jonayed
Please do not leave PE kits in
school over the weekend. Pegs will
be cleared every Friday
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THE TOP TABLE
RIDDLE OF THE WEEK
16, 06, 68, 88, ?, 98
What is the missing
number?
Last weeks answer
A watermelon
Olamide, Islam, Kasey, Aisha, Nayanna,
Thalyson, Fareese, Samuel, Lindsay,
Jonayed and Abdur
ATTENDANCE & PUNCTUALITY
Week Beginning
04/01/16
%
Attendance
Whole School
94.5%
Reception
Star
94.8%
Key Stage 1 Winner
Mercury
98.3%
Key Stage 2 Winner
Supernova
97.7%
Punctuality
Whole School
Winner
97.8%
Saturn
99.6%
Grange Primary School, Webb Street, London, SE1 4RP
Tel: 020 7771 6121, Fax: 020 7771 6109, Text Service: 07503 692729
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