queens` federation newsletter october 2012 no. 7
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queens` federation newsletter october 2012 no. 7
QUEENS’ FEDERATION NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2012 NO. 7 It is with sadness we say farewell to Mrs Matthews who has been a dinner lady for 51 years, 49 of those at Queen Edith. When interviewed by three Year 6 journalists she explained that she had greatly enjoyed her time with us, first at the Queen Edith Junior School, then the Primary School and finally ending up working at Queen Emma with our oldest children. She described her memorable moments as being when she had worked here for 40 years and received a lovely bouquet of flowers. Another memorable time was on her 80th birthday, on entering the Hall all the children sang Happy Birthday to her. She leaves with our sincere good wishes for a long, happy and healthy retirement and grateful thanks for her wonderful contribution to Queen Edith. She has been an inspiration come rain or shine. www.queenedithschool.org.uk Dear Parents and Friends of the school, Children at Queen Edith are now all happily settled in their refurbished classrooms with fresh paintwork, windows, heaters and new furniture making them look very smart. However, I feel extremely grateful that we were able to move eight classes to Queen Emma. It means classes have been able to continue working normally as the upheaval of working around the builders would have been very disruptive for the children and staff. Thank you again to parents who are managing the complication of having children on both sites, although challenging, it is definitely the best option to have the children in the beautiful Queen Emma classrooms enjoying being guests in this lovely new school. Some children are very keen to return to Queen Edith as soon as possible, but many of them are very happy in their new classroom and keen to stay! The visit from Headteacher Jane Lahai has been a real highlight of the term and given our children a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the difference between education here and in Africa. In our assemblies this week I think we all agreed we are very quick to forget how fortunate we are as we so often take our school building, equipment and teachers for granted. We were delighted that together the school community collected just under £1,000 to send back with Mrs Lahai so she could do some refurbishments at her school! Thank you so much for your contribution. We hope the partnership with the school will continue in the future and look forward to listening to the children’s ideas about ways in which they might like to support the school. It is the time of year when once again we are showing prospective reception parents for next year around the schools. The split site arrangement is causing further complications and so we are having a new parents’ morning on November 23rd, please call the School Office to book a place. Please do let friends and neighbours know about the date so we can ensure as many parents as possible get the chance to see both schools in action. The half term holiday has been a long time coming this term and I do hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable holiday so we can come back for a healthy and fun-filled second half of the autumn term. We look forward to seeing the children back in school on MONDAY 5 th NOVEMBER – Please remember there is no training day at Queen Edith. Caroline Peet www.queenedithschool.org.uk Dates for your diary ...... November 2012 December 2012 F 9 PSFA Discos 5 pm; 7 pm M 12 PSFA Meeting 7.30 pm T 13 KS1 Parent Afternoon 2.45 pm W 14 KS2 Parent Afternoon 2:45 pm Parent Consultations F 16 Reception 1.30-4 pm M 19 All classes 4 -7 pm Tu 20 Later Years – Yr 5/6 1.30-4 pm W 21 Middle Years Yr 3/4 1.30-4 pm Th 22 KS1 Yr 1/2 1.30-4 pm M 26 Governors Cttee Meetings 5.30 pm W 28 Management Cttee 9.30 am F T W M M Tu Tu W W W Th F F 7 11 12 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 20 21 21 PSFA Wine Tasting Community Christmas Event Nursery Celebration Governing Body Meeting KS1 Production KS1 Production Nursery Parties Reception Christmas Songs School Christmas Lunch KS1 Production Christmas Parties (N-Y6) Santa’s Grotto TERM ENDS 6- 7 pm 11am, 2:45pm 6 pm 2.30 pm 10 am am 9.30 am 12 noon 2.30 pm pm Please note the extra date for the Parent Open Afternoons on Wednesday 14th November for KS2 parents at Queen Emma Year 4 Art Exhibition As a finale to Year 4’s Andy Goldsworthy art topic, the children put on an exhibition for friends and family to visit. Our visitors enjoyed doing leaf rubbings and sketches. We had also collected lots of natural materials so that we could make our own sculptures in the classroom. Just like Andy Goldsworthy, we took photographs of our temporary designs. The exhibition guides we wrote included an introduction to the exhibition, a biography of Andy Goldsworthy, some autumninspired poetry and a feedback form. The feedback we received was amazing – both we and our visitors had a great time. There are more pictures in the Year 4 area of the school website.” Queen Edith School Council Congratulations to this term’s elected School Council Representatives: Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 3.1: 4.1: 5.1: 6.1: Autumn Term School Council Reps Katie Frost Jesse Goodley 3.2: Hilary Hawthorne Zack Norman Charlotte Wilson Hassan Blower 4.2: Ella Sparkes Oliver Mavaddat-Rhys Nina Koulman Dan Frost 5.2: Alice Zanatta Kaan Yavuz Sahana Kalyaan Aidan Harrity 6.2: Emily Boyd Andrew Milner www.queenedithschool.org.uk Football Update On Saturday 13th October, Queen Edith footballers competed in the annual Perse Tournament. With a young team, containing mainly year 5 players, we knew it would be a tough challenge to repeat our final appearance last year, and so it proved. All three games in our group were very tight, as we drew 00 with the Perse, were unfortunate to lose our second game with King’s Ely 1-0 and could only manage a 0-0 draw in our final game against South Lee. Unfortunately, those results weren’t quite good enough to see us through to the next round, but there was some consolation in the fact that the two teams who finished above us went on to contest the final. We managed to score a goal in our last match, against Newnham Croft, who had finished third in their group, but conceded two goals to lose 2-1. Unfortunately, the ESFA Cup, in which we were due to be competing on Tuesday 23rd October, was postponed due to bad weather. Goldie Sayers Visit As one of only three primary schools in Cambridge to be awarded the Bronze School Games Kitemark last year, Year 5 and 6 children were invited to a special assembly at Netherhall on Friday 19th October. Goldie Sayers, the British javelin record holder, gave an excellent speech about her experiences in three successive Olympics, as well as describing her formative years (including her somewhat unorthodox training methods) and the dedication needed to become an elite athlete. It was great for the children to hear from someone who grew up locally and has reached the top in her chosen discipline and to have the message of the importance of perseverance reinforced! At the end of the assembly, some lucky children were able to secure her autograph. “I was really inspired, because when she hurt her arm before the Olympics, she still competed” – Elena “I thought it was great how she said she was just a normal child like us, so one day some of us might grow up to be Olympians, too” – Justine “I think it was really great to see an Olympian up close, having seen them competing this summer” – Rocco “I thought it was amazing that we got to meet someone who actually competed in the Olympics” – Rosa www.queenedithschool.org.uk Year 5 recently attended a Tudor day in school and also a Puzzle morning at Netherhall. Here are a few of the children’s comments: Tudor Day " Tudor day was a very good experience, because we got to see what the Tudors used for medicine and how they made ink" Zaydene "Tudor day was the best day, because we got to try new things like candle making" Minahil "Tudor day was great; I loved the story because it was exciting and a bit scary! Nina "I liked making soap balls, and they smelt really great" Ellis Puzzles morning at Netherhall "The puzzles were really hard and I liked the challenge" Noah "The third challenge was the hardest and the best. I liked working in my team" Poyraz "Puzzle day was a real mind twister!" Zaydene Dear Parents, Carers and Staff I would like to thank you all very much for your kind contribution to my retirement gift. I was able to send just over £300 to Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. Your continued support means we are able to fund vital research into blood cancers that is delivering improved treatments and cures for patients. 30,000 people of all ages, from children and teenagers to adults, are diagnosed with a blood cancer in the UK every year. Our research is helping to give everyone of them the best possible chance of survival. Many thanks once again, Angela Loughnane www.queenedithschool.org.uk Greek Day Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed dressing up as Ancient Greeks for their recent Greek Day. Thank you very much to the many parent helpers who made the day possible and enjoyable for the children by dressing up and entering into the spirit of things and becoming experts in their crafts to help the children. Here are some of the children's comments: “I loved the feast! My favourite part was seeing all the fantastic actors and dancers!” - Bryony “I enjoyed making the medicine because we got to crush it all up” - Sophia “ I enjoyed the show. My favourite part was the dances and actors” - Anitta “I really enjoyed making patterns with tablets but my favourite part was when I was an actor as a mouse” - Musaab “I enjoyed making the fresco because it was colourful” - Yekta “My favourite part of Greek day was the soldier training because I like to battle” - Kyle “I really enjoyed drawing a fish on the wax tablet because it was lots of fun” - Charlie “The poetry was fun when I did the actions and said, "I surrender, let me go!" - Mekhi “I liked it when they pretended to chop a slave's toe off because he kept on trying to escape” - William “It was fascinating when we made medicine for headaches because I didn't know they used lavender” - Hilary “I thought it was fun when Alicia and I had to bash olives to make olive oil. We put a piece of string in the oil and lit it” - Amelie “It was really challenging to paint the fresco because we were only allowed to use three colours” - Esme “I made a Greek mosaic of a boat. I put some glue on a piece of cardboard and then I stuck some tiny tiles on to make a picture” - Asha Attendance and Punctuality We are really pleased that fewer children are coming into school late. It really does make a difference! Good attendance = good progress Good attendance = maximum amount of teaching and learning time Missed lessons = holes in learning The greater the attendance, the greater the achievement Maximizing attendance is vital to children’s future life chances www.queenedithschool.org.uk SCHOOL MEALS School meal prices are: £2.00 per day £10.00 per week Cost for 2nd half of term (35 days) = £ 70.00 Cheques should be made payable to: “QUEENS’ FEDERATION” All meals should be paid for in advance. We are very lucky that our school meal price will remain at £2.00 per meal which offers exceptional value for money. On the first day back after half term you will receive a new meal selection form. Please return this immediately as it will advise us of your child/children’s meal selection for the second half of the Autumn term. There is a section at the bottom of the form for children not needing dinners so everyone should complete and return the form. Current menus are available from the School Office. If your child is not in at the beginning of the school day (because of appointments, etc) but will require a school meal, it is important that you ring in and advise us before 10 am, otherwise the numbers catered for are incorrect and the last children may not receive the advertised meal. We believe there are pupils who are eligible for FREE SCHOOL MEALS who are not yet claiming them. Applications can be done online and the process is extremely simple. If you need help doing this please come to the office. If you are receiving the following benefits you are probably entitled to free school meals: Income Support Employment Support Allowance Child Tax Credit and parents whose annual income does not exceed £16,190 and who are not in receipt of Working Tax Credit If you are at all unsure whether you qualify please come to the office and talk to Miss Perry. PACKED LUNCHES Please can we remind parents that children are not allowed sweets or bars of chocolate in their lunchboxes. Please do not send any nuts or nut products as we have children in school with severe nut allergies. Children should also only have water in their water bottles. (Juice cartons can be bought in for lunch). Many thanks. www.queenedithschool.org.uk Apple Day at Rock Road Library Saturday 27th October, 11am-1pm in the Library Garden (or inside the Library if wet) Plenty of apple activities for the whole family including the community apple press (bring your own clean apples and juice containers), apple bobbing, storytelling, cake and biscuit stall, apple crafts, apple and spoon races, a William Tell shooting gallery and more! Come dressed as an apple or a character from an apple story to get a prize! All this fun is free, but donations to the fundraising cake stall would be very welcome. Organised by the Friends of Rock Road Library. This year's event is sponsored by Microsoft Research, ARM and The Mathworks This Saturday (27th October) the Cambridge Science Centre will be taking over the Guildhall in Cambridge with a fun science and engineering event for families. Admission is free, and as well as a range of hands-on science experiments, a science-art gallery and a coffee shop, at 15:30 our amazing Chain Reaction will be set off and will run around the room to trigger the grand finale. For £8 contribution per family/group towards materials, you can even join in and build your own section of the Chain Reaction! What: When: Where: Fun family science event Saturday 27th October, 11:00-16:00 The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge, CB2 3QJ How much: Free admission, £8 to help build the Chain Reaction For more information see http://www.cambridgesciencecentre.org/sciencexchange-2012/ www.queenedithschool.org.uk Year 2 recently visit Duxford, here is Vishrut’s account of the day to Mrs Peet, www.queenedithschool.org.uk Mrs Lahai’s visit from Sierra Leone Thank you to everyone who made Mrs Lahai so welcome during her time with us at Queen Edith. She really enjoyed meeting you all and spending time with us in school. Thank you to those governors and parents who took her out and about or welcomed her into their homes. Snowflake had a great time with Snowy and had a lot of fun in your classes. Here are some photos of the visit. More are going up on the school website soon. www.queenedithschool.org.uk PSFA NEWS OCTOBER 2012 Once again the PSFA (Parents Staff and Friends Association) have big plans for fundraising and social events this academic year, and the events have already got off to a fantastic start. INTERNATIONAL FOOD EVENING For the first time in recent years the hugely popular International Food Evening was held in the Autumn Term. We were absolutely delighted with the support we received from so many parents; 22 different countries were represented and over 150 people attended. We were also delighted to welcome special guest Jane Lahai, the Headteacher from June Hartranft Memorial Primary School for Girls in Moyamba, Sierra Leone. The evening made over £600 and everyone had a really lovely evening, so thank you to everyone who took part. BAG2SCHOOL You may have noticed the posters advertising "Bag2School". Thank you to everyone who has filled a bag - the deadline was Friday 26th October. We're aiming to let you know before Christmas how much was raised. And should you find a pile of things that you'd forgotten to bag up and drop off - fear not! Another Bag2School event will be held in the Spring. SWIMMING EVENING We are working hard to confirm a new date for this event in 2013. THANK YOU Everyone on the PSFA committee would like to say a huge thank you to Alison Maguire who is stepping down as Treasurer after 4 years, to concentrate on her new role as a Queen’s Federation School Governor. Alison has worked tirelessly to provide us with accounts, floats and profit sums and kept us all on track, we will miss her. However, we are very grateful to Monika Golinska for taking over the Treasurer’s position and very much looking forward to working with her in the future. FORTHCOMING EVENTS SCHOOL DISCOS The next school discos are on Friday 9th November and will be held in the QUEEN EMMA SCHOOL HALL, not at Queen Edith School as is usually the case. Early Years Disco (Nursery, Reception, Years 1 and 2) 5.00 – 6.30 pm Later Years Disco (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) 7.00 – 8.30 pm If you would like your child(ren) to attend, please complete the consent form on the letter which was sent home with your children this week and return it together with the correct cash/cheque in a sealed envelope addressed to the PSFA c/o the School Office. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Queen Edith CP School PSFA’. Admission is £2.50 per person: see letter for details. www.queenedithschool.org.uk WINE TASTING EVENING Friday 7th December, Queen Emma School Hall. Book the babysitter now, leave the children and the car at home and come to enjoy a Wine Tasting Evening with friends and family! Paul Bowes from Bacchanalia Wine Merchants in Cambridge will be coming along to educate you in all you need to know before buying those Christmas wines. It promises to be a fun evening. SANTA’S GROTTO Once again Santa will be visiting Early Years and Foundation Stage children at Queen Edith School on the last day of term before Christmas - Friday 21st December. Look out for a letter telling you how you can obtain tickets. WHERE THE MONEY GOES Last year we raised over £8000 towards the school funds and made several key donations to the school including £2000 for books, £2000 towards refurbishing the library and £4000 on play equipment for the Reception playground. GET IN TOUCH, GET INVOLVED! Interested in the PFSA or keen to be involved in fundraising for the school? Check out the PFSA page on the school website for more information on who we are and how to get involved, or even come to the next PSFA Meeting, which will be held on Monday, 12 November 2012 at 7.30pm in the Staff Room. Le Club Français and El Club Español provide a grounding in foreign language learning. We aim to get children enthusiastic about the subject by making the club sessions as interesting and as much fun as possible. We use songs, stories, games and activities to stimulate interest in languages, and provide a solid foundation for future formal language study. The French clubs for KS1 and KS2 meet on Thursday lunchtimes and the cost for the next half term will be £39.50 for new members. The Spanish clubs at Queen Edith are currently on hold, but we hope to launch them again after Christmas. For more information, please contact Tim Morley on 01223 911575, or enrol directly at http://westcambs.com/queensfed www.queenedithschool.org.uk Footballers who represented the school in the Perse Tournament: Nat Baxter Owen Birkin-Flory Aidan Harrity Andrew Milner Kyle Moran Jonny Risdon Jaeheon Shim Safi Terywall Saif Terywall Theo Vassiliou Benjamin Wilson www.queenedithschool.org.uk
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