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Dear Parents and Carers,
Our last week’s assembly celebrated the success of our Secondary triple Maths
Champion Trevor Yr 9 and Thomas Yr 8.
Pupils took part in a UK national Junior Maths
Challenge. After the challenging test, we were delighted to be able to present Trevor with a bronze achievement award.
Friday, 17 April 2020
Primary Parents Evening
Primary pupils should be bringing home a letter today with their newsletter inviting you to make an appointment to see their teacher at a Parents Evening. I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to find out how well your child is settling in to their new year group. Children should hand their slips to their teacher who will inform you of your appointment time.
Parents evenings will be held on Wednesday
23 rd September (3-5pm) and Thursday 24 th
September (5-7pm)
Primary pupils who missed the end of term were awarded with their swimming skills certificates.
Trip to Green Mountain
On Wednesday 9 th September Middle 2
(Years 5/6), despite the damp conditions, went on a visit to Green Mountain as part of our science topic. We compared the
Biodiversity of Green Mountain with Two
Boats and also looked at the history and development of Green Mountain. The children walked up to the Dew Pond with
Stedson, identifying plants and why they were introduced to the island.
Thanks go to Stedson for his interesting talk and information, Ms Robinson for accompanying the class and Mr King for driving us up the wet road!
Governors’ meeting
Our next governor meeting is schedules on
Tuesday 15 th September 2015
Learning together, Success forever

Saturday football club
A bus service has been organised for children to join the extra curricular football session on
Saturday. The Georgetown pick up time is
9:45 and children will be dropped off again shortly after 12:15
JEANS FOR GENES DAY, FRIDAY 18 th
SEPTEMBER 2015
Pupils and staff at Two Boats School will be wearing their jeans on Jeans for Genes Day
2015 which takes place on Friday 18th
September. Jeans should be worn with uniform polo shirts and / or denim tops.
Please could pupils bring in a recommended donation of £1 wearing jeans. Further information about activities will be shared with pupils during the week.
Jeans for Genes Day raises money for
Genetic Disorders UK, the charity that aims to transform the lives of children with genetic disorders. Funds raised will go to the vital care and support they urgently need.
Head lice
Please note that head lice have been reported by parents of students at the school.
Please check if your child is affected. Thanks for your assistance!
PSHE
During this half term, KS4 PSHE will be studying the physical and emotional changes of life. This will involve aspects of sex education. We would like to make you aware that this topic often initiates discussions of a sensitive manner, both in school and at home. If parents or carers have any questions or concerns please contact Ms
Babin.
Middle One trip to the Turtle Ponds
On Tuesday Middle One enjoyed a visit to the
Turtle Ponds to learn about the ocean and the creatures which live in it. We were joined by Andy from Conservation who showed us an octopus, a nudibranch and a flounder and many other creatures. We were also able to hold sea-snails and a spiny urchin! We learnt about ocean food chains and how land and sea animals differ. A big thank you to Mrs
Hughes who helped us on this trip.
Puzzle
Solution Number 3 The only lockers that remain open are perfect squares (1, 4, 9, 16, etc) because they are the only numbers divisible by an odd number of whole numbers; every factor other than the number's square root is paired up with another. Thus, these lockers will be "changed" an odd number of times, which means they will be left open. All the other numbers are divisible by an even number of factors and will consequently end up closed.
So the number of open lockers is the number of perfect squares less than or equal to one thousand. These numbers are one squared, two squared, three squared, four squared, and so on, up to thirty one squared. (Thirty two squared is greater than one thousand, and therefore out of range.) So the answer is thirty one.
Source: http://i100.independent.co.uk
Fact of the Week
A human being can survive a month without food, but it would only take a week without water for him/her to die…
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Wishing you all the best for the coming week,
Patricia Babin
Headteacher
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