CHAPEL STREET PRIMARY
SCHOOL SUMMER NEWSLETTER
Mr. Power’s Comments
Please enjoy reading the superb reports of our Y6 journalists; they have worked really hard interviewing
children around the school. It really is amazing what goes on both in and out of our school. Many thanks
to our staff for their energy and initiative in organising such stimulating experiences for our pupils.
Thank you for any contribution which you sent in for our recent non-uniform day; this raised £700 for our
school funds which is very important to us for helping us to pay for lots of smaller resources to support
our curriculum.
GOODBYE AND THANK YOU to several members of staff:
teaching assistants Mrs Aliya Bukhari, Mr Sean Gavin, Mrs Adeeba Ilyas, Ms Agatha Kaaba, Ms Karine
Tcheou and Ms Julian Walker who have all made splendid contributions to our school on short-term
contracts with us during 2012/13;
teaching assistants Miss Jan Harding and Mrs Julie Parker, whose contracts finish at the end of term and
who have both worked so hard on our Nursery and Reception teams respectively;
teaching assistant Mr Aaron Osborne, who is employed by Lancasterian School, but who has worked with
us supporting Jiang in Y6 for the last 5 years. We will miss his fun and great contribution to our school!
senior teaching assistant Mrs Helen McDade who has been an inspirational and highly valued leader within
our Nursery team for the last 13 years. Helen leaves to become a foster-carer; we wish her and her
family lots of luck with this new responsibility.
LOTS OF LUCK to all of our Y6 leavers. They are a very special and talented group of children who have
been a delight to work with (as anyone who has been to our fabulous Leavers’ Assembly will understand).
We are very proud of you and know that you can approach your futures with confidence and a smile.
THANK YOU, also, to our governors, old and new! Their important and thorough work is often “hidden”
but we are very lucky to have such a caring and committed group of people working for our school.
NEW BUILDING … Over the Summer there will be a lot of work taking place on our school site. New
playground space will be created at the top of our field, the Community Room will be demolished and work
will start on the 9-classroom extension. When the children come back to school, the vast majority of
what is currently our rear playground will be fenced off. The builders are working closely in partnership
with us; there will be talks to the children, viewing holes in the fence surrounding the work and the
opportunity for some of them to put on protective clothing and visit the construction site. The work is
due for completion in June 2014.
IMPORTANT… please remember all cash sent into school MUST be in a sealed envelope with your child’s
name and class written clearly on the front; it must also contain the correct amount of money. You must
then put it in the white cash box located outside the office. We are NOT able to give any change. Thank
you.
THANK YOU for all of your support for our work and activities – this is so valuable to us and strongly
appreciated by our staff.
PLEASE REMEMBER… school re-opens to pupils on Wednesday 4th September.
FINALLY: everything that happens in school is due to the energy, imagination, resourcefulness, creativity,
foresight and commitment of our wonderful staff. I would like to thank them all for everything they have
done over the last year – our children really are very lucky to work with them.
HAVE A LOVELY SUMMER!
HUGE THANKS are due to the following staff, parents and friends who generously came into school for
hours of work as a task force working on some of our outside areas – the Quad, the Wild Area and our
brilliantly restored new EYFS play area:
Fiona Ashcroft, Stephen Aylwin, Lee Derbyshire, Najma Rani, Pauline Richards, Beryl Walker and Maria
Wos.
CONGRATULATIONS to all of the following children for their 100% attendance this school year (up until
15/7/13). There are 32 children on this list and we only had 15 names on the similar list last year. Let’s
try and break this record again in 2013/14! Our overall school attendance of 95.7% is also now slightly
above the national average; this has improved every year since 2009 – well done everyone!
100% ATTENDANCE
05/09/12 – 15/07/13
Nour Alharess 1RO
David Dennett 4CA
Feryaal Haider 5RS
Nandi Ashley Kodjo 1RO
Zahra Jatta 4CA
Rimsha Jehangir 5RS
Saffiya Faisal 1/2IA
Macy Lewis 4CA
Eloika Lutumba 5RS
Imam Jatta 2GB
Maryam Naeem 4CA
Shiza Mughal 5RS
Umar Chughtai 3JM
Ashina Sadaf 4CA
Aisha Zia 5RS
Simon Lutumba 3JM
Saif Faisal 4CG
Abdullah Mahmood 6JR
Ehzam Mahmood 3JM
Mahak Wahab 4CG
Miraj Singh 6JR
Zaara Mujahid 3J
Jannat Ali 5SL
Haiqa Abdullah 3SR
Mehrun Begum 5SL
Ismail Mushtaq 3/4AC
Zainab Mahmood 5SL
Sameen Butt 4CA
Nadia Ramos 5SL
Leon Lewis 6JR
Usman Mujahid 6NO
Ismahan Omar 6NO
After interviewing Kashif and Maariya, both aged five in the Reception class, we were told about
their fantastic trip to Smith Hills Farm and also about their cute class chicks.
After Easter, all of reception went on a trip to the farm. They said that it was a wonderful trip
where they did lots of activities. They said they got to feed the baby lambs and saw cows, horses
and sheep. Kashif said that they had lunch there as well and when they were having lunch there
was this big bouncy slide where they got to play on it. Maariya told us that, “The lambs were really
cute and I also got to feed them milk.”
Last bank holiday in the reception class, four chicks hatched to which Kashif said, “We were all really shocked seeing the cute little
chicks hatching, we were waiting to see what was going to happen next.” Maariya was saying that she got to touch the little chicks.
Surprisingly, the chicks were smaller than the children had expected. They said that they kept the eggs in a special machine so that they
didn’t feel too cold or hot.
By Uswah Nasir and Maham Zafar
I spoke to Sanjeet who told me that they had been on a very interesting and educational trip to the Manchester
Museum. He and the rest of Mrs Mawdsley’s group went to see an Egyptian mummy which he said was
wrapped in filthy bandages and between the gaps he saw wrinkled, rotting flesh. After leaving the ragged
mummy behind Sanjeet explained that they then went to see some crumbling animal fossils, which included
crabs that could fit in the palm of his hand and fish that looked so real that he thought one of them even
twitched. After what Sanjeet explained as a very quick lunch they climbed aboard the coach and headed back to
school.
Another of my interviewees was Ehtasham who told me all about how they had started swimming this year. Ehtasham told me that
even though he could already swim a little bit that he was still considerably nervous. Because of this past
experience Ehtasham only needed one armband per arm and while he was in the deep end a woggle, while
the others had to wear three armbands per arm and a woggle. He also said that he is very close to having no
armbands whatsoever but he is not quite there yet. Ehtasham is very excited as he
has almost achieved his certificate for swimming a width without touching the floor
of the pool.
Zahra (the last person I interviewed) told me that what she is excited about is what
is yet to come. It’s a trip to a cinema in which they are going to watch a movie about the Anglo-Saxons. She
assumed that it would consist of their art, lifestyle, what they ate and maybe even some parts about invading
foreign countries. Afterwards they are going to Highfield Park to eat their lunch out in the sun; weather
permitting that is. Zahra explained that she is most excited about going on the steep, slippery slide.
All in all, 3JM have had a very exciting last term and have more excitement left to come.
By Leon Lewis
Saffiya, (aged 6), told me she had
a
phenomenal time learning about
plants; she also commented, “I had
a lovely time learning about plants
like
daisies
and
sunflowers.”
Furthermore, Saffiya told me that
their new topic was to do with sunflowers. In addition
she informed me that on Tuesday 10 June Saffiya
and her class went to see which plant had grown the
highest.
Amin,(6 years old), also told me that their class have
been learning about sunflowers. As a part of this
project, they planted two sunflower seeds to see
which one of them would grow the tallest. Amin quoted
that, “I like this topic because we got to plant lovely
flowers and see which one grew the tallest.”
Oh I also found out while I was there that Mrs
Istanbul is a grandma to a brand new baby, hip hip
hurray!
By Dylan Darby & Mohammad Dar
Two children in Miss Coffey’s class told us they had a brilliant year in reception. Lashay (5)
said she loved the trip to Smith Hills Farm especially the picnic. Not only did they have a trip
to the farm she informed us that they went to Anchors Away which was great fun sliding
down the big slide and throwing the balls around. Another child (Raphael) joined in telling us
that he too loved the slide and that it was red but that the energetic activities at the farm
were the best.
By Gozail Naqvi and Kimani Bailey
Year five went on a day visit to
Whitworth Art Gallery where they saw lots of
Cedar Mount to take part in
pictures, sculptures and artefacts and said it was
some
like,
the best trip ever as he had a great time. Another
learning to use a trampoline,
child, Aisha(5RS) said, “The pictures in the art
using science to create special
gallery were outstanding
magic tricks and how to produce
amazing but I loved the trip to Cedar Mount.”
great
activities
some great animation. As well as
this, Jacob (5RS) told us they also
visited
and the artefacts were
By Miraj Singh and Joe Coudjoe-Slack
Remembering Year 6’s final year
This year is our final year and all of us are about to set off on our next adventure to our new high schools. Although most of
us are a little worried, we are also quite excited and know that you will miss us all.
Maham (6JR) said she will miss everyone including the teachers and Momin’s favourite moments were telling jokes with
Abdullah “Tic, Tac Toe, give me a high give me a low, give me a Ghajni Shave (Indian Movie).” I guess you had to be there.
Year six have recently been on a trip to Bakewell where we got to compare it with
Levenshulme. Everyone felt that this was a great experience and lots of fun was had. Iqra
said, “In Bakewell Mrs Cherrington pretended to be a duck nipping at my ankles, it was so
funny.”
Mohammed told us that although it is his last year at Chapel Street, he is still going to try his best and work hard. Believe,
Achieve and Succeed is his mantra.
And now I would like to say:
The year has finished,
I’m going to cry all day.
The time has come,
I will remember all the cheesy jokes-Mr Power, which
have made me laugh,
We’re going to be gone,
I don’t care what people say,
I won’t forget Mr Collinge and all the other teachers.
It doesn’t matter if people laugh at me because I’m not going to be here next year.
By Maida Mehboob with the help of Karin Balogova
This year, 4CG had the opportunity to perform in front of an audience at the Royal
Exchange Theatre where famous actors and actresses have performed. They
acted out a famous play called The Tempest by one of the most phenomenal play
writers of all time- William Shakespeare. They were coached by John Doona who
has many years of experience in the performing arts. We know how nerve racking
it can be to stand up in front of lots of people (nearly 700), but to do it to the
high standard that year 4 did, is absolutely amazing. Jake (4CG) said that
performing was one of the best highlights of the year to which Aaliyah added that she had never done such a
brilliant thing in her whole life. She also said, “It was a once in a life time opportunity which I would definitely
do again.”
Another great thing about being in Mr Gough’s class is that you get to host the annual sports day as he is the
head of that particular day. It was a great success where all the children got to show their athletic and
teamwork skills. Everyone looks forward to sports day as there will be at least one game that will suit you.
By Stacey Bertrand, Chloe Millward and Remsha Asif
Recently, year four have been taking part in a six
doing a great job.” When the show was over Rahim
month acting activity, which allowed them to
and Ashina told us that they were happy that their
perform
nerves didn’t get the best of them.
the
William
Shakespeare
play
‘The
Tempest’ in front of hundreds of people. Ashina
respectfully told us, “I was the curser. Although it
was hard work and I had to be quite loud, it was
brilliant. I’m so proud of my class.” The play which
was nerve-racking for some made others excel in
their new found talents as Rahim said that he got to
use his musical skills telling us, “I was very scared
before we started but as we got to the middle of
Meanwhile back at school they’ve started a new
topic about habitats and adaptions, which they
really enjoy as they think it’s very interesting and
fun. “We’ve enjoyed this year very much and we
adore our teacher,” exclaimed both children.
By Robyn Rowlands and Katie Banks
the show my nerves disappeared since I knew I was
Year 6 had a fabulous time in the countryside. Everyone found it very calm even though it
was their busiest day as there were many markets on. Demarlio (6NO) said it was a very
beautiful place and that he loved seeing all the animals. Chloe (6JR) told us that first of all
she loved the chips and that it was beautiful and the people were very nice. She thought that
she might like to live there.
By Imtial Muktadir and Joshua Dillon
After interviewing Amna
and Hassan from 1RO we
found out that they were
having the time of their lives…eating bread. For the past few days they have
been learning all about how bread is made and then got to make some with the
help of Mrs Walker. Once they had made the bread they got to eat it (the
best part) and got a choice between having butter or jam on it.
“Mmmmmmmm, the bread was fantastic, it was so yummy! I put butter on mine,” exclaimed Hassan. Amna told us
that it was the best bread ever and that it was so delicious.
We enquired if they were looking forward to moving to year two. They replied unanimously, “We are looking
forward to year two but we’re going to miss Mrs Oberai 300%.”
By Abeera Sultan and Imbia Amin
1KS have been learning about nocturnal animals and their habitats. They have also been finding out how to make
bread and writing instructions to make sandwiches using their freshly baked bread. Not only have they been
learning but they have also had a visit to Tatton Park, which was a big hit and one that
all the children enjoyed immensely.
We asked Miss Sature which was her favourite pupil and why. She told us that was a
very trick question because all the children bring different and unique characters to
the class which make them all her favourite. In fact she described her class in three
words – AMAZING, EXCELLENT AND ENJOYABLE.
By Ismahan Omar
Miss Nicholson has been teaching reception in an adventurous way. All the children have enjoyed having her as
their teacher because she has taught them lots about minibeasts. We asked Miss Nicholson who was her best
student but she said that was a tough decision so she chose all of her class because they are all wonderful.
After asking her to describe her class in three words she exclaimed “HAPPY, FABULOUS AND FUN.” They
were the first words that came to her when she thought of her class.
By Adan Hussain
Recently, the nursery have been
unfortunately a ladybird and a
Miss Ortoft told us that she
working on a project where they
caterpillar
got
loves being in the nursery and will
built their very own grand bug
squashed in the construction of
miss her class when they go up to
hotel. It took them a whole week
the hotel which made everybody
reception but that she has met
to build it but they have been
upset, otherwise it has been a
some of the new children coming
working on it since the half term.
great success.
next year and is looking forward
It
has
been
great
fun
but
By Nida Khalid, Faeeza Iftikhar and Zoya Nadeem.
accidently
to the new year.
A BUSY 1KS
1KS have been very busy this year. They have been doing very exciting
activities including learning about food from around the world, Santa Rap,
how bread is made and how food is created and much, much more. They
also went on some amazing trips such as Tatton Park and Castlefield in
Manchester. Many of them told us that they felt sad about leaving year 1
and a little nervous but excited at going to their new class.
By Jiang and Iqra (6JR)
Memorable Moments Remembered by Year Six
Year six are coming to the end of an amazing journey at Chapel Street. From the excitement
of the nursery to the responsibility of being a year six child, it has been a lot of fun. Our
last academic year has been jam-packed with lots of unforgettable moments.
The children have shared such good times and memories together with their teachers and
peers. Jiang (6LR) cited that his five day visit to Ghyll Head was his most favourite memory
– as it was for a lot of the children who went (so if you get the chance, grab it. You’ll never
forget it).
The trip to Bakewell was another trip that all of us really enjoyed where we got to compare
different environments. We got to see great views, different markets (one being the cattle
market), different buildings etc. oh and the treat of chips from the local fish and chip shop
was very satisfying, yet still left us wanting for more just like Bakewell itself.
Though we are sorry to leave Chapel Street, our beloved school, we’re looking forward to the
future and making new friends. So we would like to say THANK YOU AND GOOD BYE…WE
WILL MISS YOU!
Have a fantastic
summer break