Website www.allsaintsceprimary.co.uk
July Newsletter
22.07.2015
Dear Parents, Carers and Children,
Welcome to the last newsletter of the school year.
Class R – Sharing Worship, Thursday 2 nd July. Thank you to the children for sharing a great deal of their super learning which included some great singing of rhyming songs, especially ‘Row, Row Row your Boat’, examining a pilchard and showing us some of the bones, exploring objects which float and sink, showing and explaining their boat designs, Grace
Darling role play and how brave she was and so much more. The growth in their confidence and learning achievements was very impressive. Thank you to all of the parents and carers who supported the children so well.
Class 2 – Southsea Aquarium, Thursday 9 th July. The children really enjoyed their visit to the Southsea Sealife Aquarium.
They had a chance to look at various sea creatures in a realistic habitat, and to experience looking at the landmarks of
Southsea. The children had the experience of holding some of the animals in the rock pool and learn more about them. Our thanks go to Mr Knight, Mr Tumelty, Mrs Rouse, Mr Jones, Mrs Mendelsohn and all the staff who accompanied the class.
Class 3 – Music Concert, Wednesday 15 th July. Well done pupils! What an excellent 20 minutes of concentrated samba drumming and movement to the beats. Very impressive! Thank you to the parents/carers who came to watch their child perform. Our thanks also go to Mr Greg Walker from Hampshire Music Service for teaching this Listen2Me programme.
Class 5 – Year 6 Production Tuesday 14 th July. We congratulate all the class 5 children who performed their own rewritten version of the classic text ‘The Jungle Book’, by Rudyard Kipling. They worked well as a team to show their creative dance and to bring alive their characters with confidence and enjoyment. Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch the performance.
Well done everyone on a great term of learning and achieving together! Another school year is nearly completed and we congratulate you all for persevering and challenging yourselves to show your best learning and even better than your best!
We thank all parents and carers for your continued support of our school. The staff and I would also like to thank you for your positive comments, kind words, cards and gifts, which are very much appreciated.
For those who are leaving us today, Year 6 pupils, staff and children in other classes, we wish you and your families all the very best in the future and thank you for your support and hard work. Please keep in touch!
Enjoy a well-deserved holiday everyone.
Onwards and Upwards!
Ms N.Osborne
Headteacher
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Diary Dates
Tuesday 1 st September Inset Day , training for staff
Wednesday 2 nd September First day back for everyone
Monday 7 th September After-School Clubs start
Year 6 Leavers’ Cathedral Day-Friday 3 rd July
All the year 6 children enjoyed their Leavers’ Service at Winchester Cathedral. This year the theme was
‘Travelling’. During the day at the Cathedral, the children took part in activities, such as; looking at the role of
Pilgrims, travelling to the Cathedral and travelling through life, as well as using the Wicked Winchester Trails to help explore the spectacular Cathedral. The children took part in the service after lunch, reflecting on their primary years and celebrating their many successes with the support of the very inspirational Bishop of Basingstoke. Our thanks go to Mrs Ellison, Mrs Spencer and Ms Osborne for accompanying the children and to the parents who came along to support their children.
Staffing Update
We would like to say a fond farewell to Mrs Allen and Mrs Hamilton and thank them for their hard work and dedication to All Saints. We wish them well in their new posts at their new schools. We would also like to say goodbye to Miss Maylam and Miss Andrews and wish them good luck on their new teacher training courses. Also thank you and best of luck to Mrs Cavanagh, who is taking up a new teaching post in France.
We would like to warmly welcome Mrs Khatun, Mrs Logan, Miss Hartland, Miss McLaughlan four new teachers, and Miss Keays and Miss Boden two new LSAs, Mrs Ruddle as a new part-time LSA and Mrs Hodan as the new part-time clerical assistant, who will all be starting 1 st September.
Helpers
Thank you to everyone who has helped out and supported our activities this year such as; class visits, fundraising events, Thursday Club, sharing experiences, sharing different cultures and travels, reading, study support, musical festivals and performances, sewing, book talk and after school clubs.
After-School Clubs
Please check your child’s school bag for confirmation of their choice of After-School Clubs for September 2015.
Parents Evenings Wednesday 15 th & Thursday 16 th July
Thank you to the parents and carers who met with class teachers or Mrs Ferguson to discuss their child’s reports or with Mrs Hamilton to discuss the EYFS Profile. Thank you for your continued support.
Thank you also for the feedback some of you have included on the reports, which will form part of our evaluation process.
The Great Waste Debate-Wednesday 8 th July
Winchester City Council invited All Saints Primary to take part in their year-long campaign called ‘The Great
Waste’. The initiative is designed to encourage residents across the Winchester District to reduce waste.
The children took a tour of the offices in the Winchester Guildhall with the Mayor of Winchester and Cllr Frank
Pearson. The children also took part in a debate in the conference chamber with other schools, councillors and officers from Winchester City Council. The idea was to emulate a council meeting, with the children standing up to state their views on the subject. Our thanks go to Felix, Jasmine, Ben, Tyler, Isobel, Isabel, Emma, Sky, Rayan,
Harry, Aidan and Grace.for taking part in the debate and challenging the two other schools so well and with real conviction. Well done! Thank you also to Mrs Ellison and Mrs Spencer for accompanying the children.
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Running Race Winners
Fortunately, the children were able to do their running races at the Stadium. Well done everyone! Great running!
The results are as follows:
Year R girls - 1 st Evie, 2 nd Madison, 3 rd Kimberley Year R boys – 1 st Jude, 2 nd Charlie, 3 rd Freddie
Year 1 girls – 1 st Georgie, 2 nd Tegan, 3 rd Lucy Year 1 boys – 1 st Connor, 2 nd Camron, 3 rd Charlie
Year 2 girls - 1 st Tamsin, 2 nd Darcy, 3 rd Loella Year 2 boys – 1 st Luca, 2 nd Magnus, 3 rd Olly
Year 4 girls – 1 st Abigail, 2 nd Sky, 3 rd Grace Year 4 boys – 1 st James, 2 nd Michael, 3 rd Joseph
Year 3 girls – 1 st Ellie, 2 nd Scarlett 3 rd Isabelle Year 3 boys – 1 st Ellis, 2 nd Riley, 3 rd Hugo
Year 5 girls – 1 st Isabel, 2 nd Hazel, 3 rd Grace Year 5 boys – 1 st Max, 2 nd Nathan, 3 rd Ben
Year 6 girls – 1 st Emma, 2 nd Faye, 3 rd Ella Year 6 boys – 1 st Iwan, 2 nd Matthew, 3 rd Jacques
Music Concert-Wednesday 15 th July
WOW! What amazing performances by the solo musicians; Iwan ,Sky, Gerlyn, Gervene, Casper, Marley, Felix,
Zach, William, Jacques, Henry and Finlay. Singers and the after school choir club Abigail, Ellie, Gerlyn, Alexandra,
Gervene, Isabelle, Keeley, Thea, Lydia, Ella, Loella, Amy and Scarlett. All the children showed confidence and excellent timing and rhythm. Well done everyone! Thank you to the parents and carers who came to watch their children perform.
Recorder Concert-Thursday 16 th July
Well done to all the children and staff who showed off their recorder playing skills. The school launched the recorders at the beginning of the year and everyone has learnt how to play simple songs. Thank you to the parents and carers who attended the concert. Keep practising!
School Disco and Year 6 Fish and Chip Supper-Monday 20 th July
All the children enjoyed the end of term school disco and our thanks go to the Friends for organising the event and providing the snacks, refreshments and helpers. Thanks also to Richard Mears for providing the music disco. The year 6 children and staff really enjoyed their fish and chip supper. Our thanks go to Mrs Ruddle for ordering the food and collecting it.
Year 6 Cake Sale Tuesday 21 st July
Well done to the pupils for organising the sale of cakes for everyone. We were impressed by some of your great selling skills. Thank you to all of you who bought cakes, made generous donations of money and for those of you who made or donated cakes. A great success! The pupils raised £75.00 to choose new playground equipment as their leaving gift to the school for September.
Buildings Update!
So far so good! The building is changing quickly from week to week. We all had a real treat, when recently we were able to have a very quick look at the new building. Amazing! WOW! Lovely! Great! These were some of the words used by the pupils to describe their experience!
Thank you for bearing with us during this year of disruption, changes, moving rooms and lack of space. We are really looking forward to settling into the new building and we are so hoping that it is completed on time!
WATCH THIS SPACE!
Headteacher’s Awards
The children who have 100% attendance are-Jude, Evie, Lucy, Magnus, Joe, Molly, Benedict, Liam,
Jamyang, Finlay, Hazel, Isabel.
Please see the designs for the new logo for All Saints C of E Primary School. Our thanks to the design team, Max,
Isabel, Kaedyn, Loella and Hazel. Thanks also to I.Jameson for putting together the final designs.
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