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SG MESSENGER: Friday, 28th April 2017, No. 28
IT IS ALL IN THE NUMBERS!
On Tuesday the Spring Grove team went off to Ashford for the Year 5 Maths Competition.
We had some fruity water and cake and all the teams sat down at their tables. We went through some health and
safety rules and the competition was on. The 25 minute timer started, Amelia (our runner) was off to get question
1; we got it right and we were on number 2 in no time. We passed about 5 questions and finished equal 4th. The
winners got 70 points equal so there was tie breaker. 2nd was 70 points,. 3rd was 60 points and 4th was 50 points.
Thank you to Mr Dankert for taking us.
On Thursday, the Maths Team went to Junior King’s for another Maths competition. We were in teams of two.
We had 8 minutes to finish the five questions on each table. Me and Robin were Team 1 and Henry and Madeleine
were team 2.
The Prep 5 mathematicians performed extremely well against stiff opposition
Henry and Madeleine finished runners up, but
I don’t know what place me and Robin came.
from a large number of schools. Madeleine and Henry returned with welldeserved runners-up prizes.
Thank you to Mr Jones for taking us.
Year 5 Maths Competitions Report
By Hasini
SUMMER BALL 2017
The posters are up and the tickets are now on
sale for our Great Gatsby themed ‘Summer Ball’
on Saturday 10 June 2017, 7pm for 7.30pm.
Come along to what is sure to be a fabulous
evening.
Please see Mrs Read for more information.
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ARTIST (& HISTORIAN) OF THE WEEK
I have already seen some impressive work so far this
term but this example is particularly outstanding. As
well as being an expert on tsunamis and weather
phenomena, Hamish (Reception) is also an authority
on everything there is to know about the Titanic.
He explained to me how, when and where the ship
was launched, sailed and sank... and he has produced this fantastic picture. Brilliant!
Congratulations Hamish. Great Work.
THE FIVE CHURCH WALK
One of the great local annual events is coming up
this weekend... do you want to take part?
Many of our SG children and their families have in
the past undertaken (all or part of) the Five Churches Walk on the May Bank Holiday. You can do it to
support various local charities and/or simply do it
for the pleasure. We hope to see some of you along
the way on Monday 1st May 2017.
https://www.thefivechurchwalk.co.uk/
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SG CONNECT
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
Last week’s answer: Ella Fitzgerald (Chair,
Fits, Ell, La, Old) She would have been 100
years old last Tuesday).
This week’s ‘Pause for Thought’ (below) comes from Mrs Peirson.
This week’s tricky challenge:
Solve the five clues and find what connects
them... And the topical significance of the answer.
1.
Disciple aka Simon (5)
2.
Seize a connecting pipe (6)
3.
Ganymede in the sky (4)
4.
Highlands (9)
5.
1st volume of Roald Dahl’s autobiography (3)
Connection:
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Email your answer to [email protected] . The first correct answer wins a Spring Grove pen!
SG MENSA CHALLENGE
Last week’s Teaser: Tuesday and 25th
This week:
If Sarah buys suntan lotion and a hat and
James buys a jumper and shoes, is it Marie or
Molly who buys milk or eggs?
DISPLAY OF THE WEEK
Answer: Marie (1st and last letters are the
initial letters of the items bought)
This week’s award goes to the whole of Prep 3C for their marvelous monsters! Well done Prep 3C. Fantastic work!
Headmaster’s Scholars of the Week
Spring Term Week 2 (28th April)
This week’s awards go to:

Olivia Dungate-Marsh for her excellent brochure on Tintagel Castle.

Hamish Sturzaker on his wonderful portrait and research into The Titanic.

Robin Cobb, Henry Smith, Hasini Kapakayala, Amelia Street and Madeleine Delaney for their brilliant contribution to the Spring Grove Maths Team.
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WHAT AN ASSEMBLY
Thank you to Mr Smith for a fantastic video report in regard
to the Ski Trip and congratulations to all the pupils on their
various skiing successes, awards and certificates.
A ROSE THE TUDORS WOULD HAVE
BEEN PROUD OF
Well done one-and-all. Roll-on next year!
Scarlett in Year 2 impressed us all with her outstanding
Tutor Rose artwork. Fantastic—great work Scarlett!
EARLY YEARS OPEN MORNING
Please invite your friends, family and work colleagues to
join us for our Early Years (Teddies, Nursery, Reception)
Open Morning on Thursday 18 May, 9.30am to 11.30am.
You will be able to speak to our teaching staff and pupils
about all aspects of life at Spring Grove School.
All are welcome!
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SPEED LIMIT — REMINDER
Please be reminded that, for the safety of our pupils, the
speed limited around the School site is 10mph.
Please drive responsibly.
SAINSBURY’S VOUCHERS
Teddies and Nursery are still collecting Sainsburys Vouchers.
PARKING — UPDATE
It’s the final week to collect ‘Active Kids School Vouchers’
from Sainsbury’s and there are collection boxes in the Teddies and Nursery entrance areas - the more we collect the
more equipment we can purchase for the children.
With the on site development of two new classrooms, new
changing rooms and a new library currently taking place, we
acknowledge that at times parking can be difficult. We have
spoken to the contractors and asked for them to park within
their secure compound and we are hopeful that this will help
to ease congestion.
Please be reminded that, for the safety of our pupils, parking
outside Teddies is reserved for Nursery and Teddies parents
only.
IN TEDDIES THIS WEEK
The younger members in Teddies have been experimenting
mark making with paint and colour.
During garden play the children have been balancing and
connecting blocks to build towers.
LOST PROPERTY
Would all parents please check their child’s
bag, over the bank holiday weekend, as a
blue pencil case (with animal print) has been
misplaced and mislaid.
Musical Bumps will be finishing at half term in
May and will be restarting again in the Autumn
Term
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SG EXTRA
PLEASE COME ALONG AT 4.30PM TO 6PM
AND JOIN US IN OUR SUMMER TERM ACTIVITIES
IN SG EXTRA NEXT TERM
Once children have finished making and eating their tea. Which enables them to enjoy socialising around the table over the
day (time permitting) we continue with our planned activity. All children are made very welcome and to enable us to know
how many will be joining us for tea and activities. We ask could children be booked in at the latest the day before please. This
is most helpful and much appreciated. Particularly on a day any specific activity is listed. This ensures sufficient food/
ingredients/materials are available for all.
It is a relaxed, fun atmosphere that the children can enjoy at the end of the school day between 4.30 - 6pm Monday - Friday. Why not come along and join us!
Weather permitting this term we plan to have the children out in the Nursery garden after tea to play games and burn off their energies.
Should the weather be against us we will have an activity inside planned.
WEEK BEGINNING 1st MAY
Tuesday 2nd
Wednesday 3rd
Thursday 4th
Friday 5th
Dodge Ball
Junk Modelling
Sardines (hide and seek)
Board Games/cooking
WEEK BEGINNING 8th MAY
Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th
Wednesday 10th
Thursday 11th
Friday 12th
Skittles
Craft Work
Scones
Boules
Board games/cooking
WEEK BEGINNING 15th MAY
Monday 15th
Tuesday 16th
Wednesday 17th
Thursday 18th
Friday 19th
Blanket Ball
Tag Shadow
Free Choice
Throw Ball 100
Board Games/cooking
WEEK BEGINNING 22nd May
Monday 22nd
Tuesday 23rd
Wednesday 24th
Thursday 25th
Friday 26th
Savoury wraps
Board Games
Sardines (hide and seek)
Free Choice
Tag Shadow/cooking
BOOK IN AND COME ALONG AND ENJOY THE FUN
DONATIONS OF BOARD GAMES AND GAMES FOR THE OLDER CHILDREN, ARE GREATLY RECEIVED
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PTA NEWS
Watch this space!
Tuck Shop
Events to keep an eye out for:

SGPTA Cheese & Wine Evening, Thursday 11th
May at 7.30pm in the Headmaster’s Study Tickets £5.00

SG Spring Clean Day, Saturday 13th May.

Great Gatsby Summer Ball, Saturday 10th June.
Thank you to those who patiently supported us last Friday. The PTA have responded to the request for a Tuck
Shop from the Pupil council and, following the inaugural trial,
we will be looking to make improvements (especially in terms
of speediness!) for next time. Frequency of this event is still
under discussion so watch this space for our return.
Come Dine With Me – PTA Style
Sophia Miller-Jones (from Nursery) is happy to host the
next Come Dine with Me on Saturday May 20th. Please
email [email protected] if you are interested in taking part in this great fundraiser. As ever, this is
your opportunity to make new SG friends while enjoying
some good food and sparkling conversation! There is
a suggested donation of £10.00 per head for this event.
2nd Hand Uniform Sale
Fabric Wanted!
Thanks to all who supported the most recent uniform sale.
We raised £60 and continue to be very grateful for all uniform donations. We are in particular need of larger blazers,
summer dresses as well as any items that would help the
Yr2 to Yr3 transition for September. Thank you!
Wanted: any unwanted gents cotton shirts. Collars frayed?
Unfortunate gravy stain? Ripped cuff? Mrs Makin is looking
to save these old heroes from the bin by recycling the useable cotton fabric for craft projects. Donations welcome
please!
Assembly Coffee Rota
Many thanks to our PTA reps and volunteers for manning
the tea & coffee station on the following assembly dates.
Please check the rota below for your date:
Spring Grove Spring Clean!
5th May - Yr 3 reps Ken and Vicki
12th May - Yr 2 reps Carine and Nikki
It’s time to dust off your dusters and roll up your sleeves!
The PTA invite you to join them in helping to spring clean
the school grounds on the morning of Saturday May. Children are welcome to help but must be under the supervision of their parent/ guardian. Afterwards there will be a bbq
and refreshments for the workers! Please let Mrs Read
know if you are able to help out including any machinery
you can lend to the event.
New chairs for Sunley Hall
Over the next week we are trialing new chairs for the hall.
Come and have a seat outside Mrs. Read's office and give
feedback to your class rep.
Bags2School
Many thanks to everyone for all the fantastically heavy bags
of donations which raised £104 for the PTA.
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Spring Grove Spring Clean Morning
Saturday, 13th May 2017
Every few years we have undertaken a fantastic community clean-up of the school where a
sizeable portion of the school family turns out to undertake important jobs around the
school site that not only makes our grounds look even better but also boosts the efforts of
our grounds team.
Who can take part? Anyone!
When does it take place? From 9am—1pm on Saturday, 13th May.
What to wear? Old clothes suitable for odd jobs
What to bring: Gardening tools, brushes, rakes, etc
We aim to do a variety of outdoor jobs ranging from fairly light work (suitable for the
younger folk) to some heavier jobs.
Provisional Programme:
9am: Gather together / Health & Safety briefing & checking of equipment /
Assignment of duties
Through the morning: refreshments will be available in the Sunley Hall
From 12pm: Family Picnics and optional BBQ
Provisional list of jobs:
Old Fencing posts to be removed from Newell Field (the cross-country course field)
Litter Clearance
Field clear-up
Art Room Tidy
Clearance of brambles beside pond
Outdoor toys / equipment clean-up
Demolition of log cabin
Car Park fence to be put up
Weeding alongside stream
Cutting back hedge alongside drive
Cutting back trees and bushes on exit drive to increase parking
Please let the office know if you intend to take part.
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SUMMER BALL 2017
The SG50 Committee met on Thursday morning and we were joined by members of the SGPTA to discuss all the exciting developments and plans for our
Great Gatsby Ball on June 10th. All our planning is coming together nicely and
we are all working hard to make this an evening to remember!
The Spring Grove family is unique and we want to celebrate 50 special years
with all of you, past, present and future at this wonderful event. I was trying to
count how many times we had attended an SG Ball… I stopped counting at 21!
Surely there should be a medal involved? So please do join us for an unforgettable evening of music, entertainment, fine dining, fundraising and fun!
Now to important matters...What to wear? We would love to see as many Daisy Buchanan's & Jay Gatsby's as possible (prizes
for best dressed) but fear not, just add a string of pearls and some long gloves and the odd feather or two or, just wear your
favourite dress (ladies only)!
The internet is our friend at times like this, so here is a list of websites where you can buy everything from dresses to accessories or just for some 20's inspiration.
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www.littleblackdress.co.uk / www.gatsbylady.com / www.frockandfrill.com / www.uniquevintage.com /
www.rockmyvintage.com
Lost Property
Violet Hopkinson
Felipe Taffarrello
Abigail weir
Oscar Toombs
Blazer and kilt
Blazer
Named Hoodie
Games top and Dickens house
t-shirt
Anya Opie
School Coat
Joseph Evans
School Coat
Arun Juan
Navy Jumper
Abigail Beale
Games Top
Poppy Courtenay-Snipp Running Spikes
CONGRATULATIONS
Headmaster’s Stars
Austen: Mary Bowe, Amelia Street, Evie Dawson
Chaucer: William Rawlinson, Phoebe Boucher, Mylie
Wood, Faith Barnett
Conrad: Thomas Makin, Annabelle Darsey
Dickens: Edward McNair, Emily Borg, Abigail Weir
Happy Birthday…
Citizenship Awards:
Bronze: Edward McNair & Faith Barnett
Emmy Mitford-Slade
Skiing Awards: The 2017 Ski Trip Pupils, Andrew Dod
Swimming Certificates: Annabel Holman, Olivia DungateMarsh, Isabelle Beadle
Rhythmic Gymnastics and Drama Awards: Phoebe Boucher
Hockey Medals: Phoebe Boucher& Emmy Mitford-Slade
Diary
Monday 1st May - Friday 5th May
Monday
1st
Bank Holiday: no school
Tuesday
2nd
Prep 6 First Aid Training
Prep 5 Parents’ Mtg: French Trip 4:00pm
Prep 6 Parents’ Mtg: Tewkesbury Trip
4.00pm
How to treat others…
Whatever we say or do or click,
we should THINK and ask ourselves, Is it…..
T
True?
H
Helpful?
I
Inspirational?
N
Necessary?
K
Kind?
Wednesday U11 A&B Girls’ Kwik Cricket v St Faith’s (H)
3rd
U11 & U9 Cricket v Dover College (H)
Thursday
4th
Friday
5th
U9 A&B Girls’ Kwik Cricket v Ashford (A)
U9 Cricket v St Faith’s (A)
Prep 3 Assembly
Jelly the Giraffe
Congratulations to
AUSTEN HOUSE for
winning Jelly this week!
1. Austen 559 Stars
2. Chaucer 522
3. Dickens 505
3. Conrad 451
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Spring Grove School
Harville Road, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5EZ
www.springgroveschool.co.uk
Week 2
Spaghetti Bolognese and
Sweetcorn
Week 1
Week 3
Muffins
Greek Yoghurt, Honey
and Raisins
Banoffee Pie
Jelly and Crème
or
Cheese & Red Onion Puff
(v)
Mini Kiev’s, Potatoes
Wedges and Beans
Peaches and
Whipped Cream
or
Cheese Couscous (v)
Flap Jack
Pears and Chocolate Sauce
or
Vegetable Enchiladas (v)
Enchiladas and Vegetable
Medley
Gammon, Jacket Potatoes and
Salad
or
Broccoli & Cauliflower Bake
(v)
Mixed Yoghurts
or
Cheese & Tomato Tart (v)
Chocolate Crispy
Cake
or
Vegetable Quiche (v)
Sausagemeat Pie, Potatoes,
Green beans and Gravy
or
Macaroni Cheese (v)
or
Vegetable Curry (v)
or
Cauliflower Cheese (v)
Roast Turkey, Roast Potatoes,
Carrots and Swede
Pasta, Sauce
and Flat Bread
Chicken Curry, Rice and
Naan Bread
Roast Beef, Roast Potatoes,
Carrots and Gravy
Tuna Wraps
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
AVAILABLE DAILY: Jacket Potato, Salad and Fresh Water.
Fresh Fruit and Yoghurt available as an alternative to the main dessert.
Raspberry Tart
or
Roasted Vegetables (v)
Meat Balls and Pasta
Chocolate Sponge and
Chocolate Sauce
or
Mushroom Stroganoff (v)
Savoury Rice
and Spring Roll
Melon and Grape
or
Roasted Vegetables (v)
MONDAY
Spring Grove School Menu—Summer Term 2017
WEEK NO.
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Ice Cream Wafer
or
Savoury Rice (v)
Fish, Chips and Peas
Fruit Salad
or
Stuffed Peppers (v)
Chicken Goujons, Jacket
Potatoes and Beans
Arctic Roll
or
Vegetable Kebabs (v)
Sausage, Beans and Mash
Potatoes
FRIDAY