The Patten Pages
The William Patten School newsletter for parents and children
Issue 54
Week beginning 17th June 2013
Welcome to the latest edition of the Patten Pages! Five and a half weeks to go and so much to
cram into that time! International Evening, Passport Day, both Sports days, the amazing Year 6
show, the Year 6 disco, the Year 6 graduation……. We’ll all need a rest! edition 54 of the
Patten Pages
Year 1 Garden
Classroom
On Monday 10th June Year 1 were lucky enough
to pay another visit to the Garden Classroom in
Clissold Park. This time the focus was Maths.
After a short introduction from the Garden
classroom teacher, Adele, they split into three
groups and undertook various maths based
activities outside, on the old bowling green. They
practised their measuring skills and finding
number patterns with minibeasts!. They
practised their measuring skills,using a tape
measure to find the longest (pretend!) worm and
they also went on a shape walk around the
garden looking for real 2 and 3D shapes in real
life. The children had a short break to enjoy
some fruit and a drink before going straight back
to work! This time they practised giving
directions to some insects to help them find their
homes; they also practised their adding and
subtraction skills by counting minibeasts and do
some more measuring of things in the garden. It
was a very busy day and we had lots of fun
practising all the maths skills they have been
working hard at this year. They were surprised
at how much maths we could do outside in the
park without a pencil, pen or paper!
William Patten Super
Readers!
We have two more children who have become
William Patten Super Readers! May Chalcraft
and Rosa Warrington have read five books
from the recommended list and written their
reviews. So a very big congratulations and well
done to both children, who were awarded their
certificate in Good Deeds assembly.
Chess club go to Pontins
After hosting the qualifiers in March we took 4
teams to the South of England Semi Finals at
Pontins ,Camber Sands. This was a major
achievement for the club for so many teams to
qualify, as there are just a handful of state
schools in a tournament attended mostly by prep
schools such as Dulwich College (who have a
Grand master as their coach!)
A big congratulations to all the children for
competing so well and the captains:
Khyal Chowhan U9 team
Marcus Andrews U11 team
who were awarded with bronze plaques.
Well done to Oscar Canning Thompson, who
won 6/6 of his games and a fair play award to
Jake Evans for swapping teams at the last
minute.
This year the club has been able to offer more
in-depth coaching and all the children have
learnt chess notation. Next year the club hopes
to get more girls to join and have more external
(EPSCA funded)chess coaching.
The club would like to thank all the parent
helpers and say ‘goodbye’ to all the year 6’s.We
would also like to say a very big thank to the
club leaders Ed Alves (Noah 4T and Zachary
1K) and Keith Andrews ( Marcus 6B and
Martha 3HI) without whom we would not have a
club at all! Ed and Keith run the club, organise
the schedule, organise the qualifiers, Pontins,
and so much more. All of this is done in a
voluntary capacity.
Next year we will need to recruit new parent
helpers to help out………!
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Parlez vous Francais?
Frankie Fontenoy used to be a pupil at William
Patten and when she was in Year 4, left to live in
France. She is now in Year 6 at her French
school and was interviewed about the change.
Here is the interview, but we have provided a
translation for anyone who needs it (Thank you
Ihssan!)
Frankie as tu connu des problemes
d’adapation?
Frankie, did you have any problems settling
here?
Non, meme si mes amis me manquent. Il faut
aussi se faire de nouveaux amis et maitrisir une
nouvelle langue. No even though I missed my
friends, I had to make new friends in order to
learn the language.
Aupres de qui as tu trouve de l’aide? Who
helped you?
Aupres de mes parnets bien sur et l’ecole (la
maitresse et un autre garcon)My parents of
course and school (the teacher and another
English boy)
As tu la nostalgie de tonpays d’origine? Did you
miss your country?
Ce qui me manqué le plus: mes amis, Londres
le centre equestre et un peu mon ecole What I
miss the most are: friends, London, my
horse riding school and my school a little bit!
Souhaites tu retourner vivre en Angleterre? Do
you wish to return to live in England?
Au debut, je voulais repartir mais maintenant je
suis heureuse d’etre ici. In the beginning I did
want to go back, but I am happy here now.
Quelles sont les difference entre la France et
l’Angleterre What are the differences between
England and France?
A l’ecole primaire il y avait plus des enfants dans
les classes et plus d’arts aussi. En ce qui
concerne la cantuine je trouive qu’il y a plus de
choix ici et c’est meilleur. In English primary
schools, there are more children in the class
and we do more art as well. In France, I think
the school dinners are better and there is
more choice!
Year 4 go to the Globe
On Friday 7th June, year 4 gathered together
and ventured forth on a trip into central London
to visit the spiritual home of one of Britain's most
famous playwrights. They went off to visit the
Globe Theatre, which to those of you who
haven't been ( and you really should because it
is fantastic) is a replica of the theatre that
William Shakespeare and his company of
players performed in some 400 years ago.
Shakespeare was not only a playwright but an
actor himself and performed in his own plays.
Both year 4 classes had been studying
playscripts in literacy and the trip was a
wonderful way for them to see a very important
historical theatre in a working capacity.
The Globe Theatre has no roof, the reason for
this being that in Shakespeare's day plays were
mainly performed in the afternoon and there
were no electrics or fancy lights so they needed
to capitalise on the natural light and having no
roof meant they were able to do that.The
children found that fascinating. They sat in the
audience and were able to see where the
"penny stinkers" or "groundlings" as they were
most often known would stand to watch a play.
The children then went to do a drama workshop
based on Romeo and Juliet. The workshop
leaders were wonderful and introduced the often
feared, language of Shakespeare to the children
in an accessible way that they could enjoy.
They separated into two groups, the Montagues
and the Capulets and took on poses being very
formal in their stance and behaviour, as they
would in a school photo. They then dropped the
mask of being friendly to each other and started
insulting each other by saying "Do you bite your
thumb at me, sir?", which in Shakespeare's time
was akin to accusing someone of swearing at
them. The children were able to goad each other
by saying two or three lines of Shakespeare to
each other and they had fun creating the
characters and playing with the language. It was
a wonderful day and if you haven't been to visit
the Globe, all I can say is do go because it is a
truly dramatic experience!
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Arsenal football stars
A very big congratulations to Emma Knight and
Ruby Brooker ( ex-pupils of WP), who are
playing for Arsenal girls! What a super
achievement! They have just returned from
playing in Barcelona. Maybe future England
stars too?!!!
Year 3 visit the
Anatolian Fete in
Clissold Park.
On Friday 14th June, Year 3 were lucky enough to
visit the Anatolian Fete held in Clissold Park. The
Fete which lasts for two weeks each year, aims to
educate and share the Anatolian culture with the
youth in the UK.
Year 3 had the opportunity to visit the different
stalls to learn about different crafts in the region,
such as mosaic making, water marbling and
different types of weaving. They also had the
chance to taste some of the local cuisine, with one
of the favourites being the Maras ice cream! The
children were then treated to a performance by the
Ottoman Marching Band Concert. The children
thoroughly enjoyed the performance and were
encouraged to join the band on stage. The whole
morning was extremely enjoyable and hopefully
we will have the chance to go again next year!
Mr. Twit by Jorge Lee
(Year 2C)
Year 2 have completed their writing
assessments and we have chosen some of the
super writing to be included in the Patten Pages.
Here is the first one, a fantastic description of
Mr.Twit by Jorge Lee, 2C
Mr Twit is the most repulsive man I have ever
seen. Whenever he eats, food gets stuck in his
filthy beard and stays there for years and years .
Mr Twit is extremely mean and horrible, so
horrible that he makes monkeys stand on their
heads for hours and hours on end! How mean is
that! In my opinion, I think Mr Twit is the most
repellent man I have ever heard of.
His garden is just as vile as him. He planted
thistles and stinging nettles to keep children out
because he hates them as much as I hate him!
Reception went to
Phonics Land!
Both Reception classes went on a journey in a
Soundmobile to Phonics Land on Wednesday.
The Soundcatcher was about, trying to scare the
sounds in Phonics Land, so they had to hide!
The children had to look in a Soundsack to see
which sound needed rescuing and it was the
letter “m”.
“M” was very shy, so the children had to make a
word pie, filled with mmmmmm words to try and
get “m” to come out of her hiding spot.
The next sound the children went searching for
was “a”. the children found”a” stuck in a tree, so
they had to climb up to get him. Then it was time
for “m” and “a” to go into the blending machine,
to see if they could make any words. Together
they made “am”!
“My favourite bit was when we had to freeze
each time we saw the Soundcatcher” Henry
RS
“ I liked it when we made the wordpie for
“m”, we tasted it, it was yummy!” Marleigh
RS
“I liked pretending to make a picture for “m”,
we got to do it so big!” Rudy RS
Year 3 going to London
Zoo
Year 3 went to London Zoo on Thursday 20th
July. The children had a wonderful time and
enjoyed seeing the giraffes, the aquarium, the
gorillas…..
The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and as
ever the children behaved beautifully!
What was the best bit of the day?
“Everything!” Abdullah M
“When the penguins came out! I put my hand
in the pool and thought that the penguins
might eat it!” Selina
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Diary Dates
Sunday 30th
June
Tuesday 2nd
July
Wednesday
3rd July
Friday 19th
July
Monday 22nd
July
Tuesday 23rd
July
Wednesday
24th July
Summer Fair
KS1 Sports Day
KS2 Sports Day
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Year 6 Show 2pm
Year 6 show 6.30pm
Year 6 Disco 6.30 - 8pm
Year 6 Graduation 11am
Finish at 2.30pm!
Attendance chart
1K are the at the top of the chart ! Well
done! Closely followed by 6C and 6B.
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Reception B
Reception S
Year 1 C
Year 1 K
Year 2 C
Year 2 J / A
Year 3H / I
Year 3 J
Year 4 M
Year 4 T
Year 5 C/I
94.1%
93.4%
96.2%
97.9%
93.7%
96.1%
96.4%
94%
94.9%
94.3%
95.2%
Year 5 S / R
Year 6 B
Year 6 C
95.9%
97%
97.5%
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Staff profile ~ Hannah
Wellburn (Year 4 TA)
What is your favourite memory from school ?
I remember enjoying making things from clay.
My mum kept one creation for years. Taking a
fresh look at it recently I had no idea what kind
of animal it I'd intended it to be and I had placed
the poor animal's eyes in its neck.
What do you like about William Patten ?
What’s not to like?
Where did you work before you came to
William Patten ?
I worked in a secondary school in Enfield where
I was Lead Learning Mentor
What music do you like ?
My all time favourite artist is Joan Armatrading.
Other than that I have really varied taste in
music ranging from house to classical.
Favourite food ?
S.E Asian particularly Malaysian and
Vietnamese
Favourite colour?
Red
Favourite TV programme ?
I enjoyed the recent new series of Dallas, It was
fun seeing all the old characters I loved when I
was young.
Favourite book as a child and why?
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, in fact all
of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis.
Tell us a joke!
Son: Mum do you want to hear a long joke?
Mum: Yes
Son: Joooooooooooooooooooooooke.
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