SIR ROBERT GEFFERY’S SCHOOL - NEWS LETTER
25 April 2016 — Number 591
CLUBS
Hockey Club will not take place during the Summer term as the hockey coach will not
be coming in.
An extra opportunity for Girls Football will now take place on a Wednesday from
3.30-4.30 pm
Barton Hall
This week, year 5 are away with Miss
Golding, Mr Gibbons, Janine, Lorna
and Colin at Barton Hall.
The children will be taking part in a
wide range of outdoor ac!vi!es, some
that will challenge them and others
that will develop team skills.
Change to Inset Day
Please note that the Inset Day
in October has changed from
Friday 21st October to Monday
31st October.
FRIENDS’ SUMMER FAIR
POSTER COMPETITION
PARENTS OF YEARS 4 AND 5 – INFORMATION EVENING AT SALTASH.NET
There will be a final Information Evening
at Saltash.net this Wednesday, 27th April
for those parents who were unable to attend
the event held at their child’s primary school.
The event will be held in the Lecture Theatre
at 7.00pm.
Entry form attached to design a
poster for this year’s Summer Fair
(spare copies available from the school
office).
Please hand completed entry forms
back to school office.
The theme this year is the 1920s !
SAFEGUARDING YOUR CHILDREN ON LINE
Two useful guides for staying safe on Minecraft, childrens’ social
networks, apps and games
Net aware: Parents review children’s social networks, apps & games
Netware is a parents’ guide to the social networks children and young people use. Stay up to date and keep your child safe in today’s digital world.
www.net-aware.org.uk/
Staying safe on Minecraft | ParentInfo
http://parentinfo.org/article/staying-safe-on-minecraft
Year 6 Taster Day - Wednesday
15th June
Saltash.net
Letters will be sent from
Saltash.net with details of this
day at Saltash.net but please
make a note in your diary!
Tiredness
For many different reasons the children seem quite tired on
Monday mornings at the moment. I think the lighter evenings and the start back after the holiday is also having an
impact.
Please can you support your children by making sure that
they have enough sleep. There will always be some
exceptional and special occasions but whenever possible do
make sure that they are ready for learning.
SATS Week for Year 6 9th-13th May
Please note no absence can be authorised during this week.
Please make sure your child has enough sleep and can concentrate well!! Year 6 have had a brilliant
year and I have been really impressed with their attitude and progress. They should be feeling confident
and ready to demonstrate their excellent skills.
Please make sure they are here by 8.50 am every morning as we have to keep to the national timetable.
If your child feels unwell any morning do ring school and speak to Mrs Curtis
Key Stage 2 SATs dates for 2016
Monday 9 May - English reading test
Tuesday 10 May - English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: (spelling); English grammar,
punctuation and spelling Paper 2 (grammar, vocabulary and punctuation questions)
Wednesday 11 May - Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic; mathematics Paper 2: reasoning
Thursday 12 May - Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning
Roller
Do you know of an old fashioned heavy
duty roller that we can borrow or
purchase to use on the field to re-level
it? If you know where there
may be one, please let us
know!
This week’s
Solar Reading
47078 KWH
This week’s Thunk
If you could swap
your family to
become royal, would
you do it?
Assessments
Years 2 and 6 will complete the new assessments in May and the children should be congratulated
for their progress and hard work to date.
This week, NFER have selected our school to par!cipate in the trialling of future papers. We are
using this as a prac!ce so the children will complete maths papers supervised by a representa!ve
from NFER and ourselves.
All children will be undertaking assessments during the term so we can measure progress and also
find out where they are in rela!on to the new curriculum. As the new requirements are so much
higher in many ways we know there may be more children working towards the expecta!ons and
less exceeding. Knowing where the children and iden!fying targets will enable the gap to be
narrowed quicker.
Sunshine and Supervision
Please remember that if your children are playing in the school grounds after
school they need to be well supervised at all times. The children know the rules
about the use of the trim trails. For example –they are not allowed on the roofs of
the equipment or on top of the tunnel etc!! Equipment should not be taken from
the shed. With the new building we need to be aware of where balls are being
used.
If you are late collecting them they cannot just go and play, as they are not being
supervised and we do not want accidents or incidents that have to be dealt with
when staff are busy preparing learning opportunities.
However, we do want families making the most of the farm, iron age hut and field,
so feel free to spend time together in these places!
Autumn Residential: 10-13 October 2016 Advance notice, more details soon.
Over the past two years, all children in KS2 have spent two days on activities related to
the topic and spent one night away. The first year we took the children to Pixie’s Holt
on Dartmoor. This year they went to Escot and spent a day in an Anglo Saxon Village.
Next year the topic is Ancient Greece, so after much research we have booked a one
night stay for each class at the new YHA at Eden. On the first day they will do a workshop and then return after their evening meal to an evening activity in a dome. A Crazy Chef one for the years 3 and 4 and Fibonacci for years 5 and 6. On the second day
they will do a specific Ancient Greece activity outlined below.
We are excited about being able to offer this opportunity and hope that so much good
learning will take place.
The total cost including the meals, activities and accommodation will be £60.
Ancient Greece and the Edenauts
Ancient Greece: Tyrants have placed the small town of Eden
under siege and are demanding that the town’s people give
away their
precious olive groves. Your class joins the
Edenauts on a journey across Ancient Greece, where they must
complete several challenges in order to rally the support of
the gods and the protection of the 300 warriors of Sparta.
Can the Edenauts save their beautiful town?
What happens:
happens: Your students are placed in the thick of the
action as residents of the besieged Ancient Greek town of
Eden. Zeus agrees to help the Edenauts, but only if they can
complete the various challenges set for them by the Gods of
Olympus.
Your students’ journey through the Mediterranean Biome com,
pleting a series of challenges based around Greek mythology,
plants and daily life in Ancient Greece. Each challenge tests
a different skill , sensory, musical, physical, scientific
thinking, observational and proprioception.
Speech Day
For those who are new to the school, I wanted to make sure you have the date in the
diary and have the information in advance. This is an annual event and held in the
marquee on the field so we can fit everybody in.
Everybody is invited to celebrate the children’s achievement over this year. Each
class will make a presentation before certificates and prizes are presented to each
child. A light buffet is served afterwards (adults only) and you are welcome to join
the governors at this time. The Master of The Ironmongers Company will be presenting the prizes once again. This is a memorable occasion and one of the historic
traditions of our school as it has happened for over a hundred years.
Children can be signed out from classroom lists after the ceremony if you would like
to take them home to save additional journeys.
SPORTS DAY
Once again we will have our morning skills based activities organised by Year 6 before our
traditional sports start in the afternoon. You are welcome to observe any part of the
day’s activities. Children will sit in their house teams and will be in their family house
group in the mornings.
Our Houses are named after local people and families
Hawes
-Yellow
Tamblyn
- Green
Kinvig
- Red
Brewer
- Blue
The morning activities involve the older children supporting the younger children to
complete activities as well as participating themselves. The points are taken through to
the afternoon. Points are given for the number of times the activity is completed but also
for sportsmanship and team work.
Accelerated Reader
Link for home connection:
https://ukhosted70.renlearn.co.uk/2234733/homeconnect
Please see Class Teacher or School Office for username and password
Please Note: This gives access to parent information only.
Children cannot complete quizzes at home.
Books…books…books….
If you have any children’s books on your shelves that need re-homing then do send them
into us. Cat would be pleased to receive them. We need to add stock to our spinners
now we have scored each book and put spinners in each room. We are short of classics
so if you have any of these that are gathering dust they would good. Any books would be
appreciated. If they are unsuitable for the library or the Accelerated Reader then we have
a charity contact who will use them. No book will be wasted.
PS You may well have a school book at home, if so do return it at the same time!!
CARADON GAMES REPORT
On Wednesday the 20th April Year 6 (and some younger children)
went to Saltash.net for the Caradon area qualifiers linked to the
Cornwall Youth games.
The class were taking part in either basketball, tennis, athletics,
hockey or golf. I had the important job of visiting the different
areas and taking photographs of the action! As I walked around I
noticed how competitive our children were, but also how polite
and respectful they were towards the referees. All of the action
was very exciting, with children working effectively as a team.
Some of the pupils hadn’t played the sports before but still tried
their very best!
Towards the end of the afternoon all the children gathered
together in the sports hall for the announcement of the results.
Everyone felt nervous but eager to know the outcomes. The
results were as follows:
Basketball – 1st
Tennis – 2nd
Hockey – 2nd
Athletics – 2nd
Golf – 2nd
These were amazing results for us and Mr Gibbens, Mrs Cunningham, Bryony and Jack were very proud! This means that the
basketball team have qualified for the Cornwall finals in June!
Overall it was an action-packed afternoon and we all enjoyed it
very much.
By Ellie – Year 6 media team
Awards
Be the Best You Can
Consistent Effort
Creative Thinking
Eco
Effort
Enthusiasm
Friendship
Girls Football
Good Manners
Helpfulness
Homework
Learner of the Week
Mathlete
Mathletic Points
Maths
Polly Award
Reader of the Week
School Grounds
Science
Spelling Bee
Spelling Progress
Standing Up for Right
Tag Rugby
Thinking
Writer of the Week
Sol M
Callum S
Gabriel S
Meela B
Ed P
Thomas S
Felicia W
Aimee Q
Archie H
Reuben W
William H
Millie B
Sam B
Johan C
Dulcie N
Finley S
Jess A/Hannah D
Madeleine T
Jamie D
Ashley P
William B
Daniel B
Izaac K
Joel T
Olivia T/Luke C
Piano Award
Hazel S
Singing Award
William H
Please remember to bring your awards back by the following Monday to enable another child
to receive the award. Thank you.
Foundation Outside Area
The Foundation team need your help!
We are creating lovely new learning spaces in our outside area
and would be very grateful for any donations of: plastic bottles (small water bottles and 2 litre fizzy drink bottles),
4 pint milk bottles, dustbin lids, old pots and pans, colanders,
wooden spoons and old Wellington boots!
Please give any donations to Miss Powell.
Year 5 also need donations of plastic
bottles, plastic trays, kitchen roll tubes etc
to create scenery for their drama project with
the Theatre Royal.
Please deliver any donations to Year 5 classroom.
Cake Sale
Thanks to all who
supplied cakes for
this month’s cake
sale. We raised
£44.11 for Hillside.
Thank you everyone for
your contribution with
the Bags 2 School.
The bags weighed 240kg
altogether, which
equates to £96 towards
school funds.