ST STEPHEN’S CHILDREN CENTRE
ST STEPEN’S CofE NEWSLETTER
As an inclusive, Christian school and Children Centre we will
nurture, inspire, empower and expect every child to achieve
their very best in life, work and the community.
Telephone: 0207 735 1023
Volume 1617
Inside this issue:
Welcome message
1
Christian values
1
Diary dates
1
Events and activities
2
Celebrating learning
3
Coffee morning
3
Children Centre
4
MONTHLY PRAYER
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Future Dates 2017
9th May, 3rd June
11th July
DIARY DATES
Follow us on Twitter
ststephensSW8
School term & holiday dates
Issue 7
18th April
Inset Day
19th April
Y 5 out into University
24th April
School Photography
8th May
Y6 Sats Week
11th May
Y2 Collective Worship
17th May
Christian Aid Week
25th May
Y1 Collective Worship
26th May
Half term: 3.30pm finish
Wishing you
a Happy
Easter !
March 2017
Welcome to our new governor & EY practitioner
Hello, my name is Dahs
Chae. (left) I am a local
member of the community
and excited to join the governing board at St Stephens.
My background is in finance.
I currently work as a wealth
manager at Union Bank of
Switzerland (UBS). I hold a
joint honours degree in politics and economics from
Bristol University and I was a
music student at the Royal
Academy of Music seven
years. Outside of work I am a
keen gym goer and enjoy
trying new cuisines to keep
my food blog going. I look
forward to meeting many of
you around the school and at
various events.
SUMMER TERM
DINNER MONEY
Dinner money per child
for the spring term is as
follows:
Each week - £9.75
First half - £50.70
TERM 5
website: www.st-stephens.lambeth.sch.uk
Second Half - £ 66.30
Whole term - £117.00
Please ensure payment is
made in advance.
ATTENDANCE RATES
FOR THE SPRING TERM
Caterpillars - 93.97 %
Butterflies - 96.28 %
Tadpoles - 95.66 %
Ladybirds - 96.33 %
Spiders - 95.99%
Grasshoppers - 96.27%
Dragonflies - 97.05%
Hello, my name is Tahlia Lee (above right). I am the newly
appointed Early Years Educator at St Stephen’s. I have
worked in childcare for seven years with children from various
age groups. I hope to contribute to providing children with a
stimulating learning environment and helping them to achieve
their very best. I have a Level 3 in child care and a B.A.
Education degree. I hope to set a good example for all the
children at St Stephen’s.
SUMMER TERM’S CHRISTIAN VALUES
TERM 1
Friendship
‘My command is this: Love
each other as I have loved
you. Greater love has no one
than this: to lay down one’s life
for one’s friend.’
John 15: 12-13
TERM 2
Hope
‘For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, says the
Lord, thoughts of peace and
not of evil, to give you a future
and a hope.’
Jeremiah 29:11
As an inclusive, Christian school and Children Centre we will nurture,
inspire, empower and expect every child to achieve their very best in life,
work and the community.
Page 2
The school
raised £150.49
for red nose
day!
INSETDAY
Please make a
note that the school will be
closed on Tuesday 18th
April & 26th May 2017.
BLOOMING NICELY IN THE EARLY YEARS
This term in the Early Years Caterpillars (Reception) and
Butterflies (Nursery) have
been learning about the topic
‘Growing’.
Caterpillars explored the
story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, then planted our own
beans! We looked at the
different colours, shapes and
sizes of the beans, then
carefully placed one each at
the bottom of a flower pot.
We then filled the pots with
soil and discussed how the
soil feels in our hands, we all
agreed that it felt “fluffy”.
We then watered our plants
and placed them by the window, to ensure sunlight
would reach them.
We are being very careful
not to touch our plants and
are now waiting patiently for
them to grow…
And look how much they’ve
grown so far!
Butterflies have been growing our own green beans.
Here is a picture of how we
took turns in filling up our
plant pots. We know how
important it is to look after
our plants therefore we are in
charge of watering our own
plants. During our ‘Reception
class’ assembly we performed ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, we were really happy
that everyone came to see
us as we worked really hard.
Congratulations to Rinelee
Watson-Hayles for achieving the
first Gold certificate 2017.
Maths & Pancakes in Key Stage 1!
This term in maths Tadpoles
(Year 1) and Frogs (Year 2)
have been learning all about
data handling. In preparation
for Shrove Tuesday, we decided to make a tally chart to
find out what the most popular pancake fillings in Key
Stage 1 are. We then created bar charts to display this
information. The results were
in and Nutella, honey and
strawberries and cream were
Issue 7
A huge thank you to the many
parents/carers who attended and
participated the Post Ofsted Coffee
Morning. Your contributions have
been invaluable , many of which will
feed into the School’s Action Plan.
For those who did not attend I would
like to share what was discussed at
the meeting .
The meeting commenced with the
strengths and areas for development
of the inspection. We then went off
into groups to discuss further with
parents how we could improve the
three areas- Leadership and management, Teaching, Learning and
assessment and outcome for pupils.
Your comments will feed into our
action plan and we have already
started addressing them– there is
now a comment box in the Reception
area.
Page 3
POST OFSTED COFFEE MORNING.
Teaching learning & assessment
 More feedback on progress,
 More investment in Maths and Literacy
 Workshops for parents.
 More booster clubs e.g. Yrs 4 & 5
Leadership and management
● Action plan on what parents want,
with a time scale and reviewing it
regularly
 Follow up coffee morning…. You
 Not just focusing on attainment
said this; we did this
 Recognise, good progress, attitude.
 More rewards/praise for high achievers,
● Online attainment and progress of
individual children that parents can
access, like secondary school
● Guided Reading inviting parents in
to read with their children
greater challenge for all learner
● Encourage the children to celebrate
what they are good at
clear favourites. We had lots
of fun putting our favourite
pancake toppings onto our
pancakes and eating them!
We are increasing outdoor
learning in all areas of the
curriculum. Last week Tadpoles have been learning
about capacity. We estimate the amount of water
that would go into each container, measured it with cups
of water and checked our
estimation.
Over the last few weeks, Spiders
have been working with the
Curiosity workshop on challenging, thought provoking questions/ideas. We shared our
ideas, along with 4 other schools
at the prestigious Iron Mongers
Hall in Central London. In the
build up to the conference we
learnt how to write speeches
and how to present and perform
to a large audience. Here’s two
we’d like to share – what if money did not exist? What if I lived
forever?
Parents wishes
1,2,3...
Outcomes for our pupils
World book Day 2017
The children thoroughly
enjoyed dressing up as
their favourite book
character.
Thank you to parents and
carers for taking the time
and effort to making it
such a memorable day for
the children and staff.
The children enjoyed talking about their costumes
and sharing their favourite
book.
A busy term for Ladybirds and Spiders
An artist sketched the children ideas into this great poster!
Volume 1617
Well it’s been a busy term in
Ladybirds. We have been reading a story called ‘Gregory Cool’
which is set in the Caribbean. We
have learnt about the differences
between Tobago and England.
In RE we have learnt all about the
Creation comparing what Christians believe to other religions.
Finally, we have been getting
ready for Easter. On Ash
Wednesday we visited St. Anne
and All Saints Church on South
Lambeth Road. We learnt all
about the meaning of Ash
Wednesday and why it is an
important day.
Congratulations to the winners
for the best book character
costume . They received a
£10.00 book token for their
wonderful costumes.
Early Years
Girl = Zarah (Rec)
Boy = Dante (Nur)
KS1
Girl = Kyara (Yr 2)
Boy = Surafel (Yr 1)
KS2
Girl = Aliya (Yr 3)
Boy = Makhie (Yr 5)
Dragonflies explore the Stone Age
During our topic lessons we
have been learning about life in
the Stone Age. The children
have been focusing on a range
of art activities such as: painting, sculpting and weaving.
During our sculpting lessons the
children created a replica of a
sculpture called ‘The Thinker,’
which was made during the
Stone Age era. The children
utilised a range of sculpting
techniques by using a range of
tools.
Grasshoppers investigating patterns with Fractions
In our Maths lesson, we had applied our mathematical knowledge
of adding fractions (with different denominators!) in order to investigate a unique pattern that evolves from the answers. It is very
important to use your times table knowledge to add fractions of
different denominators as you will need to find the LCM (lowest
common multiple) between the denominators.
As an inclusive, Christian school and Children Centre we will nurture,
inspire, empower and expect every child to achieve their very best in life,
work and the community.
Page 2
The school
raised £150.49
for red nose
day!
INSETDAY
Please make a
note that the school will be
closed on Tuesday 18th
April & 26th May 2017.
BLOOMING NICELY IN THE EARLY YEARS
This term in the Early Years Caterpillars (Reception) and
Butterflies (Nursery) have
been learning about the topic
‘Growing’.
Caterpillars explored the
story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, then planted our own
beans! We looked at the
different colours, shapes and
sizes of the beans, then
carefully placed one each at
the bottom of a flower pot.
We then filled the pots with
soil and discussed how the
soil feels in our hands, we all
agreed that it felt “fluffy”.
We then watered our plants
and placed them by the window, to ensure sunlight
would reach them.
We are being very careful
not to touch our plants and
are now waiting patiently for
them to grow…
And look how much they’ve
grown so far!
Butterflies have been growing our own green beans.
Here is a picture of how we
took turns in filling up our
plant pots. We know how
important it is to look after
our plants therefore we are in
charge of watering our own
plants. During our ‘Reception
class’ assembly we performed ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, we were really happy
that everyone came to see
us as we worked really hard.
Congratulations to Rinelee
Watson-Hayles for achieving the
first Gold certificate 2017.
Maths & Pancakes in Key Stage 1!
This term in maths Tadpoles
(Year 1) and Frogs (Year 2)
have been learning all about
data handling. In preparation
for Shrove Tuesday, we decided to make a tally chart to
find out what the most popular pancake fillings in Key
Stage 1 are. We then created bar charts to display this
information. The results were
in and Nutella, honey and
strawberries and cream were
Issue 7
A huge thank you to the many
parents/carers who attended and
participated the Post Ofsted Coffee
Morning. Your contributions have
been invaluable , many of which will
feed into the School’s Action Plan.
For those who did not attend I would
like to share what was discussed at
the meeting .
The meeting commenced with the
strengths and areas for development
of the inspection. We then went off
into groups to discuss further with
parents how we could improve the
three areas- Leadership and management, Teaching, Learning and
assessment and outcome for pupils.
Your comments will feed into our
action plan and we have already
started addressing them– there is
now a comment box in the Reception
area.
Page 3
POST OFSTED COFFEE MORNING.
Teaching learning & assessment
 More feedback on progress,
 More investment in Maths and Literacy
 Workshops for parents.
 More booster clubs e.g. Yrs 4 & 5
Leadership and management
● Action plan on what parents want,
with a time scale and reviewing it
regularly
 Follow up coffee morning…. You
 Not just focusing on attainment
said this; we did this
 Recognise, good progress, attitude.
 More rewards/praise for high achievers,
● Online attainment and progress of
individual children that parents can
access, like secondary school
● Guided Reading inviting parents in
to read with their children
greater challenge for all learner
● Encourage the children to celebrate
what they are good at
clear favourites. We had lots
of fun putting our favourite
pancake toppings onto our
pancakes and eating them!
We are increasing outdoor
learning in all areas of the
curriculum. Last week Tadpoles have been learning
about capacity. We estimate the amount of water
that would go into each container, measured it with cups
of water and checked our
estimation.
Over the last few weeks, Spiders
have been working with the
Curiosity workshop on challenging, thought provoking questions/ideas. We shared our
ideas, along with 4 other schools
at the prestigious Iron Mongers
Hall in Central London. In the
build up to the conference we
learnt how to write speeches
and how to present and perform
to a large audience. Here’s two
we’d like to share – what if money did not exist? What if I lived
forever?
Parents wishes
1,2,3...
Outcomes for our pupils
World book Day 2017
The children thoroughly
enjoyed dressing up as
their favourite book
character.
Thank you to parents and
carers for taking the time
and effort to making it
such a memorable day for
the children and staff.
The children enjoyed talking about their costumes
and sharing their favourite
book.
A busy term for Ladybirds and Spiders
An artist sketched the children ideas into this great poster!
Volume 1617
Well it’s been a busy term in
Ladybirds. We have been reading a story called ‘Gregory Cool’
which is set in the Caribbean. We
have learnt about the differences
between Tobago and England.
In RE we have learnt all about the
Creation comparing what Christians believe to other religions.
Finally, we have been getting
ready for Easter. On Ash
Wednesday we visited St. Anne
and All Saints Church on South
Lambeth Road. We learnt all
about the meaning of Ash
Wednesday and why it is an
important day.
Congratulations to the winners
for the best book character
costume . They received a
£10.00 book token for their
wonderful costumes.
Early Years
Girl = Zarah (Rec)
Boy = Dante (Nur)
KS1
Girl = Kyara (Yr 2)
Boy = Surafel (Yr 1)
KS2
Girl = Aliya (Yr 3)
Boy = Makhie (Yr 5)
Dragonflies explore the Stone Age
During our topic lessons we
have been learning about life in
the Stone Age. The children
have been focusing on a range
of art activities such as: painting, sculpting and weaving.
During our sculpting lessons the
children created a replica of a
sculpture called ‘The Thinker,’
which was made during the
Stone Age era. The children
utilised a range of sculpting
techniques by using a range of
tools.
Grasshoppers investigating patterns with Fractions
In our Maths lesson, we had applied our mathematical knowledge
of adding fractions (with different denominators!) in order to investigate a unique pattern that evolves from the answers. It is very
important to use your times table knowledge to add fractions of
different denominators as you will need to find the LCM (lowest
common multiple) between the denominators.
ST STEPHEN’S CHILDREN CENTRE
ST STEPEN’S CofE NEWSLETTER
As an inclusive, Christian school and Children Centre we will
nurture, inspire, empower and expect every child to achieve
their very best in life, work and the community.
Telephone: 0207 735 1023
Volume 1617
Inside this issue:
Welcome message
1
Christian values
1
Diary dates
1
Events and activities
2
Celebrating learning
3
Coffee morning
3
Children Centre
4
MONTHLY PRAYER
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Future Dates 2017
9th May, 3rd June
11th July
DIARY DATES
Follow us on Twitter
ststephensSW8
School term & holiday dates
Issue 7
18th April
Inset Day
19th April
Y 5 out into University
24th April
School Photography
8th May
Y6 Sats Week
11th May
Y2 Collective Worship
17th May
Christian Aid Week
25th May
Y1 Collective Worship
26th May
Half term: 3.30pm finish
Wishing you
a Happy
Easter !
March 2017
Welcome to our new governor & EY practitioner
Hello, my name is Dahs
Chae. (left) I am a local
member of the community
and excited to join the governing board at St Stephens.
My background is in finance.
I currently work as a wealth
manager at Union Bank of
Switzerland (UBS). I hold a
joint honours degree in politics and economics from
Bristol University and I was a
music student at the Royal
Academy of Music seven
years. Outside of work I am a
keen gym goer and enjoy
trying new cuisines to keep
my food blog going. I look
forward to meeting many of
you around the school and at
various events.
SUMMER TERM
DINNER MONEY
Dinner money per child
for the spring term is as
follows:
Each week - £9.75
First half - £50.70
TERM 5
website: www.st-stephens.lambeth.sch.uk
Second Half - £ 66.30
Whole term - £117.00
Please ensure payment is
made in advance.
ATTENDANCE RATES
FOR THE SPRING TERM
Caterpillars - 93.97 %
Butterflies - 96.28 %
Tadpoles - 95.66 %
Ladybirds - 96.33 %
Spiders - 95.99%
Grasshoppers - 96.27%
Dragonflies - 97.05%
Hello, my name is Tahlia Lee (above right). I am the newly
appointed Early Years Educator at St Stephen’s. I have
worked in childcare for seven years with children from various
age groups. I hope to contribute to providing children with a
stimulating learning environment and helping them to achieve
their very best. I have a Level 3 in child care and a B.A.
Education degree. I hope to set a good example for all the
children at St Stephen’s.
SUMMER TERM’S CHRISTIAN VALUES
TERM 1
Friendship
‘My command is this: Love
each other as I have loved
you. Greater love has no one
than this: to lay down one’s life
for one’s friend.’
John 15: 12-13
TERM 2
Hope
‘For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, says the
Lord, thoughts of peace and
not of evil, to give you a future
and a hope.’
Jeremiah 29:11