Autumn 1, 2016
Geoffrey Field’s Got Talent
In the last week of term, we had a talent
caster introduced all the contestants in the
show called Geoffrey Field’s Got Talent.
final. All of the children in the audience
You could do anything you liked, e .g. singing, were really supportive and very kind—it
dancing, boxing, poems, raps, gymnastics, ka- takes a lot of bravery to perform in front of
rate and lots more. Children signed up from
hundreds of children and adults!
all year groups and we had a variety of acts. Lots of children took part in the auditions
We had auditions two weeks before the final and then semi-finals in Upper and Lower
school. In the semi-finals, the contestants
but by the final, we had 8 acts. These were
singers, dancers, gymnasts, comedians and
drummers. They were all absolutely amazing
had to perform in front of about 150 chil-
but there had to be winners!
dren and 5 teachers! In each semi-final,
Third place: Jasmine (singing) and Megan
there were about 12 acts. From these 12
and Eva (gymnastics)
acts, 4 were chosen (so there were 8 acts in Second place: Gabriel and David (drumming)
the final—2 from each year group).
First place: Alana and Frankie (singing)
We had the final on Tuesday 18th October
Well done to everybody who took part!
and everyone was watching: all the teachers,
the children that are here and the judges
(Mr. Clare and Miss Bunker). The finalists
performed on Tuesday and we found out the
winners on Wednesday 19th October.
The contestants only had three minutes (or
less if they wanted) to perform their act.
It was run by Miss Fincken and Mrs Lancaster and they did a really good job. Mrs Lan-
The winners, who sang a mash up of Taylor
Swift’s Trouble and Olly Murs’ Troublemaker.
Spirited Art
Spirited Art is where we painted what we imagined, for example
a scorpion or a hen. In class, we looked at the idea of ‘Rainbow
Nation’ and we were given a task to paint or draw a picture of
what it would like if we had a Rainbow Nation. I did a black background and went over the black with red to make a rainbow. Before we did that though, we talked about what ‘Rainbow Nation’
meant. Some people thought that it meant everything would be
like a rainbow and some people thought it had a deeper meaning. They thought that it meant that the UK is multi-cultured and
has lots of people with a variety of skin colours.
We each created a response to Rainbow Nation and then we had a
gallery in the hall after school to show our parents and carers the
things that we’d come up with. Year 5 children served biscuits and
squash and music played in the background.
This picture is somebody’s art. Have they painted what you imagined?
What piece of art do you like the most?
ROALD DAHL DAY!
Roald Dahl Day is a day where we celebrated reading and how much we enjoy it by looking at the
books written by Roald Dahl. He wrote books for
children and you should read them! Here are two
books that you might like...
In the BFG, a girl is kidnapped from human
world into Giant world. Her name is Sophie
and she is scared when she’s in the hands of
a giant. The giant’s name is called BFG
(standing for Big Friendly Giant). As you can
see, the giant is friendly. The two of them
have lots of adventures together and have
loads of battles with unfriendly giants.
Matilda was the most famous book written by Roald
Dahl. Matilda had magic powers where she could
If you read any Roald Dahl books and like
move things when her finger was pointing at it or
them, feel free to send a review to the newsher eyes were looking at it but actually her brain
paper and we might print it!
was the magical power. She lived with her horrible
mum and dad, but at the end of the story Matilda
lived with the nicest teacher ever: Miss Honey!
Send your work to the newspaper
club (in Miss Clark’s room) and
it might get published in next
term’s paper!
Gardening competition!
The fruit that we grew were cherries, golden
berries, strawberries and raspberries.
In the whole school Mr. Fox had a challenge for
Who were the winners and the Judges?
everyone. He wanted us to grow as many FRUIT
The judges were: Scott (a year three boy but
AND VEG as we could.
now in year 4) and a professional gardener.
Everyone in the school was
There were badges to show you if your class’
involved in the competition. We went out as clas- fruit and veg either came in first, second or
ses and individually to get third. All of them looked like they were good to
eat or cook.
our allotments ready, to
plant the seeds and then to There were individual prizes for each and every
fruit and veg even if your fruit or veg didn’t get
great take care of them as they
We grew
grew.
!
a badge.
tomatoes
Where was it based?
The garden was just outside yellow area, we
would have started in July but because we had
a lot to do before the competition, that is why
we had to start in May. Why did we do the competition? We had to do the competition to see
how many fruit and veg we could grow in the
whole school.
The winning team last year in year three were
Mrs Pratley’s class.
What fruit and veg did we grow?
We grew lots of types of veg: carrots, lettuce,
green beans, tomatoes, courgette, cabbages
and any other veg that you can think of.
Our
amaz
ing p
ump
kin!
Name the Swan Competition!
Last summer, Green Park Village held a competition to name their
statue of a swan. The competition was open to the whole school and
lots of children from Geoffrey Field Junior took part. It was open to
everyone though, so it wasn’t just our school!
The brass swan is made to look like it is taking flight. Eoghan
Herriott (9), who was in Year 4 at the time, won the name the swan
competition by christening the statue Hans. The prize was an iPad
mini which was presented to Eoghan in Green Park Village. Haribo
sweets were also given to every one else who entered.
The Achievement Page
GOOD BOOK
Ashley, Frankie, Nicola, Alana, Ella, Isha, Jack, Miss Pierro’s Class, Euan, Mrs
Raven’s Class, The Whole of Year 3, Ashley, Thomas, Haydn, Marley, Cherry, Sienna, Willeigham, Rehan, Evan, Amy K, Angel, Louise B, Taylor, Leanne, Neha,
Zaara, Kuba, Ryan, Daisy, Aram, Anaa, Charlie, Mrs Pratley’s Class, Priyanka, Sahil, Angel, Jodie, Barleen, Jayden, Zaeina, Bianca, Devin, Damilola, Regina, Kayden, Wallaree, Yacine, Lillie-Mae, Henry, Annabelle, Zahra, Sandra, Tika, Kristen,
Jada, Reuben, Ruby, Emma, Miriam, Devin, Oliwaia, Damilola, Kyra, Harvey,
Omari, Lewis, Eva, Lilah, Shania, All of Year 5, Isha, Amy, Rayyan, Mrs Raven’s
Class, Larissa, Kealy, Fathima, Adam, Charlotte, Bryony, Madison, Miss
Pritchard’s Foxes, Priyanka, Marley, Madeline, Tia, Barleen, Danielle, Carl, Lakshita, Zahra, Deyton, Nicola, Simran, Skyla, Alassane, David, Taylor, Gabriel, Taylor, Isha, Landar, Jordan, Jasmine, Adama, Lexi, Joshua, Jenielle, Kaityln, Carl,
Miss Tsampanaki’s Class, Jayden, Lisa, Mason, Caylum, Imogen, All of Year 5, Casey, Daniel, Wyatt, Harris, Wensley, Keira, All of Year 6, Kacper, Shania, Angel,
Sophie, Kayden, Sabhan, Kyra, Oliaria, Wafa, Regina, James, Carlos, Reuben
Whole school champions:
1.
Kebron
5. Miriam
2. Huriya
6. Eoghan
9. Zaynah
3. Ryan
7. Mahrosh
10. Aaliyaan
4. Annabelle
8. Chantelle
The Fun Page
Why don’t
mummies have
hobbies?
Because
they’re too
wrapped up in
their work!
DATE OF OLD NEWSPAPER
YET TO BE KNOWN!
A few weeks ago, Mr. Clare handed in a
very old newspaper. It was older than
him. It was when Mr. Ben Payton was
headmaster! We’ll give you a sneak
peek of it.
How old is it? Write your answer
down with days months and years,
and you might find yourself with a
big box of chocolates.
“ Everyone is clever enough to win,”
said Quan , a reporter (9). “If was
competing, I would be happy with the
prize.”
So put your thinking cap on and
write down your answers!
Olympics and the Paralympics
What are the Paralympics and the Olympics?
The Paralympics and the Olympics are when people come from different country to come to play
games: Tennis, Football , Hockey, Swimming and
Racing .
Which countries go to the games?
What’s interesting about the Paralympics?
People come and try their best to get a medal. If
they don’t win a medal, they come back in 4 years
time to try again. It’s amazing because people
can swim and race and all sorts even though they
are disabled and it’s even harder for them to
compete. One of the best swimmers in the Paralympics is Ellie Simmonds. She’s great because
Algeria, Brazil, China, France, Ghana, Italy and
when she was little, she asked her mum how old
many others. In fact, 207
you had to be to swim and her mum told her that
countries took part this
you can be any age but you have to know how to
year!
swim. So she took swimming lessons and went to
lots of swimming places to do racing and that’s
how she got into the Paralympics. She has won 2
gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze. She’s only 22
Vinicus and Tom were the mascots for the
Olympics and Paralympics this year.
years old.
POETRY COMPETITION!
Recently, our school entered a poetry competition in which we
achieved first place in the Performed Poetry Competition, and second
place in the written poetry competition.
6-8 schools entered including GFJS, Christ the
King and Whitley Park . The judges were a WEC
staff , a university lecturer and a famous poet.
It happened at the end of last year and it was
put on to encourage to speak in public and to
also help them to explore poetry in a creative
way.
The winning team in the Performance Poetry
Competition were Quan, Kuba, Isha, Ella M and
Hasan . Annabelle T came second in the written
poetry competition.
The competition was very successful and there
are plans to do it again next year. If you can’t
wait to get started, there is also a Public Speaking competition you could get involved with!
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Our journalists have had a go at writing some
Harry Potter Quiz
What is Harry Potter’s
actor’s real name?
Who are Harry
Potter’s two
friends?
Why did Harry Potter run
away from his family in the
third movie ?
What happened to make
Harry Potter’s broomstick
fly?
Which house does
Harry Potter get sorted
into?
Where did Harry Potter
get his magic wand
from?
Which school does Harry
Potter go to?
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY?
So you think you know Charlie Bucket’s little chocolate factory, eh? Well,
here’s a quiz for you to prove it.
Easy
1. Which country does Charlie live?
2. How many people are in the Bucket family?
3. What does Mr. Wonka urge the Indian Prince Pondicherry to do with his
chocolate palace?
Medium
1. How do the Oompa-Loompas react to the bad things that happen to the
children?
2. Which of the following is not an offer Charlie gets for his golden ticket?
(A) Fifty dollars
(B) Five thousand dollars
(C) Five hundred dollars
(D) Fifty dollars and a bicycle
Hard
1. The golden ticket says Charlie should arrive at Mr. Wonka’s factory on
what day?
2. Who are the Oompa-Loompas?
3. What do the squirrels decide about Veruca?