ST. LUKE’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
Newsletter
Issue 32
High expectations, by all, for all, reflecting the example of Jesus
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
MAY ‘17
22
Year 5 Bikeability Group2
23
Year 4 trip to the Science Museum
24
Deer Class Assembly at 9am
PFA Pembroke Lodge Ball
26
KS2 Orange Tree Theatre trip
Year 2 trip to Richmond Synagogue
School closes for Half Term
29
Half term week
JUNE ‘17
5
INSET—school closed to pupils
6
School opens for the second half of the
summer term
Year 1 trip to Thames Young Mariners
7
Reception & Year 2 trip to Thames
Young Mariners
15
Year 2 Class Assembly at 9am
8pm PFA Meeting
16
Year 6 trip to France
19
Year 5 trip to Hampton Court
20
Reception Class Assembly at 9am
Year 6 to Cornerstone Church
21
Year 1 trip to Wisley
New Reception Class Parents’ Meeting
22
Year 6 to Cornerstone Church
23
NUTTY Day (Non-uniform day)
24
PFA Summer Fair
27
New Nursery Class Parents’ Meeting
29
Nursery Sports Day
ROAs sent to parents
30
Reception, KS1 & KS2 Sports Day
KING LEAR
Again this year, Years 3 to 6 have had
the pleasure of participating in a
Shakespeare workshop run by the
Orange Tree Theatre. This year the
play is ‘King Lear’, a tragedy centred on
an aging king who divides his kingdom
between his three daughters. The interactive
storytelling workshops run by the company actors
allowed the children to explore the plot and characters
so that they will be familiar enough with them to be
able to enjoy the language and wonderfully imaginative
staging when they go to see the performance next
week.
‘This week St Luke’s have enjoyed being part of Orange
Tree’s workshop of King Lear. It was a very exciting
experience and was a great interactive activity. The
workshop leaders were excellent. They helped us to understand the Shakespearian language
and made sure everyone was involved. With everyone interacting they helped us get into
character and create some very dramatic scenes. With the workshop ending on a cliff-hanger, St
Luke’s are very excited for the
Holly & Fin (Year 6)
performance.’
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
On the 11th of May our year 5 basketball ball team took
part in the Kingston Primary Borough Basketball
Competition at Chessington Community College. This
competition was open to both year 5 and 6 children
with 12 schools taking part.
The St Luke's basketball team won 2 of their 4 matches
and went head to head against teams that were compromised
of year 6 children. Unfortunately we lost this tournament but
can take pride in the way we showed resilience, brilliant team
work and maturity.
BAG2SCHOOL DONATIONS
Thank you for all your donations this morning for our latest
Bag2School collection. We will let you know in due course
how much this collection raised.
Attendance
Punctuality*
This week
Our Character Virtues
In May we are focusing on
understanding the importance of
Grit
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19th May 2017
Reception
99.7%
2
Year 1 Deer
97.7%
0
Year 1 Owls
96.3%
0
Year 2
92.4%
12
Year 3
98.0%
12
Year 4
97.6%
0
Year 5
98.7%
9
Year 6K
97.2%
2
Year 6R
87.3%
0
* This is defined as the total number of minutes lateness of
children within the class. Minutes of lateness = lost learning.
ATTENDANCE & SUCCESS
We set high standards for attendance and
punctuality. Our target for attendance is 97%+. Good
attendance is strongly linked to pupil achievement.
Whole School Attendance for this week is 96.1%
Whole School Attendance to date is 96.5%
HALF TERM
Next Friday (26th May) is the last day of this
half term. Monday 5th June is a staff training
day, and we therefore look forward to seeing
everyone back on Tuesday 6th June.
19th May 2017
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LEARNING IN YEAR N
watching the finished films next week.
The class were also very excited to find out
about the Science marble challenge that the
school will be taking part in after ½ term. The
children need to work in groups to design and
make a marble run for a “keepy uppy”
challenge – the marble needs to be continually
moving for the longest possible time. They
have been able to apply their knowledge of
The weather this week has been very wet!
forces to suggest different features that may
However, the Nursery children have found
help with this e.g. by creating friction and having long gradual slopes.
fun ways to still be able to play outside. On
Next week we will be making our prototype designs to prepare for
Monday, they created a huge den and
this. It would be really helpful if you could start sending in recycled
enjoyed sharing stories and eating their snack
materials to help (we will need a big supply!) e.g. plastic or
inside. We play outside no matter the
weather so please ensure your child is dressed appropriately each cardboard tubes, yogurt pots, cereal boxes and corrugated
day, this includes sun cream on hot days and waterproofs on rainy cardboard.
In maths we have continued to look at fractions. We have been
days.
We have been exploring instruments and the different sounds they identifying tenths, adding and subtracting fractions with the same
make this week. We played a fun game where we had to listen to a denominator and looking at equivalent fractions.
Last week, the Nursery children learnt how to plant
cress. We observed our cress as it grew and this
week it had grown enough for us to use it in a
recipe. We decided to make cheese and cress
muffins. The children were very excited to taste
their muffins with the cress that they had grown
inside.
sound and match the sound to the correct instrument. We have also
LEARNING IN YEAR 5
been making our own instruments. We used the glue gun to glue
It has been a flurry of activity once again in year 5, as two thirds of
bells on to a lollypop stick in order to create our own sleigh bells. We
the class took part in the first of our Bikeability sessions. The
have also been practising copying a tapped rhythm.
instructors make these sessions an enjoyable and safe experience
and the children loved practising their cycling skills in the playground
LEARNING IN YEAR 1
and on the roads.
The bee investigations continue and we
have spotted many collecting nectar in
the school grounds and the Vicarage
Garden. Listen for all the facts we have
learned in Deer Class' Assembly next
week (24th May). Well done to Owl
Class for their excellent assembly last
week.
Our plants continue to grow and we
have been studying their progress and
identifying the parts of each plant.
Please do talk with your child about
their plant's growth over the past few
weeks and how many parts they can identify.
Back inside the classroom, the children project-managed the design
and budget for a playpark, coming up with some novel ways of
spending their spare time and all of the money.
In maths, we are tackling how to use a protractor correctly by
constructing triangles and quadrilaterals, which is actually very
challenging.
For art, the children have started to learn how to add shade and
tone to a skyline picture using graphite pencils and these will be
completed next week.
The highlight of the week has been the ‘King Lear’ workshop
provided by the Orange Tree Theatre, which as you may know is one
of the more challenging plays to deliver to this age group. The
children were encouraged to immerse themselves fully in the story
We are focusing on split digraphs: a-e. e-e, i-e, o-e. u-e and trigraphs: by using freeze frame and acting in role. You will be surprised at how
e.g. igh, air. In the centre of the children's reading record book are well they can tell you the plot.
all of the phonics that they need to know. When you are reading
with your child, have the book open, point and discuss a particular
phonic and see if they can find it in the text they are reading.
We have very much enjoyed increasing our muscle strength on our
new trim trail equipment. Thank you all for your help and support
with buying it for us.
LEARNING IN YEAR 3
On Monday the class really enjoyed
their
drama
workshop
which
introduced the play ‘King Lear’. They
loved to explore the characters and the
main events of the play in a very
interactive way.
The children have also been taking part in a project following on
from their visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace. They have been
working in teams to create an information film about the palace for
visitors. They wrote their scripts, incorporating stage directions and
filmed their scenes as presenters. They are now going to use some
different tools in ‘Windows Movie Maker’ to edit their films, adding
in photographs, text and sound effects. We look forward to