Headteacher: Mogg Hercules
Newsletter date: 29.4.16
Volume: 37
Issue: 154
Forthcoming Events
Bank Holiday
Monday 2nd & 30th May 2016
Circus Skills Day
Friday 6th May
Governors’ Meeting
Thursday 9th May at 7pm
School Photographer
Friday 13th May
Walk to School Week
16th - 20th May
Half-Term Holiday
23rd - 27th May
Join over a million pupils and
their families to celebrate
walking to school.
The Mogg Blog
The AbBlog
Our Open Evening was a huge
success, with more than one
hundred
visitors
attending.
Thank you to everyone at
Dallington who worked so hard
to make the evening successful,
as well as enjoyable. Drinking,
gossiping and visiting all the
areas, continued long after
‘closing time!’
It was so interesting to listen to
our visitors’ observations, not
only about what they had seen
in the classroom areas, but also
their comparisons between our
published documentation and
the evidence around them in
each of the areas.
Although the Open Evening
came quite early in the Term, on
reflection, it really worked!
Calling all musicians! The parent
band will play once again, at the
Summer Extravaganza.
Would you like to join us on the
7th and 8th July to play for the
kids? Please let me know.
May Day Bank
Holiday
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Although summer does not
officially begin until June, May
Day really marks its beginning.
May Day celebrations have their
origins in the Roman festival of
Flora, goddess of fruit and
flowers, which marked the
beginning of summer. It was
held annually from April 28th to
May 3rd.
We had a very successful Open
Evening last week.
It was
extremely well attended and we
received
some
wonderful
feedback.
Many thanks to those of you
who were able to attend
and offer your own perspective
of Dallington life. If you get a
chance, please review us on
http://www.daynurseries.co.uk/d
aynursery.cfm/searchazref/6543
2201376#submit-review as it
really helps.
Thank you, Abi x
Attendance Record
This is the percentage from
March up to now:
Year 6 93%
Year 5 96%
Year 4 97%
Year 3 93%
Year 2 90%
Year 1 95%
UN
89%
Whole school 91%
Lower Nursery
Upper Nursery
Year One
Animals: Domestic and Wild is
our current topic. From large
elephants down to tiny bugs we
are talking about which animals
we have seen and which
animals we would like to be able
to see.
Our topic on Growing has begun
with a special delivery arriving
all the way from the International
Space Station. Zane thought
the seeds may have returned
from space via a Post Rocket!
Our experiment has begun with
planting 100 seeds from the red
packet and 100 from the blue
packet. We do not know which
seeds have been in space for 6
months and which were the
ones that have been on earth.
We will measure their growth at
regular intervals, recording our
findings with photographs and a
special chart.
This term our Topic is ‘Under
the Sea’ and last Thursday,
Year 1 got to view sea life up
close at the London Aquarium.
We were enthralled by the
feeding practices of Dora, the
octopus, who is given food
inside of puzzles in order to
keep her active mind stimulated.
Our workshop ‘Commotion in
the Ocean’ enabled the children
to handle different artefacts and
perform some drama based
games. We had a marvellous
day out and would like to thank
our parent volunteers Wendy
and John for making the day
such a success!
On the stairs, at present, there is
a selection of children’s animal
paintings that range from an
imaginary monster to a fantastic
green crocodile. The child that
painted the crocodile actually
saw a real one while on holiday
and they also got to touch it!
Our Home Corner has been
turned into a Vet’s where
children are learning how to use
stethoscopes and thermometers
to look after our toy animals.
If you happen to look after any
pets at home we would be very
pleased if you could bring in a
photograph of them.
These giraffes were found roaming
around in our classroom. The collective
term for giraffes is a tower. So now you
know!
It would be appreciated if you
could help your child in dressing
and undressing themselves
at home. A number of children
still need to have confidence in
putting their own shoes and
socks on. This would be very
beneficial for when they have
their gym sessions on a
Tuesday morning.
Barney, Cathy, Christine and
Melissa
Lucas from Sea Life London Aquarium
and Year 1 during our ‘Commotion in
the Ocean’ workshop.
We have also planted some
broad beans and we are hoping
that there will be a beanstalk in
our classroom soon! Do you
think there will be a giant at the
top?
We will also be planting tomato
and cucumber seeds in the next
few weeks. Hopefully we will be
able to make some sandwiches
for our snack time with what is
produced.
..
This week we have also
welcomed George and Lucia
and their families to Upper
Nursery.
Ambika, Christine, Sue and
Melissa
In Literacy, we have applied our
phonics
knowledge
and
creativity to compose Acrostic
and Dylan Thomas Portrait
poems.
We
have
begun
recording our factual knowledge
of octopi to create information
reports.
We have created seascapes by
using collage techniques in Art
and have used the principles of
halves to create symmetrical
shark displays.
We are in the throes of
rehearsing for our role in the
Summer Extravaganza! We will
be sending home details for
costumes in the coming days.
Perhaps you can guess our
theme from some of the songs
we are practising; Yellow
Submarine
and
Octopus’s
Garden.
Megan, Angela and Paula
Year Two
Year Three
Year 2 has made a great start to
the Summer Term. After having
a super Easter holiday we have
been busy getting down to
school work and activities again.
In Literacy we have been writing
Space Poems. Here are a few
samples from our homework, we
hope that you enjoy them:
Since Year 3 will be studying
plants for their Science Topic
this term, we have a new class
pet – a Venus flytrap!
After a class vote it has been
decided that its name is JoeBob. He’s eaten 2 flies already!
In Deep Dark Space there was,
an alien eating a yummy panini,
The swirling Milky Way,
A huge hyper nova about to
explode.
In Deep Dark Space there was,
a flood of glowing yellow stars,
Laika, the first living creature in
space, zooming in her rocket.
Matylda
In Deep Dark Space there was,
A big and dangerous Black Hole
A shimmering moon orbiting
planets, and glistening galaxies.
In Deep Dark Space there was,
An astronaut looking for comets,
Martians playing hiding seek in
craters,
A hidden universe glinting at the
core of a planet.
Barnaby
Happy Birthdays
LN
UN
YR 1
YR 2
YR 4
YR 6
Ada and Luca
Sophia and Luciano
Rishi
Matylda and Zoe
Meredith
Stevie
Playground Update
We have also been thinking of
things we would like to find out
about plants. The whole class
showed
excellent
scientific
thinking and came up with some
great questions:
“How did the first plant grow?”
Sami
“Do plants think?” Arlo
“How does a plant grow from a
tiny seed?” Azure
“Why are plants
colours?” Matthew
different
In Deep Dark Space there was,
An alien because it had stubbed
its toe,
A trumpet floating on the Sun,
And a griffin playing with a
liophant.
An awesome rocket flying all
around,
And lots of mysterious dwarf
planets.
Tabitha
In Maths we have been learning
to calculate the perimeter of an
object. We used metre rulers to
measure the sides of objects
around the classroom and then
added them to find the
perimeter.
Rod and Ann
Milko and Wendy
As you are probably aware, the
Seward Street playground that we
use is about to be rejuvenated.
The contractors are due to be on
site at the playground from
Monday 9th May to begin their 12
week project of refurbishment.
During this time, we shall be
using King's Square for our sports
and playground sessions, a park
well known to the children and
staff.
We will keep you updated on the
exciting plans for the new
playground and our involvement.
Look out for the designs
displayed in the basement.
An artist’s impression of the new
playground in use. (No children were hurt
in the posing of this picture.)
Year Four
Charity Corner
Year 4 is looking at the story of
The Iliad during the Summer
Term.
This is an ancient Greek poem
by Homer. It is set during the
Trojan War and tells of the
battles and events during the
weeks of a quarrel between King
Agamemnon and the warrior
Achilles.
By the end of this term, the
children of Year 4 will be experts
on ancient Greece, The Iliad and
Greek Gods and Goddesses.
At present we are supporting St
Clement’s Church with its roof
restoration fund. This church,
which can be found at King
Square, EC1V 8DA, was built in
1824.
Father David at the church has
very kindly allowed Dallington
School to use St Clement’s for
our Summer Extravaganza.
We hope to see you there on the
7th and 8th of July.
As a way of showing our
appreciation to his wonderful
generosity, we shall be hoping
to literally raise the roof!
The church also has a very
informative website, so if you
are interested in learning of both
its history and its place in
contemporary
London,
do
please
visit
its
site:
http://www.stclementfinsbury.org
/history.html
Here are some of the characters
that the children have learnt
about so far ...
The Myrmidons
‘The Myrmidons were an ant like
army and everyone in Greece
was afraid of them. Peleus led
the Myrmidons into battles. No
one could beat them. Peleus
was the son of Zeus. Myrmidon
means ants nest in ancient
Greek.’ Benny
The Nereids
‘The Nereids were sea-nymphs.
They were extremely beautiful
even when compared with the
goddesses. They could change
their forms so they were shape
shifters.’ Carlo
Paris and Oenone
‘Paris had a lovely life.
He climbed trees and swam in
the rivers and saw some
animals that he could play with.’
Meredith
‘Oenone was a wood nymph
and her power was to heal the
wounded but she couldn’t bring
back the dead.’ Coco
Catherine and Sam
Years Five & Six
5km Run
A loud cheer, please, for our Yrs
5 & 6 runners who managed to
run an entire 5km stretch last
week.
This
is
a
huge
achievement.
Mary Poppins
It seems a long time now
the children performed
Poppins. Thank you to
parents who were able to
and watch it.
since
Mary
those
come
Walk To School
Week
During the week of 16-20 May
we are encouraging all children,
where possible, to Walk to
School. Walking some or all of
the way is a great way to help
children feel happier, healthier
and more alert during the school
day, all things that of course we
encourage.
There is of course an app:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/
walk-toschool/id962786581?mt=8
Splash
Kayaking has begun and the
children are really enjoying the
opportunity to develop their
strength through kayaking and
developing their immune system
through
jumping
into
the
Shadwell Basin.
Mogg, Jay and Janet