Newsletter from St Ann’s Heath
Issue 16 – 9th June 2017
A Note from Mrs King….... Hope you all had a lovely half term. I can’t believe we are into the
last half term of this academic year. This half term is always a busy one with lots going on FOSAH Family BBQ, Yr 6 residential next week, Honk summer production and of course our annual sports day on 19th July. The children continue to work hard in class across all areas of the curriculum and we look forward to seeing you on Monday, 17th July for our Family Open Evening
to celebrate the work that has been done.
Governor update
As a school we strive for a calm, happy and purposeful atmosphere all the time but especially during SATs
week and for the internal assessments. Well done to everyone, all these went very smoothly which means
that the children would have had the best opportunity to show their learning.
Governors met just before half term to discuss termly business and the preparations for September at
school and governance level. Our Vision and Ethos committee members had been into school recently
to invite pupil views on several topics including the curriculum, the new Co-Headteacher model, behaviour, the reward systems, and transition between schools. There were some lovely insights, some helpful
comments and observations, and an overwhelming positive feeling coming across from pupils in all year
groups. These discussions are an important way for governors to understand school life by experiencing it
directly – we aim to stay close to the school so that we are able to do the best to support pupils, staff and
the whole school community.
Summer fun is in the air with FOSAH BBQ, Open Evening, Sports Day and HONK production coming soon,
and governors will be joining in with these great events. We look forward to meeting many of you there,
and would like to thank everyone involved in organising these events which are joyous celebrations in our
school calendar as well as raising much needed funds for the school.
Helen Syms
Chair of Governors, on behalf of your Governing Body
FOSAH will be selling ice creams after school
every Friday (weather permitting) until the end of term. They
will be available under the shade sails from 3.10pm onwards.
LET THE SUMMER COMMENCE!
A quick look at the attendance
figures up to the end of the last
half term - Well done to the
classes that got to 96% & over!
3W
94.7%
5H
95.0%
3D
96.1%
5S
93.8%
4C
96.8%
5R
95.4%
4TP
96.9%
6M
95.6%
4BW
96.3%
6FW
96.6%
Whole School Percentage - 95.8%
Last Newsletter - 95.6%
There have been lots of different events taking place across the school.
St George’s Year 4 Surrey Schools Mathematics Challenge
2 teams from Year 4 competed in this event. Team 1 - Artie Adams and Morgan Davey
came first overall out of 57 teams participating which is a fantastic achievement.
Team 2 – Xavier Marco and Matti Adamkiewicz came 3rd place out of the 30 school who
put in a 2nd team. Well done boys.
National KS2 Inter-School Mathematics
Championships - Well done to Megan Parkinson,
Rebecca Lemon, Mae Pender Greib and Lexie
Manning who represented Year 6 at the area heat consisting of state run and independent schools.
They came 7th overall - which was an amazing
achievement.
Kwik Cricket Competitions
The Year 6 girls won their competition and will go onto compete in the finals on Wednesday 21st June and both the Year 6 boys and Year 4 boys won 2 out 4 games.
Special Mentions were given to the following children who have been working hard
From Year 3 - Adam HIley, Wilf Cooper, Kirsty Darroch, Lola Roake, Adam McCarron,
Evie Hilliard and Sophie Williams
From Year 4 - Melissa Shepherd, Summer Lee, Alexander Kimbugwe, Iris Salazar Bermeo,
Orion Evans, Sam Spearing, Barnaby Rowe, Thomas Naudi and Matti Adamkiewicz
From Year 5 - Laith Hanson, Dylan Brakefield, Rhianna Cook, Annabel Sanders, Mu Xin
Xue, Isla Bishop, David Goddard, Ruby Walsh and Hugo Lucman.
From Year 6 - Juliet Kitterhing, Ben Ballington, Jacob Russell, Lola Yates, Alex Bantleman,
Lucas Lindstrup, Claudia Morata and Josh Dyer
Excellence Awards for last half term will be handed out this week in assembly and will be
detailed on our next newsletter.
WELL DONE EVERYONE!
Battle of the Boroughs Dance
Competition
A squad of children from across the school took part in
the Battle of the Boroughs Dance competition held at
Magna Carta on Saturday 3rd June. They had been
working hard on their routine during their street dance
after school club which Nova from REDZ DANCE runs.
They did a fantastic routine and came 2nd overall.
Well done!
NSPCC Fundraising
The NSPCC visited our school on Monday of this
week and delivered an assembly to the whole
school entitled ‘Speak Out Stay Safe’. They are
back tomorrow working with both Years 5 and 6
children throughout the day.
To support the worthwhile work they do with children, we are holding a sponsored maths
quiz next Wednesday 14th (Monday 19th for Year 6 children) and would really appreciate
your help in the form of sponsorship for this event. Your child should have brought home
information in the form of a letter and a sponsorship form this week. They need to look
through the maths themed questions, collect some sponsors, complete their maths quiz
next week and then bring sponsorship money in by Wednesday 21st June. We will send
out a reminder nearer the time.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Golden Boot Challenge
For the next four Fridays, we are participating in the Golden Boot
competition to see if we can try out ‘Greener’ ways to travel to
school. Knowing that our school’s location isn’t ideal for a lot of
people to walk or cycle to school, perhaps try to park and stride by
parking at The Rose and Crown and walking the last way by foot, or
even car share with another family to reduce the number of cars
coming onto the school site.
We are looking for a lunchtime supervisor to work in our school 5 days a week - term time only - 12noon until 1.15pm.
If you or someone you may know might be interested in this role,
please contact the school office for more details.
Thank you
In ENGLISH the children will be continuing their fantasy unit of work—using Beauty and The
Beast to inspire them in writing their own piece of fiction.
In SPELLING they will be looking at the prefix ‘inter-’ and homophones
In MATHS they will be looking at multiplication and division facts and concentrating on the 3, 4 and 8
times tables.
In SCIENCE, they will be continuing their study on rocks, looking at fossils and how they are formed.
In GEOGRAPHY they will be looking at climate zones—looking at the world’s different zones and setting
up an investigation to understand the canopy effect in tropical zones.
In RE, the children will be continuing with their work on Judaism, learning about the Torah and the
Shema.
In ICT, the children will be continuing their work planning a PowerPoint presentation
In ART/DT the children will be continuing their collages based on the work of the author and artist
Jeannie Baker.
In PE the children will be continuing their swimming sessions every Thursday—please ensure the
children have their swimming kits with them every week!
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Don’t forget it’s Egyptian Day on Wed, 21st June - please send in your £10 contribution to
the office or use our online Sco-pay system.
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Any outstanding money for swimming — please ensure that it is paid in full or in
instalments using our online Sco-pay system or with cash/cheque. Thank you.
In ENGLISH the children will be looking at the imagery found in poetry.
In SPELLING/GRAMMAR the focus will be on prefixes and their meanings and also
homophones.
In
MATHS they will be looking at the 24hr clock - converting between 12hr and 24hr - finding time
intervals and looking at multiplication and division problem solving.
In SCIENCE, the children will be exploring sound - how to vary pitch and loudness.
In GEOGRAPHY the children will be looking at coastal towns in France., observing the physical and
human features. They will also be linking this topic to ART - by creating coastal paintings using a
technique called ‘Impasto’
In ICT they will continue to look at ‘block coding’ - developing codes with repetition and loops.
In PE the focus will continue to be on athletics in preparation for Sports Day.
In ENGLISH the children will be continuing to look at ‘The Titanic’ - writing a non-fiction recount of the event and writing from a character’s point of view on board the ship.
In SPELLING/GRAMMAR the children will be looking subordinate clauses, adverbial phrases
and will be encouraged to use a varied and rich vocabulary in all areas of writing.
In MATHS they will be having a ‘Fractions Fest!’ - comparing fractions, equivalent fractions, adding,
subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. They will also be converting fractions to their decimal and
percentage equivalent!
In SCIENCE, the children will be carrying on with their topic on living things - including asexual reproduction in plants. The children will also be planning their own investigations looking at tubers, bulbs and artificial propagation.
In HISTORY the children will be continuing to look at Henry VIII - focusing on his wives. The children will
be writing a persuasive letter to Henry pleading to keep their heads!
In ICT the children will be using the Expresso Coding program.
In ART the children will be turning their hands to Pop Art and creating portraits of monarchs.
As well as the fun that will be had in Ironbridge next week;
In ENGLISH the children will be embracing Victorian life - writing a diary entry as a
Victorian child and then composing a letter to Parliament to ask for children’s rights.
In MATHS they will be facing a Victorian Maths Challenge. They will also be planning a
profitable Victorian garden.
In SCIENCE, the children will be looking at Evolution and Inheritance biology - starting with a
look at fossils.
In HISTORY the children will be producing a Queen Victoria Fact Wheel as well as starting to
look at the Industrial Revolution.
In ICT the children will be taking part in a Victorian Cyberhunt!
In ART/DT the children will be continuing their work on their sewing samplers as part of their
Victorian Topic and also planning their William Morris style tiles.
Fri, 9th June
Mon 12th June – Fri 16th June
Wed 21st June
Fri, 23rd June
Tues 27th June
Fri 30th June
Tue, 4th July
Wed, 5th July
Fri 7th July
Tues 11th July
Wed 12th July
Thurs 13th July
Mon, 17th July
Wed 19th July
Fri 21st July
FOSAH’s Ice Cream Fridays start today after school
Yr 6 residential trip to Ironbridge
Return your NSPCC sponsorship money TODAY please
Year 3 Egyptian Day
Mufti Day - please bring bottle and sweets for our BBQ
Induction day for Yr 6 children going to The Magna Carta Sch
FOSAH Family Summer BBQ
Chertsey High Induction Day
Chertsey High Induction Day
Red and White Mufti day in support of White Lodge
Summer Production - Honk
Summer Production - Honk
Summer Production - Honk
9.15am - Rock Steady Concert for Parents
4 - 5.30pm - Open Evening
Am - Sports Morning
Evening - Leavers’ Ball
2.10pm Break up for Summer Holidays
Dates in RED are new additions since the last newsletter